Video Services
DVD, Hard Disk, High Definition, & AVCHD Camcorder
video editing and disk authoring services available. Call for details!
YOUR VIDEO TAPES HAVE AN
EXPIRATION DATE!
Imagine this....You pop the videotape of
your wedding or the tape of your child's first steps into the VCR. At best, the
colors and images have faded and the picture is a little snowy. Or worse, the
picture is almost gone and the sound garbled.
With the convenience and popularity of
videotapes, most of us assume our special video recordings are permanent.
But in fact they begin to lose information immediately after being recorded. It's not a matter of
if
your tape will fail but when. Inevitably, even
under ideal conditions, your videotape's destiny is to be unplayable in less
than 20 years, most likely 10 to 15 years. We can help preserve
your irreplaceable videos by converting them to DVD that will be viewable
long after the life of a videotape.
If you're saving videotapes to pass on to
future generations, it's time to take action. Videotapes degrade much
faster than most people realize. Transferring videotapes
to DVD, before they lose their image quality, is a cost effective way to guarantee a future for those irreplaceable memories.
We can also repair your damaged video cassettes.
See our
Frequently Asked Questions and
Options &
Pricing below for additional information.
TRANSFER TO DVD
Tapes are sequentially transferred
in the order you specify. If a single tape exceeds the length of the DVD
(1 or 2 hours. See Options & Pricing below.) it will
be continued on a new disk. Multiple tapes are recorded to a single DVD,
space permitting. If an additional tape will not fit on the same disk it
will be started on a new disk and not split across disks. Optionally, you
can specify that each tape be started on it's own DVD.
Video
transfers to DVD include the following features:
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2 hours of video per DVD unless you specify higher quality 1 hour
recording. See Options & Pricing
below for details.
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Title menu.
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Chapter Points set every 5 minutes throughout the disk so you can navigate
through your videos using the <Prev & Next> buttons on your DVD player.
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Name brand disk with inkjet printable white surface. You can write
the title of your disk on its surface with a soft point permanent marker.
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Quality amaray video case with printable white jacket insert. The
insert is perfect for writing titles and notes about the content of your
DVD.

Give your new DVD a polished professional appearance!
You can select from a variety of options to
customize your new home movie DVDs including custom menus, chapters,
titles, printed disks, and printed jackets. See
DVD Authoring for more information.
DIGITAL MASTERS
For the highest quality archives or do-it-yourself video editing. High quality
Digital Video (uncompressed for DVD) files copied to MiniDV, Digital8, or
your external USB or Firewire hard drive. See Options & Pricing
below.
VIDEO TAPE REPAIR
We repair broken or damaged VHS, S-VHS,
VHS-C, 8mm, hi-8mm, digital 8mm and miniDV video tapes. Videotapes can become
damaged either by the tape itself becoming broken or crinkled or by physical
damage to the tape housing or internals. Most physical damage can be repaired or
recovered. Sorry, we cannot repair bad recordings, or accidental
erasures/over-recording. Tape repairs are only performed with transfer services.
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VIDEO TO DVD
TRANSFER
OPTIONS & PRICING
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Standard transfer for VHS, SVHS, VHSC,
Digital 8, Video 8, Hi 8, or MiniDV. Up to 2 hours of video
per DVD.
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$16.50 |
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High quality transfer. Recommended for MiniDV &
Digital8
to maintain highest video quality.
Up to 1 hour of video per DVD.
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$8.50 |
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DVD copy. Per
disk.
Copies can be
ordered within 30 days of original order without returning original
disk for copying. |
$5.00 |
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DVD copy with custom printed disk and jacket.
See DVD Authoring. Per disk.
Copies can be
ordered within 30 days of original order without returning original
disk for copying. |
$12.50 |
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VHS Copy – Not
recommended for non-VHS tapes due to loss of video quality. VHS format cannot hold
the higher video resolutions of DVD or Digital Video (DV). Per
disk.
Must be requested
when order is placed. |
$15.00 |
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Digital Video Master
- Your external USB or Firewire hard drive. Best for
quality archive and easiest do-it-yourself video editing. Per
hour of video.
Must be requested
when order is placed. |
$10.00 |
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Re-attach video tape to cassette reel. |
$10.00 |
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Replace broken video cassette shell or
reel. |
$15.00 |
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Custom DVD Authoring.
Add those finishing touches to give your new DVD a professional
appearance. |
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Please read General
Information & Terms of Service
and Preparing Your Material For Transfer before ordering.
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