We are the first company to offer a High Definition film transfer. The development was just completed in August 2005. Simply transferring the film to an HD media without additional restoration work was out of the question. So, we developed our Hollywood Restoration II technology to address the special needs of High Definition Video. Besides having the right resolution digital capture devices, we needed to improve on our grain removal and color correction programs used in the Gold process.  To see a visual comparison between the Hollywood Restoration I technology and the Hollywood Restoration II technology click here.

High Definition Video Formats

High definition video is in it's infancy. Because of this, we are limited by the formats we can deliver the video on which the customer can use. High Definition DVDs are coming out soon but have several issues. To start, there are 2 competing HD DVD formats.  HD DVD players will play one or the other format but not both. The movie studios and computer manufacturers are split on the two formats. It may be 2-3 years before we have a winner. We don't want to transfer you film to a format that becomes obsolete. So, we most likely wont offer HD DVDs until we are sure who will win the format war.

We currently only offer HDV (High Definition Video) files. HDV is already the industry standard format for high definition video cameras. The HDV files cannot be played by today's DVD players. The files must be read onto a computer for editing. Today, there are a number of programs that support HDV (Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus, Premier Pro, Edius Pro 3, Pinnacle Liquid for example). Your video editor can then write out a regular playable DVD that you can watch now and burn out a HD DVD when the technology has settled in the next few years. If you decide you don't want to edit the material right away, we recommend that you order a copy on a regular playable DVD from us. This way, you can enjoy the film transfer now and in about 1-2 years would be able to produce your own High Definition DVDs for the same cost that you can produce regular DVDs today.

HDV (High Definition Video) Files

The HDV files are delivered on DVD data disks. You simply copy them to your hard drive and import into any video editor that supports HDV (Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus, Premier Pro, Edius Pro 3, Pinnacle Liquid for example). The HDV video has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (called 1080i by the industry). The video will have black bars on the left and right in order to maintain the 4x3 film aspect ratio. This ensures that people and objects look proportionally correct.

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*Quality of restoration is dependent upon condition of existing film stock; severely deteriorated original materials may be beyond the reach of even the most sophisticated restoration methods. Click here for more information. Refunds are only given if a competitor can obtain better quality (defined by clarity, color, graininess and scratches) for a similar price (within 10% of ours). Under these fair terms, we've never had to give a refund.