PhotoSynthesis can transfer all your old VHS tapes to DVD in-store! We also work with an expert reels-to-video partner to transfer all your other types of old reels and tapes to DVD! Whether you have Super 8s, reels, old camcorder tapes, VHS tapes...you name it, we can probably transfer it to DVD! Have audio tapes you need transfered? Our partner does this too; just $24.95 for up to 74 minutes on CD.
Prices start at $23.95 for transfering VHS tapes and VHS-C to DVD. One DVD holds 2 hours of VHS tape. If you recorded footage at high quality, your full VHS tapes hold two hours of footage. Most tapes are 2 hours long, so a VHS-to-DVD transfer is just $23.95. If you taped at lesser quality, your VHS tape could hold more than two hours of footage. In this case, we will continue your taping to new DVDs for $9/extra DVD. So if your VHS tape had 4 hours of footage, it would be $23.95 for the first DVD and $9.00 for the overrun footage. If you have VHS tapes that are not full, we can combine tapes for $9/tape. You must, however, provide us with the start and stop times of the additional tapes to get the $9/tape price. The Iowa State library media center has VHS players you can use to view your footage and get start/stop times. If you'd like us to do it for you, it is an additional $5/tape. Once we know how much footage is on each VHS tape, we can figure out how to combine them to best fit the 2-hour DVDs. The first VHS tape to the DVD is $23.95 and any other tapes we can get on the same DVD is $9 each. When another DVD is started, the cost structure starts over again at $23.95, with additional tapes that will fit on the same DVD at $9/each.
Camcorder tapes & foreign VHS (Video 8, Hi8, Digital 8, Micro, Mini DV, 3/4", DVCAM, Betacam plus PAL & SECAM video) are $34.95 for up to 2 hours of footage on one DVD. We can combine add'l camcorder tapes onto a single 2 hour DVD for just $5/add'l tape that will fit to the same DVD. Once a new DVD is started, the $34.95 starts again.
DVD duplicate copies are $14.95 if you'd like extras to share.
For movie reels to DVD, price is initially calculated on reel length. There is a minimum charge of $49.95. For regular 8mm, Super 8, and 16MM *movie* films, transfer cost is $0.14 per foot of flim. This means that a 3" reel holding 50 feet would be $7, a 5" reel holding 200 feet would be $28, a 6" reel holding 300 feet would be $42, and a 7" reel holding 400 feet would be $56. On top of this, the charge to put the data to DVD is $34.95, and your DVD comes with a printed cover that shows you thumbhails of the contents and will be ready to be viewed on your TV or computer. Background music can be added to silent film. We have a music library you can choose from or you can supply your own music on CD. Titles are added at no extra charge. There is a limit of one free title for each 200' of movie film. Titles can be placed at the start of any reel. Please number the movie reels in the sequence they are to appear on the video. Reels that aren't numbered will be transfered in any sequence. Before the transfer of film, it is cleaned and lubricated, bad splices are replaced, and damaged film is repaired. (Note: sometimes film is received damaged beyond repair. In these cases we will try to run the film as best as possible.) Small 50' reels will be spliced together and returned on 400' reels for $3.79 each. Any blank film, 5 seconds or more, will be removed. Images that are out of focus, upside down, over or under exposed, will be left in.
VHS and VHS-C to DVD is done in-store. All other transfers are done at a partner lab and shipped via FedEx both ways at no cost to you.
Orders over $50 require an estimated deposit.
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