Video Market Areas to explore:

– Transfer the VHS copy of yourprofessional wedding video to DVD for your husband or wife. You can add a scene index with chapters for the ceremony, kiss, cocktail hour, best man's speech, first dance, and bouquet toss. Most wedding videographers are now offering a wedding DVD rather than a VHS tape, showing the popular acceptance of this medium.

– Is your parents' anniversary coming up? Borrow their wedding photo album and preserve their photos on DVD. You can even add their favorite songs! They can watch the DVD of their wedding photos on their TV, or you can use a projector and show it to everyone at a party! An anniversary DVD is great at the time of the anniversary and will be watched many times afterward.

  – Of course your new baby is the cutest on the planet! Have the first few weeks of baby photos transferred as a great DVD Slideshow (with video too!) and send copies of the DVD to family and friends. The DVD menu, case and disc can all display an adorable photo of your baby. This DVD also makes a great keepsake for your child as he or she grows up. And this "first birthday DVD" will be watched forever.
– Kids usually provide the biggest library of family home movies, from birthday parties to dance recitals to soccer games. You can transfer any videotape of your child's event to DVD, custom-made with his or her photo and favorite music on the Main Menu. It's a great way to save the sights and sounds of a special event.

– Another idea for kids: create a tribute video DVD for each of your children: a DVD for Emily with her birth, big soccer win, and prom photos; a D
VD for Ryan with his first steps, basketball game, and junior high graduation; and a DVD for Hannah with her third birthday party, dance recital, and National Honor Society induction. These "Growing Up" DVDs make a perfect gift for kids who are turning 18 or graduating from high school.

– Got a special grandparent? An excellent gift for senior citizens is putting the photos of their life onto a DVD. You could start with photos of childhood and go up to the present, using your relative's favorite music in the background. This photo slideshow can either be shown on a home television or on a screen at a special birthday party. Your favorite senior will watch this "personal genealogy video" for years, and show it off to many friends!

 
– Got a special someone? DVDs of "couple history" are sweet and thoughtful anytime – but they're a great Valentine's or anniversary gift! Collect your photos and video of you as a couple (and "your" songs!) and give the DVD to that special someone. (This can also make an excellent presentation at a wedding or anniversary party!) An anniversary DVD is also great to compile each year, or every 5 years; create a record of your marriage together.

 

slideshow is becoming especially popular. Many couples are choosing to show presentations featuring photos of themselves and their families (and bridal party members) during rehearsal dinners. This special presentation really gets the tears flowing among close family and friends! Often, these slideshows are ordered by parents, bridesmaids, or groomsmen to surprise the happy couple. The reception is also a great place to show this slideshow.
– A great activity for a family is creating a "Genealogy Video DVD" together. Essentially an audio-visual family tree, this is a DVD that traces your family's history, from the earliest photos you have of relatives to the youngest members of your family. A Family History DVD is an fantastic heirloom that will preserve your family's tales and photos for generations. Some families split the cost and create an extensive DVD by involving many members of their extended family in the project. It's also a great presentation to show at family reunions.
 

– School groups, dance schools, and local sports groups often provide events that proud parents film with their camcorders. These tapes are usually highly prized by families and viewed repeatedly, but often are not preserved for the future before they tear or degrade. From championship Little League games to choir concerts, school musicals to each yearly dance recital, there are many hours of video that parents have on tape. A DVD of these events becomes a perfect gift for active kids to appreciate.

– It bears repeating that most people have many special events on professionally filmed/edited videotapes that should be transferred to DVD to preserve them. These might include bar mitzvahs, wedding video, prom videos, and high school and college graduation ceremonies – any event that a professional videographer filmed and sold to you on videotape. Perhaps more than any other video you have, these milestone events should be preserved onto a long-lasting DVD. This makes a wonderful, long-lasting, long-remembered present.