Preserve the Past. Share memories. Evertrue can meet your photo and video preservation needs.

Among various media formats such as paper, photo, VHS, 8mm, Hi8, miniDV, CD, VCD, DVD, digital media are best for your preservation purpose. For example, a VHS video tape will start to fade by just sitting there, while a DVD disk can last for over a hundred year and still maintain the same quality each time you play it.

About the three main video formats, here is the comparison:

Major differences between DVD, VCD and VHS:

COMPARE	DVD	VCD	VHS
Format	Digital	Digital	Analog
Durability	Good	Good	Poor
Quality	Near-Theater	VHS	VHS
Cost	More	Least	Less
Capacity/Unit	> 1 hour	~ 1 hour	Up to 2 hours
Playback On Computer	DVD-ROM player	BOTH CD-ROM AND DVD-ROM player	Neither
Subtitle	Discretionary	Fixed	Discretionary
Standalone Player	DVD Player	VCD player	VCR

What's the resolution of different storage media:

Format	Resolution	Video Data Rate	Audio Data Rate
NTSC DVD Full Screen (4:3)	720x480	4000 Kbps	384 Kbps
NTSC DVD Wide Screen (16:9)	720x360	4000 Kbps	384 Kbps
NTSC VCD	352x240	1123 Kbps	224 Kbps
LaserDisc	567x480	N/A	N/A
LaserDisc Wide Screen	560x360	N/A	N/A
NTSC VHS	352x240	N/A	N/A
Super VHS	352x400	N/A	N/A

Preserve the Past. Share momories. Evertrue can meet your photo and video preservation needs.

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