That box of 8mm cassettes holds birthdays and holidays from the late 1990s. You cannot watch them now. Digital8 conversion services turn that tape into files you can open on a TV or phone, share, and back up. What Digital8 Tapes Are And Why They Fail Digital8, also called D8, launched in 1999. It uses the same shell as Video8 and Hi8 but records digitally with the DV codec. Families chose it for a better picture and because it could play older Video8 and Hi8 tapes. The casset
