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Audio Cassette Recovery to Digital Conversion Services
Mill Hill, Greater London
Media SOS (Mill Hill, London) — specialist media preservation and digitisation service handling audio cassette repair and recovery, reel-to-reel, DAT and legacy video formats plus vinyl and photo/film scanning. Services include mould and sticky‑tape recovery, baking, splicing, noise reduction and azimuth adjustment, with delivery as MP3/WAV/CD/USB or downloadable files. Offers free diagnostics, mail-in orders and an open unit with weekday opening hours.
Broken Audio Tape Repair Restoration Services - AV Transfer
Mill Hill, London
AV Transfer (Mill Hill, London) provides broken tape repair and media-transfer services for legacy formats. They repair and restore audio and video tapes to enable transfers to CD, MP3, DVD or modern file formats, and also handle vinyl and reel-to-reel conversions. Accepts posted items and customer drop-offs for transfer and restoration work.
Broken Video Tapes Fixed and Repaired -London
London, Greater London
London Video & Cine is a Highgate-based specialist studio repairing broken or damaged video cassettes (VHS, Betamax, Video8/Hi8, MiniDV, U-matic, Betacam and more) and transferring them to digital files (MP4/AVI). They offer cassette housing repair, replacement pro cassettes, PAL/NTSC conversion, cine-film and photo scanning, plus AI-based noise reduction, colour restoration and upscaling. Typical tape repair + transfer is quoted at £50 per tape with a usual turnaround of around 10 working days and a 24-hour rush option.