Hi8 Video Tape Transfer to DVD
VHS, VHS-C, 8mm Video, Hi8, and Digital 8 Tapes to Digital
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Why convert your Hi8 video tapes to Digital?
Now is the time to preserve your memories by converting your Hi8 tapes to
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc.)
Don’t let your priceless family heirlooms deteriorate!. Preserve them now!!
Our Hi8 video tape to DVD transfer service creates an exact copy of your videotape and stores it digitally on a DVD disc.
Your tape transfer to DVD will include chapter marks every 10 minutes. Just use your DVD remote to jump forward or back in 10 minute increments.
A few reasons why you should consider transferring your Hi8 tapes to DVD include:
All Video tapes deteriorate over time, even Hi8 tapes, and they really don’t last very long. But DVDs can preserve your Hi8 video for generations if well cared for. DVDs are projected to last over 100 years!
DVDs offer many other advantages such as:
* No rewinding
* DVDs take up less space than video tapes
* DVDs are digital and copies created from our DVD are exactly the same as the original with no loss of quality!
* DVDs have taken over the video market and it's only a matter of time before VCR's have gone the way of the phonograph.
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Why are DVDs so much better than Video Tape?
When compared to DVD discs, tapes are a pain. Hi8 Videocassette tapes break and get stuck in the recording unit more often, take up more shelf space, and offer lower video and sound quality.
Preserve the memories.
A typical DVD-R disc should keep its contents safe for 100 years. A typical Hi8 recording can last as long as 20 years, but image and sound quality degradation becomes noticeable in as little as 5 years. This is especially true when the recording was done using the LP (4-hour) or EP (6-hour) setting.
If you want your wedding video to last until the grandkids can watch it, there's really no other choice.
Hi8 Video collections often contain treasures that are well past their use-by date, as Hi8 video tapes are not suitable for the long-term storage and retrieval of film material. Every time they are used their life expectancy declines.
Even a single play mechanically reduces the picture quality, virtually unnoticeably - but over many cycles the degradation becomes obvious. The consequences range from loss of color and sound to physical damage to the tape itself.
Even the slightest chance of not being able to view your videos in the long term is obviously unattractive.
By having your Hi8 video tapes digitized you can stop the degradation and preserve those memories digitally on DVD. DVDs won't suffer from degradation via physical contact during playback, unlike mechanically read video tapes.
This means that, even after repeated playback, the picture quality on DVD copies remains as good as the original.
When making copies of DVDs -- the original and its digital copy are identical. Each generation is as good as the first. And DVDs have further advantages: they're easier to handle and take up less space than Hi8 video tapes.
And when DVDs become obsolete down the road, you will be able to move the digital data from the DVD to the media of the future without quality loss.
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Service Levels for Video Tape Transfer
to DVD, Hard Drive, or MiniDV
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Service Comparisons
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Silver
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Gold
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Platinum
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Hardware based, full phase (two pass) image and audio stabilization
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Chapter jumps placed every 10 minutes
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Custom Menu -- up to 4 chapters
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Tape transfer to DVD, Hard Drive, or MiniDV tape
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N
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Y
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Y
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Music (your music or ours -- CD, MP3, or wav) can be added to video
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N
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Y
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Y
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Voice over files (CD, MP3, or wav)
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N
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N
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Y
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Custom Menu -- No chapter restrictions
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N
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N
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Y
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Portions of tape can be eliminated from transfer
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N
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N
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Y
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Hardware & Software based, color, contrast, tint, brightness adjustment
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N
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N
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Y
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Custom editing: Remove unintended video (lens cap still on, shaking, TV program, commercials, static, etc)
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N
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N
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Y
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Tape consolidation: Up to 6 tapes (2 hours max)
Combine images from your photo or slide scanning order or other customer provided digital images
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Y
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Silver
Hardware based, full phase (two pass) image and audio stabilization
Chapter jumps placed every 10 minutes
Whatever is on the tape will be transferred to DVD
Transfer to Hard Drive not available with Silver service level
Gold
Tape transfer to DVD, Hard Drive, and/or MiniDV tape (You must select which options you want, any combination is acceptable)
All transfers go to hard drive as AVI regardless of the final destination
Hardware based, full phase (two pass) image and audio stabilization
Custom Menu -- up to 4 chapters
Includes jump points every 10 minutes for easy fast forwarding
Music (your music or ours -- CD, MP3, or wav) can be added to video
It can completely replace your existing audio or be background music
Platinum
Tape transfer to DVD, Hard Drive, and/or MiniDV tape (You must select which options you want, any combination is acceptable)
All transfers go to hard drive as AVI regardless of the final destination
Custom Menu -- No chapter restrictions
Able to have jump points every 10 minutes for easy fast forwarding
Music, Voice over files (CD, MP3, or wav)
Hardware based, full phase (two pass) image and audio stabilization
Hardware based, color, contrast, tint, brightness adjustment
Software based color correction
Custom editing: Remove unintended video (lens cap still on, shaking, TV program, commercials, static, etc)
Tape consolidation: Up to 6 tapes (2 hours max) Price includes transfer of these tapes
Combine images from their photo or slide scanning order or other customer provided digital images
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We service customers from every state in the US and every province in Canada. We ship orders via FedEx Express, Ground, and Home Delivery. To find the FedEx Ground and Home Delivery transit times click on your state.
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