Do you have any old VHS videotapes around? If so, you need to understand that the video quality of those tapes is deteriorating every year, even if you are not playing them!

Jeanette D. Moses explains all this and provides information on how to convert the VHS tapes to more modern (and longer-lasting) media in her article in the Tom’s Guide website at: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/digitize-vhs-tapes.