calgary.ctv.ca – Calgary news from CTV:

“ ”Eight millimeter films shot in the 50’s and 60’s are reaching the end of their shelf life, even if they’ve been stored in optimal storage conditions.“

Videos also do not hold up to time and begin to degrade in as little as 15 years.

Consumer Reports says if you have working playback equipment for your original video, you can buy a DVD recorder and transfer the videos yourself.

”Take your playback device such as your camcorder, and plug in the DVD recorder cable. Press play on your camcorder/playback device. Press record on the DVD recorder, and you’re all set,“ says Langehennig.

When it comes to films you need to hire a service to do the transfer.

An average price for the service is around $50 for the first 15 minutes.”