ScanCafe converts your Betamax tapes into digital video, transferred in-house in the USA and delivered by download, Kinoke app, or USB drive. Save precious memories, share them, and preserve them for years to come.
3500+ Reviews20+ YearsDigitized in the USA
Betamax tapes degrade from both neglect and overuse, and digitizing sooner rather than later is the best way to preserve them. Here's what you get when you convert Betamax to digital with us.
Your Betamax tapes are converted to digital video at 720x480 resolution. Our proprietary software analyzes your video and removes blank footage, so what you keep is what's on the tape. The result is often better than the original.
Every tape is converted in-house at our Indianapolis lab, never outsourced. From the moment your box arrives, each tape gets a unique barcode, each item is weighed to the gram, and 60 high definition cameras monitor the property. Your original tapes always go back to you.
Betamax tapes can break from long periods of disuse or from overuse. If one of yours is damaged, our skilled technicians use professional equipment to attempt a repair, at no extra cost.
We've designed the whole process
to be as pain-free as possible.
Pack your Betamax tapes in a sturdy box and send them to us.
Our technicians convert each tape at our Indianapolis lab, titling it from its label so the digital file carries the same title.
Get your digital video by download, or on a USB or hard drive chosen at checkout. Your original tapes come back too.
Your tapes hold irreplaceable memories, so we protect them at every step, in transit and inside our lab. Here's how we keep them safe:
Barcoded & logged on arrival
Weight verified before & after
Packing recorded and archived
24/7 surveillance monitoring
Originals always returned safelyWe stand behind our handling process with a guarantee: if any item is lost or damaged at our facility, we'll compensate you $1,000.
Choose the digitizing option that works best for your collection.
À la carte pricing
Flat-rate pricing
Have other photos, film reels, or videotapes you'd like to preserve? Explore our other digitizing services to find the right solution for your old media.
Betamax is the cassette format Sony introduced in the 1970s, and working Betamax players are increasingly hard to find. Tapes degrade from both neglect and overuse, so it's best to convert Betamax to digital sooner rather than later.
ScanCafe does the work in-house in the USA, never outsourced, with award-winning quality, guaranteed safety and industry-beating prices. The finished video is often better than the original tape.
Your video is captured at 720x480 resolution. For USB deliveries, the file resolution is 1280x720.
Digital download customers can review their footage online before their original tapes ship back. Once an order has left our facility, footage can't be deleted.
Yes, we digitize PAL tapes. While most US equipment can only play North American NTSC formats, we have specialized multi-system players to process PAL tapes from Europe, the UK, Australia, and Asia. We can convert PAL formats for VHS, Hi8, and MiniDV into high-quality digital files.
We keep compressed copies of your digitized video for a period of time after your order ships, so we can re-copy it if there's a problem in transit. If you'd like duplicate copies, request them when you place your order.
Use a box, not an envelope. Choose a sturdy, double-walled box, like the kind used for shipping books, and avoid flimsy department store garment boxes and padded envelopes. Make sure your box is filled, even if you need to pad it, with bubble wrap, foam peanuts or crumpled newspaper so your tapes can't slide around.
Friendly, first-class service. My most recent project involving the scanning of a few hundred photos, many over 75 years old, was fantastic. The finished qualit...
When I started this process I was skeptical. How can I just pack up all my precious pictures and send them off somewhere? As it turned out this was the best thi...
I sent about 130 pictures in to be put on a USB stick, and very pleased with the result. Digital images look great, and I shared with my family. Very happy with...
ScanCafe was a great place to have my photo negatives turned into digital images. The images came out great and the negatives came back to me in perfect conditi...
I just finished downloading the digital files from a dozen old 16MM family films that I submitted. All of them were shot in the mid to late 1950's and were sure...
Scancafe delivered high quality 35 mm slide scan as promised. Customer service was effecient. Important memories were rescued :)
Helpful staff, careful treatment of our slides, great care with keeping slides in order, and packaging them for posting. Highly recommend
I have trusted ScanCafe (nee GoPhoto) with many, many treasured photographs over the years. They are always returned exactly the way I sent them and I am absolu...
Great service and quality wrt digitizing some of my APS film.
