MP4 or DVD: choose around how you will watch
The published video-file price is $12 each for an MP4 up to 3 hours in length, and $24 each over 3 hours. A custom printed DVD is listed at $15 each, with additional copies at $5 per DVD. These are separate published options; ask what your particular order includes before adding them together or assuming one comes with the other.
An MP4 is a sensible option to discuss if you want to keep a computer copy, share selected recordings with relatives, or upload videos to a private archive. A DVD may suit someone who already uses a disc player. Think about the recipient's equipment as well as your own. Ask how recordings are divided into files or discs, particularly when one cassette contains several unrelated occasions.
Memory sticks or flash drives are provided at cost, with the price varying by memory size. Request a total that identifies the transfer output and any drive charge. The published prices do not establish taxes or every possible order condition, so the agreed quote should settle those details.
Arrange a Michigan handover before traveling
The website names Hartland, MI under drop-off locations and offers flexible meeting locations in Livingston, Oakland, Genesee, and Washtenaw counties, scheduled by phone or email. It also states that home pick-up and public meet options are available. Those arrangements make the handover conversation particularly useful: agree on the actual place and time instead of treating the Auburn Hills listing area as a walk-in destination.
Published hours are Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm, Saturday, 10am to 1pm, and Sunday closed. Confirm an appointment within the arrangement you choose. Before handing anything over, make a simple inventory with tape labels and quantities, retain a copy, and agree how your originals and finished files will come back to you.
Use the first conversation to establish tape compatibility
The prices give you an output comparison, but they do not settle VHS compatibility, other cassette formats, or damaged-tape handling. Tell Super Video Transfer what is printed on each cassette and whether it was recorded on equipment from another country. Ask about anything with a cracked shell, loose tape, visible contamination, or a history of playback trouble. Do not try to force a damaged cassette through a player to work out its length.
The business describes itself as a home business and says most projects are completed in under 5 days. That is a general statement about most projects, rather than a guaranteed deadline for your collection. If the recordings are needed for a birthday or reunion, give the date and ask for an estimate based on your actual formats, quantities, and condition.
Pair a recording with the photographs that explain it
Super Video Transfer also lists scanning for prints, slides, negatives, and APS rolls at $.40 each scan. That could be worth discussing when photographs and recordings belong to the same occasion. Keep this scan price separate from the video-file prices; it describes a different service and unit.
Prepare a small selection of photographs that adds context rather than sending everything automatically. A photograph of a gathering might help a relative identify people in the accompanying video. Record names and approximate dates on a separate inventory, and avoid attaching adhesive labels directly to delicate photographic surfaces.
Check the files, then build a private family record
When the digital copies arrive, open every file and sample the beginning, middle, and end for picture and sound. Check the file labels against your inventory. Keep the originals and another digital backup; an upload should be an additional copy of something you can still retrieve elsewhere.
Memrial is a separate private family archive for digital memories after conversion. It does not convert tapes or form part of this provider's service. Its free plan includes 2.0 GB of storage shared across the archive, with no card needed. Choose uploads within that allowance and use albums, comments, and stories to help relatives add what they remember.
Timeline accepts exact or approximate dates, so a recording remembered only as the summer of a particular year can still be found by year. Live Watch Parties synchronize an uploaded home video, with host play, pause, and seek controls plus voice and text chat for relatives nearby or far away. The free allowance is 3 hours per month with up to 6 participants.
Planning a family gathering? Open an Event Memories contribution link for that occasion so relatives can bring their own photos and videos into its album. They sign in to contribute without becoming archive members. When you close contributions afterward, the album retains what everyone has shared.