by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
LARGE ORDER STRATEGY Should I Send All 200 Tapes at Once, or Start With a Small Test Order? If you’re preparing to send 200 tapes for digitization, you don’t necessarily have to trust the entire collection to a company on the first shipment. If you have...
by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
LARGE ORDER TURNAROUND TIMES How Long Does It Take to Digitize 50, 100, or 200 Videotapes? If you’re wondering how long to digitize 100 videotapes, the answer depends heavily on the transfer company’s equipment, staffing, workflow, and current production...
by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
LOCAL VIDEO TRANSFER SERVICES Does a “Local” Video Transfer Company Actually Do the Work Locally? Not always. A company can have a local storefront, local phone number, or local Google listing without necessarily performing every videotape transfer in that same...
by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
LARGE VIDEOTAPE COLLECTIONS Should I Sort and Organize Hundreds of Videotapes Before I Send Them for Digitization? If you have 100, 200, or even several hundred old videotapes, the project can become intimidating before digitization even begins. You may feel like you...
by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
TAPE SAFETY & LIABILITY What Happens If a Video Transfer Company Loses or Damages My Tapes? A box of old videotapes may have very little monetary value and enormous personal value. That creates an uncomfortable question when you hand those tapes to somebody else:...
by keithbv | Aug 14, 2026 | Choosing & Using A Transfer Service
FROM SHIPPING BOX TO DIGITAL FILES What Happens to My Videotapes After They Arrive at a Transfer Company? The video transfer process begins as soon as your tapes arrive, long before the finished digital files are delivered back to you. Once your box of VHS, VHS-C,...
