YesVideo app streams old home movies
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 23:11 PM EST
YesVideo app streams old home movies For older generations of Americans, home movie night used to mean waiting for Dad to carefully thread film into a reel-to-reel projector, erect a small silver screen and block any bit of light that peeked through the windows. [...] a Santa Clara company called YesVideo launched an app Thursday that is designed to move home movie night into the digital age - by streaming those old films to an iPhone or iPad. [...] with the new iOS app and a rebranded online storage service called Memory Share, YesVideo is trying to latch onto consumers' rapid adoption of mobile devices. Instead of setting up the old projector or reinstalling the forgotten VHS machine, sharing that video can be accomplished through a mobile phone or tablet, a Facebook post, a Twitter tweet or an e-mailed link. [...] YesVideo believes it offers an easier solution and has claimed about half the market for home video conversion through partnerships with major chains - Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and Bartell Drugs - giving it 34,000 retail outlets across the country.