Camera House · Lower Hutt

Your tapes, back on a screen.

VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, Hi8 and Digital8 transferred to digital at 77 Queens Drive. No VCR to dig out, no camcorder, no hunting for the right cable.

5 tape formats we transfer
About a week Typical turnaround
$35 a tape
Email or USB However suits you

Before you come in

How it works

Bring the tapes in and we do the rest. $35 a tape, whichever format it is.

We do

  • The deck for your format VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, Hi8 and Digital8 all play back here.
  • The transfer Your footage captured to a digital file, done in the shop. About a week for most jobs.
  • The file, your way Emailed over as a download, or written onto a USB stick.

You bring

  • Your tapes Drop them in at 77 Queens Drive, or courier them to us and we will handle the rest.
  • A USB stick, if you want one Not included in the $35 — bring your own, or buy one here.
  • Roughly what is on them Worth a note if there is a stack of unlabelled tapes and some matter more than others.

In more detail

VHS Digitisation

Preserve your old memories by converting your tapes to digital. We’ll transfer your footage and send it to you by email or USB — no more digging out the VCR.

Turnaround time: About 1 week.

We can digitise:

  • VHS

  • VHS-C

  • MiniDV

  • Hi8

  • Digital8

While the box is open

Tapes are rarely the only thing in there.

Whatever else came out of the cupboard — undeveloped rolls, negatives, a shoebox of prints — it can all be brought back at 77 Queens Drive.

A photograph taken in February 1997
2 February 1997, on film