Creative Video Associates (CVA) - for recycling, used and new video tape

Recycling your tapes is like sending them on their summer holiday ... rejuvenating, relaxing, and an incredibly nice thing to do all round.

Think CVA for videotape recycling.



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CVA Articles

This is our Article Archive. Here you'll find an expanding collection of essays, thoughts, scientific specs, environmental issues, and much more to peruse. Each article is listed with a brief overview of its contents, plus a category label.

Recycling DV Formats
The benefits of recycling DV tapes
Category: Recycling

Popular Misconceptions ...
... about videotape recycling
Category: Recycling

A Video Editing Timeline
A walk through the development of video editing
Category: Video Tape History

Demystifying DVD
Cutting through the jargon of these shiny discs
Category: Digital Media

Gearing Up For HD
A look at the HD tape formats
Category: Video Tape

Value Added Archiving
How tape evaluation can improve your archives
Category: Recycling

What Can I Do With My Old Tapes?

The creative use of those tapes in your archive
Category: Recycling

A Brief History Of Video Tape
Read a quick overview of tape development since the 1950s
Category: Video Tape History

The Geeks Of Kingswood Warren
The BBC's Research & Development team
Category: Video Tape History

Sony, Fuji, Maxell, Ampex

The four corners of video tape development
Category: Video Tape History

Helical Scan
The method that made high quality video recording possible
Category: Video Tape Science