Like an old pair of sweatpants, VHS tapes can become too worn and sweaty to work properly. Turn your ratty tapes into crystal-clear memories with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $50 worth of video-transfer services at AMR Productions in Novato.

The video virtuosos at AMR Productions help dying media to find immortality through DVD preservation. VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, and 8mm tapes all fall under AMR's conservational expertise, allowing families to pass on a copy of Mom and Dad's wedding, baby's first birthday, or the Driscoll Grammar School's fall rendition of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf to future generations. Other formats, such as Mini DV, Hi8, and Digital8, can also be transferred, producing easy-to-store DVDs up to two hours in length ($25 each). Unlike film-based formats that typically last up to 20 years, DVDs boast a potential lifespan of 100 years with superior image quality, and each completed compact disc is snuggly sheltered in a jewel case with a label designating its nutritional content.