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Old 02-10-2023, 07:49 AM
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My 86yr old father has probably 100+ tapes (mix of VHS, Betamax, and maybe even Super 8?) of family videos that I'd like to have transferred to either the cloud and/or a thumb or hard drive.

I've called two local places, and they quoted $20 per tape. That seems high to me, as I'm not asking them to do any editing or anything--just transfer the videos to a different format--so presumably they don't have to do much beside pop the tape in the player, hit play, and then record on their computer.

Anyone got any better (and by better I mean cheaper!) suggestions?
You can buy analog to digital converters for $150-200. Suggest a Google search. These units will usually take VHS, Beta, cassette audio tapes and vinyl discs and write the information to a DVD or memory stick. At 100+ tapes the costs for the VHS/Beta conversions would be about $1.50-$2.00 per tape. You could then convert all that vinyl as well. Good luck.