Converting 8mm movies

pudgeder

6 years ago

Has anyone ever taken or sent or had old home movies converted to a DVD or MP3?

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cat_mom
6 years ago
My father just had our old home movies converted to DVD.
Alisande
6 years ago
Not yet, but I have quite a few 16mm home movies, including some of my in-laws' from the 1930's or 40's. I know Sam's Club has this service. Even with Sam's, it's not cheap. I'm reluctant to send the movies out to an unfamiliar company. I hope you'll get recommendations here.
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Sam's Club is about as local as I get. I contacted one online company that seemed to be responsible, but I really don't have a clue. Some years ago I converted our VHS home movies to DVD myself, intending to make copies for everyone, but the DVDs disappeared in one of my kids' moves. I'm sure they still exist, but since we don't know where they are I'll start over again. I'll probably have a service do them this time. Thanks, Monica, but I never heard of the Plymouth Meeting Mall so it's probably not anywhere near me.
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breenthumb
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
- Had all our boxes of family reels combined onto one vcr tape by local individual years ago. :-) Good luck.
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jrb451
6 years ago
I did this with old 8mm movies and Betamax tapes several years back. It cost around $30 per tape back then. I bought a VHS to DVD recorder and did those on my own. It would have cost much more than the machine had I outsourced those.

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