U-MATIC TAPE TRANSFER NEAR YOU
WE OFFER PROFESSIONAL U-MATIC TAPE CONVERSIONS
“By making the hard work of digitizing and sharing easy for our clients, we will preserve our world’s history before old formats fade and family stories are lost to time. Our ultimate goal is to make your best memories EverPresent in your life.”
DOES EVERPRESENT OFFER A U-MATIC TAPE TRANSFER NEAR ME?
We serve clients around the world, so chances are that we do! With over 50 local EverPresent stores, home and office pickups, and easy shipping options, finding the most convenient U-matic tape transfer service near you is really straightforward.
Our customers also love the quality of our U-matic tape conversion service because we are:
- Value for money: 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 U-matic to digital services you won’t find anywhere else. Our pricing is transparent and always includes 60 days of free digital downloads and sharing.
- Attentioned to detail: Unlike other companies, we embrace tedious work like transcribing written labels into your USB filenames and DVD labels so you don’t have to.
- Trustworthy: 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.
- Respectful: No upfront payments and no rushed decisions. Deciding whether to proceed with broken 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 ensure you pick the right options at the right price to suit your U-matic tape conversion needs.
PRICING FOR A U-MATIC TAPE CONVERSION
- 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.
- We only charge for the work we do, not for a preset number of items. We don’t promote flashy discounts or expiring coupons. We offer volume discounts because it’s fair, and we apply them automatically.
- We offer the widest range of options and capabilities to ensure 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 3/4 U-matic transfer project ONCE – and do it right the first time.
Digital PackageFirst 10 Tapes: $39.99/tape $35.99 for tapes 11+This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically! |
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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.
Signature PackageMost Popular!First 10 Tapes: $47.99/tape $42.99 for tapes 11+This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically! |
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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.
Family BundleFirst 10 Tapes: $56.99/tape $49.99 for Tapes 11+This 20% bulk discount will be applied automatically! |
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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.
Professional Package$39.99 / tapeBulk discounts may be available upon request |
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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.
3 EASY WAYS TO CONVERT U-MATIC TO DIGITAL WITH US
HOME PICKUPS
Too many boxes to move on your own? Complimentary home and office pickups are offered throughout the Northeast for projects over $300.
LOCAL DROP OFFS - 60+ LOCATIONS
All readily available for convenient drop-off. See which store is closest to you. Our drivers personally transport projects to our local lab for digitizing.
FREE SHIPPING
We accept mail-in orders from across the U.S. We’ll email a pre-paid UPS label or apply a shipping credit if you ship on your own.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sony introduced the U-matic format in 1971, so your cassettes could already be over the hill! The U-matic S (for ‘small’) variation came three years later as a more portable option for field crews, and the Broadcast Video U-matic (BVU) arrived in the early 1980s as a high-quality version. Some things get better with age – sadly, U-matic tapes do not.
Uh-oh! If the tape inside a U-matic cassette looks blotchy in some spots and clear in others, it probably has ‘sticky shed syndrome.’ This happens when the glue that holds magnetic tape together starts to break down. Without that glue, part of the tape will start to flake off. You can slow the damage by ‘baking’ U-matic tapes at a low temperature, but this job needs an expert. EverPresent does not bake your tapes in-house, but we partner with folks who do.
Be prepared to do some digging! U-matic tape decks’ high cost has kept demand low, so they’re not as abundant as other mass-made video gear. You can still find U-matic players for sale on eBay and Amazon, but even a broken one will run you just under $200. U-matic VCRs that actually work could cost you thousands. And because they’re mostly refurbished, they might not last long. EverPresent converts U-matic to digital, DVD, USB flash drive, or cloud storage to make your video stash more accessible.
It’s now harder than ever to find – and afford – a VTR that can still play U-matic videos. If your school or company still has U-matic cassettes, it’s time to turn that dusty shelf of tapes into a sleek digital archive. The actual tape inside of U-matic cassettes will deteriorate over time. It can also be damaged by friction inside of the VTR when a video is paused. Don’t wait for these items to get worse – find a U-matic transfer near you!
We use a professional-grade tape deck, sometimes called a VTR, to convert 3/4 inch U-matic tapes to digital formats. Your videos are then delivered via flash drives, DVDs, and cloud storage. All of these options can help you enjoy those old U-matic videos without an ancient VCR. Call us today to transfer those U-matic tapes to digital.
The work on your U-matic tapes is worth too much to be left in the past. Most of these recordings are assets for schools, broadcasters, and advertisers. After we transfer your tapes to digital, there’s still more we can do to make your legacy shine. One reporter used our custom video editing service to turn his news packages into a digital highlight reel that shows off his work. Once your stacks of U-matic cassettes turn into hours of digital video, our digital organizing service can help you sort through your archive and reduce clutter.
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You’re in good hands! Our team has decades of experience turning millions of photos and videos into beautiful digital memories that you can share with others.