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Memories to Digital: VHS to Digital in Lone Tree, CO

Memories to Digital gives families in Lone Tree, CO a choice between transferring VHS recordings to digital files and putting them on DVD. Its published VHS service also names S-VHS. That choice matters before you hand over a collection: a disc may suit familiar home viewing, while a file makes it easier to organize recordings, create backups and bring relatives into the conversation. The website lists the Lone Tree address at 8481 S Yosemite St STE B.

Published by Memrial Updated 4 October 2026 5 min read

Choose the version you want to keep

For its Files projects, Memories to Digital supplies MP4 videos that run from beginning to end, unedited. It requires a drive for delivery; you can provide one or buy one from the business. The published terms say loading any one drive is free, and loading is included when you buy the drive there. Ask which drive suits your project before purchasing storage.

Think about whether you want a complete record or a shorter viewing copy. Keeping an unedited transfer gives you the pauses, unexpected conversations and background details as well as the main event. You can decide later which moments deserve their own clips. If you choose an edited MP4 or disc project, the website specifies a two-hour maximum per file or disc; longer footage requires purchasing an additional file or disc.

Read the VHS price alongside the running time

The VHS page advertises prices starting at $16.95 per tape for up to 50 minutes, with volume discount savings bringing the rate as low as $17.95 per hour of footage. Those are different pricing statements, so neither should be treated as a flat price for every cassette. Ask for an estimate based on your tape count, likely running time and chosen output.

Recordings from abroad deserve a separate conversation. The PAL conversion page lists PAL and SECAM, including VHS, and publishes a starting price of $29.95 per tape for up to one hour, with volume discount savings as low as $26.95 per hour of footage. Tell the business where the recording was made if you are unsure which television standard it uses. Keep unfamiliar tapes together rather than assuming they belong in the standard VHS quote.

Make the handover useful without playing every tape

Give each cassette a simple identifier and photograph its label. Write a matching list with any known event, people and approximate year. Ask relatives for missing names now, while the label and its clues are easy to discuss. There is no need to force an uncertain date into a precise one.

Flag cracked cases, loose tape or visible mold before arranging a transfer, and ask how the business will assess the damage. Its VHS terms allow additional charges for cleaning, handling or troubleshooting dirty, moldy, damaged or degraded media. Tape repair is listed at $90 per hour with a $29.95 minimum per repair. Avoid trying to clean or run a suspect tape yourself. The website also notes that digital quality is limited by the original videos, so discuss any enhancement separately from basic transfer.

Allow time to check the finished recordings

Memories to Digital gives a typical VHS turnaround of 10-14 business days, depending on the number and condition of the tapes. Treat that as planning guidance and confirm your collection date if the videos are intended for a birthday or reunion. The VHS page says the original tapes are returned with the finished project and that video work is done by professionally trained staff in its local lab.

The business also publishes a free backup period of 30 days. Once you receive the files, open each one, check sound and picture at several points, and compare the contents with your cassette list. Ask promptly about missing material or playback problems. Make your own second copy on separate storage, and keep the returned originals labeled. A temporary provider backup should give you time to check the project, rather than become your long-term storage plan.

Let relatives add the context after conversion

After conversion, Memrial offers a separate private family archive for digital photos and home videos. It does not convert physical tapes and is not part of Memories to Digital. Its free allowance is 2.0 GB shared across the archive, with no card needed. Check the size of your video files before choosing what to upload.

Use Timeline with exact or approximate dates to find memories by year. A relative might recognize a graduation year or identify someone in a holiday recording; comments and stories can preserve that knowledge alongside the video. Live Watch Parties synchronize an uploaded home video, with the host controlling play, pause and seek while relatives nearby or far away use voice and text chat. Free Watch Parties include three hours per month and up to six participants.

For a reunion, Event Memories provides a secure occasion contribution link. Contributors sign in but do not need archive membership, and their photos and videos go into the event album. Closing the link keeps the collected memories. That lets a newly converted recording sit alongside contributions from the people who remember the occasion.

From the provider's website

Published service details

Website information checked 4 October 2026. Prices and availability can change. The original wording and conditions are included below.

Store Hours: Monday-Friday: 10:00am-6:00pm Saturdays: 10:00am-5:00pm Sundays: Closed

Your family space	How it works	A moment to try
TimelinePut the years back in order	Add dates to your photos and home videos, then explore them together by year. If you only know roughly when something happened, use an approximate date and let relatives help fill in the story.	Find the summer you all went away together. Add the names, place and little details that the camera never recorded.
Live Watch PartiesSame video. Same moment.	Choose a home video from your archive and invite relatives to watch online. Playback stays in sync, with the host controlling play, pause and seeking. Talk through voice or text chat while you watch, whether you are nearby or miles apart.	Put on an old birthday tape and pause when someone spots a familiar face. Hear the stories from the people who were actually there.
Event MemoriesEveryone's view, together	Open an event for a birthday, reunion, wedding or other occasion and share its secure contribution link. People sign in to add photos and videos to the event album without needing to be members of your archive. Close the link when you are finished; the contributed memories stay.	Collect this year's reunion photos in one place, then revisit an older reunion video together. The occasion gets its own album rather than another scattered message thread.
Your private archiveStart with 2.0 GB free	Keep photos, home videos and their stories in an invite-only family space. Your free storage is shared across the archive. Add a few favourite memories first, then invite relatives to contribute.	Give a short home-video clip a title your family will recognise. Ask who remembers the day, and keep their replies with the memory.

Choose the version you want to keep

Read the VHS price alongside the running time

Make the handover useful without playing every tape

Allow time to check the finished recordings

Let relatives add the context after conversion

Published service details

Make them part of family life again

Questions about Memories to Digital and your family videos

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