Lotus Media

Lotus Media We are your one stop shop for preserving your family videos & photos. If you are in the same boat, I can help. Fast turn-around. Output flexibility. Price.

I recently went through the heartbreak watching my VCR chew-up and destroy a tape of my wife's middle-school performance. The kids were annoyed because it was their one chance to see what mommy was like when she was their age. This was a wake-up call - the VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, and 8mm formats are on the brink of extinction, and time is running out to future-proof my analog memories. I can help move

your VHS, MiniDV, Sony 8mm, and even audio tape recordings to DVD, your computer, or the cloud. This will allow you quick and easy access to your recordings, while giving you the opportunity to remove the boring/lame/sub-prime footage. Not only will your memories be preserved, but people will actually want to see them! Here are the three top reasons my customers pick me over Costco and online video transfer services
1. Many of the on-line transfer services have a wait time of 4 months or more. I can do the transfer in a week or less.
2. Most services provide output to DVD only, which requires further transcoding to get into an editable digital format. I convert to MP4, which is flexible, compact, and easy to edit. MP4s are perfect for storing on a thumb drive or the cloud, which I do as well.
3. Costco's promo pricing is $18/tape. Online services start at $15, but with $10 for shipping, end up costing closer to $25/tape. My pricing starts at $12, and drops to $10 for 10 tapes or more. I suggest starting with transferring one tape as a trial. If you like the results, I'll be happy to do the others and offer the volume discount for the other tapes. If you are not, you are only out $15 bucks.

🎶 Just saw Yanko Design’s feature about a crazy $2,000 rig built to finally play your dusty CD collection — audiophile d...
12/24/2025

🎶 Just saw Yanko Design’s feature about a crazy $2,000 rig built to finally play your dusty CD collection — audiophile dreams, right? 🤓📀 

But if you don’t want to invest in luxury gear just to hear that one song, Lotus Media can digitize every music format you’ve got — CDs, vinyl, tapes, even reel-to-reel recordings — and turn them into files you can stream, playlist, and play without the dust.

Why chase hardware when you can chase the good old tunes? 🎧💿

According to the Washington Post, CDs and DVDs are making a comeback. 📀✨ Turns out “owning your stuff” is back in style—...
12/19/2025

According to the Washington Post, CDs and DVDs are making a comeback. 📀✨ Turns out “owning your stuff” is back in style—and buffering is officially canceled.

At Lotus Media, we love the revival… but we also love convenience. That’s why we digitize your CDs and DVDs, so you can keep the physical nostalgia and enjoy your music and movies anywhere, anytime.

Retro shelves. Modern playlists. No rewinding required. 😄

BuzzFeed just unlocked peak ’80s Christmas nostalgia—big hair, tinsel overload, and photos taken 6 inches too close to e...
12/16/2025

BuzzFeed just unlocked peak ’80s Christmas nostalgia—big hair, tinsel overload, and photos taken 6 inches too close to everyone’s face. 🎄📸

If your holiday memories are trapped in shoeboxes, albums, or mystery envelopes labeled “Xmas ‘88,” Lotus Media can digitize them before they fade (or stick together).

Relive the magic. Minus the shoulder pads. 😄

Check out this incredible mesmerizing video of a vinyl record being pressed — molten puck, giant press, instant magic. 🎶...
12/08/2025

Check out this incredible mesmerizing video of a vinyl record being pressed — molten puck, giant press, instant magic. 🎶🪄

At Lotus Media, we love vinyl for exactly that — physical grooves, analog warmth, real artistry. But we also get that sometimes you want convenience and nostalgia. That’s why we digitize your vinyl (and all other analog formats) — turning those beautifully pressed records into files you can stream, playlist, or archive for years.

Just read this How-To-Geek throwback: someone spent a week living like it was 2005 — and yes, their MiniDisc player stil...
12/04/2025

Just read this How-To-Geek throwback: someone spent a week living like it was 2005 — and yes, their MiniDisc player still rocks. 📼✨ 

At Lotus Media, we feel that. Why let your old MiniDiscs, cassette tapes, vinyl, or even reel-to-reel sit in the shadows when we can digitize them? We’ll turn all that analog magic into digital files you can stream, playlist, and love in 2025.

