Digitize Film Reels to Digital

TheDigitizeCenter | Send us your media and our team of experts will digitize all of it with care and prepare it for you in the format of your choice.

Convert your Film Reels to Digital Format and Enjoy your Memories Forever

Digitize your film reels into a digital format so that they can be preserved and last forever. Once digitized, your digital memories will be delivered to you on the format of your choice via digital cloud, USB thumb drive, or playable DVDs.

  • Step 1: Order Digitize Kit and Pack your Film Reels

    The first step is simple, order the Digitize Kit that corresponds to the number of reels you plan to send in. Don't worry if you do not have the exact number, you can always send more if you'd like. Once the kit arrives, pack it with your memories and send it off to us using the prepaid special priority return label.

  • Step 2: Professionally Digitized with Care

    Our team of experts will digitize all of your film reels with care and prepare it for you in the format of your choice. You will receive email updates along the way keeping you up to date on the status.

  • TheDigitizeCenter | You will receive all of your original media back, along with the digitized versions you can download from the cloud, receive on a thumb drive, or view on a DVD set. Enjoy your digitized memories forever.

    Step 3. Enjoy your Memories

    You will receive all of your original media back, along with the digitized versions you can download from the cloud, receive on a thumb drive, or view on a DVD set. Enjoy your digitized memories forever

    What You Get 

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost?

Digitizing your video tapes is only based on the number of items you send in. We do not bill according to the size of the reel., only the number of reels. To learn more, visit the Pricing Page or scroll down.

How long does it take?

It can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks to completely finish your order depending upon what size it is and if its during the busy season. However, we do offer expedited processing options that allow you to have your order completed in as little as 3 days!

Can I send other types of items in along with my film reels?

Yes! You can mix and match as much as you'd like. We can digitize most types of consumer media, including video tapes, film, photos, and slides. For a full list of what we can digitize, visit What We Digitize.

What if one of my films is blank?

We will go through each film reel you send us from the beginning to the end to make sure we get everything from it. If a reel is completely blank, you will be notified and receive a credit.

Do you fix any quality issues with the film?

Yes we do. If a film reel is damaged or broken, we will repair the film and perform any splices necessary at no additional cost. We also digitally trim any blank areas of the tape so the digitized copy will just be the actual content.

Which output choice should I choose?

This is really up to you and how you would like to have your digitized files. We can put your digitized files on the cloud for digital access and download, put them on a thumb drive, or burn them to playable DVDs.

Will you name the files?

Yes! This is something that only we do. Whenever possible, we will take whatever labels you have on the film and apply that name to digitized file. So if you have a film reel labeled Christmas 1979, its digitized file will have that same file name.

I'm nervous about sending my memories. What safeguards do you take to keep my memories safe?

Excellent question! We take a number of measures to make sure your memories are safe and secure from the moment they leave your possession until you receive them back from us. This includes using a special priority shipping service, an advanced internal tracking system, and more. So far, we have digitized over 1 million memories and have never lost or damaged a single one. Not one! To learn more about the safeguards we take, read this article.

What types of film reels can you digitize?

We can digitize all types of 8mm, Super 8, or 16mm Film.

  • Preserve your Memories Forever

    Old media items such as film reels can and will degrade in quality over time. Film reels are especially prone to degradation if stored improperly and can lead to fading if not digitized. Digitizing preserves these memories forever before it is too late.

  • TheDigitizeCenter | You will receive all of your original media back, along with the digitized versions you can download from the cloud, receive on a thumb drive, or view on a DVD set. Enjoy your digitized memories forever.

    Share with Family and Friends

    Digitizing with The Digitize Center makes it easy to share your memories with family and friends. Once digitized, you can share whichever videos you like easily with the people you choose using our Digital Cloud. Send home movies straight to anyone's smartphone or email in the cloud or order additional thumb drives or DVDs for more physical copies.

  • Protection from Loss or Damage

    Digitized memories are protected from loss or damage with our Digital Memory Cloud Backup. Once digitized, you never have to worry about losing your memories to an unforeseen disaster as we keep your memories backed up in our secure cloud.

Get Started Now with your Digitize Kit

Order the Digitize Kit that corresponds to the number of items you want to digitize and prepare to enjoy a lifetime of memories in high-quality digital format. Fill up the Digitize Kit with your memories and receive everything back fully digitized in just a few weeks.

Order Digitize Kit
  • 2 Item Digitize Kit

    Sale Price: $29.99 (50% OFF)

    Digitize up to 2 film reels or mix and match.

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  • 10 Item Digitize Kit

    Sale Price: $139.99 (50% OFF)

    Digitize up to 10 film reels or mix and match.

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  • 20 Item Digitize Kit

    Sale Price: $279.99 (50% OFF)

    Digitize up to 20 film reels or mix and match.

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  • 40 Item Digitize Kit

    Sale Price: $549.99 (50% OFF)

    Digitize up to 40 film reels or mix and match.

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Digitizing your Film Reels has never been easier...

