Preserving Every Era of Family Media
Magnetic tape degrades by up to 20% every decade, and 8mm film emulsion grows brittle. I operate dedicated studio decks to rescue your media before it is permanently unplayable.
Preserving Every Era of Family Media
Magnetic tape degrades by up to 20% every decade, and 8mm film emulsion grows brittle. I operate dedicated studio decks to rescue your media before it is permanently unplayable.
VHS & S-VHS Tapes
Standard & Super VHS Home Movies
Frame-synchronized digital capture with professional time-base correction (TBC) to stabilize tracking lines and jitter. Priced by recording speed — choose SP, LP, or EP in the estimator.
$17.99 /tape
VHS-C Compact Tapes
90s Handheld Camcorder Tapes
Gentle playback in calibrated motorized adapters to prevent tape snapping or crimping.
$19.99 /tape
BetaMax (Sony Beta)
High-Grade 80s Video Cassettes
Preserved using broadcast-quality Sony Betamax decks with active jitter dampening.
$24.99 /tape
Hi-8 & Video8
8mm Video Tapes
Native high-density signal decoding ensuring deep color retention and crisp audio channels.
$21.99 /tape
MiniDV & DVCAM
Digital Video Camcorder Tapes
Pure bit-for-bit FireWire IEEE-1394 digital stream capture without generation loss.
$21.99 /tape
Standard 8mm & Super 8 Reels
Vintage Motion Picture Film
Cold-light LED telecine scanning, taking individual 2K/HD snapshots of each film frame without heat stress. Priced per reel by diameter — choose your reel size in the estimator.
$24.99 /50ft reel
Printed Photos & Albums
Loose prints up to 8x10 & albums
High-resolution flatbed and gentle non-destructive feeder scans at 600–1200 true optical DPI.
$0.49 /photo (min 25)
35mm Slides & Negatives
Cardboard & plastic mounted slides
Dedicated optical slide scanning with infrared dust and scratch detection (Digital ICE).
$0.59 /slide (min 20)
Cassette Tapes & Reels
Compact cassettes & reel-to-reel
Digitized on calibrated decks with Dolby noise reduction decoding and stereo normalization.
$18.99 /cassette
Why timing matters: Magnetic Tape & Chemical Emulsion Decay
Analog videotapes suffer from "sticky-shed syndrome" and demagnetization, while printed photos suffer fading dyes and silver mirroring. Transferring today halts chemical decay and locks in your legacy forever.
Don't see the format you'd like digitized? Just ask!
I handle a wide range of legacy and specialty media beyond what's listed above. Reach out and I'll help identify your format and confirm I can digitize it safely.
This page is for a rough estimation only. A more precise, formal estimate will be provided upon a customer intake review process, where I evaluate the condition, format, and restoration needs of your media.