VHS tapes to digital - Service?

[Ekliptix]

Hi my folks have a bunch of vhs, digital 8 tapes, and mini-DV tapes they'd like converted to .mp4 files.

Anyone have a suggested service in Calgary that can do this for them?

Thanks

[Xtrema]

Never tried them but London Drugs Photo Lab and Costco Photo center both offer this service.

https://www.londondrugs.com/film-video-transfer.html

https://www.costcodvd.com/services-a...otape-transfer

[Ekliptix]

Thanks, that's a good start.
I find their rates to be robbery though, haha. Starts at $37 per tape at Costco. $20 at London drugs down to $17 per for extra tapes. My Mom has like 40+ tapes, that'd all fit on 1 USB I'm sure.

Trying to find an economical option, asides from the time-consuming DIY option with some amazon gear.

[msommers]

Like you said, it's time consuming. So how much is your time worth?

LD is your best local bet.

[Xtrema]

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Thanks, that's a good start.
I find their rates to be robbery though, haha. Starts at $37 per tape at Costco. $20 at London drugs down to $17 per for extra tapes. My Mom has like 40+ tapes, that'd all fit on 1 USB I'm sure.

Trying to find an economical option, asides from the time-consuming DIY option with some amazon gear.

OBS is free. Tutorials for VHS transfer is easy to find.

Just find a good capture device for probably under $100 and assuming you already got the working playback devices for your tapes, the rest is just your time.

Plus you don't have to worry about sharing accidental porn with randoms.

[dj_rice]

Not in Calgary but if your ever in Edmonton these are the go to guys here

http://jeetvideo.ca/

[Xtrema]

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Not in Calgary but if your ever in Edmonton these are the go to guys here

http://jeetvideo.ca/

$30 per hr of footage is a lot worse than LD's $20 per tape.

[arcticcat522]

On a similar note......my grandparents had many old pictures albums from them as children/growing up and I would love to scan all of them to make digital copies.....these places do that too? Would be a bonus if they added the note on the back of who and what year. Any recommendations for that one??

[The_Penguin]

We had some done at Bestech last year. I don't recall the cost, but they did a good job. I was gonna diy, but my VCR quit, and I decided I didn't want to deal with the hassle.

[eblend]

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On a similar note......my grandparents had many old pictures albums from them as children/growing up and I would love to scan all of them to make digital copies.....these places do that too? Would be a bonus if they added the note on the back of who and what year. Any recommendations for that one??

I did this with all of our pictures myself. I know google has document scanning option with their smartphones, where you can just take a picture of the picture and it will trim it for you. I did a bunch of pictures with a scanner, and bought a little slide scanner to do all the slides. It was a fun experience, but not for everyone. Takes a while, but cool to see old pics you probably would not have looked at otherwise.

[tha_bandit]

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On a similar note......my grandparents had many old pictures albums from them as children/growing up and I would love to scan all of them to make digital copies.....these places do that too? Would be a bonus if they added the note on the back of who and what year. Any recommendations for that one??

london drugs has this, give them a box full and they will scan them. been meaning to do this but haven’t gotten around to it.

[jwslam]

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On a similar note......my grandparents had many old pictures albums from them as children/growing up and I would love to scan all of them to make digital copies.....these places do that too? Would be a bonus if they added the note on the back of who and what year. Any recommendations for that one??

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I did this with all of our pictures myself. I know google has document scanning option with their smartphones, where you can just take a picture of the picture and it will trim it for you. I did a bunch of pictures with a scanner, and bought a little slide scanner to do all the slides. It was a fun experience, but not for everyone. Takes a while, but cool to see old pics you probably would not have looked at otherwise.

I would also choose DIY since it would force you to at least glance at each photo

[Swank]

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I would also choose DIY since it would force you to at least glance at each photo

You'd at least weed out a lot of shitty 'thumb in the way' pics among other dead weight and be left with a worthwhile collection. Not all Kodak moments are worth keeping.