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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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.

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Marianne Navarro
Priceless

I wouldn't trust anyone else besides the people at the Digitize Center. They always do an amazing job. Love the frequent order updates.

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Patrick Nemsy
Recommended by a friend

Digitize Center was recommended to me by a friend and it worked out great. I would give them 5 stars but they wouldn't digitize one tape because it had a Disney movie on it. So I'm bummed about that but otherwise great service.

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Krystyn Marcos
Happy customer

Very happy with the results. Videos look great, photos look amazing. Thank you!

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Gary Martinship
Fast processing

Order was finished in two weeks. Nice work.

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Peter Grappolo
Converted all my photos and CDs

Sent them about 400 photos and 10 discs. Everything worked out great and I am happy.

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Shanthan Rincton
Wish I'd done this sooner

A plus work. No complaints.

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Phillip DeMaggio
Long time customer

Ive been using The Digitize Center for 2 years to slowly digitize my entire family collection and we are very happy with them. We put everything on their cloud and app and every holiday we pull it up on TV and watch the old films with the entire family.

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Mark Haplan
Fast and high quality

The quality was fantastic. Looks even better than the original.

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Barbara Sanger
Had me in tears

Literally crying after I was able to see all these again. Had them put on a thumb drive and cloud. Very happy.

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Beth Harris
Amazing

Amazing service and I have recommended it to my friends and family. Sending another order soon.

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Jason Cornluck
Best Prices Around

Lovew how their pricing is straight forward. I've used other conversion companies and they always take on hundreds of dollars at the end. Digitize Center pricing was fair.

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Annie Phillips
Better than legacybox

First time using Digitize Center and am very happy. Legacybox took 5 months and the quality was horrible. Sent the same order to Digitize Center and was finihsed in 3 weeks and looks 100x better. I would highly recommend this service.

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Lauren Cheadle
Love it! Great quality!

Aabsolutely love it. Everything came out great and surprisingly fast.

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Diane Toth (Oxford, CT)
Wonderful Results

Second time I’ve used to company and am very pleased with the video results!!

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Dennis Anti (Wilbraham, MA)

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Brayton F (San Francisco, CA)
Took a 25 year old VHS cassette and transferred it well.

We had a friend record our wedding in 1999, and realized that as the videotape would degrade, asked The Digitize Center to convert to DVD and allow us to download it. They did great! I hope someday they would be able to set up a menu of options, like different scenes and when AI gets better, have viewers select a person, and then see all snippets of scenes with that person (maybe 10 seconds before and after, to understand the situation). Also, if they could use tools to upgrade the low resolution to 720P. We would pay thousands for that. However, it still looked GREAT!. Turnaround time was a couple months, but we had no rush.I recommend contacting them if you want a rush order.

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Sara Winchester (Saint Johns, FL)
So happy to view the digital videos again.

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Randolph Androsik (North Olmsted, OH)

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Deb Anderson (Kamas, UT)
Very Happy

It was easy to do and the results are great! My only complaint is how long it took to get my videos back. After seeing them, it was worth the wait. So happy! In fact, I am preparing another box to send.

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Donna Haft (Oberlin, OH)
Worth the wait!

I mailed my VHS Tape in late February to be digitized to a DVD. I put it in a Legacy Box, and filled in the included form. I received a notification that May that my digitizing was still in progress. At the end of June, I called Legacy Box to talk to a person about the progress of my order, it had been 5 months now. I explained that I filled out the paper in the box with all of my information. Legacy explained that by filling out the form in the box, I allowed them to sell my order to a third party company, in this case, The Digitize Center. Shortly thereafter, the Digitize Center contacted me to let me know my order was safe, and I would be receiving notification when it shipped. Though it took a long time, Digitize Center kept me informed and reassured until my order finally shipped at the end of July. I was so worried that I had lost my memories for good. The video was not spectacular and wouldn't mean much to anyone else, but it was recorded 32 years ago, and held memories very dear to me. Some of the people in it aren't even with us anymore. I am so grateful to The Digitize Center for locating my lost order, keeping it safe, and making sure I got the best DVD quality possible from a 32 year old VHS tape. I would highly recommend The Digitize Center to reproduce your memories and keep them safe. The Digitize Center kept me notified and reassured throughout the entire process. It took eight months from start to finish, but watching the events on that video was well worth the wait! Thank you Digitize Center for finding my order and taking such good care to make sure it was returned to me safely.
Warmest regards...