FACT 
It is a certainty that most video assets will be lost, if they remain on videotape.

TV PRODUCERS – CORPORATIONS – ARCHIVES - MUSEUMS
GOVERNMENTS – UNIVERSITIES - TRAINING SCHOOLS - HOSPITALS

You have invested great resources in the production of commercials, training videos and TV programs over the years. Your legacy is worth saving.

Tape formats from the 70’s, such as U-Matic, are now considered “extinguished” by the archival community. Playback machines and spare parts are discontinued. Even recent digital formats, such as HDCAM using Metal Evaporated tapes (ME) experience catastrophic failures.

Consider this, from: “The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage” by the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)

“As of 2020, it is widely accepted within the global audiovisual archival community that we have between 6 and 11 years in which to digitally preserve all tape-based audiovisual content held on magnetic media.”

“(…) the maintenance of obsolete playback systems will become unaffordable, and so our access to content held on certain media will cease.”

  “(…) the risk of data loss is a particular concern for digital carriers containing Metal Evaporated (ME) tape. Digital tapes will fail without warning, and without the audible or visible clues of gradual degradation that analog tapes present.”