or VHS Home Movies were thrown away.
You had them transferred to DVD so who needs all these old tapes & films taking up space. Besides you don't own a VCR
or a projector 
so why keep them?NEVER throw away your originals.
Even if you have no interest in transferring them someone else may want to archive your family history.If anything happened to your digital copies, game over, memories lost. Most reading this do not back up or archive their media. If you lost your discs or they become scratched, as long as you have your originals you can have them re-transferred.
If you had film movies
transferred to VHS in the 80's or 90's, but you still have the original film have them transferred digitally.Years ago all they did was project the film onto a white board recording the film with a camcorder.
Your original film looks superior to this transfer.
Unfortunately DVDs
are becoming "Dated Video Discs," just as CDs are like the records they replaced. We are quickly becoming a disc-less society. Within a few years the DVD will be like the VHS tape it replaced.However, transferring movies/videos to the DVD format is the norm (for now). While the format will soon be antiquated it's the medium available. There should never be more than TWO hours of video on each DVD or you will greatly lose quality.
But you can also stay ahead of the techno curve. It's well worth having them converted to Quicktime/MOV files. You'll be able to play them on your computer, mobile devices & tablets.
You'll have them available anywhere without the need for a DVD player. The images are larger the quality better. You can easily back them up dragging the files to your hard drive.
Stream the content from your mobile devices to your TV.
THINK!
You can still hold a 100 year old photo. You can watch a film or VHS tape from decades ago, some film dating back to the 1930's, as long as you have the right projector/VCR.
However, there is NO PROOF that all of the digital media you own will continue to play or will open 100 years from now.
You're probably saying to yourself "SO WHAT? WHO CARES?"You won't be around anyway.
You don't preserve your family history just for you. You do it for future generations.
How much do you have stored on drives be it on your phone or tablet (The worst drives to archive, if only because they're so often lost, destroyed or worse corrupted when updated.)
Maybe your "stuff," is on smaller flash drives, larger back up drives, or possibly on your desktop drive. Drives & files fail all of the time.
They become corrupt. The "internals," stop working & they are unable to open.
As formats evolve what is playable today may not be playable in the future.
Ahhh! But you're one step ahead. You, like most (today) have everything on facebook, or any one of the online storage services or "clouds." Most are FREE or charge a very reasonable fee. Personally I do not trust online storage services. One hack attack, one major server issue & your family's history is gone.
What do you do?
Unfortunately we now live in a paperless & film-less society. Every image or video you've taken in the last few years is only a file & for those reading this in the future that will certainly be true.
There is no paper trace. Back it up well.
Store your media on as many good quality/secure devices & online sites as possible just expect something to fail.
That's why you NEVER throw away the original image, film or video. NEVER!
If you still have the original (photo/film/videotape) content you or future generation(s) can create new transfers in whatever format will be the latest & best in the future.
Stacking & packing.
Rewind your videotapes. Store them standing up with the tape on the bottom. Film should be stored stacked but only a few on top of each other. Unless you have shelves devoted to your media don't "preserve," them in plastic bags. A card board box will do. Do not seal the box.
If a film reel smells of vinegar it is starting to disintegrate. The stronger the odor the worse it is. This is irreversible. Do not store it with the others. Store it elsewhere or like the measles it will eventually leach spreading the disease onto the others.
You can deep freeze film too as the National Archives does for film suffering from vinegar syndrome
(Search for film bags made for this)
Store your media in a room or closet away from sunlight, humidity & extreme temps.
If you have no interest in keeping your home movies contact me @ yourbestdj@aol.com
I may purchase it from you.
