I've put off transferring 25 years of home videos (vhs, hi-8) to dvd for far too long,
because I don't know who I can trust to do careful and good quality work at an
affordable price.
If these were your own precious memories, who would you entrust with the job of
transferring to current media?
COMMENT 167054P
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2011-04-24 03:25 PM |
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Someone that is knowledgeable and has the right equipment can transfer home videos easily and without great expense. If you're interested, shoot me an email. mom4earlyintervention@yahoo.com
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COMMENT 167061
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2011-04-24 03:50 PM |
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Samy camera?
Fast, cheap, and still in business after all these years
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THE BARRON
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2011-04-24 04:42 PM |
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Absolutely Samy's.
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BECKY
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2011-04-24 04:43 PM |
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I don't know if they're still here, but DAC Video, 1700 State, does (did?) exactly this kind of work, well, and at a fair price.
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COMMENT 167078
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2011-04-24 04:51 PM |
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Santa Barbara Recording & Sound does video transfers to DVD and audio transfers to CD from all sorts of formats. He was even able to edit a soccer highlights video for me of my neice. He put an old 78 talking letter from Pearl Harbor onto a CD so I could hear my parents speaking to each other before I was born! Also a tiny reel of tape from an old college roommate playing piano. It was priceless to hear that! The quality was very good. I found them in the yellow pages a few years ago and he's really caring and sharp.
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COMMENT 167079
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2011-04-24 05:07 PM |
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Yes, DAC Video is still here (on State Street, up from the Arlington) and they've always done good work for me too. Wherever you go, have them also give you .avi files, so you can put the videos on YouTube if you choose to!
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JUSTICE3
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2011-04-25 05:28 AM |
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Color Specialty Services, 230 Cota - hands down the best. I managed to get our family DVDs out before losing our home in the Tea Fire and thereafter had all of them put on DVDs. Color Services made us a second set at no charge and we now keep the two sets in different locations.
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COMMENT 167197
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2011-04-25 08:22 AM |
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Digital Pickle in Pasadena did a good job for me.
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COMMENT 167199
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2011-04-25 08:26 AM |
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DAC video for sure
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AGENTSME
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2011-04-25 09:00 AM |
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DAC does a great job. I also had a great experience with Costco transfer service that I used for some 8mm film I had. Received great DVDs back at a very reasonable price.
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AMAYBIRD
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2011-04-25 09:16 AM |
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DAC Video is excellent, totally professional. 1337 State Street, 569-1337 dacvideo.com
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COMMENT 167233
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2011-04-25 09:35 AM |
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What about 16 mm home movies into DVDs? Who would you recommend?
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COMMENT 167245
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2011-04-25 09:55 AM |
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Dac Video is gone!! Mowed over!! I just picked up DVD's at Sammys just saturday, they turned out great but is expensive, they charge by the length of the video, 208.00 for five. ....Costco is 18.95 per video. Then I noticed an ad in the Montecito Journal for someone who will do it for 10 dollars a video...I'd check him out!
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PARKIEP
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2011-04-25 10:57 AM |
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I've taken two sets of film to Costco. I was totally satisfied with the result.
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COMMENT 167272
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2011-04-25 10:58 AM |
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Yeah! What about home movies? Super 8 and 16? I've got some of those that I want to transfer and DAC would have had to send them to LA and it would have been exorbitantly expensive. Anyone got any tips on someone local and good?
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COMMENT 167282
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2011-04-25 11:31 AM |
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Color Services! They're having a special that ends at the end of the month for the very thing you're talking about. I've been taking my photos to them for scanning and cataloging and they do an outstanding job.
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COMMENT 167405
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2011-04-25 03:48 PM |
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It's easy to transfer videotapes to DVD yourself using a computer, with any of a number of software helpers and the right cabling, or with a combo VCR-DVR unit (I have one), or with separate VCR and DVR units hooked up properly. Film, esp. old brittle stuff, is lots trickier and best left to a good professional.
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COMMENT 167559
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2011-04-25 09:53 PM |
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I used Costco for my Super 8 to DVD transfers- very satisfied. They use the same service as many others but much less expensive. And they'll put it on a website for others to see for 90 days.
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MICHELE
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2011-04-26 09:16 AM |
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Thank you, everyone, for the good information. I have no more excuses, it's time to get this done!
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COMMENT 168198
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2011-04-27 02:23 PM |
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I'm surprised that people are saying that DAC is still here when the entire lot has been razed.
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COMMENT 168249
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2011-04-27 04:18 PM |
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@198 Alas, you have not read the entire comment thread where people talk about how they have relocated to a smaller office on the 1300 block of State Street, above Fast Frame. I was just there last week!
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MICHELE
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2011-04-28 05:27 PM |
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I'm the original poster, and I'd like to update this thread with some info that is new to me. Today we took our eleven vhs tapes and five hi-8 tapes to Color Services, and it turns out that they send them to San Francisco to be transferred. This is not something I would have initially been okay with, but they tell me that no one in the area does professional transfers locally. They should be ready in about a week.
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COMMENT 325967
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2012-09-29 03:14 PM |
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I also do video transfers, VHS 8MM HI-8 MiniDV etc. I'm in Montecito and have a professional photographer for almost 30 years. Quick turn around and I'll fix a broken tape for free. You may have seen my classified ads in the Independent and the Montecito Journal. Scotty 969-6500 I'm also the cheapest since i work from home.
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