At this very moment all of your audio, video and photographic memories are disintegrating — slowly but surely. VHS tapes have only a 15-year shelf life before the image begins to degrade; cassette tapes, same problem; and plenty of computer storage formats are no longer playable because nobody makes the programs or disk drives anymore. In this show, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue shows you how to rescue all of these decaying or disappearing formats: home movies on film, vinyl records, VHS tapes, audio tapes, data on floppy disks, slides, prints and more.

Episode Introduction

An introduction to this episode about the need and processes involved in restoring old, and obsolete media. Click here to see it.

Film Restoration Before

The methods and challenges of transferring old film to digital media and the 'before' of an actual transfer. Click here to see it.

Film Restoration After

This is the result of the 'cleanup' and color correction process of film.  This is the 'after' segment. Click here to see it.

Obsolete Floppy Restoration

Have some old, damaged floppies?  You may be able to get the data back. Click here to see how.