At Photoreal we offer conversion (digitalization) of popular video and audio cassette tapes and films on a reel into digital format: DVD disk or AudioCD or USB flash drive (in MP4/MOV/AVI/WMV or MP3/OGG format). Majority of the tapes are converted on our premises in Brooklyn, NY. Only films on the reel are outsourced to another company in NYC.
Please be advised, that:
- if the tape is older than 25 years or if it has been stored in other than “cool and dry place” for a long time, than the quality of the audio and video on your tape / film will be bad in majority of the cases and it will be bad after we convert it to digital format;
- we are not able to improve the quality of the audio and video, we convert “as is”.
We only convert audio and video cassette tapes and films on a reel from analog to digital format.
| Tape or film type | Price to convert tape into CD / DVD | Price to convert tape into digital video/audio onto a USB flash drive (MP4 or MP3 format) | Timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| VHS (NTSC & PAL) |
The rate is $25 for up to 2 hours (the price stays
the same even if the time is shorter), with an
additional $15 for each extra hour. For Pal It costs $35, with an additional $20 for each extra hour and it requires more. |
$35 for first 2 hours of video on the tape + $12/hour for each next hour on the same tape | 2 tapes / day |
| VHS-c (NTSC & PAL) |
The rate is $25 for up to 2 hours (the price stays
the same even if the time is shorter), with an
additional $15 for each extra hour. For Pal It costs $35, with an additional $20 for each extra hour and it requires more. |
$17 (includes conversion into a DVD) | 3 tapes / day |
| miniDV (NTSC only) | $22 per cassette | $35 (includes conversion to a DVD) | 3 tapes / day |
| 8mm (Video8), Hi8, Digital8 (NTSC only) | Call for pricing. | Call for pricing. | 2 tapes / day |
| 8mm film on a reel | 37 cents per foot for 8 mm min(400 feet). | 75 cents per foot(min 400 feet) | 1 week |
| audio-cassette | Call for pricing. | Call for pricing. | 3 tapes / week |
| vinyl record | Call for pricing. | Call for pricing. | 3 vinyl records / week |
| DVD | n/a | Call for pricing. | 2 hours per DVD |
We don’t convert these types of tapes: Betamax, Betacam, micro-cassettes.
If you want the tapes to be converted into USB, you can either provide your own USB drive or hard drive (it has to have at least 4 GB of free space) or get a USB flash drive from us for $15-$25.
Tapes are converted on “First come – first served” basis. Most of the time we already have several tapes for conversion, so if you need the tapes to be converted by certain time & date, please call the store (718) 875-1776 to ask for the availability to do your order by certain time & date.
Thank you!