MEDIAFIX Blog

Tips, news and much more!

Welcome to the MEDIAFIX blog, your guide to better understanding how to digitise your analogue memories.

Here you’ll find practical tips, clear explanations and plenty of insights into the world of digitising videotapes, Super 8 films, slides, negatives, photos, audio cassettes and other analogue media. Our articles help you make the right choices to preserve your family memories for the future.

With more than 13 years of experience in analogue media digitisation and as Europe’s market leader in the field, MEDIAFIX combines technical expertise with an innovative spirit to protect your treasured memories. In this space, we share our technical know-how, quality advice and the touching stories our customers entrust to us.

Enjoy reading!

What are you interested in?

Discover our topics or simply start browsing

News Icon

News

Quality Icon

Quality & Innovation

Icon Practical tips

Practical tips

Customer stories icon

Customer stories

The VCR Format
Media Formats & History

The VCR Format

The VCR format developed by Philips and Grundig was the first successful video cassette system for home use in 1971, years before VHS. This article explains the format’s history, technology and variants, and shows why these tapes, which can hardly be played today, should be backed up now.
Read more
How to repair a hard drive: Your options and what to avoid
Practical tips

How to repair a hard drive: Your options and what to avoid

When a hard drive fails, every decision matters: should you try to repair the hard drive or could DIY attempts put your data at risk? We explain the difference between logical and physical faults, why hard drive repair usually comes down to data recovery, and when only a professional can restore your data.
Read more
Relive the highlights: New Best-of Videos from your tapes
News , Quality & innovation

Relive the highlights: New Best-of Videos from your tapes

Our in-house AI now helps you enjoy the best bits of your digitised video tapes – in just minutes. It automatically identifies your most memorable scenes and turns them into a personalised Best-of Video. You’ll also receive a handy table of contents with preview images and timestamps.
Read more