Memories in a Flash

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https://www.memoriesinaflash.ca/Family Time – Getting the most out of your Reunions.

For generations family photos have turned into valuable pieces of family history.
When you get together for your yearly family reunion, what will you do to make sure future generations have access to important family memories?

Read on for some general reunion photo ideas as well as tips to make your family gathering a long lasting moment.

Take a group photo—it is so important to capture the people at the event for future generations.

Photo slideshow—Set up a laptop or television with a looping slideshow of favorite family photos, from as many people as you can get to contribute.
Bring your photos to Memories in Flash before the gathering – we will create your Slideshow in advance – Your Life, with a Soundtrack. Professionally Done, Custom Video from your Photos and Clips. Playable on your Computer or DVD Player.

Photo name tags—get head shots from each attendee (or from the ancestor they descend from for larger events) and place the photos on name tags with their name to make sure everyone remembers names!

Take time to record—A hand held digital audio recorder or video recorder can capture individuals telling stories and sharing memories that can be preserved and cherished by those to come.

However you approach photo sharing at your reunion you’ll be glad you did. The photos and stories of our ancestors can help create a connection that bridges generations.

 Most of us know that old video tapes wear out, and every time they break, there is a piece of memory that is lost forever—even when they are not being played!

Video tape works by recording information magnetically onto a thin tape that is coated with tiny particles of iron. As time goes by, the magnetically stored information degrades even when stored under ideal conditions. They hold the magnetic information for awhile.

Then each pass of the tape over the playback heads of a video player actually physically degrades the thin tape and wears away the tiny iron particles.

Temperature differences that aren’t extreme enough to destroy a tape still degrade it by stretching and contraction. Another problem is the magnetic coating on the tape itself was never designed to last anywhere near forever. Actually a decade is pushing it. So how old are those tapes you have? Time is running out to get them transferred!

Your precious memories transferred to DVD don’t rely on magnetic information that will degrade. There is no tape to wear out or break. The video information on a DVD is millions of ones and zeros making it pure digital. All of that digital data is burned into the coating on the DVD by a laser. When a DVD is played there is no contact with playback parts as there is with video tape.

DVD video can be played on any DVD player. Making it easy to share those memories with friends and family everywhere.

We fix, clean, and transfer your old VHS, Beta, VHS-C, MiniDV, Hi8, Digital8 and Video 8 to digital format on DVD. Or create digital files like AVI, MP4 which allows you to view them on portable devices.

Memories in a Flash can convert them for you at prices that can’t be beat with quality that is 100% guaranteed.

Halifax, Nova Scotia