Over 1 Million Memories Digitized and Thousands of Happy Customers

With our industry leading technology and world-class customer service, The Digitize Center is America's leader in digitizing video tapes, film reels, photos and more. See what our customers have to say about us:

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David French (Clayton, GA)
Home Movies Digitized

After cancelling my order with another company that would not convert my mini-DVDs I found The Digitize Center who accepted all of my media (tape and mini-DVDs) and quickly converted everything to a single useful format. I highly recommend The Digitize Center and will use them again!

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Kim Bond (Meridian, MS)

Excellent customer service

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James Irving (Cresco, PA)
Christmas

My wife was thrilled. Made for a very nice Christmas

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gary wollerman (Portland, OR)
generally good quality renderings

cassette tapes from 40 years ago were cleaned up well. Reel to reel from 60 years ago were garbled, but probably the best they could do with them

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Donald Kent (Porter Ranch, CA)

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Katelyn S (Greensboro, GA)
The Best Purchase

The best Christmas gift to give! They turned our order around in less than a week and the quality was exceptional. We have enjoyed reliving the moments in the video! We tried to do it ourselves first, but gave up and tried the Digitize Center and could not be happier. The quality and ease was 5 star service.

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Customer (Torrington, CT)
Memories Preserved!!

The Digitize Center saved me time and money converting my old videos. I was researching how to purchase old systems to view various old tapes from multiple different sources. They could not have made it any easier. Planning a family viewing session over the holidays so everyone can enjoy the memories. Thank you. (I just sent another 20 tapes)

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Steve Crawford (Sacramento, CA)
Crawford 1971-1995

Very happy with our digitized DVD’s to thumb drives. Wish I had done this years ago.

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Randall Ongie (Kingsport, TN)
50 years of memories

As my wife and I began watching old home movies and family videos, we asked ourselves why we hadn’t done this sooner. It was so easy and we are thrilled with the whole process! Don’t wait 50 years to relive your past.

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Jacqueline Spurgeon (Rochester Hills, MI)
8 mm reels digitized

I sent in 2 old family 8mm reels to see how they would turn out, and I have to say, it was the best thing i could have done for my siblings. We have plenty more!

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Christopher (Davisburg, MI)
Christmas is Back

I got all 13 Christmas CDs/CDRs converted to the Cloud and onto a USB drive. This is due to the fact that modern vehicles don't have CD players anymore and I always listened to Christmas music while driving when there were CD players in your vehicle. The sound quality is crisp and clear on USB and Cloud. Nothing is lost from the conversion. The company did a great job.

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Donna D (Libertyville, IL)
Excellent job, and very rapid service

I was impressed with the quality of service, and the quick turn-around. I sent several types of slides and videos -- some were over 70 years old -- they were my father's and I had no idea what was in them! All were digitized beautifully, and were easy to access and view from the usb drive. Thank you for a job well done!

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Debra O'Rourke (Westborough, MA)
30 years since I’ve seen my videos

I am so happy that I sent in my videos to have them put on CDs. We have enjoyed these movies that we have not seen for 30 years. I can’t wait to send in more of my VHS is to have them put into CD form. Thank you so much. You did a wonderful job

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Candace Coakley (Winchester, MA)
Great work

I was very happy with the entire digitizing experience. thank you.

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Linda C (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Great service!

I had 12 reels of 8mm film digitized and am very happy with the service! Highly recommend!

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Mary Hardin (Anderson, SC)

Very cordial person I talk to, order was handled quickly and was sent back on time. Good quality work.

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Steve Coutoumanos (Stuart, FL)
Benefit of doubt

I paid extra for faster turn around time. They were very good communicating throughout the process and the whole process took less than a month. The quality on the cd's sound is muffled and sometimes hard to understand. However the cassettes were old so maybe they are good for the sound they retrieved off the tape cassettes. Given my experience with this company I would give them the benefit of doubt. That is to say, the cassette tapes may have sounded awful and they cleaned up the sound, so the muffled sound is probably an improvement over the cassette.

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Ronald Best (Manteca, CA)

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Milan Sucech (Royal Oak, MI)
Dads old reel to reel

Thank you, it been 60 years since I heard him sing and play.

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Joshua Webley (Wadsworth, OH)
Satisfied

Very satisfied with the speed of service and quality. So much so I have more I'm sending to have done. Also recommended to my family and friends.

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Kyle Marivora
incredible

I used their AI enhancement on our videos and couldn't really believe how they came out. I did not really think it was possible for old vhs tapes to look that good today but I guess their technology is good. Going to be sending more soon.

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Cindy Schreiber
Wonderful and Fanastic!

Very very pleased with this. Got everything converted to the cloud and it is really easy to use and I am not a technology person.

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Jim Metro
10 Tapes to DVD

Good job. 10 Tapes made into full set of DVDs for a gift for my parents. They love it.

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Cynthia Benson
Excellent job

5 stars for this company. They were fast, attentive on the phone, and answered all ym questions along the way. The conversion looked great too.

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Joshua Rankin
Digitized all my old band recordings

Great company. Had them convert all my band recordings from the 80s and 90s and it sounds fantastic.