8mm & 16mm to DVD

February 2, 2010 7:31 PM

One of my coworkers wants to have some old home video recordings on 8mm and 16mm film converted to DVD. Does anyone know of a good place to go in the Portland, OR area? What about online? Who has a good reputation?
posted by nickthetourist to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

My father has used DigMyPics to transfer thousands of slides to DVD. Was pretty simple, no bullshit and worked for him. I don't know anything about the costs but they seem fairly decent to me.They also do 8 mm film, unclear if they do 16 mm, possibly not.
posted by jessamyn at 7:35 PM on February 2, 2010

If you want 8mm and 16mm film transferred to DVD and want to have a top rate done of it, then I highly recommend Pac Labs in NYC. They have a nothing of a website, but they are family owned and specialize in film transfers. Their contact info is above.
posted by orehek at 7:39 PM on February 2, 2010

Seconding Pac Lab. They did a bang up job with my parents' 8mm wedding film, and have always done well with the super 8 film I've shot.
posted by kid_dynamite at 8:33 PM on February 2, 2010

I did a telecine of my super 8 home movies a number of years back and paid dearly for it.

A good friend of mine just did like 12,000 of super 8 at Costco and he is really happy with the results, and like everything they do, it was very reasonably priced.

-Henry
posted by silsurf at 8:38 PM on February 2, 2010

Seconding Costco. Probably not the greatest results in the world, but good enough, and the price isn't terrible.
posted by dforemsky at 8:43 PM on February 2, 2010

Previous thread that may be of interest.
posted by zoinks at 10:52 PM on February 2, 2010

I used Sunray about a year ago and I had no problems with them. The prices were good and the turnaround was quick.
posted by horsemuth at 4:25 AM on February 3, 2010

Response by poster: thanks for the info.
posted by nickthetourist at 7:52 PM on February 4, 2010

I just used home movie depot to digitize my parents' films, 8m and 16m, from the 50s, and couldn't be happier. My mother just loved seeing the old movies. Don't wait.
posted by CunningLinguist at 9:59 PM on February 6, 2010

Response by poster: thanks for all the input.
posted by nickthetourist at 7:04 AM on March 12, 2010