Building on the mail-in model first seen by Kodak, simply send your LEGACYBOX package, filled with tapes, film, photos, and audio recordings
Meh price is for DVD output of your moments, however, you will have the option to upgrade your moments onto a thumb drive or the cloud (additional charges may apply for different formats)
State-of-the-art tracking, barcoding, and real-time updates at every step
Includes welcome guide with instructions, barcodes to tag your items, crush-proof box, pre-paid return shipping label and all digitizing
All formats are carefully digitized by hand, right here in the United States
Receive regular email updates throughout the whole process
Access to a personal concierge to answer all questions (must contact Legacybox directly for this service)
Shipping Note:
Please allow 6-8 weeks turnaround, once your Legacybox is received for processing
Accepted Formats:
Tapes: VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, Video 8, MiniDV Betamax, MicroMV, PAL, Digital 8, Camcorder
@IndifferentDude I’m having a Deja Vu moment also; or am I just watching a replay of a recording of the last time they sold this stuff?
Actually, it looks pretty clear; I didn’t realize 4K was an option?
Bought two of these from meh. Got 8mm digitized each time. Better than I would’ve done it, since I don’t have a film projector. Otherwise, um, honestly not very good. Watchable. Not great.
Bonus is that a giant 6” reel counts the same as a 3”, which makes those much cheaper than other services, but otherwise you do get what you pay for here. Often washed out, grainy stuff.
There was another place suggested last time this came up. I might have to send a few there for comparison.
@stinks I haven’t used this type of service, but in fairness, I’d say that if you see “grain” it’s probably real, i.e. it was the image represented by the film, similar with “washed-out” colors. Also the film image will degrade over time (one reason for using a service like this).
I remember 8mm films my parents made, these were from 40-50 years ago. Yes, 8mm is very small and there were limits to film chemistry. Which is why 16mm was a big step up, and 35mm was used for most professional filming, and still cameras. 70mm was the big upgrade for major movies on large screens, But yeah, 8mm is about 1/3 inch. On a big screen you’ll see a lot of limitations. No scanning can “fix” that. (there are ways to “filter” the grain but this affects the picture and makes it less sharp)
You had to realize at the time the TVs we had were 15-19" tube televisions, maybe a 23" if you went high-end. Color rendition was, um, well, there were colors. Which many people thought was great, coming from black-and-white TVs. High-definition and UHD color – those things of the future (i.e. now) were pure fantasy at that time. But we are used to them now. So now when you are used to just turning on your 60" HD television and getting clear images and accurate color – your expectations just weren’t possible with 8mm film technology 50 years ago.
@pmarin@stinks Looks like there’s a reason it was sent to Meh to sell off. I was on the fence the last time but the comments made me move to a “no”… and this video just really solidifies my no.
@mbersiam@pmarin Yeah I’m not upset I got a few reels digitized by them, but there are times the process is so bad stuff is washed out and unviewable. There’s no (imo) noticeable color correction within the reel. Seem to set it up once and you get what you get.
That is, if a reel has outside and inside portions on it, one set (from the same reel) will be too light or dark, depending.
I’ve also had brief periods of the framing issue described on the YouTube video.
Better than not doing anything with your stuff, they haven’t (knock on wood) lost anything, they do it reasonably quickly, good deal on big reels, but not exactly archival quality.
I am planning to send at least one reel I got done at LegacyBox to a place that’s ostensibly better to compare, but didn’t think it would come back up here so quickly.
25% off on gift cards for scancafe.com right now. Save and combine to stack with later sales on various media scanning services. Top quality and due to covid, all work is done in the US. It used to be an extra fee, but not sure if they’ve resumed that.
No disparagement of this deal or service, just noting an alternative deal that I’ve had great results with on slides, 8mm reels, large format silver negatives, and printed pictures.
Now I want to watch old baseball games on Youtube. I wonder if 1895 baseball games are on there…Since motion film didn’t exist yet…maybe they did play by play using an early form of comic book…
@mike808@MR_CloneABC Not one of the people in this video are alive today. It makes me wonder if they thought this sliver of their lives would be seen in 120 years? When we take selfies and post, do we realize someone could be watching or reading our words in 2150? So weird to consider. I wonder if it was joy or just a curiosity for them to see the camera. So neat!!
Really don’t get this whats next Planet Fitness memberships for $7.50? Not an item for a 1 item a day deal site that i pay 5 bucks a.month plus tax to be a member of, bring back the candy corn !!!
I don’t have a few photos to digitize, I have many hundreds.
A very good scanner typically comes with a decent office-quality inkjet printer attached. I have two such.
