Cleaning your DVD or CD Player

Dust can collect on the lens in your DVD and CD players which causes difficulty in playing disks correctly or for them to not play at all. I used to always blame the disk in having flaws or scratches but when your video skips a lot it may be indicating that it is time...

CD and DVD Rot

Tips About CD's and DVD's

Last month we made sense of + x and – on your CD and DVD. This month we look at disks and discuss their longevity. The first disk was created in the early 80’s. Today’s disks are much more advanced in write performance, capacity, quality and price. Quality...

What are your photos saying

Tips About Audio, Video and Film, Tips About Photos

This common cliché has it all wrong. Otherwise we would look at stacks of old photos and tell our children and grandchildren just who is in the photo and what was special about that day. The photos you take today can have the same problem when they are admired a few...

So many photos, so little time

Tips About Photos

So many photos, so little time. Photo Preservation Another year has come and gone and now you have another year’s worth of photos that you haven’t done anything with! The mound of photos or list of photo files can be quite overwhelming. I suggest that you choose a...

Scanning slides 101