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Video Tape Transfer

VHS, Betamax, Hi8, MiniDV, Betacam and more in HD or 4K
Domestic Tape prices in HD
1-4 tapes = £65 per tape
5-9 tapes = £58 per tape
10-39 tapes = £55 per tape
40+ tapes = £52 per tape

VHS, Betamax, Hi8, MiniDV, Betacam and more in HD or 4K
Domestic Tape prices in HD
1-4 tapes = £65 SALE £48.75 per tape
5-9 tapes = £58 SALE £43.50 per tape
10-39 tapes = £55 SALE £41.25 per tape
40+ tapes = £52 SALE £39 per tape

A higher definition of video tape transfer.

Discover the incredible video restoration services at Alive Studios, where true-to-life picture and sound quality awaits you. With our advanced HD/4K AI Upscaling Technology, your videos will undergo a magical transformation, elevating their visual and auditory appeal.

Get ready to turn your living room into a cinematic experience! Alive Studios brings together a comprehensive suite of restoration technologies, offering you an unparalleled transfer service.

AI Restoration

Our cutting-edge AI upscale and restoration system specializes in leveraging temporal information to deliver remarkably cleaner videos with enhanced sound. Whether you have videotapes, DVDs, or any video files, we can transform them into pristine, fully restored HD or even breathtaking 4K videos.

Our skilled editors scan through your footage, diligently removing unwanted clips such as floor filming, blue-screen breaks, or TV shows. Next, our experts perform expert color correction, enhancement, and noise removal. Finally, our AI technology analyzes and enhances every intricate detail. Whether you’re dealing with older SD clips or challenging footage lacking detail or suffering from heavy noise, our AI video restoration can achieve astonishingly superb results. We believe our videotape restoration system is the best in the world, offering exceptional value for the price.

Video tape to Digital USB

Living in 2023, Alive Studios goes beyond the traditional transfer of videotape to DVD. We provide a more convenient and modern approach by transferring your videos to USB Stick and uploading them to the dynamic Alive Cloud. This empowers you to effortlessly share your films with friends and family, creating meaningful connections and unforgettable moments.

Betamax images with AI restoration
Betamax tape AI restored
MiniDV images with AI restoration
MiniDv tape AI restored

Money-back guarantee; you will only pay for tapes we can transfer, so in the unlikely event they are not what you thought they were, you won’t pay a thing.  We don’t charge for tapes which are blank or have been recorded over with unwanted TV recordings.

Easy to understand pricing:
Video tapes are charged per item no matter the length.

Experience the remarkable video restoration services at Alive Studios today and rediscover the joy of reliving your cherished memories in stunning quality.

VHS to DVD vs VHS to HD AI Upscale

Service Features​

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Free collection and delivery

We're happy to arrange for your postman, or our courier to collect and deliver your films from your work or home address. Delivery is always free, and collection is free for orders over £100.

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Delivered in HD or 4K UHD

DVD is standard definition (SD), which should not be used on modern TVs the quality is simply too low. We use HD, which has 5 x the mega-pixels of SD, or Ultra HD, which has over 20 x the mega-pixels of SD. Phew!

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All tapes are cleaned

One of the things that makes our transfer superior to others is the cleaning process we undertake prior to transfer.  Our decks also feature continuous head cleaning even as the tape is being transferred. 

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AI Video Restoration

We now use Artificial Intelligence to colour-correct and restore the video. This time-aware enhancement system sharpens and de-noises video while recovering incredible amounts of detail. 

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Free 14 Day AI Movie Hosting

All films we transfer for you are uploaded to our password-protected Alive Cloud; our AI analyzes and indexes your film library, letting you search for speech, text, people, vehicles, sounds and more.

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Supplied on USB stick

Your films will be supplied in MPEG-4 format on a USB Stick. Plug into your TV to enjoy on the big screen. Then pop it into your computer to re-order, rename, and edit. Add your titles, music etc., to create amazing films.

Examples of work

Customer Reviews

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Mr Chignell
Mr Chignell
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The service with Alive is always first rate - they couldn't be more helpful and the work is outstanding.
Mr Barnes
Mr Barnes
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Had an old VHS tape with something important on it: it was just 30 seconds' worth but completely irreplaceable. In recent years when I played it, the image would 'jump'. And the jumping was getting a lot worse... so I sent to Alive Studios for a transfer to digital. I was genuinely relieved when they told me they had solved the problem (apparently it was not straightforward to sort, either). Now pleased to report that the clip is entirely sorted and I no longer need to worry about a tape deteriorating.
Mr Lester
Mr Lester
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I was very satisfied with my order procedure, the customer support, and the end results were far better than I expected.
Mr Davies
Mr Davies
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Great website that was attractive to me as a professional. Order procedure was well thought through and the step-by-step approach helpful. I did make an error, but it was possible to chat this through on email and that was friendly and reassuring. The courier service was brilliant and the level of tracking reassuring for the unique tape I sent through. The transfer itself is of high quality and the output to the web helpful pending the return of the file. Loved the fudge, a nice touch with the returned media.
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Alive Cloud

Search. Watch. Share.

