It's Time To Transfer Those Tapes
Video Tape Transfers
Your video tapes are cared for by our trained archiving experts, who will treat your materials with the utmost care. Your items never leave our store or get shipped away, and we return all original media to you once the process is complete.Every tape is rewound and then captured start to finish to ensure we recover all content. If a tape stops prior to expected recording times, we capture it a second time for verification.
Once your tape is captured, a trained technician will review the footage for negative space and commercial content - which gets removed from the final output. We evaluate each tape for the best possible quality and then return the digital files in the output of your choosing. We can provide you digital files on a USB flash drive, a digital download or a DVD disc.
If your tapes are labeled, we'll keep the content in chronological order. Have special notes? We'll do our best to include them. These are precious memories, so if you have a special request or questions - please ask us!
Keeping your memories safe + local.
The Print Refinery® has been professionally preserving memories for over 20 years.
Using a trusted local expert is the safest way to digitize home movies & photos.
Using a trusted local expert is the safest way to digitize home movies & photos.
Therefore, all digitizing services are completed inside our Vernon Hills, IL facility.
Formats Accepted:
VHS
VHS cassettes are 7.4 inches by 4 inches and 1 inch thick with half inch wide tape inside.
Compact VHS
VHS-C cassettes are 3.6 inches by 2.0 inches and 0.8 inches thick with the standard VHS half inch wide tape inside.
Hi-8 & Digital 8
Compact video cassets are 3.6875 inches by 2.375 inches and 0.6 inches thick.
Mini DV
Using digital data, these Mini DV's are 2.6 inches by 1.92 inches 0.48 inches thick.Pricing is per-tape based on the amount of usable content we return to you. You never pay for dead space!
| Usable Content | Price |
|---|---|
| Less than 15 minutes | $17.00 |
| 15 minutes to 2 hours | $27.00 |
| 2+ hours | $35.00 |
| BETA or PAL (any length) | $35.00 |
Additional Options
- USB flash drives are priced based on the size needed, up to 256gb
- Digital downloads are $1.00 per GB transferred, minimum $5.00
- DVDs are $12 for 2 hours of content per disc
- $25 for repair of damaged or dirty cartridges (in addition to capture cost)
For more information, please contact us.
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