ScanCafe converts your Hi8 video tapes into digital video, transferred in-house in the USA and delivered by download, Kinoke app, or USB drive. We digitize Video8 and Digital8 tapes too.
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Magnetic tape deteriorates quickly, and Hi8 tapes are no longer made. Digitizing your Hi8 video tapes sooner rather than later is the best way to preserve them. Here's what you get when you convert Hi8 to digital with us.
Your Hi8 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.
Hi8 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 Hi8 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.
With the digital download option, customers are able to review the footage prior to receiving their originals back. We have had several cases where the customer has paid for their order and reviewed the files online and discovered issues with the transfer prior to the order leaving the building. They are still unable to delete any footage.
Yes! You can select either USB or HDD as your delivery methods when placing your order or at check out.
We retain the compressed version of your digitized video for a period after your order is completed and shipped to you. That allows us to make additional copies in case there are delays or difficulties in transit.
However, we recommend that if you would like duplicate copies, that you make those requests that the time that you place your order.
The video resolution is 720x480 , film resolution for USB drives is 1280x720.
The benefits of converting Hi8 to digital with ScanCafe include preserving precious memories that may be subject to deterioration over time, ensuring the ability to watch and enjoy these memories in a 21st century format, and saving time and potential aggravation by relying on professional digitizing services.
It is not possible to convert Hi8 to digital on your own with ScanCafe. They handle the entire process for you, from receiving your Hi8 tapes to digitizing them at their state-of-the-art processing facility in Indianapolis.
The Hi8 to digital conversion process with ScanCafe typically takes 5 - 6 weeks. This includes the time it takes for you to ship your Hi8 tapes to them, their processing time at the lab, and the delivery of the final digitized files or USB drive.
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.
