Video Transfers

Much of any family history is told with photographs.

We Keep Your Memories Safe

Let us use our 31 years experience in video transfer and conversion to preserve your family's memories.

No matter what format you have, we can convert it to DVD.

Video Tape Converted to DVD

Now you have a new quick and inexpensive way to get lots of pictures into a digital form. The resulting files can be used to make good photos about the same size as the original, or even a little bit bigger.

Format	Pricing
VHS and VHS-C	$24.95 for up to 2 hours or 10+ for $20 each.*
8mm, Hi-8mm, Digital 8mm	$24.95 for up to 2 hours or 10+ for $20 each.*
Mini DV	$24.95 for up to 2 hours or 10+ for $20 each.*
Video tape repair with transfer	$19.95 to restore to GWO for transfer.
Video tape repair without transfer	$24.95 to restore without transfer.
*orders for 10 or more tapes include a FREE 64GB USB Thumbdrive

Movie Film Transfer to DVD

Format	Pricing
8mm Movie film	30 cents per foot. $24.95 set up charge for entire order
8mm Sound	30 cents per foot. $24.95 set up charge for entire order plus $9.00 per reel to transfer sound
16mm Silent or Sound	30 cents per foot. $24.95 set up charge for entire order plus $9.00 per reel to transfer sound

See more movie transfer details below.

Cell phone video to DVD and rotation

Most smartphones including Android and iPhone can shoot High Definition video but are lacking in easy ways to display these videos on today's TV's. We can transfer your smartphone videos to DVD and also rotate any movies shot vertically so they are easy to watch on your TV or computer monitor. Prices start at $24.95

Regular 8mm Film

Standard 8mm with sound is very rare.
8mm and Super 8mm are the same width but Super 8 uses smaller sprocket holes and a larger image area. This means the same size projected image will need less magnification and appear sharper and less grainy.
Super-8 films are 18 frames per second-and movement looks SLIGHTLY smoother.
Standard 8 films are 16 frames per second.
Many Kodak 8mm cameras from the early 1970's were 8mm sound.

On the left is the common 50 foot reel of Regular 8mm film. The Pinkie Test: The hole in the center of a reel of Regular 8 is smaller than the hole in the center of a Super 8 reel. A finger won't fit in the center hole of a Regular 8 reel but will usually fit in a Super 8 reel.

The film lengths can often be determined by the visual indicators on each film reel -- see image. 8mm 3 inch reels used in the 60's and 70's were not usually marked but they are 50 feet and run for approximately 3 minutes.

How to recognize if film is silent or has sound

Only films that have magnetic band(s) have the capability of having sound recorded onto them.

Simply having a magnetic band on a film does not mean the film definitively has sound. It could still be silent if no sound was ever recorded onto it.

Silent

Reel Type silent	8mm Film at 16.67 frames/second	Super 8 Film at 18 frames/second	Super 8 Film at 24 frames/second
50 feet	4 min	3.5 min	2.5 min
200 feet	15 min	13 min	10 min
300 feet	22 min	20 min	15 min
400 feet	30 min	26 min	20 min
600 feet	44 min	40 min	30 min
830 feet	-	55 min	42 min

With Sound

Reel Type with sound	8mm Film at 16.67 frames/second	Super 8 Film at 18 frames/second	Super 8 Film at 24 frames/second
50 feet	-	3.5 min	2.5 min
200 feet	12 min	11 min	8 min
300 feet	18 min	16 min	12 min
400 feet	24 min	21 min	16 min
600 feet	35 min	32 min	24 min
830 feet	-	43 min	33 min