The sole attraction of the Legacy Box is in the savings of time versus trying to amass enough round-tuits to block out the time required for the task.
I doubt that I’m alone in those characteristics. YMMV as to whether the pretty steep fee for the service is a good value, balanced against your own time to do the deed. For me, not so much.
@werehatrack Film and slide scanning are more than just slap it on a all-in-one scanner. Theres IR dust removal and properly aging color profiles for individual film brands. And then repeating that process hundreds of times, getting it just right every time.
I would agree there are better services that are completely focused on scanning, and not so much into the side quests of scrapbooking, genealogy, and digital presentation.
For the side projects after you’ve got them digitized, I would say forever.com offers some interesting options (and for truly “legacy” digital storage/archiving).
For just scanning, for me, scancafe.com has been a better high-quality value.
And I spent zero minutes futzing with my printer/scanner.
For quality scanning software, if you do the DIY thing, I can recommend VueScan (hamrick.com).
@mike808@werehatrack
Hearty second on VueScan. It even works with long derelict gigantic flatbed HP printers that haven’t had viable drivers since Windows 7.
Truly amazing software.
25 pictures (not even a standard 36 exposue roll of film) = 1 item. So 2/3 of a roll of film is the same as a full VHS tape (8 hours)??? I have boxes full of pictures and it would cost me a fortune to digitize them with LegacyBox.
Investors love these types of business plans, where the service pushed by the startup assumes everyone is stupid. It takes work to find old photos and tapes around the house.
Be sure to check on return date parameters. Bought two from shopping channel and did not notice I only had 30 days to return. Nice box to keep my non-digitized photos in, though.
There are YouTube videos of people who got video back at like 420 or less in quality. They said the video on the 30 year old tape is better then the video on the remastered version. Not worth it. Also the audio get suppressed and sounds flat or monotone not stereo
Specs
Shipping Note:
Please allow 6-8 weeks turnaround, once your Legacybox is received for processing
Accepted Formats:
What’s Included?
10 Item Legacy Box
OR
20 Item Legacy Box
OR
40 Item Legacy Box
Price Comparison
$130 - $510 at Legacybox
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 28 - Thursday, Oct 31
The Legacy of this box is that it will never sell out.
It’s Deja Vu all over again!!
@IndifferentDude I’m having a Deja Vu moment also; or am I just watching a replay of a recording of the last time they sold this stuff?
Actually, it looks pretty clear; I didn’t realize 4K was an option?
You guys should start a website where you sell alcohol by the case so we can forget our past. Who needs memories when we can have wine?
Bought two of these from meh. Got 8mm digitized each time. Better than I would’ve done it, since I don’t have a film projector.
Otherwise, um, honestly not very good. Watchable. Not great.
Bonus is that a giant 6” reel counts the same as a 3”, which makes those much cheaper than other services, but otherwise you do get what you pay for here. Often washed out, grainy stuff.
There was another place suggested last time this came up. I might have to send a few there for comparison.
@stinks I haven’t used this type of service, but in fairness, I’d say that if you see “grain” it’s probably real, i.e. it was the image represented by the film, similar with “washed-out” colors. Also the film image will degrade over time (one reason for using a service like this).
I remember 8mm films my parents made, these were from 40-50 years ago. Yes, 8mm is very small and there were limits to film chemistry. Which is why 16mm was a big step up, and 35mm was used for most professional filming, and still cameras. 70mm was the big upgrade for major movies on large screens, But yeah, 8mm is about 1/3 inch. On a big screen you’ll see a lot of limitations. No scanning can “fix” that. (there are ways to “filter” the grain but this affects the picture and makes it less sharp)
You had to realize at the time the TVs we had were 15-19" tube televisions, maybe a 23" if you went high-end. Color rendition was, um, well, there were colors. Which many people thought was great, coming from black-and-white TVs. High-definition and UHD color – those things of the future (i.e. now) were pure fantasy at that time. But we are used to them now. So now when you are used to just turning on your 60" HD television and getting clear images and accurate color – your expectations just weren’t possible with 8mm film technology 50 years ago.
@pmarin No, it’s relatively horrible at times. There are pretty good comparison videos showing how slapdash their process is.
Here’s one.
@pmarin @stinks Looks like there’s a reason it was sent to Meh to sell off. I was on the fence the last time but the comments made me move to a “no”… and this video just really solidifies my no.
@mbersiam @pmarin Yeah I’m not upset I got a few reels digitized by them, but there are times the process is so bad stuff is washed out and unviewable. There’s no (imo) noticeable color correction within the reel. Seem to set it up once and you get what you get.
That is, if a reel has outside and inside portions on it, one set (from the same reel) will be too light or dark, depending.
