[GreggC69]

Non tech savvy here. Have a box of old mini dv video tapes that I want to transfer to something current and more readily playable. (In the older days I would have said transfer to DVD but I know that is outdated as well). A lot of the tapes are partially full - i.e. some only have 15 minutes used of the hour long capacity. Any suggestions on where to get them converted and saved? Would like to gift a copy of old home movies to the kids. Thanks in advance.

[Keefelane66]

Video Doc Productions | digitize video tapes | 1314 W North Blvd (Hwy 441 North), Leesburg, Florida 34748

[retiredguy123]

legacybox.com will do it, but it is not cheap.

Another option is to buy a conversion device from Amazon and do it yourself. You should digitize it and copy the content to a flash drive.

[villagetinker]

Depending on how many tapes (etc) that you have, buying the equipment and doing it yourself may be much less expensive. I do have a digital movie camera that takes the 8 mm(?) magnetic tape cartridges and I have lent it out for others to use. If you have actual 8 mm FILM, I also have a projector and a "copy" unit let I have never used. This would probably need some experimentation but should also work.

[dhdallas]

Originally Posted by GreggC69

Non tech savvy here. Have a box of old mini dv video tapes that I want to transfer to something current and more readily playable. (In the older days I would have said transfer to DVD but I know that is outdated as well). A lot of the tapes are partially full - i.e. some only have 15 minutes used of the hour long capacity. Any suggestions on where to get them converted and saved? Would like to gift a copy of old home movies to the kids. Thanks in advance.

Walmart did all my old 8mm movies and put them on a USB flash drive.

[Tustin714]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Depending on how many tapes (etc) that you have, buying the equipment and doing it yourself may be much less expensive.

This is the equipment our library allows people to use, and I have used it successfully on a few tapes -- I'm thinking of just buying one:

Amazon.com