So what prompts their owners to finally pull them out of a dark closet?  Here are some of the reasons I’ve gotten:

• A big birthday, say turning 80, or in the case of the Town of Needham, turning 350
• A celebration – graduation, wedding, retirement…
• A loss – photos, videos highlights of a person’s journey here, shown at memorial services
• Moving house – customers often surprised how boxes of video tapes will now fit on a palm-size portable hard drive.
• Family reunion – holiday get-togethers, or simply kids coming home from college, get those family home movies digitized to show kids how adorable they once were.

Are you still hanging on to old photos, photo albums, VHS tapes, home movie films?  The only reason you need is that these precious memory media have a shelf life.  Transfer them before it’s too late.

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We can transfer all 3 film formats: 8mm, Regular 8 and 16mm film to DVD or an external hard drive (ideal if you plan to edit your home movies). Click here for Film to DVD Pricing

Film-to-DVD Pricing includes:

• Cleaning and conditioning of film,
• Minor film and leader repair,
• Monitoring and adjustments
• Generic Opening “Memories” Title
• Choice of background music for your silent film
•  DVD copy and
• Master DV backup tape (In case you scratch or break your DVDs, you don’t want to spend the $ transferring the film all over again

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Still hanging on to your vhs tapes?

I’m not sure if there’s any such thing as meetings of “old technology owners anonymous,” but if there were, I would have to stand up and say, “My name is Justin, and I own a VHS deck.”

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You panic because you know what’s on it – precious home movies of your kids, birthday parties, summers at the beach, thanksgiving memories of uncles, aunts, grandparents who may have passed on.

But why won’t your VHS tape play?

Here are the possible reasons:

1. The VCR player is jammed – the equipment is quite old and if you have not maintained it regularly, there’s a good chance the VCR player is not working well anymore. To test this, use another VHS tape. If the second tape won’t play as well, chances are the equipment is the problem.

2. The VHS tape ribbon has detached. VHS tapes are fragile and after years of being played and exposure to the environment, the tape sometimes snaps off from the housing when it’s rewound. You can check this easily by flipping open the side of the tape housing.

3. The VHS tape housing spinning mechanism is broken. This prevents the tape reels from spinning smoothly. Do not force it to spin, bring it in to be repaired so the tape ribbon is preserved.

A word of caution: if you see white specks on your VHS tape, that’s mold. Don’t put it in the equipment because the mold will fly off into the equipment and gunk up the fragile mechanical parts of the equipment. You’ll need to get your VHS tape cleaned and restored, a very expensive process.

VHS tapes have a shelf life. The best time to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD or other digital formats is:  Yesterday. A DVD does not deteriorate, does not jam, does not grow moldy.

Even if your vhs tape plays, you will notice that the quality has deteriorated, the sound has started to crackle. A VHS tape is made of magnetic media and even in the best storage condition, the earth’s magnetic forces will affect the magnetic particles on the tape. The cost to transfer a VHS tape to a DVD is minimal, only about $25 depending on the length of your tape.  That’s a very small price to pay to preserve the precious memories of families and love ones.

Arlington ! Boston ! Brookline ! Cambridge ! Dedham
Framingham ! Lexington ! Natick ! Needham ! Newton
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Other services offered by our lab:

VHS to DVD Service

Film Transfer

Slide Scanning

Photo Scanning

Audio to digital Transfer

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The good news is that 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm film have a longer shelf life than magnetic media such as VHS or Hi8 tapes.   It is not too late to transfer your decades-old 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm  film to DVD.  Our telecine process using professional 3CCD (a chip for each primary color) brings back these aging films to life again.

We can transfer all 3 film formats: 8mm, Regular 8 and 16mm film to DVD or if you have plans to edit your raw video footage, we recommend transferring your films to an external hard drive.

If you live in Newton, MA, you don’t need to ship your precious film reels out of town, out of country.  Our on site film lab is located in Newton, MA, only a few minutes drive from Newton.

