Transfer Your Media to Digital
Bring us your old tapes, records, and camcorder cassettes. We do the transfers ourselves, right here in the museum.
Formats We Transfer
We use the same decks and players you see out in the galleries. If the rest of the world stopped supporting your format years ago, that’s fine. We still have the machines, and we know how to run them.
Our own staff handles every transfer here at the museum. Your originals never leave the building, and you get them back along with the digital copies.
Audio
- Cassette Tapes (standard & micro)
- Reel-to-Reel Tapes
- Vinyl Records (33⅓, 45, 78 rpm)
- CD, DAT & MiniDisc
Video
- VHS, S-VHS & VHS-C
- Betamax
- Betacam & BetaSP
- 3/4" U-matic & D3
- Laserdisc & DVD
Camcorder
- MiniDV
- DVCPRO
- Hi8, Video8 & Digital8
Don’t see your format? Ask anyway. If a machine was ever made for it, chances are good we have one.
Delivery Options
USB Drive
Standard digital files on a flash drive. You can also bring your own hard drive.
Cloud Download
A private download link, emailed straight to you. Easy to pass around the family.
Rates by Format
| Format | Rate |
|---|---|
| Video Tape Transfers Flat rate per tape for up to two hours of footage. Longer tapes that run 4 to 8 hours cost a little more. | |
| Standard Consumer Video VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, Video8, Hi8, Digital8, MiniDV | $15 – $30 per tape |
| Vintage Consumer Video Betamax | $25 – $40 per tape |
| Broadcast & Professional Betacam / BetaSP, 3/4" U-matic, DVCPRO, D3 | $35 – $50 per tape |
| Laserdisc & DVD Optical video formats | Ask for quote |
| Audio Transfers Includes basic noise cleanup and splitting the recording into separate tracks. | |
| Standard Cassette Audio cassette, all lengths, both sides | $15 – $27 per item |
| Micro Cassette & CD Dictation & answering machine tapes, compact disc | $25 – $35 per item |
| Vinyl Records / LPs 33⅓, 45 & 78 rpm, both sides | $25 – $45 per item |
| Legacy Digital Audio DAT (Digital Audio Tape), MiniDisc | $40 – $55 per item |
| Reel-to-Reel Audio Quarter-inch open reel | Ask for quote |
How It Works
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Request a Quote
Tell us what you have. Formats and rough counts are plenty to start. Use the form below, give us a call, or stop by the front desk.
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Drop Off Your Media
Bring everything to the front desk. We’ll go through it with you piece by piece and agree on the price before any work starts.
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We Transfer It
We clean your media, play it back on the right equipment for the format, and capture it in real time here in the lab.
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Pick It All Up
Come get your originals back, along with your digital copies on a USB drive or as a cloud download.
Request a Quote
Send us the details and we’ll get back to you with a price. Nothing is charged on this page. You pay nothing until you’ve seen the quote and dropped off your media.
Prefer to talk it through?
(816) 603-2545
jon@themediatechmuseum.com
Or stop by and ask at the front desk. Here are our hours and directions.
Every order has a $50 minimum. We go over the quote with you in person before we start.
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