Yes Video has a service to scan your
family photos and/or to digitize your old home movies
Once digitized, you can watch, edit and share them - your photos and home movies are preserved forever
Click HERE (or the photo above)
for info on YesVideo's Film Transfer Services
THE "KEEPER-OF-THE-BOX"
Every family has someone that has the big, dusty boxes of old family movies and photos that no one has seen for decades.
If you are The-Keeper-Of-The-Box, and you are ready to jump in on this project, then THIS page is for you!
If you are not The-Keeper-Of-The-Box, then you may want to make arrangements with The Keeper so that your irreplaceable family movies and photos get properly digitized and do not get lost forever if something happens to The Keeper.
Once your family movies and photos are digitized, they can be shared with other family members and will be preserved for future generations.
Photomyne is the App for scanning photos, letters and photo albums onsite - without having to risk taking them to a service bureau for scanning.
Scanning photos and digitizing your old home movies is a service that YesVideo has offered for over 24-years. YesVideo was the Service Provider for Costco before Costco discontinued their Photo Center. YesVideo is also the Service Provider for Walmart, Sam's Club, CVS and others - you can order direct from YesVideo.
Read on for a quick outline, along with links, to the services you can get through YesVideo.
There will be services that YesVideo does not offer and we included links for some of those as well.
DIGITIZING YOUR VIDEO TAPES
Click HERE (or the image above) for the pricelist
FORMATS
VHS, S-VHS, Betamax, VHS-C, S-VHS-C, Video8, Hi-8, Digital8, DV, DVCAM, MiniDV, DVC.
Yes, this is really, really nice - you can simply send the original tapes - the tapes you used in your camcorders when you first made the home movies back in the 1980's and 90's.
I've got a box of them that I will be sending in - the camcorder is long-gone and I have no idea what is on half of the tapes. It will be very exciting to see what memories come back!
PRICING
$28.99 for the first 2-hours, plus $28.99 for each additional 2-hours gets yous videos digitized and stored on a USB.
I am not sure what they charge if the tape you send them is blank, or only has a few minutes of video. You may want to clarify this with them before ordering.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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Continuous play of the footage from your videotapes
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USB includes MP4 video files of your digitally transferred footage
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Repair of damaged videotape cases and ribbon
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A Digital Copy in MemoryCloud for Download and Copies
DIGITIZING YOUR OLD HOME MOVIES ON FILM
Click HERE (or the image above) for pricelist
FORMATS
8 mm, Super-8 mm, 16 mm
This is the "pre-camcorder" way of making home movies - from the 1950's until the 1980's.
PRICING
$28.99 for the first 100-feet of film, plus $0.25 for each additional foot gets your movies digitized and sent to you on a USB.
I believe they combine numerous reels of film by splicing them together and then digitizing them. You may want to clarify this with them before ordering - their website is not 100% clear on this.
SIZES
3-inch reels = 50-feet of film = about 4-minutes of video
4-inch reels = 100-feet of film = about 8-minutes of video
5-inch reels = 200-feet of film = about 16-minutes of video
6-inch reels = 300-feet of film = about 24-minutes of video
7-inch reels = 400-feet of film = about 32-minutes of video
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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Continuous play of the footage from your videotape
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USB includes MP4 video files of your digitally transferred footage
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Cleaning, splicing, and repair of any broken film; reduction of scratches, dust, and dirt on your film; combining your film onto 7-inch plastic reels
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A Digital Copy in MemoryCloud for Download and Copies
SCANNING YOUR OLD PHOTOS, NEGATIVES or SLIDES
Click HERE (or the image above) for pricelist
FORMATS
2" x 2", 2" x 3", 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 8", 8" x 10", 8" x 12"
Slides in plastic or cardboard mounts only
Negatives are usually 4-images per strip (counts as 4 photos)
PRICING
$28.99 for the first 50 photos (about $0.54 each), plus $0.50 for each additional photo gets your photos scanned and sent to you on a USB.
This is a terrific service if you have boxes of similar-sized photos!
If your photos are framed or in rough condition, you would do better by investing in a scanner and/or getting the Photomyne app.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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12-megapixel JPEG image file of each photo
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A Digital Copy in MemoryCloud for Download and Copies
SCANNING YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS
Click HERE (or the image above) for pricelist
FORMATS
Any size up to 14" x 14" pages
PRICING
$28.99 for the first 35 photos (about $0.83 each), plus $0.70 for each additional photo gets your photo albums scanned and sent to you on a USB.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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Capture photos straight off the page, no removal necessary
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These images turn out glare removed, cropped, color corrected and are suitable for printing
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Simply send the albums to YesVideo - they send your albums back after they scan the photos
HOW IT WORKS
Click HERE (or the photo above) for more info
The ordering process is pretty easy - it is done online. Fill out the forms and pay via credit card. You will print out a shipping label to put on your box. Shipping costs are $11.99 each way. Their website is unclear on whether this includes everything you can fit in one box - that would be my guess, but you will want to clarify it before ordering.
My biggest concern with using a scanning service is that these are irreplaceable photos and videos. If they are lost, there is no way to ever get them back.
To reduce this fear as much as possible, YesVideo has just one delivery service handle the shipments. You send your box(es) via UPS. Once you print out your shipping label, just take it, along with your box of videos and/or photos, to any UPS Store. They scan in the barcode and track the delivery.
In 3 to 4-weeks, YesVideo will send you back a USB with your digitized files.
DIY - DO IT YOURSELF OPTIONS
You might also want to look into doing the digitizing yourself. Scanners and Digitizers are very inexpensive and easy to operate. This avoids the risk of losing your irreplaceable home videos and family photos.
Here are a few options - definitely not a full review - just quick links as an example of what's available.
Movie digitizer - Kodak (pictured above) ... $399.99 on Amazon ... click HERE for link
Slide and Negative Scanner - Kodak ... $169.99 on Amazon ... click HERE for link
Photo Scanner - Plustek ... $199.00 on Amazon ... click HERE for link
Video to Digital Converter - ClearClick ... $154.95 on Amazon ... click HERE for link
DIGITIZING SOUND MOVIES, HIGHER RESOLUTION SCANNING, VIDEO EDITING & OTHER OPTIONS
If you have old home movies with sound, ones that need restoration, want to get higher-resolution scanning and/or want a service to do some editing for you, Costco does not offer these services.
Here are a few options - definitely not a full list of potential service providers - just quick links to get you started.
Just 8mm ... also does Super-8 sound videos ... click HERE for link
My Movie Transfer ... also does restoration, higher-resolution and sound videos ... click HERE for link
Southtree ... also does audio tapes ... click HERE for link