Discover Alive Cloud – the ultimate platform for watching and interacting with your home movies.
Like your own personalised Netflix, it’s effortless to manage and share your cherished memories with family worldwide. Name, describe, and reorder your videos, and easily create chapter markers for quick navigation.

Plus, enjoy watching on your TV, computer, iPad, or phone. But what truly sets us apart is our cutting-edge AI-driven search engine. No more endless scrolling – find specific moments with just a click. Join us and experience your home movies like never before with Alive Cloud.

Ordering is so easy!

Online
  1. Build your order using the ‘Order and quote form’ button below.
  2. Print off the order form.
  3. Wrap your films securely and place them in a box/Jiffy bag with your order form.
  4. Send at the post office, or use our FREE courier collection service.
  5. Or order by Phone

Order by Phone

Speak to one of our friendly team at the studio who will do everything for you.
Lines are open 9.00 am to 5:30 pm weekdays, and most Saturdays Tel: 0800 0830561

FREE Collection Service

We are happy to arrange to collect your tapes from your work or home address. We use Royal Mail for small boxes and DHL for larger orders. The collection is completely free if spending over £100 or just £10 if spending under £100.

FREE Delivery Service

Delivery back to you is completely FREE on ALL orders, whether large or small. We even provide you with a precise timed delivery window, so you don’t have to wait in all day.

Get a quote & build your order

Use the handy “save for later” feature to return anytime.

Our Clients

Serving over 25,000 customers

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FREE Collection

We are happy to arrange to collect your tapes from your work or home address. We use Royal Mail for small boxes and DHL for larger orders. The collection is completely free if spending over £100 or just £10 if spending under £100.

FREE Delivery

Delivery back to you is completely FREE on ALL orders, whether large or small. We even provide you with a precise timed delivery window, so you don’t have to wait in all day.

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Why upscale to HD/4K?

Converting SD to HD or 4k will give stunning improvements in video quality.

We transfer your tapes with Teranex
This is the world’s most advanced video converter to transfer your analogue and digital tapes. Giving the finest quality conversion between video standards and frame rates. Teranex features proprietary and patented PixelMotion de-interlacing algorithms, so you get improved image quality.

Professional decks
With any tape conversion we always use the highest quality professional decks featuring auto video head cleaning, Video Stabilizer, Advanced 3D Y/C separation, Line Time Base Correction (LTBC) functions for perfect frame synchronization. Poor analogue source video is filtered and stabilized prior to conversion.

AI Upscaling and restoration
Our system specializes in using temporal information to create significantly cleaner video and sound. We can go from videotape, DVD or any video file to a clean, fully restored HD or even 4K video.

Video Tape Cleaning

One of the things that makes our transfer superior to others is the cleaning process we undertake prior to transfer.  Our decks also feature continuous head cleaning even as the tape is being transferred. 

This work is carried out as standard with all orders at Alive Studios.

AI Video Restoration

We now use Artificial Intelligence to colour correct and restore video. This time-aware enhancement system sharpens and de-noises video while recovering incredible amounts of detail. 

This work is carried out as standard with all orders at Alive Studios.

Alive Cloud
ALIVE CLOUD

Alive Studios AI Movie hosting is free for 14 days.
 Log in via your computer, or download the free APP to your phone or tablet so you can take your memories with you wherever you go. Automatic AI indexing of your videos, Search for words, car, dog, person and more.

Log in online to make changes to the titles of your movies, create multiple user logins for all your friends and family so they can share the experience too. from £22/year

Supplied on USB stick

Your films will be supplied in MPEG-4 format on a USB Stick. Plug into your TV to enjoy on the big screen. Then pop it into your computer to re-order, rename, and edit. Add your titles, music etc., to create amazing films.

Coronation SALE

15% Off

Ends May 9th

User Promo Code: coronation
at bottom of order form

PHOENIX 5K

New for 2023, our Phoenix 5K full frame scanner gives us our most significant camera system update ever, offering next-level image quality in a 16-megapixels frame scan. Our scanner takes individual photographs of each cell of your film from 8mm all the way up to 35mm film. You can have your film scanned in 2K, High Definition, or 4K Ultra High Definition. AI technology is then used to remove dust, remove harsh noise while recovering real detail, restore colours and create an artefact-free perfect 24fps movie.