J&D Laboratories

J&D transferred our family video’s and did a fantastic job. Service was professional, personable, prompt and courteous. We were very happy and highly recommend J & D Labs.

This place is the real deal.
I had used J&D years ago– always did great work, fast, competitively priced. I just started shooting again and ran into transfer issues — I had a mini-​dv that I needed transferred asap. J&D was the perfect choice — within walking distance — Even though it had been years, Joe remembered me and was able to transferred my tape in under 2 hours.
Rebooting a big project from almost 15 years ago, I have between 60 – 80 hours of material on tapes that are now obsolete — like mini-​dvs, high 8’s and ¾ inch tapes. Joe can do it all PLUS reel-​to-​reel audio tapes and cassette tapes and he quoted me a great (competitive) price for some of the transfers. I know my materials (all irreplaceable) are in good hands with J&D. These guys are PERSONALLY committed to doing the best job possible. I will update this as the project unfolds. Meanwhile, I highly recommend this place.

Website is pretty trashy. the whole process is pretty inconvenient, since there is only like one location. If you want your stuff done professionally, go somewhere else!

The place to go in NYC for video duplication. Service is perfect. Joe, an owner, gave me personal attention, and had my DVD and raw footage converted from an old SVHS in just a few days, even though it was Christmas time. I felt like I was going to a friend, and not to an impersonal company. The results were excellent. Now, I’ve preserved my earlier footage on a DVD and I can begin editing the raw footage.

Whether you’re a professional in film/​video or just want to get your home videos transferred to DVD, this lab is first rate. They have expert knowledge, their prices are very reasonable and they offer customer service like it used to be. J&D transferred my 16 mm Sundance competition feature to video so it could be on itunes and, because they’re from the old school of film labs, it didn’t bankrupt me. They recently transferred all our old home videos to DVD.
This is a 49 year old family run operation so they have a deep knowledge of film and video. It’s very hard in NYC to get five star service on an indie budget but you’ll get that at J&D. This can include Joe Jr. sitting down with you and reworking the audio in a scene, something I had to do when the rights to some audio were withdrawn.