Video99

I had a more than 40 year old recording in a Umatic-S cassette tape and little hope of recovering this childhood memory, but Colin saved the day with a very efficient and speedy service. Communication was very clear and straightforward and I couldn't be happier with the results.

I recently wanted to have some old videos of my family when younger put onto a USB before the tapes will no longer be able to be played. Colin has done a great job with a great turnaround of a couple of days. Highly recommend.

I had a Video8 tape which had snapped and the casing was damaged on the tape itself. Colin repaired the tape and transferred the contents of the tape to a very high quality video file with a very quick turnaround. I would highly recommend Video99 to anyone who requires their home video tapes to be digitized.

A mix of old videos and audio cassettes transferred to a USB stick. Really quick turnaround, clear pricing, excellent communication and service.

A cracking service very quick and very professional.

Excellent service from start to finish. Colin was friendly, professional, helpful and kept us fully informed of progress and options. He transferred on old VCC 360 Video Compact Cassette onto DVD's and USB, a wedding from 1985, and the quality was superb. Fast service, great price. Highly recommended.

I needed 3 vhs tapes converted to digital files. Colin clearly laid out the options and their merits prior to starting the job, and promptly delivered the files, providing good communication at each stage of the process. Thanks!

Video99 provide great service, and a niche service you're unlikely to find elsewhere readily. Communication is frequent and informative. Colin is professional yet grounded, and a pleasure to do business with.

Colin was extremely quick to respond and to process my BETACAM SP cassette. I had struggled to find someone before coming across Video99. Quality was great and so was the value. Many thanks!

Thanks Colin for a very professional job, transferring a film from Betacam SP to a video file. Great communications and very quick work. Thanks a million.

Thanks Colin for your expertise and time spent retrieving video from very damaged VHS tapes and digitising the results. Much appreciated.

Had a Philips N1700 tape of a TV programme my wife and I had been on in 1980 which we had not been able to view since it was first broadcast. Having found Colin's video of himself using his N1700 machine I got in contact and he very quickly and professionally transferred it to digital format, wonderful!

I needed an old video8 tape repairing as the tape had snapped. Colin managed to repair it and sent me the footage very promtly! Also the communication was excellent! I would definitely use him again!

Prompt efficient and courteous service transferring from CVC video cassettes, a rarely offered format.

Colin really went the extra mile to help me digitize my 6 ancient VHS tapes including finding alternative ways to upload the files given that my work laptop has had its USB sockets disabled for security purposes. Great service and many thanks.

I am so grateful to CM for my recently digitized videos and minidvs. The service is competitively priced and very good value. There were clear concise instructions to follow when sending your media to him. I received my content rapidly and its been an absolute joy seeing this footage again after 24 years (and even older) Thank you.

Transfer of U-matic Lo-Band SVHS and VHS-C. Tapes between 30-40 years old to MP4 Great communication, Excellent value, Transfers have no drop outs or artefacts that you usually get from playing back old tapes. Many thanks Colin.

I don’t normally bother to post reviews but service I received from Colin for the quick turnaround of my 34 Hi8 and MiniDV tapes was exemplary. He kept me informed throughout the transfer process and the quality of the delivered files exceeded my expectations. I am more than happy to recommend Video99 and will be using them again in the future.

I've used Colin/Video99 several times, always being happy with the results. He has always produced excellent results at a fair price. He even re-transferred, for free, one tape when I mentioned that the audio was very muffled. The second transfer sounded far better but had screwy video. In the end, he was able to merge the two into an acceptable transfer. I didn't mind the trouble. He's working with machines that are up to 50 years old. The fact that some of these machines still work at all is a small miracle! In addition, even when he said he was busy, Colin has always had fast turnaround times whenever I've used him. These weren't rush jobs, just tapes I wanted him to transfer at his leisure. Maybe I've just been lucky but it has never taken more than 2-3 days. The one exception was when the machine was malfunctioning and he had to work on it. After it was fixed, all was well. Further, once his Internet setup was upgraded at the end of 2023, it became far easier to receive his files over the Internet, saving a lot of time and money. I have only two very minor caveats. First, if he does ask you to confirm receipt of files or packages, please do so. One time, I downloaded my files but forgot to tell him. He didn't send my tape back until I wrote to ask about it. He was waiting for me to confirm that the transfer was acceptable. Second, this is extremely nit-picky but SECAM and unusual PAL tapes will be transferred to regular PAL for capture purposes. The results are still quite good. All I mean to say is that if you insist on "pure" transfers of SECAM/MESCAM/PAL-M/PAL-N tapes, they'll all be converted due to his capture setup. (Keep in mind that it's very difficult to capture these tapes without such conversion. ).Once again, that's all extremely nit-picky. If you have tapes you need to archive, Colin's a fantastic choice for that work. Have no worry, he'll do everything he can to give you the best possible transfer of your tapes, and be honest with you if your tapes can't be salvaged.Moreexpand_more

We had a Sony U-Matic tape of a fashion show we did in 1979 which had gone missing after a move in 1990. After discovering it we were concerned as to how the tape would perform as its storage was not as it should have been. Having found Colin after some research and reading his glowing reviews we sent the tape to him. He was extremely helpful and produced a wonderful digital copy for us which we are delighted with. .