All supported formats

Every format.
One kit.

Over 40 media types, all scanned by hand in our Connecticut studio. Mix photos, slides, tapes, reels, audio, and data media in a single order — we sort, label, and return everything.

40+ formats 1,200 DPI photos 6,400 DPI film 4K film reels 1080p HD tape
Photos Videotapes Film reels Audio DVD & discs Data & memory
Category 01 · Photos

Photos, slides & negatives.

Scanned at up to 16× the resolution of supermarket kiosks. 50+ megapixel files surpass even high-end DSLR cameras. Every image is hand-placed — never auto-fed — so corners stay crisp and thin prints don't tear.

A stack of photo prints

Photos & prints

1,200 DPI

Loose photos up to 8.5×11". Any era, any size, any finish.

Polaroid photos

Polaroids & Instax

1,200 DPI

All Polaroid and Instax instant photographs, mounted or loose.

35mm slides

Slides

6,400 DPI

35mm Kodachrome, Ektachrome, and mounted transparencies — loose or in carousels.

Film negatives

Negatives

6,400 DPI

Individual frames, strips, or whole rolls. Color or black-and-white.

Category 02 · Video

Videotapes.

Digitized on professional broadcast-grade tape decks with hardware time-base correction (TBC) for smooth, flicker-free playback. Every deck is cleaned and aligned before your tape touches it.

VHS cassette

VHS

1080p HD

NTSC & PAL. Standard, SP, LP, and EP recording modes.

VHS-C cassette

VHS-C

1080p HD

Compact VHS used in 80s and 90s camcorders. NTSC & PAL.

MiniDV cassette

MiniDV

1080p HD

Digital video format captured bit-perfect via FireWire.

Video8 cassette

Video8

1080p HD

8mm video cassettes from the late 80s and early 90s.

Hi8 cassette

Hi8

1080p HD

High-band 8mm cassettes — sharper picture than Video8.

Digital8 cassette

Digital8

1080p HD

Digital recording on Hi8-compatible cassettes. NTSC & PAL.

MicroMV cassette

MicroMV

1080p HD

Sony's ultra-compact digital video cassette from the early 2000s.

Betamax cassette

Betamax

1080p HD

Sony's pioneering home video format. NTSC & PAL supported.

Category 03 · Film

Film reels.

Frame-by-frame scanning at 4K Ultra HD on professional scanners with cool LED backlighting — your delicate film never heats, never warps, never flickers.

8mm film reel

8mm (Regular 8)

4K Ultra HD

Standard 8mm home movies from the 30s through the 70s. Any reel size.

Super 8 film reel

Super 8

4K Ultra HD

Sharper frame than Regular 8. Silent or sound-stripe. Any reel size.

16mm film reel

16mm

4K Ultra HD

Professional and amateur 16mm. Silent, mag-sound, and opt-sound supported.

Category 04 · Audio

Audio.

Every cassette, record, and tape played on professional hi-fi equipment. Manually captured, de-noised, and delivered as CD-quality MP3 or lossless FLAC.

Audio cassette

Audio cassettes

Hi-Fi

Standard Compact Cassettes. Type I, II, and IV tapes.

Mini-cassette

Mini-cassettes

Hi-Fi

Small dictation cassettes — Philips & similar.

Micro-cassette

Micro-cassettes

Hi-Fi

The tiny answering-machine and voice-recorder format.

8-track cartridge

8-track cartridges

Hi-Fi

Stereo 8-track tapes from the 60s and 70s.

MiniDisc

MiniDisc

Hi-Fi

Sony's magneto-optical audio discs from the late 90s and 2000s.

Digital voice recorder

Voice recorders

Hi-Fi

Most common digital handheld recorders — Olympus, Sony, Panasonic.

Audio CD

Audio CDs

Bit-perfect

Personal and home-burned audio CDs. Non-commercial only.

Reel-to-reel tape

Reel-to-reel

Hi-Fi

¼-inch and ½-inch open-reel audio tapes. Most common speeds supported.

Vinyl record

Vinyl records

Hi-Fi

LPs, 45s, and 78s. Turntables with fresh cartridges for every session.

Category 05 · Discs

DVD & discs.

Precision professional drives gently clean and extract every disc, delivering bit-perfect digital copies. Personal and home-burned only — no commercial media.

DVD

DVDs

Bit-perfect

Personal-use DVDs. Camcorder DVDs, home videos, disc-based archives.

CD

CDs

Bit-perfect

Data and home-burned audio CDs. Personal use.

Blu-ray

Blu-ray

Bit-perfect

Personal Blu-ray discs — home video, photo archives, data.

Mini-DVD

Mini-DVD

Bit-perfect

3-inch DVDs from compact camcorders. Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi.

Mini-CD

Mini-CD

Bit-perfect

3-inch CDs — business cards, software installers, personal mixes.

HD-DVD

HD-DVD

Bit-perfect

Toshiba's short-lived HD format. We keep drives specifically for this.

Category 06 · Data

Data & memory.

Unlock files trapped on legacy media. We keep working drives for every one of these formats — so your old documents, photos, and spreadsheets come back as readable modern files.

3.5-inch floppy

3½" floppies

Bit-perfect

DD and HD 3.5-inch diskettes. Mac and PC formats.

5.25-inch floppy

5¼" floppies

Bit-perfect

Classic 5.25-inch diskettes, any capacity.

Zip disk

Zip disks

Bit-perfect

100MB, 250MB, 750MB — Iomega Zip cartridges.

PCMCIA card

PCMCIA / PC Card

Bit-perfect

PC Cards from 90s laptops, cameras, and music gear.

Memory Stick

Memory Stick

Bit-perfect

Sony Memory Stick, Duo, and Pro.

xD-Picture Card

xD-Picture Card

Bit-perfect

Fujifilm and Olympus camera memory cards.

SmartMedia card

SmartMedia

Bit-perfect

Late-90s and early-2000s flash memory cards.

MMC card

MMC Card

Bit-perfect

MultiMediaCard memory. Predecessor to SD cards.

CompactFlash card

CompactFlash

Bit-perfect

CF Type I and Type II cards from DSLRs and pro cameras.

Don't see yours? It's probably here anyway.

We've handled formats that don't appear on any list — reel-to-reel wire recorders, glass plate negatives, 110/126 film, lantern slides. If it holds a memory, tell us and we'll figure it out. Call 1-888-298-2239 or start a concierge plan.

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Every format.

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