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3 Reasons Newton, MA families choose Play it Again Video

	We are 100% Local We are local. Our on-site lab is in Newton, MA, a few minutes from Boston and Cambridge. Our friendly staff is right here to assist you in person. Don’t know what’s on your film reels? Bring them in and watch them on our film viewer.  When you drop off your film reels, they stay right here until you pick them up.
	We’ve Been Transferring Film for 24 Years Film is our specialty: 8mm, Super 8, 16mm. We use a combination of old-fashioned technology – hand-cleaning every inch of the film and repairing any sprocket damage – and the best 3CCD film-transfer equipment out there to get the highest film to dvd digital transfer quality possible.
	100% Satisfaction Guarantee We are confident we are one of the bestin the world at turning your 8mm, Super8 or 16mm film to DVD or external hard drive. If you are not satisfied with the quality of our transfer, we will redo the work or give you a full refund.
Competitive Pricing	Unlike some labs that advertise a low rate per foot, than add all kinds of extra charges for basic services like DVD creation, Play it Again  Film-to-DVD Pricing is all-inclusive: Cleaning and conditioning of film, Minor film and leader repair, Monitoring and adjustments Generic Opening “Memories” Title Choice of background music for your silent film  DVD copy and Master DV backup tape (In case you scratch or break your DVDs, you don’t want to spend the $ transferring the film all over again Click here for detailed Film to DVD Pricing

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A common answer at this time of the year is:  My kids are home from college.

You’ve heard the saying, “Give them roots, and give them wings”.

Watching old home movies reminds our fast-growing-children where they started; reminds them of their happy childhood, the fun times we had, the first day of school, the school play.  Reminds them of all the things we DID for them!

If your kids’ memorable moments are still stuck in VHS tapes, Hi 8, or the older 8mm and 16mm film, it’s time to converts these old media into the 21st century so you can share these memories again.

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Moving is always a huge undertaking, of course, and it was a couple of long days of all-hands work to carefully pack up, transport, and set up the equipment we use in the new space. If you visit us in the next few days, please accept our apologies if you see some boxes still waiting to be unpacked.

Our move parallels that of many of our customers. Very often, someone comes in with old videotapes or film that they found when they were packing up their house for a move. As everyone knows, if you find something you haven’t used in ages when you’re about to move, you throw it out, rather than spend time packing and moving it! Right? Well, not in the case of old media. If you haven’t watched an old movie in years, it might just be because you no longer have the technology to play it. The solution in that case, of course, is to convert that VHS or film to DVD. So we felt a kinship with the many customers who had that exact thought process and brought us the home movies they found while preparing for their own big move.

Whether or not you are getting ready to move, it’s always the right time to save your old memories, so come see us in our lovely new home in Newton Centre!

1349 Centre St, Newton Centre, MA

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Here at Play It Again Video, we’ve been transferring VHS to DVD ever since the technology became available. It isn’t just our job. It’s our passion! Here’s what we love so much about it:

• Preserving old memories. Since VHS tapes have a shelf life, transferring those tapes to a more durable medium can keep precious memories from fading away forever.
• Creating new memories. Watching an old tape from your childhood with your kids can be a touching and funny moment, and you can even make new traditions around watching old home movies. Or, using our Scattered Pictures custom video montage service, you can commemmorate all the big moments in someone’s life for a birthday celebration, a wedding, or any important occasion.
• Putting smiles on faces. Most importantly, the joy and delight it brings our customers to see these movies again (sometimes after thinking they were gone for good) is infectious and we love seeing your reactions. Some of our customers surprise their loved ones by transferring their VHS tapes for them, and that can be a truly marvellous surprise.

February may be over, but we are still feeling the love!

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At Play It Again Video, we’ve been doing movie transfers for our customers since 1987.

• Local. Your movies should not be shipped off across the country or across the globe to be processed somewhere else, and then sent back. That is a recipe for disaster. It will take longer to process, since shipping is involved, and the shop you visit has little oversight as to how the work is done. If there is a problem with your project, you need to have someone able to correct the issue right away. For that matter, if their technicians have questions about your project, what are the odds they will contact someone on the other side of the world so that they can give you a call and ask you a question?
• Organized. We have a very clear system of organization so that customers’ orders cannot get mixed up or “fall between the cracks.” Every order has a number and is stored in its own container, and every sub-section within that order is also numbered (for instance, separate reels of film, or separate VHS tapes). We are rigorous in ensuring everything on the order we enter when you come in matches up with the labeled boxes and cases in front of us while doing your transfer.
• Transparent. We want to make sure you know what is happening with your movies when you leave them with us. We even have a 10-point safety checklist you can read on our site. Make sure any business you trust with your movies is transparent about their process and how they will ensure your movies are safe and sound.

Your movies are important to you! That means they are important to us, too. Make sure you only use a business that treats your movies with the same care you would give them (or better!).

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