Service for Converting PAL Video Tapes to Digital

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Service for Converting PAL Video Tapes to Digital


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If you see “PAL” on your video tapes, that means they will not play or transfer on a typical North American video player. If your video tapes were originally made in Europe, Asia, Africa or Australia, they were likely captured in the PAL format. Thankfully, EverPresent has secured a collection of premium video players from across the world and we can transfer your PAL tapes to digital. Please reach out to us to confirm we can digitize your specific PAL tape, but the odds are good, and we can absolutely digitize the most common formats like VHS, 8mm and MiniDV.
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Our ultimate goal is to make your best memories EverPresent in your life. Digitizing degrading photos and home movies is a necessary first step. Once your memories are safely digital, a world of searchable family archives and storytelling keepsakes are suddenly possible! We look forward to working with you.

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Why Families & Institutions Nationwide Choose EverPresent

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  • Value: The size of our company allows us to provide more for less. Our digitizing is higher quality and better organized – and we offer an array of advanced services you won’t find anywhere else. Our pricing is transparent and always includes 60 days of free digital downloads and sharing.
  • Convenience: Home and office pickups, over 50 local stores and easy shipping options. And unlike other companies, we embrace tedious work like transcribing written labels into your USB filenames and DVD labels so you don’t have to.
  • Trust: Over 50 million memories preserved, 30+ years experience, 80+ expert technicians. Alarmed, sprinklered, camera-monitored, US-based, high-tech lab. Advanced barcode tracking and email technology to keep you updated.
  • Respect: No upfront payments and no rushed decisions. Deciding whether to proceed with broken PAL tapes, or upgrade to ProResHQ archival files or restorative tape incubation can have a real budget impact. That’s why we include a free consultation after we’ve reviewed your materials to assure you pick the right options at the right price to suit your needs.

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Pricing for PAL Video Tape Transfers

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EverPresent’s unique approach to pricing:

  1. Our team will walk you through the technical options in advance before you commit to anything. It’s free to get your materials to us for an estimate and there’s no upfront payment.
  2. We don’t promote flashy discounts or expiring coupons. We offer volume discounts because it’s fair, and we apply them automatically.
  3. We offer the widest range of options and capabilities to assure your project gets what it needs, but out of respect for your budget, never more than it needs. In our business, one size rarely fits all (or fits in a box).

Ultimately, what we care about is helping families do this important project ONCE – and do it right the first time.

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Digital Package

First 10 Tapes: $21.99/tape
Tapes 11-20: $19/99/tape

$16.99 for tapes 11+

This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically!
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  • Digital transfer to Mac/PC compatible .mp4 files
  • EverPresent mobile/web app with 60 days private cloud storage
  • 60-days unlimited sharing and downloading
  • Included: VHS/VHS-C, Hi8/8mm/Digital8, MiniDV, Betamax
  • Add $10: PAL, SECAM
  • Add $20: U-Matic, Betacam, DVCPro, etc.
  • Custom video editing ($100/hour)

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Great value for clients ready to download their files and back up on their own before sharing with friends and family online. Enjoy 60-days of app access for unlimited downloading and sharing.

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Signature Package

Most Popular!

First 10 Tapes: $29.99/tape
Tapes 11-20: $25.99/tape

$22.99 for tapes 21+

This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically!
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  • Digital transfer to Mac/PC compatible .mp4 files
  • Written labels transcribed into filenames
  • Choice of custom-labeled USB or DVD
  • EverPresent mobile/web app.
  • 60 days of private cloud storage
  • 60 days of unlimited sharing and downloading
  • Included: VHS/VHS-C, Hi8/8mm/Digital8, MiniDV, Betamax
  • Add $10: PAL, SECAM
  • Add $20: U-Matic, Betacam, DVCPro, etc.

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Most popular. Simple, flat-rate pricing to have everything done, including labeling & cloud backup. Zero work and zero worries for you after we finish. Easy to share cloud access and included USB or DVDs.

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Family Bundle

First 10 Tapes: $39.99/tape

$29.99 for Tapes 11+

This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically!
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  • Digital transfer to Mac/PC compatible .mp4 files
  • Written labels transcribed into filenames
  • Choice of THREE custom labeled copies (choice of DVD and/or USB)
  • EverPresent mobile/web app
  • One year private cloud storage ($50 value)
  • One year unlimited sharing & downloading
  • Included: VHS/VHS-C, Hi8/8mm/Digital8, MiniDV, Betamax
  • Add $10: PAL, SECAM
  • Add $20: U-Matic, Betacam, DVCPro, etc.

