Film & Video Transfer Lab

Why do customers bring their 8mm, Super 8, 16mm film reels to Play it Again Video?

1. They don’t want to Ship Off their Precious Film Reels.
You may be able to save a few bucks by shipping off your irreplaceable 8mm film reels to some online place, but is it really worth the risk? We do not ship out of town, out of state, out of country, thousands of miles away from MA. Your 8mm, Super8, 16mm film stays right here in our Newton, MA lab until we complete the film conversion.
2. We’ve Been Transferring Film since 1986
Film is our specialty: 8mm, Super 8, 16mm. Our experienced lab technician hand-cleans and conditions every inch of the film, repair any sprocket damage before digitizing the film with the best 3CCD telecine film-transfer equipment out there. The combination of careful cleaning/conditioning and top-grade telecine transfer equipment ensure best optimal digital transfer quality possible. In addition, you receive a digital backup tape in case, God forbid, you put a scratch on your DVD.
3. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
We are confident we are one of the best at turning your 8mm, Super8 or 16mm film to DVD or external hard drive. If you are not satisfied with the quality of our transfer, we will redo the work or give you a full refund. Read about our customer’s testimonials and you’ll see why Play it Again Video has the highest customer repeat rate in Massachusetts
VHS to DVD – Magnetic media has a shelf life between 10 to 15 years.  Transferring your home video tapes to DVD will make them last a lifetime.
VHS-to_DVDWe can transfer VHS, VCR, VHS-C, Hi8, Video8, 8mm, miniDV, Betamax, Betacam SP, 3/4″ Umatic.  Contact us about quantity discount.   Read more:
MA VHS to DVD transfer
Hard Drive Transfer – You can add music clips, trim and edit your silent films or raw video footage when you transfer them to a hard drive.
Hard Drive Transfer
Transferring to a hard drive is becoming more popular as video editing software is becoming easier and less expensive.  Read more:
MA hard drive transfer
Slide Scanning Services – Convert your 35mm Slide-Scanning slides to a digital image for multi-purpose use:view on a DVD, print it, email it, add it to a video. The best part? You can watch it again! Read more: MA Slide Scanning Film to DVD – If you are still holding on to film reels, they are probably 30 years or older. We
8mm film to dvdexamine the film footage, repair sprocket and film damage, then clean it for optimal projection and results.  Read more: MA Film-to-DVD
Cassette Tape to CD – We can convert your cassette tapes to CD (MP3).  Cassette tapes degrade with time, sound
recording start crackling or hissing, the tape itself can snap.
Convert your cassette tape and audio reel-to-reel to digital formats to preserve the sound quality. 
Plus, you can do so much more with digital files – share, email, use it in videos, etc.  Read more:
MA Cassette Tape to CD
Vinyl Records to DVD – Vinyl records, albums, LPs, Reel to Reel – listen to them once more on CD.  Whether you have favorite songs on your records, albums, LP, Reel-to-Reel, or they contain precious voice recordings of loved ones, it is much easier to listen to
them on a CD or digital format.   Read more: MA Records-to-CD


Questions? (617) 332-3300

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