A customer, John from Cambridge, had his friend try 9 different places to get some special slides scanned but there was one special slide that kept getting cropped by the machine.  So John, tried to scan the slide himself with a slide scanner and a digital camera, but still couldn’t do it. Finally, he brought his slide to Play it Again Video and was very pleased with the result.  He even gave the person helping him here a Mother’s Day card in appreciation. We’ve seen a lot over 30 years, but this is the first time a customer gave our front desk person a Mother’s Day card.

To see more customer testimonials:http://playitagainvideo.com/testimonials/

You pop your old VHS tape into the VCR player and it won’t play.

You panic because you know what’s on it – precious home movies of your kids, birthday parties, summers at the beach, thanksgiving memories of uncles, aunts, grandparents who may have passed on.

But why won’t your VHS tape play?

Here are the possible reasons:

1. The VCR player is jammed – the equipment is quite old and if you have not maintained it regularly, there’s a good chance the VCR player is not working well anymore. To test this, use another VHS tape. If the second tape won’t play as well, chances are the equipment is the problem.

2. The VHS tape ribbon has detached. VHS tapes are fragile and after years of being played and exposure to the environment, the tape sometimes snaps off from the housing when it’s rewound. You can check this easily by flipping open the side of the tape housing.

3. The VHS tape housing spinning mechanism is broken. This prevents the tape reels from spinning smoothly. Do not force it to spin, bring it in to be repaired so the tape ribbon is preserved.

A word of caution: if you see white specks on your VHS tape, that’s mold. Don’t put it in the equipment because the mold will fly off into the equipment and gunk up the fragile mechanical parts of the equipment. You’ll need to get your VHS tape cleaned and restored, a very expensive process.

VHS tapes have a shelf life. The best time to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD or other digital formats is:  Yesterday. A DVD does not deteriorate, does not jam, does not grow moldy.

Even if your vhs tape plays, you will notice that the quality has deteriorated, the sound has started to crackle. A VHS tape is made of magnetic media and even in the best storage condition, the earth’s magnetic forces will affect the magnetic particles on the tape. The cost to transfer a VHS tape to a DVD is minimal, only about $25 depending on the length of your tape.  That’s a very small price to pay to preserve the precious memories of families and love ones.

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Other services offered by our lab:

VHS to DVD Service

Film Transfer

Slide Scanning

Photo Scanning

Audio to digital Transfer

Looking for film transfer?
Out on-site film transfer brick and mortar lab is only a few minutes drive from Newton, MA

The good news is that 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm film have a longer shelf life than magnetic media such as VHS or Hi8 tapes.   It is not too late to transfer your decades-old 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm  film to DVD.  Our telecine process using professional 3CCD (a chip for each primary color) brings back these aging films to life again.

We can transfer all 3 film formats: 8mm, Regular 8 and 16mm film to DVD or if you have plans to edit your raw video footage, we recommend transferring your films to an external hard drive.

If you live in Newton, MA, you don’t need to ship your precious film reels out of town, out of country.  Our on site film lab is located in Newton, MA, only a few minutes drive from Newton.

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3 Reasons Newton, MA families choose Play it Again Video

	We are 100% Local We are local. Our on-site lab is in Newton, MA, a few minutes from Boston and Cambridge. Our friendly staff is right here to assist you in person. Don’t know what’s on your film reels? Bring them in and watch them on our film viewer.  When you drop off your film reels, they stay right here until you pick them up.
	We’ve Been Transferring Film for 24 Years Film is our specialty: 8mm, Super 8, 16mm. We use a combination of old-fashioned technology – hand-cleaning every inch of the film and repairing any sprocket damage – and the best 3CCD film-transfer equipment out there to get the highest film to dvd digital transfer quality possible.
	100% Satisfaction Guarantee We are confident we are one of the bestin the world 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.
Competitive Pricing	Unlike some labs that advertise a low rate per foot, than add all kinds of extra charges for basic services like DVD creation, Play it Again  Film-to-DVD Pricing is all-inclusive: Cleaning and conditioning of film, Minor film and leader repair, Monitoring and adjustments Generic Opening “Memories” Title Choice of background music for your silent film  DVD copy and Master DV backup tape (In case you scratch or break your DVDs, you don’t want to spend the $ transferring the film all over again Click here for detailed Film to DVD Pricing

Happy holidays! Please enjoy this silly video from all of us here at Play It Again Video.

We appreciate your business all through the year and we hope to see you again in 2015! We hope you have a great holiday season filled with family, friends, food, and festivity.