You can now enjoy your old film movie memories again without the need of a projector. We will convert your films to DVD using our high quality telecine process.

The process:

All films are first cleaned with anti-static film cleaner to reduce dust and grime. They are examined for damage and repaired where possible.

Super8 and regular8 reels are scanned directly off the film in high-resolution with a 3-CCD camera to our workstation. There are no mirrors, lenses, or screens to degrade the image. Transferring one frame of film at a time ensures a clear and crisp picture with no flicker.  Software assembles the frames together and prepare the digital video for encoding to DVD.

Our specialized movie film machine has an enlarged gate so nearly all of the frame of film is captured. Regular projectors crop much of the original picture. Our process ensures that more of the picture is visible on the screen.

Your film are handled with care every step of the process. The transfer system uses a cool LED light source to avoid burning the films. The sprocketless drive ensures no damage to your precious footage.

After your film is digitized it is encoded, DVD authored, and burned onto high quality DVD-R media. We design and print colourful covers and disk graphics.  There is no extra charge for cover graphics, titles, or DVD menus authoring.

Your films will be organized onto separate tracks in the DVD menu.

Download a short sample clip (Windows Media Video 3MB)

Download a short sample clip (Quicktime File 6MB)

These sample clips are from an 8mm movie filmed in the 1950s. They are encode in lower than DVD resolution to reduce download size. Your movies will be encoded in full 720x480 DVD resolution.

If you plan to edit your 8mm movies or would like to keep the digital master we can also provide you with a miniDV tape master of the source DV files. We may also be able to put your DV film files on DVD data disks or an external hard drive.

Sound? Most 8mm and Super-8 films were silent. If your film has a sound track please ask for a price quote to transfer.  You may have music added to your DVD.  You must provide us with a music CD or MP3s on disk.

Ask about having your films on Blu-ray disks instead of DVD. Blu-ray disks and hold over 5X more DVD quality video (720x480). We can also archive your DV data files on Blu-ray media.

Price: There is a minimum charge of $29 per order.