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Mini-DV Tapes To DVD And Digital Service

Best Mini-DV Transfers

Mini-DV Transfers

Convert Your Mini-DV Tapes To DVD Or Digital Files Before Its Too Late!

Video Conversion Experts can professionally digitize and restore your memories caught on Digital 8 tapes. We use professional equipment to convert your tapes into formats like DVD, BluRay, or editing files. All of our Digital 8 transfer services include:  

  • Converted using broadcast quality equipment
  • All videotapes are carefully digitized by hand
  • Email updates throughout the transfer process
  • Advanced Restoration Options

What Makes Us The Best

Broadcast Equipment

Transferring your memories with industry leading equipment and technology

Restoration Services

We offer both advanced scratch and grain removal services with stunning results

Professional Formats

Transfer your memories into a wide range of professional and consumer formats

40+ Years Experience

For over 40 years we’ve been digitizing and restoring your memories with care.

Digitized by Hand

Our team of professionals transfer all your precious memories by hand.

Customer Focused

If you're not happy, then neither are we! We'll work hard to make it right!

Tape Transfer Pricing

Process

Price
Per Hour
  • Quality vs. Tape

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  • Equipment

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  • Restoration

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  • Combine Tapes/Video

    • We can combine up to 2 hours on DVD or 4 hours on BluRay. Just number the tapes and rubber band the ones you want together. Click here for complete details. 
  • Camcorder Cards

    • We can take content off of camcorder drives and cards and put them in chronological order. Due to the extra time and labor, this must be done under the ProHD process. Click here for complete details. 
  • Broadcast Tapes

    • We can take content from professional broadcast tapes like Umatic, Betacam and DVCPro and put it on DVD, BluRay or Digital Files. These broadcast machines are very expensive and must be done under the Pro HD process. Click here for complete details.
  • Transfer to BluRay

    • We can either up convert SD tapes/video to HD or put existing HD tapes/video onto HD formats like BluRay or HD editing files using the Pro HD process. Click here for complete details 
  • Delivery Options Per Process

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Online Quote

SD

$22 95
Per Hour
  • 30-40% Worse

    • This is a consumer based machine. It can only get about 70% of the quality from the tape due to the quality of the heads in the machine. Click here for more details.
  • Consumer

    • This is a consumer based machine. It can only get about 70% of the quality from the tape due to the quality of the heads in the machine. Click here for more details. 
  • Optional

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  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • DVD, AVI, MOV Files and More

    • We can make DVDs and 480 line resolution AVI and MOV files from this process. Click here for more details.
Online Quote
Budget

Pro SD

$39 95
Per Hour
  • As Good As Tape

    • This is a broadcast quality machine. It will get the best quality possible from the tape. Click here for more details.
  • Pro Broadcast

    • This is a broadcast quality machine. It will get the best quality possible from the tape. Click here for more details.
  • Optional

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  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • DVD, AVI, MOV Files and More

    • We can make DVDs and 480 line resolution AVI and MOV files from this process. Click here for more details.
Online Quote
Good

Pro HD

$59 95
Per Hour
  • As Good As Orig.

    • This is a broadcast based machine. It will get the best possible quality from the tape. Click here for more details.
  • Pro Broadcast

    • This is a broadcast based machine. It will get the best possible quality from the tape. Click here for more details.
  • Optional

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  • Yes

    • We can combine up to 2 hours on DVD or 4 hours on BluRay. Just number the tapes and rubber band the ones you want together. Click here for complete details. 
  • Yes

    • We can take content off of camcorder drives and cards and put them in chronological order. This takes extra time and labor and must be done under the Pro HD process. Click here for more details.
  • Yes
  • SD/HD Cards/Drives

    • We can either up convert SD tapes and video too HD or put existing HD tapes and video onto HD formats like BluRay or HD editing files using the Pro HD process. Click here for more details.
  • DVD, BD, AVI, MP4, HD-AVI, ProRes

    • We can make DVDs and BDs, 480 line resolution AVI and MOV files or 720p and 1080p HD-AVI and ProRes files from this process. Click here for more details.
Online Quote
Better

Pro 4K

$79 95
Per Hour
  • As Good As 4K Orig.

