At Photoreal we offer conversion (digitalization) of popular video and audio cassette tapes and films on a reel into digital format: DVD disk or AudioCD or USB flash drive (in MP4/MOV/AVI/WMV or MP3/OGG format). Majority of the tapes are converted on our premises in Brooklyn, NY. Only films on the reel are outsourced to another company in NYC.

Please be advised, that:
If the tape is older than 25 years or if it has been stored in other than “cool and dry place” for a long time, than the quality of the audio and video on your tape / film will be bad in majority of the cases and it will be bad after we convert it to digital format;
We are not able to improve the quality of the audio and video, we convert “as is”.

We only convert audio and video cassette tapes and films on a reel from analog to digital format.

Pricing to Convert

VHS (NTSC & PAL)

  • 2 tapes / day

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • $25 for up to 2 hours
  • Additional $15 for each extra hour.
  • For PAL it costs $35, with an additional $20 for each extra hour and it requires more.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • $35 for first 2 hours of video on the tape
  • $12/hour for each next hour on the same tape

VHS-c (NTSC & PAL)

  • 3 tapes / day

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • $25 for up to 2 hours
  • Additional $15 for each extra hour.
  • For PAL it costs $35, with an additional $20 for each extra hour and it requires more.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • $17 (includes conversion into a DVD)

MiniDV (NTSC only)

  • 3 tapes / day

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • $22 per cassette

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • $35 (includes conversion to a DVD)

8mm (Video8), Hi8, Digital8 (NTSC only)

  • 2 tapes / day

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • Call for pricing.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • Call for pricing.

8mm film on a reel

  • 1 week

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • 37 cents per foot for 8 mm min (400 feet).

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • 75 cents per foot (min 400 feet)

Audio cassette

  • 3 tapes / week

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • Call for pricing.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • Call for pricing.

Vinyl Record

  • 3 vinyl records / week

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • Call for pricing.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • Call for pricing.

DVD

  • 2 hours per DVD

Convert Tape into CD / DVD:

  • Call for pricing.

Convert Tape into Digital Video/Audio onto a USB Drive:

  • Call for pricing.

We don’t convert these types of tapes: Betamax, Betacam, micro-cassettes.

If you want the tapes to be converted into USB,, you can either provide your own USB drive or hard drive (it has to have at least 4 GB of free space) or get a USB flash drive from us for $15-$25.

Tapes are converted on “First come – first served” basis. Most of the time we already have several tapes for conversion, so if you need the tapes to be converted by certain time & date, please call the store (718) 875-1776 to ask for the availability to do your order by certain time & date.

Thank you!