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Unboxing my YesVideo DVD

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As part of my Ambassadorship with YesVideo I was given a gift card so that I could use the service through CVS Pharmacy. I brought 8 8mm film reels to the pharmacy, they contained footage from various early events in my life like my first Christmas, my Christening and more. If I ever actually saw these on 8mm the memory of that is very fuzzy. What I did recognize while watching the DVD was that we had many photos of those same events. So in addition to the 8mm camera my parents also shot still of these events as well. While the technology of capturing memories may have changed over the years it is nice to know that my kids will also have video and stills from the major holidays and events of their lives. They’ll just have a crazy amount to pour over when they grow up.

So I unboxed, or rather unbagged my DVD from YesVideo and here it is

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Preparing an Order for YesVideo

Videotape Roulette

I’m an ambassador for YesVideo and part of my ambassador duties is to try out the YesVideo service through CVS. I went over to my parent’s house to look through the media that they have with our collectively stored memories. I found photos, videos and even 8mm movies. I decided on selecting the 8mm movies to send off to get converted to DVD because we have no way of finding an 8mm projector to check out those movies. I have it in my head that maybe I’d scan some of the photos myself (but probably won’t) and the video tapes we just have to figure out which ones actually have personal stuff on them as opposed to old episodes of TV shows or presidential inaugurations. I have no idea why we have them. Continue reading Preparing an Order for YesVideo →