Press play on the past — we’ve got you. 🎧

Just read this gem on Boing Boing — retro-style cassette players are back, but with USB-C, Bluetooth & recording feature...
11/30/2025

Just read this gem on Boing Boing — retro-style cassette players are back, but with USB-C, Bluetooth & recording features. 

At Lotus Media, we say: awesome — but why just play those tapes? We’ll digitize them (and your VHS tapes and other ’80s media too) so you can stream ‘em anytime without unspooling your mixtape stash.

Whether it’s analog nostalgia or modern convenience, we’ve got you covered. 🔁📼🎛

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!
11/27/2025

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!

🎶 Just saw this Orbit kinetic turntable on Yanko Design — 39 wooden tiles literally flip and dance to your vinyl’s beat....
11/25/2025

🎶 Just saw this Orbit kinetic turntable on Yanko Design — 39 wooden tiles literally flip and dance to your vinyl’s beat. It’s like watching your music breathe. 👀🪵 

At Lotus Media, we don’t just digitize your CDs and tapes — we can also transfer your vinyl and reel-to-reel audio so you can see (and stream) the grooves whenever you want. No need to host a 1-meter sculpture to enjoy your sonic art. 😉

Gen Z is back to physical media — check out this transparent Bluetooth CD player that’s basically the anti-phone break. ...
11/22/2025

Gen Z is back to physical media — check out this transparent Bluetooth CD player that’s basically the anti-phone break. 📀✨ As Core77 says, it’s an ‘escape hatch from the digital chaos.’ 

At Lotus Media, we totally get it: let the music transport you, and don’t let your mixtapes or old CDs sit in a drawer forever. We digitize your beloved discs and tapes so you can stream your memories without sacrificing nostalgia. 🎧

Put your phone down. Press play. And we’ll handle the rest.

The Camp Snap CS-8 camera is bringing back that retro Super 8 vibe—minus the actual film, plus all the accidental thumb-...
09/05/2025

The Camp Snap CS-8 camera is bringing back that retro Super 8 vibe—minus the actual film, plus all the accidental thumb-in-frame drama.

But hey, if the nostalgia bug bites hard and you find an old box of real 8mm or Super8 reels in the attic (with or without mysterious family dance moves), Lotus Media can digitize them into modern MP4s that even your Gen Z relatives will watch!

Capture new memories the retro way; let Lotus Media rescue the old ones!

Step aside, floppy disks—micro cassettes just got their moment in the spotlight! If you loved the tiny datasette USB hac...
09/02/2025

Step aside, floppy disks—micro cassettes just got their moment in the spotlight! If you loved the tiny datasette USB hack , imagine what Lotus Media can do: we’ll digitize your micro audio cassettes faster than PacMan loads on vintage tape.

Got old interviews, secret mixtapes, or dictaphone drama? Send them our way before they go extinct (again)! Analog memories, meet digital destiny—the future of nostalgia is just a click away.

📹 So there’s a new “retro” video camera that looks just like a Super 8. Cool idea… but some of us already have the real ...
08/28/2025

📹 So there’s a new “retro” video camera that looks just like a Super 8. Cool idea… but some of us already have the real deal sitting in boxes at home: dusty reels of 8mm film. 🎞️

At Lotus Media, we take those priceless family movies off the shelf and give them new life in digital—no tiny reels, no projectors that sound like lawnmowers. Just your memories, restored and ready to share.

So whether you’re shooting “retro” in 2025 or rocking true vintage from 1975, we’ve got you covered. 😎

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Bellevue, WA

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Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

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(855) 587-6334

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Our Story

Lotus Media is founded on one simple principle: make things better.

A few years ago we wanted to show our children a video of their mom’s middle school performance. This proved a lot more complicated than anticipated. After finding a VCR on eBay we enjoyed about 5 mins of the show until the machine ate the tape.

There had to be a better way. After conducting extensive research we managed to finally convert the tape to a digital format.

After the project was finished, we asked a few of our friends if they wanted us to digitize their tapes. They did. And they loved it!