VIDEO TO DVD TRANSFER

VHS, Betamax, Video 8, Hi8 & Digital 8 video to DVD transfer service

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO FORMATS CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO DVD

1. VHS - Standard Video Cassette
   VHS-C - Camcorder size video cassette
   Betamax - PAL & NTSC Standard Cassette
   SuperBeta - PAL, NTSC & SECAM
   Betacam SP - Standard Broadcast Cassettes
   U-Matic - PAL, NTSC and SECAM
   Video 8 - Analog video tape
   Hi8 - PAL & NTSC Analog video tape
   Digital 8 - Digital video tape
   MiniDV - Digital video tape
   DVCAM - PAL & NTSC
   VHS Tape cleaning service - removing mold and fugus growth
   
2. Please visit the pricing page for transfer costing details.

VHS VIDEO TRANSFER

Domestic VHS analog camcorders started to become hugely popular in the 1980’s and are still used today to a lesser degree. The introduction of the camcorder spelt the death of 8mm film as a recording medium due to the ability to insert the cassette into a video player and gain instant playback. No longer did the film need to be sent away for developing just to find after being away for 3 weeks the returned film was blank due to the lens cap being left on the camera.

The VHS-C cassette made cameras smaller and it became very inexpensive to film the kids for hours on end by simply inserting another cassette.

BETAMAX

Starting with the LV-1901 TV Recorder, Sony released the first Beta VCR in 1975. This started an entirety new revolution in consumer electronics allowing people to record and playback programs at times other than when they were broadcast. It also opened up an entirely new market for the distribution of feature films.

Beta was always considered to be the “superior” technical format that for a number of reasons fell behind in the war with JVC’s VHS format. The demise of Beta is said to have been due to a number of reasons such as poor marketing, manufacturing licenses limitations, and initial short tape recording times in comparison to VHS etc.

Whatever the reason for the demise of Beta, it was still a very widely used format up until its demise around 1988~89. Overseas production of Betamax machines stopped in 1998 with Sony in Japan producing its last machines in 2002. Today people still have tapes full of family memories that have been stored on the Beta format cassette. .

Many people had their original 8mm films converted to either VHS or Beta analogue video and have since found that it will need to be transferred once again or they run the risk of eventually losing their movies as the tape begins to warp, twist and generally lose its capability to retain a noise free image.

A similar fate happened to the analog camcorder with the introduction of MiniDV cameras that offered a fully digital video format. It was around this time that computers became a household device providing a means to perform computer based editing and digital output. DVD burners however were quite expensive at that time, but the digital age had arrived.

To transfer analog video to the computer required a high quality capture card capable of transferring the huge amount of data in unbroken continuous streams. These cards were expensive but gave people the means to digitize their family video.

Video tape as a storage medium is not recommended as it is subject to warping, stretching and breaking. Continual playing will wear it out with image quality degrading very quickly.

BETACAM SP, U-MATIC, VIDEO 8, Hi8 & DIGITAL 8, MINIDV VIDEO TO DVD

We have the capability to transfer most of the older analog tape formats, even the very early broadcast formats such as U-Matic and Betacam SP.

Video transfers generally require Time Base Correction (TBC) equipment to help reduce slight variations in the time code as a result of recording fluctuations.

TBC will work only on first generation videos and have little or no effect on a copied or second generation video backup tape.

VHS Video Tape

VHS-C Camcorder Tape