— LEGACY VIDEO & DATA PRESERVATION

Your Past,
Reborn
Digitally.

We recover VHS, Betamax, 8mm film, and every forgotten video format — plus Zip drives, floppies, CD-ROMs, and legacy data media — into pristine digital files.

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BETAMAX PRESERVATION

8MM FILM TRANSFER

HI8 CONVERSION

MINIDV DIGITIZATION

SUPER 8 RESTORATION

LASERDISC CAPTURE

VHS TO MP4

BETAMAX PRESERVATION 8MM FILM TRANSFER HI8 CONVERSION MINIDV DIGITIZATION SUPER 8 RESTORATION LASERDISC CAPTURE VHS TO MP4

THE PROCESS —

Four steps.
One lifetime preserved.

  • Ship or Drop Off

    Send us your tapes securely in our prepaid kit, or visit one of our studios in person. Every tape is catalogued and insured upon arrival.

  • Professional Capture

    Our engineers use broadcast-grade hardware — frame-accurate playback, TBC correction, and noise reduction — to capture every signal detail.

  • AI Enhancement

    Optional upscaling to 4K, color grading, stabilization, and audio restoration using the latest neural enhancement models.

  • Delivered & Archived

    Your files arrive via secure cloud link, USB drive, or both. We archive a backup copy for 12 months at no extra cost.

SUPPORTED FORMATS —

We speak every dialect of the past.

VIDEO FORMAT
DATA FORMATS

INPUT · LEGACY FORMATS

Input · Legacy Formats 1976 – 2008

VHS / VHS-C 1975 – 2002

Regular 8mm Film 1932 – 1970s

Betamax / Betacam SP 1965 – 1980s

Hi8 / Video8 1985 – 2007

MiniDV / DV 1978 – 2001

Laserdisc 1995 – 2010s

U-Matic / 3/4" 1971 – 1990s

OUTPUT · DIGITAL FORMATS

MP4

H.264 / H.265

MKV

LOSSLESS

HEVC

4K / 8K READY

MOV

PRORES 422

AVI

UNCOMPRESSED

DCP

CINEMA PACKAGE

ENHANCEMENT OPTIONS

◆ AI 4K Upscaling (ESRGAN)
◆ Video Stabilization
◆ Color Grading & Restoration
◆ Audio Noise Reduction
◆ Damage Repair & Frame Recovery

INPUT · LEGACY DATA MEDIA

OPTICAL DISCS

CD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW‍ ‍‍ ‍1985 – present

DVD-ROM / DVD-R / DVD-RW 1995 – present

HD DVD‍‍ ‍2006 – 2008

DVD+R / DVD+RW‍ 2002 – 2010s

Photo CD / Kodak Picture CD‍ ‍ ‍1992 – 2004

MAGNETIC REMOVABLE

Floppy Disk 3.5"‍ ‍ ‍1987 – 2000s

Floppy Disk 5.25"‍ ‍ ‍1976 – 1990s

Zip Drive 100/250/750MB‍ ‍1994 – 2003

Jaz Drive 1GB / 2GB‍‍ ‍1995 – 2002

SuperDisk / LS-120‍ ‍ ‍1997 – 2003

Syquest Cartridge‍ ‍ ‍1982 – 1999

Bernoulli Box‍ ‍ ‍1980 – 1995

FLASH & PROPRIETARY

EARLY FLASH / SOLID STATE

CompactFlash (CF)‍ ‍‍ ‍1994 – 2010s

SmartMedia‍ ‍1995 – 2002

Memory Stick (Sony)‍ ‍1998 – 2010s

xD-Picture Card‍ ‍2002 – 2010

MultiMediaCard (MMC)‍ ‍ ‍1997 – 2000s

Early USB Drives‍ ‍pre-2010

PROPRIETARY / RARE

Iomega Clik / PocketZip‍ 1999 – 2002

HiFD‍ 1998 – 2000

Castlewood Orb‍ ‍1999 – 2002

ENHANCEMENT OPTIONS

◆ Exact file-system image (ISO, IMG)
◆ Recovered files in original folder structure
◆ Deleted file recovery (undelete scan)
◆‍ Corrupt media surface scan & salvage
◆‍ Cloud delivery + USB drive

PRICING —

Priceless results.

Video Recovery
Data Recovery

  • Personal . $39

    per tape standard quality

    • 1080p digital output

    • MP4 or MOV delivery

    • Cloud download link (30 days)

    • 3-5 business day turnaround

    • Basic audio restoration

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  • Archive . $79

    per tape premium quality

    • 4K AI-upscaled output

    • ProRes 422 + MP4 delivery

    • 12-month cloud archive backup

    • Priority 2-day turnaround

    • Full color grading & audio repair

    • USB drive included

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  • Studio . $149

    per tape broadcast grade

    • Broadcast-spec capture & QC

    • DCP+ ProRes 4444 + MP4

    • Permanent cloud archive

    • Same-day rush available

    • Frame-level damage restoration

    • Dedicated engineer assigned

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  • Retrieve . $29

    per disk . standard media

    • CD-ROM, DVD, floppy disk

    • Full file-system extraction

    • Cloud download (30 days)

    • 3-5 business day turnaround

    • Folder structure preserved

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  • Recover . $59

    per disk . with salvage

    • 4K AI-upscaled output

    • Zip, Jaz, CompactFlash, MMC

    • Deleted file undelete scan

    • Corrupt sector surface rescue

    • ISO IMG disk image included

    • 12-month cloud backup

    • USB drive delivery

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  • Rescue . $129

    per disk . deep recovery

    • Broadcast-spec capture & QC

    • Rare proprietary formats

    • Physically degraded media

    • Low-level sector imaging

    • Dedicated data engineer

    • Permanent archive + USB

    • Rush same-day available

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40K+

MEDIA ITEMS RECOVERED

99.6%

RECOVERY RATE

12

FORMAT TYPES SUPPORTED

‘‘ We thought my mother's wedding footage was gone forever — the tape had been sitting in a garage for thirty years. Nostalgic Future recovered every frame. I don't have words for what that means. ‘‘

— SARAHK. · LOS ANGELES, C A

BEGIN PRESERVATION —

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