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Best value if you are doing this for the family and would benefit from extended time with your private cloud archive. If you need more than three copies it’s easy and affordable to add them.

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Professional Package

$45.99 / tape

Bulk discounts may be available upon request
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  • Digital transfer to ProRes 422 HQ .mov master files
  • Restorative tape incubation
  • Time-based correction and minor repairs (as needed)
  • h264 .mp4 streaming files (optional)
  • Written labels transcribed into filenames
  • Hard drive will be priced based on the size required (generally $65-$95)
  • 60 days EverPresent mobile/web app (streaming .mp4 files only)
  • Included: VHS/VHS-C, Hi8/8mm/Digital8, MiniDV, Betamax
  • Add $10: PAL, SECAM
  • Add $20: U-Matic, Betacam, DVCPro, etc.

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Chosen by under 10% of our clients, but popular with certain institutions and professionals.  Unless you already know you want this service, you likely don’t need it.

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IT’S FREE & EASY TO GET US YOUR PROJECT

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Frequently Asked Questions

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how to tell if your video tape is PAL format tape

PAL tapes: A History

If you were curious to learn more about PAL format and how it affects your tapes, you can read our blog post.
Read more about PAL tapes…

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5 common video tape problems to convert pal format tape to dvd
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5 Common Tape Issues

PAL defines the way a tape was encoded, but not the features of the tape itself so there is always lurking danger for problems.
Read more common video transfer problems…

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properly store your video tapes before you convert your pal format tape to dvd
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How to store your tapes

Tapes for PAL cameras are universal (I know, we’ve said that), so these tips for storage will work for you!
Read more video tape storage…

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properly store your video tapes before you convert your pal format tape to dvd
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HOW DO I TELL IF MY VIDEO TAPES ARE PAL?

Many of our clients, particularly those who created their video tapes outside the United States, come to us with PAL encoded tapes to convert to DVD. Read more PAL Tapes…

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Are PAL tapes only VHS?

Nope! It’s possible any of your tapes are PAL if you ever lived or visited abroad with a video camera. Because the tapes were universal and it was about PAL encoding, there are PAL format tapes for everything: VHS, MiniDV, 8mm, Beta, etc.

How long is my PAL tape?
This is a hard question to answer. At minimum, they are an hour of footage if you have a PAL MiniDV tape or a PAL VHS-c tape, but could go up to 2 hours of footage for other tapes like PAL VHS tapes or PAL 8mm tapes. The best way to have an idea of the length of your tape is to base it off the format and the length it’s capable of recording, because tapes are universal (which we’ve mentioned before). That being said, PAL records at a slower speed than NTSC so if you have a tape capable of holding 120 minutes of footage, it will likely have a little bit more than that if it’s PAL.
Should I transfer PAL to DVD or USB?
We recommend both, because it’s always good to have a backup. You also don’t have to worry about getting back a PAL DVD you can’t watch because your tape is PAL. We’ll convert your PAL format tape onto a standard DVD or USB that can be viewed on any computer, laptop or TV.

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“We’d accumulated a large number of family movies and videos over the years – all in different formats and mostly not labeled or mislabeled. We were about to throw them out, but EverPresent ‘saved the day’. Their staff was friendly and knowledgeable, and clearly were about preserving memories, not just ‘copying stuff’. We’ve had a great time looking at our boys early years, and some unexpected footage of my wife’s father teaching a class. Be prepared to cry (with happiness)!”

– Mark L.
Jamaica Plain, MA

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Get an estimate on your PAL Format Tape to DVD
conversion project!
Fill out our form or call to speak to a consultant

866-363-3351


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[su_row][su_column]Your VHS tapes can be PAL tapes, even if they look like regular VHS
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Did you or your family ever travel outside the United States with your video camera on a family vacation?

If you answered no to both of these questions, it’s very unlikely that any of the video tapes you have around are PAL format tapes. You can visit our standard video transfer service page if you don’t have any PAL tapes. If you answered yes to one or both of these questions, then you might have some PAL tapes! The good news is that we can absolutely convert PAL format tape to DVD, and the so-so news is that there is no good way to know which tapes are PAL if you don’t already.[/su_column][/su_row]
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