Legacy Media Formats

From aging tapes to film reels to microfiche, we offer one of the most comprehensive digitization capabilities in the industry.

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APERTURE CARDS
M1
M4
AUDIO
¼" Reel-to-reel
33-⅓, 45 and 78 RPM Vinyl Records
Cassette
8-track Cartridge, DAT, Micro, Mini, Standard
CD/DVD
MiniDisc
CARTRIDGE - 1/2 INCH
3480
SL (180MB), XL (250MB) and XXL (280MB)
3490 and 3490E
SL (650MB) and XL (850MB)
3590 and 3590E Magstar MP
10GB, 20GB and 40GB
3590H Magstar MP
60GB
3592-J1A (Gen 1 Jaguar)
60GB and 300GB
3592 (Gen 2 TS1120)
500GB and 700GB
3592 (Gen 3 TS1130)
128GB, 640GB, 1TB
3592 (Gen 4 TS1140)
1.6TB, 4TB
3592 (Gen 5 TS1150)
7TB, 10TB
3592 (Gen 5A TS1155)
15TB
3592 (Gen 6 TS1160)
20TB
3592 (Gen 7 TS1170)
50TB
9490EE
9840 A/B/C/D (Eagle)
DLTtape™
2000, 4000, 7000, 8000 and DLT1
DLT™ VS
DLT1/VS80 (40GB), VS160 (80GB), VS1 and DLT-V4 (160GB)
DLT-S4 (3rd Generation SuperDLT)
800GB
Super DLTtape™
SDLT1 (220/320) and SLDT2 (600) - 110GB/160GB and 300GB
LTO / IBM 3580 Ultrium
100GB
LTO2 / IBM 3580-2 Ultrium2
200GB
LTO3 / LTO4 (TS2240)
400GB/800GB
LTO5 / LTO6 / LTO7
1.5TB/2.5TB/6.5TB
LTO8 / LTO9
15TB/18TB
NTCP
20GB
Redwood SD-3
Small, Medium and Large
Sony S-AIT1 and S-AIT2
500GB/800GB
T9940 A/B
T10000 A/B/C/D
500GB, 1TB, 5TB, 8.5TB
TK
TK30, TK50, TK70, TK85, TK87, TK88 and TK89 (ComPacTape I, II, III, IIIxt, IV)
CARTRIDGE - 1/4 INCH
¼" 3570 Magstar MP "B" Format
¼" 3570 Magstar MP "C" and "C-XL" Format
¼" Mini QIC
Iomega Ditto Max, Ditto Easy, Ditto
¼" Mini QIC
Irwin, Colorado, Travan, DC2xxx's and MC3xxx's
¼" Standard QIC
DC6xxx's, DC9xxx's, SLR2, SLR3, SLR4, SLR5, SLR24 (SLR6) and SLR7
¼" Standard QIC
SLR32 (13GB and MLR1), SLR40, SLR50 (MLR3), SLR60, SLR75, SLR100 and SLR140
CASSETTE
¼" ADR and ADR2
(15GB, 25GB) and (30GB, 60GB, 120GB)
½" Metrum VHS RSP-2150 (VLDS)
½" Sony DTF
GW240S and GW730L
½" Sony DTF-2
GW2-60GS and GW2-200GL (200GB)
4mm DAT
DDS1, DDS2, DDS3, DDS4 and DDS5 (36GB)
8mm AIT Cassette
AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3 (100GB), AIT-3Ex (150GB), AIT-4 (200GB) and AIT-5 (400GB)
8mm AIT-Turbo Cassette
AIT-1Turbo (40GB) and AIT-E Turbo (20GB)
8mm Exabyte
8200, 8500 and 8700
8mm Mammoth
8900, Mammoth LT
8mm Mammoth-2
M2 (20GB, 40GB, 60GB)
8mm VXA Cassette
VXA-1 (33GB), VXA-2 (80GB) and VXA-320 (160GB)
19mm Ampex DD2 DST
Small, Medium and Large
19mm Sony D1
Medium and Large
CELLULOID FILM
8mm, Super 8mm
16mm
including optical or analog sound
35mm
including optical or analog sound
MICROFICHE / MICROFILM
4.10" x 5.85" Standard Microfiche
4.10" x 6.0" Large Microfiche
5" x 8" Oversized Microfiche
COM Microfiche
Jacketed Microfiche
16mm and 35mm
Microfilm
16mm and 35mm
Single Frame 105mm Microfiche
Step and Repeat Microfiche
REEL - 1/2 INCH
7 Track
600ft, 1200ft, 2400ft (100bpi, 200bpi, 556bpi, 800bpi) (Read Only)
9 Track IBM 3420
600ft, 1200ft, 2400ft, 3600ft (800bpi, 1600bpi, 3200bpi, 6250bpi)
14 Track HDDR
1200ft, 2400ft (8000bpi) (Read Only)
21 Track
1200ft, 2400ft (356bpi, 712bpi) (Read Only)
REMOVABLE DISC / DISK
3 ½" Floptical Disk
21MB
3 ½" High Capacity Floppy Disk
LS-120 and LS-240 (SuperDisk) and HIFD-200MB
3 ½" Syquest Disk Cartridge
SQ310 (105MB) and SQ327 (270MB)
3 ½", 5 ¼", 12" and 14" M.O., WORM and Optical Disk Cartridge
various including IBM, Plasmon, Sony, HP and Panasonic
3 ½", 5 ¼" Floppy Disk
SS, DS, LD and HD
5 ¼" Bernoulli Disk
44, 90, 105, 150 and 230MB
5 ¼" Syquest Disk Cartridge
SQ400 (44MB), SQ800 (88MB), SQ1100 (105MB) and SQ2000 (200MB)
12" Optical Disk Cartridge
Philips LMS/Plasmon LMS 4000, 6000, 8000
All USB and Firewire (1394) Portable Drives
Fat32, NTFS, NFS
BluRay Disc
25GB and 50GB
CD-R(OM), CD-RW Disc
650MB, 700MB
DD-R(OM), DD-RW (Double Density CD) Disc
1.3GB
DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW Recordable Disc
3.95GB and 4.7GB
DVD+R DL
8.5GB
DVD-RAM
2.6GB, 5.2GB, 4.7GB and 9.4GB
HD DVD Disc
15GB
Iomega JAZ Disk
1GB and 2GB
Iomega PocketZip (Clik!) Disk
40MB
Iomega ZIP Disk
100MB, 250MB and 750MB
PD650 Rewritable Optical Disk Cartridge
650MB
PDD (Blu-Ray) Disc, PDD23, BD-ROM, BD-R
23GB
SAN and NAS Drives/Raids
Syquest Disk Cartridge
Ezflyer (135MB and 230MB), SyJet (1.5GB) and SparQ (1GB)
UDO Disk Cartridge - Ultra Density Optical
30GB
USB
VIDEO
1" Type-C Reel
8MM
8, Hi8, Digital8
Betacam
Beta/SP, BetacamSX, BetacamIMX, DigiBeta
D1 / D2 / D3 / D5
DV Cam/DVC
DVCam, DVC Pro, DVCPro50, DVC Pro HD
DVD
Film
8mm, 16mm, 35mm
HDCam
HDCam, HDCamSR
LaserDisc
Mini DV
MII
U-Matic
3/4” U-Matic, U-Matic SP
VHS
VHS, VHS-S
XD Cam
XD Cam, XD Cam PDD, XD Cam Dual Layer
OTHER MEDIA TYPES
35mm ICI-1012 TeraByte Reel Optical Tape
Analog Tape
AM and FM, SIE, Carter, MagnaDisc (Read Only)

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