Testimonials

What our clients have to say

Hi guys – Just a short note to say “Thanks” for doing such a nice job putting our film, slides and tapes onto DVDs. I never thought they would turn out so well. I appreciate all the work you put into determining appropriate chapters and DVD covers. I gave you a memory “hodge podge” and you made it into an organized set of memories. And the digital quality was much higher than I had expected. The kids loved it.

Take care and best wishes to you.

Arlen Morgan

Boulder, CO

Hi guys – this is Dave Ritter – you just did my Results Group audition DVD, and I wanted to let you guys know … I got the job! The bigwigs over at the company were very impressed with it, and not only that they got a great laugh especially out of the end of it. So I wanted to thank you for an incredible job on that, I mean literally I think it was a huge contributing factor to me getting the job. Anyway, please give me a call, I’d love to share my joy voice-to-voice with you. Once again, thanks very much for your help.

Dave Ritter

Longmont, Colorado

I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for the great job you did with our family movies. I was just in NJ and we were able to view a lot of the movies together as a family. We all enjoyed seeing our loved ones come alive again. Thanks for doing such a great job of bringing that back to us!

Chris Lefrancois

Niwot, Colorado

Thank you so much again for putting together such a wonderful adoption video for us. We couldn’t be happier with how it turned out and appreciate how easy you & your team made the project seem, though we realize a lot of thought, creativity and time went into the project. We can’t thank you enough for all you did.

Mary & Marc Huron

Lyons, CO

I had been trying for months to organize old home movies, slides, old black & whites and colored photos. I saw MemoryWise’s ad and took a box full down to them. They were so helpful and had such great ideas. I gave the DVDs to my grown children. The girls cried and the boys said “awesome”. Thank you MemoryWise for an “awesome” job well done.

Pat Stultz

Longmont, CO

Thank you – the film transfers look terrific! It cost a little more than I had imagined, but it was well worth it. You did a great job and be sure that I will recommend your work anytime. I already did my first DVD with some of the clips and it just looks great!

Emilio Suarez

Niwot, Colorado

Just wanted to thank you again for the great job you did on my family’s movies. They were a big hit, especially the first DVD – The Early Years. Mom and Dad both teared up as they told their children and grandchildren about our family’s history.

Oke Johnson

Superior, CO

Thank you so much for all your hard work, good ideas, and understanding. This process (of creating something) has been very healing for me and it has helped me channel my grief into something productive. A million thanks! We’ll refer you to all our friends and sing your praises for all you’ve done for us.

Jennifer Sardinia

Longmont, Colorado

Just a note to thank you for the wonderful job you did helping us capture Kaitlyn’s childhood on the DVD. Your editing help made it a truly spectacular memento for her graduation – people couldn’t stop watching it at the party.

Through the process it was evident that you really care about the projects you do and we appreciate the work you did for our family.

Caryn & Rick Ellison

Boulder, Colorado

I just wanted to thank you for putting together our wedding DVD, it came out beautifully! We are so thrilled with the entire thing and we both cried watching it. I just want to let you know that you helped make our wedding experience much nicer. I will definitely be referring people to you for future needs as well as using you to help us get our wedding photos onto DVD when we get back from our honeymoon.

Again, words can’t describe how happy we are with the outcome of this DVD. Great job and we will be in touch.

Shana Corbin

Longmont, Colorado

OK, I can’t believe I’m just now telling you how fabulous the DVD came out! My only excuse is the holidays were so crazy, I couldn’t keep my head on straight… Anyway, I sent the DVDs to NY for holiday gifts, but didn’t watch my copy until this weekend. I love how the music and editing and subtitles came out. You did such a great job. Hopefully my dad will find the rest and I will send you more.

Amy Shulman

Chicago, IL

When MemoryWise made my DVD, putting my photos in a slideshow with music, I was so pleased with the results. It’s a wonderful way to view photos and I know my pictures will be well preserved for years to come.

Della Villano

Westminster, Colorado

Here are the reasons to consider capturing your film in 2K or HD instead of SD:

  • Film predates pixels and lines of resolution. The image on film is generated when one or more layers of a random pattern of silver halide crystals react to light, and are retained or washed away and replaced by dyes in the developing process.The image detail generated by this process can appear anywhere on the surface of the film.
  • The more lines of resolution we scan with, the more of this random placement of image detail is captured and converted to pixels. Standard definition (SD) captures 720x480 pixels of detail, high-definition (HD) captures 1920x1080 pixels of detail, and 2K captures 2560x1440 pixels of detail.
  • Sometimes, scanning with more lines captures more of the “grain” of the film, or the crystals that remain on the surface of the film. The grain is more obvious in film that was produced with larger crystals (R8), and less obvious in film that was produced with smaller crystals (S8, 16mm). For some R8 film, scanning in SD softens the detail of the grain making it less disruptive to the image.
  • These days, with HD, 2K and 4K viewing environments - and larger and larger screens - more, smaller pixels is always better because the smaller pixels provide more detail and a smoother image as the image is enlarged to a big-screen.

SD can never reproduce the full image detail on a film frame because SD video has a fixed pixel pattern with a density of 720x480 pixels, and the pixels that make up the image are always in the same place from one video frame to the next. But film has a random grain pattern, and the image created by the grains of crystals is in a totally different place from one film frame to the next. These random grains each carry a bit of the detail that make up the complete picture and, at running speed, the random grains overlap each other on the retina of your eye to significantly increase the amount of apparent detail. This is called “accumulative resolution”. If you transfer your 8mm home movies to SD video, even with the very best SD camera, your detail will be limited by the coarse, fixed pixel pattern inherent in SD video. Of course, HD and 2K have a fixed pixel pattern, too, but the number of pixels are so great and the pattern is so insignificant, that HD and 2K are like a fine silk stocking compared to the burlap weave of SD. 

Our high definition (HD) film capture offers resolution gains of 667% over a standard definition (SD) capture (more than 6 times better). Our HD capture is not a mere up-conversion from an SD source. Our HD film capture equipment uses a high definition image sensor to take in 5 times the square pixels per frame of film that our SD machine is not capable of picking up. For 8mm films the HD image sensor generates greater than 4000 pixels per inch. Thus, the accumulative resolution effect found in film can be more readily seen in an HD transfer than in an SD transfer.