Hurt Locker wins on the Big Screen, Saving Tape wins on the Small Screen

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Hurt Locker wins on the Big Screen, Saving Tape wins on the Small Screen

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Hurt Locker is the big winner at the Oscars but local Minneapolis media conversion company, Saving Tape, brings home movies and family memories to the small screen so that soldiers serving overseas can get a small taste of home.

Winning five Oscars including best picture and best director "The Hurt Locker" brings military stories to the big screen. A Minnesota film conversion company called Saving Tape did not win any Oscars last night but strives to support our troops and bring their stories to the small screen by providing a unique Smiles for Soldiers media conversion service.

Saving Tape is a media conversion company operating out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most of their business revolves around transferring old home movies onto more modern mediums: VHS to DVD, tape to CD - even offering some of the highest quality Super 8, 8mm or 16mm film to DVD transfers. In addition to basic media conversion services, Saving Tape also offers its customers custom editing and multi-media hybrids like digital slide shows with music, subtitles and narration.

As interest and demand in these unique services have continued to grow, owner Thor Anderson developed the Smiles for Soldiers™ program that not only makes newly formatted digital versions of home movies, but also makes the day of a U.S. soldier serving overseas.

For families of active U.S. military personnel who are deployed overseas, through Smiles for Soldiers™ they will receive a 10% discount on all video to DVD services, as well as a free copy of each DVD and a mailer to send it safely to wherever their loved one is stationed.

A lot of ink has been used to document the struggles military personnel have trying to reconnect with their families when they return from a tour. But far less has been discussed concerning the struggles those same soldiers face each day abroad, simply because they cannot keep current with the lives of their children and spouses. Keeping up with daily milestones in the life of a family helps make for an easier return at the end of a long deployment.

"There's no reason someone serving our country should have to miss out on at least seeing family memories," explained Anderson. "Birthday parties, a baby's first steps, their kids softball game - even old home movies they were around for but have forgotten about, if someone brings it in, we'll make an extra copy for free. It's our way of supporting U.S. troops as best we can."

So while "The Hurt Locker" leaves the Oscar season with 5 big screen wins, a slew of other military movies are also heading into production. The budget may be smaller, the camera may be shakier, and the hollywood stars have been replaced with family members. But for the overseas recipient of these somewhat modest home movies, simply being able to press play is reward enough.

It's a reward that Thor Anderson, through Smiles for Soldiers, believes is worth more than any bald headed gold statue ever could be.

Saving Tape, located in Minneapolis, MN, has quickly become a leading provider of media conversion services in the Upper Midwest. Saving Tape has extensive technological know-how to restore and digitize your old slides, audio tapes, reel-to-reels, and home movies. Saving Tape is one of only a few companies in the nation that have invested in newer conversion technologies such as "frame-by-frame" scanning which allows one to convert old analog films to high quality digital movies without the usual flicker and reduced frame gate artifacts. These newly formatted and digitized family memories can then be shared as DVDs, edited on your computer or even shared on the internet. Saving Tape has made the investment in quality to go along with their commitment to providing unmatched care and value to their customers. For more information on our unique "Smiles for Soldiers™" program or any of our other media conversion services please call toll free at 1-800-445-9491 to see just how competitively priced their services really are relative to the other companies using lower quality conventional technologies.

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<h1>Hurt Locker wins on the Big Screen, Saving Tape wins on the Small Screen</h1> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_Eric Nelson.aspx'>Eric Nelson</a> Winning five Oscars including best picture and best director &quot;The Hurt Locker&quot; brings military stories to the big screen. A Minnesota film conversion company called Saving Tape did not win any Oscars last night but strives to support our troops and bring their stories to the small screen by providing a unique Smiles for Soldiers media conversion service.

Saving Tape is a media conversion company operating out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Most of their business revolves around transferring old home movies onto more modern mediums: VHS to DVD, tape to CD - even offering some of the highest quality Super 8, 8mm or 16mm film to DVD transfers. In addition to basic media conversion services, Saving Tape also offers its customers custom editing and multi-media hybrids like digital slide shows with music, subtitles and narration.

As interest and demand in these unique services have continued to grow, owner Thor Anderson developed the Smiles for Soldiers&#8482; program that not only makes newly formatted digital versions of home movies, but also makes the day of a U.S. soldier serving overseas.

For families of active U.S. military personnel who are deployed overseas, through Smiles for Soldiers&#8482; they will receive a 10% discount on all video to DVD services, as well as a free copy of each DVD and a mailer to send it safely to wherever their loved one is stationed.

A lot of ink has been used to document the struggles military personnel have trying to reconnect with their families when they return from a tour.  But far less has been discussed concerning the struggles those same soldiers face each day abroad, simply because they cannot keep current with the lives of their children and spouses. Keeping up with daily milestones in the life of a family helps make for an easier return at the end of a long deployment.

&quot;There's no reason someone serving our country should have to miss out on at least seeing family memories,&quot; explained Anderson.  &quot;Birthday parties, a baby's first steps, their kids softball game - even old home movies they were around for but have forgotten about, if someone brings it in, we'll make an extra copy for free.  It's our way of supporting U.S. troops as best we can.&quot;

So while &quot;The Hurt Locker&quot; leaves the Oscar season with 5 big screen wins, a slew of other military movies are also heading into production.  The budget may be smaller, the camera may be shakier, and the hollywood stars have been replaced with family members.  But for the overseas recipient of these somewhat modest home movies, simply being able to press play is reward enough.

It's a reward that Thor Anderson, through Smiles for Soldiers, believes is worth more than any bald headed gold statue ever could be.

Saving Tape, located in Minneapolis, MN, has quickly become a leading provider of media conversion services in the Upper Midwest. Saving Tape has extensive technological know-how to restore and digitize your old slides, audio tapes, reel-to-reels, and home movies. Saving Tape is one of only a few companies in the nation that have invested in newer conversion technologies such as &quot;frame-by-frame&quot; scanning which allows one to convert old analog films to high quality digital movies without the usual flicker and reduced frame gate artifacts. These newly formatted and digitized family memories can then be shared as DVDs, edited on your computer or even shared on the internet. Saving Tape has made the investment in quality to go along with their commitment to providing unmatched care and value to their customers. For more information on our unique &quot;Smiles for Soldiers&#8482;&quot; program or any of our other media conversion services please call toll free at 1-800-445-9491 to see just how competitively priced their services really are relative to the other companies using lower quality conventional technologies.About the Author: This article was provided by Saving Tape a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.savingtape.com">media conversion company in Minneapolis</a>. The owner wrote this article to highlight his new <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.savingtape.com/smiles-for-soldiers.php">Smiles for Soldiers</a> program. The knowledge of the author about <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.savingtape.com/film.php">8mm film to DVD transfers</a> is clear from this article. Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Hurt-Locker-wins-on-the-Big-Screen-Saving-Tape-wins-on-the-Small-Screen_12828.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Hurt Locker wins on the Big Screen, Saving Tape wins on the Small Screen_12828.aspx</a>

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