I’ve also had brief periods of the framing issue described on the YouTube video.
Better than not doing anything with your stuff, they haven’t (knock on wood) lost anything, they do it reasonably quickly, good deal on big reels, but not exactly archival quality.
I am planning to send at least one reel I got done at LegacyBox to a place that’s ostensibly better to compare, but didn’t think it would come back up here so quickly.
nostalgia ain’t what it used to be . . .
25% off on gift cards for scancafe.com right now. Save and combine to stack with later sales on various media scanning services. Top quality and due to covid, all work is done in the US. It used to be an extra fee, but not sure if they’ve resumed that.
No disparagement of this deal or service, just noting an alternative deal that I’ve had great results with on slides, 8mm reels, large format silver negatives, and printed pictures.
@mike808 I see 15% off first purchase on the pricing page. Where are the discounted gift cards?
Now I want to watch old baseball games on Youtube. I wonder if 1895 baseball games are on there…Since motion film didn’t exist yet…maybe they did play by play using an early form of comic book…
@MR_CloneABC
Is 1901 England in HD color good enough?
@mike808 @MR_CloneABC Alot of those people look like they are from a horror movie!
@mike808 @MR_CloneABC Not one of the people in this video are alive today. It makes me wonder if they thought this sliver of their lives would be seen in 120 years? When we take selfies and post, do we realize someone could be watching or reading our words in 2150? So weird to consider. I wonder if it was joy or just a curiosity for them to see the camera. So neat!!
Really don’t get this whats next Planet Fitness memberships for $7.50? Not an item for a 1 item a day deal site that i pay 5 bucks a.month plus tax to be a member of, bring back the candy corn !!!
@mellowirishgent I pay my full dues there, and don’t even go!
I don’t have a few photos to digitize, I have many hundreds.
A very good scanner typically comes with a decent office-quality inkjet printer attached. I have two such.
The sole attraction of the Legacy Box is in the savings of time versus trying to amass enough round-tuits to block out the time required for the task.
I doubt that I’m alone in those characteristics. YMMV as to whether the pretty steep fee for the service is a good value, balanced against your own time to do the deed. For me, not so much.
Ergo, meh.
@werehatrack Film and slide scanning are more than just slap it on a all-in-one scanner. Theres IR dust removal and properly aging color profiles for individual film brands. And then repeating that process hundreds of times, getting it just right every time.
I would agree there are better services that are completely focused on scanning, and not so much into the side quests of scrapbooking, genealogy, and digital presentation.
For the side projects after you’ve got them digitized, I would say forever.com offers some interesting options (and for truly “legacy” digital storage/archiving).
For just scanning, for me, scancafe.com has been a better high-quality value.
And I spent zero minutes futzing with my printer/scanner.
For quality scanning software, if you do the DIY thing, I can recommend VueScan (hamrick.com).
@mike808 @werehatrack
Hearty second on VueScan. It even works with long derelict gigantic flatbed HP printers that haven’t had viable drivers since Windows 7.
Truly amazing software.
@mike808 And I am rewarded with information that is more useful than this daily deal was, at least for me. Many thanks for the pointers!
Reviews on this are horrendous
@bugger and that will be their legacy.
@bugger Thank you!!! I almost pulled the trigger.
25 pictures (not even a standard 36 exposue roll of film) = 1 item. So 2/3 of a roll of film is the same as a full VHS tape (8 hours)??? I have boxes full of pictures and it would cost me a fortune to digitize them with LegacyBox.
Investors love these types of business plans, where the service pushed by the startup assumes everyone is stupid. It takes work to find old photos and tapes around the house.
Anyone else notice that 1x 10 Item Bundle is $89 and 1x 20 Item Bundle is $179, but 2x 10 Item Bundles are $178?
@Ginger_Ninja Yes. And the 1x 40 Item Bundle is more than 2x the 20 Item Bundle. Maybe counting higher is harder, so more expensive.
Be sure to check on return date parameters. Bought two from shopping channel and did not notice I only had 30 days to return. Nice box to keep my non-digitized photos in, though.
When I get my box from LegacyBox, is there a time limit that I need to return it with my items? If so, what is that timeframe?
@wootprime
According to one of the other comments, YES, and it might be just 30 days; check the box CAREFULLY when it arrives.
While I have no frame of reference, this whole thing seems way overpriced
There are YouTube videos of people who got video back at like 420 or less in quality. They said the video on the 30 year old tape is better then the video on the remastered version. Not worth it. Also the audio get suppressed and sounds flat or monotone not stereo
A digital negative scanner and a VHS recorder cost less than this… if you’ve got stuff to transfer, just do that instead!