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VIDEOTAPES: Drop off or mail us your videotapes and we'll
transfer them to DVD and return your originals and a DVD disk. The content is
not edited, simply transferred directly to DVD-R disks. All you have to do
is choose which DVD package you want. Tape Formats that we support are:
Mini-DV (digital camcorder), Regular8 (mm), Hi8, Digital8, High Definition (HDV), VHS and VHS-C.
Professional formats include 3/4 Umatic and BetaSP.
FILM: Drop off or mail us your
8mm or 16mm (silent or sound)
film reels and we'll
digitally transfer them to Mini-DV tape(s) and return your originals and the
digital tape(s) after the transfer. We can also make an additional
direct transfer from the digital tape(s) to DVD(s), or custom edited
DVD(s) -- eliminate blank or damaged images, change the order of different
segments, add musical backgrounds, titles, narration, menus and chapters,
etc. You can preview your transferred footage for free on our
equipment, or on any DV camcorder if you are working with us remotely.
FILM TRANSFERRED TO MINI-DV TAPE = 17¢ per foot
Minimum order is 400 feet.
Subsequent Transfer and or Editing of the tape footage to DVDs is charged at
the Videotape to DVD Transfer rates below.
Why should you get
your videotapes on DVD? The convenience of having
them on a DVD lets you view them on your home entertainment system without using your camcorder, and you can
instantly skip from one chapter to another, play at super slow or fast
speeds, freeze a frame indefinitely, and other features (such as zoom and
pan, etc. depending on your
DVD playback equipment). You can also view them on the
DVD drive of your computer if you have one, or share video files on the
internet. Videotapes can break, and
often wrinkle (creating picture "drop-outs") - and they will deteriorate
with repeated usage.
The transport mechanism of your video camera is not meant for repeated
playing and shuttling of these tapes.
DVDs
provide a more resistant medium for repeated use that can easily be copied with no loss of
the quality of the original DVD.
However, for the long-term
preservation of your precious recorded memories (archival), we recommend
making an original Master Copy on a Digital Video (DV) tape format (such as
MiniDV) that you never play on your camcorder and that you store in a safe
place, or (better) keeping a digital copy on a removable computer hard drive
(ask about our Personal Media Drives) or on a fully backed-up computer
server system "media vault" (ask about this service). Should your new
DVDs later become unreadable in any way, or newer and better technology
become available (such as up-conversion to high definition video DVDs), you
will always be able to make a new copy from these digital Masters that will
assure compatibility far into the future.
We use the highest
quality, most scratch resistant DVDs available, yet discs are subject
to potential damage and deterioration -- Please read more about this in our
Terms and Conditions.
To ensure that your videos and digital photo creations will be around for
generations, you should consider taking the extra archival steps recommended
above.
All video is processed on
the same high quality components. The choices are for menus and packaging
of your DVD.
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