Entries from December 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Home Movie Makes Select List for National Film Registry

A 1938 home movie film is gaining some national, historical attention at the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress according to a recent article in The Hollywood Reporter.
The National Film Preservation Act of 1992 created the Registry to preserve films in perpetuity if they are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. The films are […]

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Make Your Home Movies Memorable This Christmas

It’s the day before Christmas, and it’s a good time to take out your camcorder and take some valuable footage of the season.
We have transferred more than 100,000 individual home movies at iMemories, and we have seen some nicely shot footage, and we have seen some poorly shot footage.  The latter being the most common.  To help, […]

Monday, December 17th, 2007

TV on the Internet? Way More Popular than the Internet on TV

What works one direction in tech and consumer electronics doesn’t always work the other, it seems.  While many TV studios are delivering their shows to the Internet for video sites like YouTube, the Internet video players that let you watch the Internet on your TV set at home just haven’t found a mass market yet. 
 
The […]

Monday, December 10th, 2007

This Year: A Camcorder in Every Stocking

Jefferson Graham, the technology reporter for USA Today who covers “digital media, search and gadgetry,” talks about the best camcorders to buy this holiday season.  It’s a good overview of the choices available today.
At iMemories, we have helped more than 4,000 customers who have home movies in all sorts of legacy and digital formats.  Here’s […]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Beware of Stereotypes of “Older” Consumers

According to a recent USA Today article, companies are (finally) realizing what we at iMemories and associations like AARP have known all along – it’s dangerous to stereotype adults who are 50 and over.
AARP’s CEO points out that the old stereotype was that “’older people won’t change brands, that they’re too brand loyal.’”  Also, they […]