FILM TRANSFER TO VIDEO / DVD / VCD (CD) / miniDV

1-888-790-8227
1-703-847-6932
(DC Metro Area - DC, VA & MD)

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We are located in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.

Serving customers nationwide!

1950 Old Gallows Road, Suite 201
Vienna, Virginia 22182
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film transfer

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home movies to dvd

Film Transfer to
DVD / VHS / VCD / miniDV

Spectra Photovideo provides a full range of services to transfer your family’s visual history to videotape, DVD, miniDV or VCD (video-CD). We are your film transfer experts!

"Your family’s treasure is handled with the utmost of care and confidentiality."

All of our film transfers make heartwarming gifts for friends and family. They are great tributes to a guest of honor for projection or display at parties or gatherings such as: Birthdays, Anniversaries, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Weddings, Graduations, Reunions and other events.

The Spectra Difference

Professional telecine/transfer equipment

Film monitoring during transfer process

Air cleaning of your film

Light exposure adjustments during transfer

Professional quality blank media used

Your only charged for what is transferred

Experienced professionals working on your job

1,000's of satisfied customers

Quick turnaround

Film Transfer
From Super 8mm, Regular 8mm, & 16mm

To DVD
   – Includes: DVD-R, jewel case and label with your title on your DVD
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/DVD $0.18/foot

To miniDV
   – Includes: One miniDV per order. Additional miniDV(s) are $8/each
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/miniDV $0.18/foot

To VHS Tape
   – Includes: Standard quality tape, cardboard sleeve, and blank label.
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50 $0.18/foot

To VCD (CD-R)
   – Includes: VCD (CD-R), jewel case and label with your title on your VCD
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/VCD $0.18/foot

Photos Prints (size up to 8"x10") & Digital (JPEG) & Slides Transfer

To DVD
   – Includes: DVD-R, jewel case and label with your title on your DVD
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/DVD $1.95/each

To miniDV
   – Includes: One miniDV per order. Additional miniDV(s) are $8/each
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/miniDV $1.95/each

To VHS Tape
   – Includes: Standard quality tape, cardboard sleeve, and blank label.
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50 $1.95/each

To VCD (CD-R)
   – Includes: VCD (CD-R), jewel case and label with your title on your VCD
   – Minimum Charge: $69.50/VCD $1.95/each

Titles
Added to your Film Transfer project

$8.95/each

Music
If you provide us with your music CD(s) we can add it to your Film Transfer order. Your music will be played in the order they are listed on your CD.

$30/CD

Additional $10 per track for non-consecutive playlist. Additional $10 per chapter for adding music.

Custom Chapters - DVD
If you wish to have different portions of your job grouped together in a DVD Chapter we can create the Custom Chapters for your Film Transfer project.

$12 per Chapter

If you have Microsoft Excel you can use our "Film Transfer Estimator "tool to get an estimate online for your job.

Order Forms
Film Transfer Order Form (PDF: 160k)
Price List (PDF: 275k)
If you are having a problem opening the Order Form you can download it to your local drive by "righ-clicking" on the Order Form & then choose "Save Target As".

Adobe Acrobate can be downloaded for free by clicking on

Please use the following guide to help you calculate the total footage your order has. Regular 8mm and Super 8mm usually come in a 3 inch reel which contains 50 feet of film; 5 inch reel which contains 200 feet of film; 7 inch reel which contains 400 feet of film;

Calculate footage per reel guide

Our Process
We use ELMO digital projectors (the world leader in presentation equipment) to provide you with a superior film-to-video transfer job. The digital projectors are equipped with a 410,000 pixel color CCD video camera, producing over 450 horizontal TV lines of high-resolution video images. Your film goes directly from the projector to our recording equipment enhancing the quality of the transfer.

We correct up to two stops over- and/or under-exposure of your film for better quality of transfer and viewing.

We transfer your film directly from your reels. This minimizes the chance of damage to your film as most likely they have become very fragile over time or if they were not stored properly.

We clean our projector's lense after every reel to ensure that no dust from your old movies is in the way.

We only charge you for what is transferred. Black film strips and areas that are too dark or too bright will not be transferred and will not be charged.

We will leave 8 - 10 seconds blank at the beginning of the VHS tape to allow for tracking on your VCR to pick up.

Unauthorized recording of copyright material
and adult content will not be transfered.