    • Video we produce will look as good as the original in all cases except DVD due to the compression and resolution loss. Click here for more details. 
  • Pro Broadcast

    • We use professional broadcast editing software to convert the 4K content into other formats producing great results. Click here for more details.
  • Optional

    • Click here for complete details
  • Yes

    • We can combine up to 2 hours on DVD or 4 hours on BluRay. Just number the tapes and rubber band the ones you want together. Click here for complete details. 
  • Yes

    • We can take content off of camcorder drives and cards and put them in chronological order. This takes extra time and labor and must be done under the Pro HD process. Click here for more details.
  • Yes
  • 4K Cards/Drives

    • We can convert your 4K camera content (Go Pro etc.) to formats like BluRay or HD editing files. Click here for more details. 
  • DVD, BD, AVI, MP4, HD-AVI, ProRes

    • We can make DVDs and BDs; SD AVI, MOV and MP4 files; HD 2K and 4K AVI, ProRes and DPX files from this process. Click here for more details. 
Online Quote
Best

Tape Order Process

Step 1.

Organize & Number

If Combining Tapes Through the Pro HD Process, Please Number the Tapes in the Order You Would Like Them to Appear.

Step 2.

Choose Your Process

SD
Low Cost Basic Service
Pro SD
‍Best Quality DVD or Editing Files From SD Tapes
Pro HD
Want to Combine Tapes, Want HD Format Back (BluRay), Have Camcorder SD/HD Cards/Drives or You Have Broadcast BetaCam
Pro 4K
For GoPro and Other 4K Cameras

Step 3.

Choose Your Format

DVD & BluRay
Good For Viewing On TV, Not For Editing
MP4
Good For Viewing On Any Digital Device
AVI, HD-AVI & ProRes
Good For Editing Not For Viewing On TV

Step 4.

Order Online & Ship

Order Online
Fill out the appropriate order form online and print the invoice.

**You’ll need to include a copy with the order**

Ship With Order Form
Ship film with the order form. We recommend using FedEx or UPS 2-3 Day Air Service

Transferring Your Mini-DV Tapes

Mini-DV tapes were first introduced in 1995 by Sony and Panasonic. The DV in Mini-DV stands for “digital video”, and even though they were on cassette tapes, the quality they produced was on par with digital picture quality and sound. Mini-DV tapes were the smallest of the cassette tapes, coming in substantially smaller than VHS, Betamax, VHS-C, and even Digital8 tape formats. That doesn’t, however, mean their quality was worse than those formats. In fact, Mini-DV tapes had a substantially better resolution with 530 horizontal lines and 3 times the color information than VHS tapes. Making them a high-quality go-to for amateurs and professionals.   

Transferring Your Mini-DV Tapes Before It's Too Late

Depending on when you started shooting your memories on Mini-DV tapes, they are likely to be 20 or even 30 years old by now. Even though these little guys had the best quality out of the other available tapes of their time, that doesn’t mean they’re going to last forever. They’ve probably started to degrade, shift in color to blue or red, and might even be damaged beyond repair. Meaning your precious memories caught on Mini-DV are at risk of being lost forever. Now is the best time to get them transferred onto a medium like DVD or into digital files like MP4 or AVI. With a Mini-DV to DVD or digital service like the ones provided by us at Video Conversion Experts, you can enhance your memories with advanced color correction and broadcast-quality equipment. Giving you the opportunity to relive your memories with your family and friends at a quality level that our competitors don’t even bother offering. At the end of the day, your Mini-DV tapes won’t be around forever and if you want to relive your past with generations to come, Video Conversion Experts offers the highest quality Mini-DV digitizing services the industry has to offer.      

A Few Awesome Facts About Mini-DV Tapes

  • The Independent Oscar Nominated Documentary "Supersize Me" Was Filmed On Mini-DV Tapes.
  • Mini-DV Tapes Are The Smallest Tape Format On The Market.
  • With A Resolution Of 530 Horizontal Lines, Mini-DV Tapes Were Of A Higher Quality Than That Eras Broadcast Standards.
  • Mini-DV Tapes Had 3 Times More Color Information Then VHS Tapes.
  • Standard Mini-DV Tapes Had Recording Times Of 60 Mins (SP), and 90 Mins (EP). There Were Also Tapes That Could Record 80 Mins And 120 Mins.

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