Convert Your Old VHS, VCR & Camcorder Video Tapes to Digital
What Format Do You Have?
Your old VHS, VCR and camcorder tapes are not only trapped in an ageing format, they are also deteriorating rapidly. Convert your old video tapes to digital before it’s too late. Reelbox will transfer all video tapes to digital MP4 video files for easy viewing, editing and sharing.
VHS
from 1976
VHS-C
from 1982
Betamax
from 1975
Video8 / Hi8
from 1985
miniDV
from 1995
microMV
from 2001
“We are thrilled with the care and quality they have taken to digitise this old video
and perpetuate precious memories..”
– Allan P.
Professional Service
Fully Featured Digitisation
PRO EQUIPMENT
We only use the latest in digitisation technologies and video playback to achieve the best possible result
MAXIMUM RESOLUTION
We digitally re-master every videotape at its original recorded resolution so there is no quality loss.
EDITING
We clean up your footage by removing useless blank, blue, grey or un-watchable sections. Unwanted TV shows are also removed.
TIME BASE CORRECTION (TBC)
Older video tapes can cause “warped” or “distorted” lines to the video image. Our TBC units correct this for a clean straight video playback.
QUALITY CONTROLLED
Each videotape is edited and examined by hand after digitisation. If we notice any video or audio issues we will send the tape back to our technicians to be re-digitised.
BROKEN TAPES REPAIRED
Broken tape casings are replaced into new casing. Snapped tape is spliced so as to retrieve your potentially lost footage. (fees apply)
Video Tape Digitisation FAQs
Your Questions Answered
No. Some companies claim that this is the best method to digitise video tapes. This is far from the truth. DVD recorders will produce an obsolete compressed video file format called MPEG2 (inside a .VOB container). The MPEG2 format was developed in the late 90s and has been superseded by a far more efficient format called MP4. Companies providing MP4 files from DVD recorded files are actually re-compressing an already compressed file thus further degrading your digital files. While it is true that DVDs are still using this format today, there are far better methods of digitising your tapes.
We can boast 15+ Years of experience and expertise digtising hundreds of thousands of video tapes. We only use the highest grade analog to digital interfaces (no cheap usb adapters) to capture a 100% uncompressed video file direct to our computers. We then compress ONCE only to MP4 at a high bitrate to provide you with the best quality digital representation of your old video tapes.
We wouldn’t be satisfied providing you anything less than the best.
It is very rare that we cannot retrieve any footage from any tape format. In most cases we can rescue damaged footage. If for any reason the tape(s) cannot be played, playback is unwatchable or major issues affecting the audio playback are encountered, we will contact you during the process to inform you of our findings. You then have the option for us to digitise your problem tapes based on our assessment.
Yes. We only remove old recorded TV shows & movies, blank or blue sections to provide you with your valued home movie footage only.
We never remove or edit out home movie scenes.
Yes. By request only.
By default, we DO NOT transfer any TV shows or movies recorded from the TV on VHS video tapes. We only digitise Home Movie Footage unless you have specifically requested us to digitise a particular Tape(s) that has TV or Movies on it.
Yes. We can digitise all VHS and camcorder NTSC video tape formats into MP4 video files and PAL DVDs. There is no additional cost for this service.
We always do the best we can to provide you with the best transfer result utilising the best possible transfer methods. Unfortunately old video tapes do deteriorate and are sometimes damaged in VCRs over the years. When tape is damaged, this will result in video that can be a bit jumpy and white noise lines begin to appear. Often to the audio can be affected with aged/ damaged video tapes also.