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See Your Home Videos on DVD!
Video Tapes
Before they deteriorate, bring us your various video tapes and we'll put them on an easy-to-watch DVD for you to share with family and friends. Enjoy the color, brightness, clarity, and perfect audio/video synchronization made possible with our state-of-the art video equipment and software. Say goodbye to fast-forwarding and rewinding with our custom menus, or ask us to edit bloopers and blank space to create the final production you envision.
Formats we accept:
• VHS
• VHS-C
• S-VHS
• Beta
• Hi8
• Video8
• 8mm
• PAL to NTSC
Digital Video
Put your digital video in a convenient DVD format that you're more likely to share and enjoy. We handle all formats of digital video, from widescreen to standard DV to High Definition. Your files are always kept at the highest quality throughout the process.
Formats we accept:
• Digital8
• MiniDV
• Other Digital Video
What's Included?
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Video Pricing
Playable DVDs |
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| Single tape DVD: |
$34.95/DVD |
| 10% Discount over 5 DVDs |
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| Add more tapes to any one 2 hour DVD:
| $9.95/tape |
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| Add a custom menu(6 chapters):*2 |
$9.95/DVD |
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| Add .AVI files to your order: |
$14.95/hour
of footage |
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| Clip capture: |
$90.00/hour
of capture time |
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| Clip editing: |
$5.95/clip |
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.AVI Files to client hard-drive (no playable DVDs) |
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| Capture and file transfer |
$19.95/hour of footage |
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| 10% Discount over 10 Hours |
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- Meeting with you to discuss the details of your project. If you've mailed your material, we'll call you for details.
- Running a test sample of footage to optimize color, exposure and tracking, ensuring the highest quality transfer possible for your tapes.
- Capturing or downloading your video footage beginning to
end using state-of-the-art video transfer equipment and software.*1
- Providing either .AVI files on your hard-drive or a playable DVD(s). Authoring a playable DVD(s) includes:
- Your footage playing beginning to end
- Chapter marks every 5 minutes so you can easily
jump ahead
- Designing artwork for your disc and case label with a
photo you provide or a frame shot from your video, and a
title of your choice
- One original copy of your project on DVD
Your original materials are returned to you with your finished DVD.
All work is done by our professionally trained staff in our studio,
and the originals do not leave our site.
*1 Additional charges may apply for: tape repair, converting digital video files to a workable format, finalizing MiniDVDs, troubleshooting bad media. PAL conversion $14.95/hour of footage.
*2 At the beginning of tapes or clips; additional charges may apply for
chapters within tapes.
Additional Options
Organize - Do you have lots of home video tapes but are not sure what's on them?
• Preview Onsite - Preview your footage onsite using our client workstation. Our editing software makes it quick and easy to review footage, decide on order, addtitles, and give instructions for editing.
First hour $29.95, Additional hours $9.95/hour
• Camera Usage (on-site, first 30 mins free): $9.95/hour
• AVI files of your footage - Full quality, uncompressed AVI files for previewing on your computer (compatible with PCs and Apple computers). Provide your own external hard drive, rent one, or let our expert staff recommend the best drive for your project from our quality selection.
$14.95/hour footage with a playable DVD order
• Full organizing service - Using our best judgement from years of experience, we'll organize your video footage for you (chronologically or by subject/event) and create a custom menu with chapter marks for scene changes or groups of scenes. $90.00/hour editing time
Edit - Don't like that parade in the middle of your summer vacation footage? We can edit it out.
Most editing is billed at $90.00/hour. Call for an estimate to:
- Cut and/or rearrange select scenes, or combine video clips from multiple sources.
- Remove bad quality footage - we'll carefully remove blank, poor-quality and/or monotonous footage.
- Create a Highlight DVD with "best of" footage.
- Purchase AVI files of your footage for "do-it-yourself" editing on your computer.
Enhance - Enhance your video experience by improving the picture quality, or adding a menu, text, special effects and more...
Most professional imaging and audio work is billed at $90.00/hour. Call for an estimate to do:
- Exposure correction - we can lighten or darken footage, revealing details you've never seen.
- Color correction - if needed, your original video color can be optimized.
Read why our color exposure editing is superior to what other companies offer.
- Special Transistions and Other Effects - have a Hollywood style effect in mind? We can add it.
- Sound/Voice Over - substitute your original audio with a narration or other audio track (see Music below).
- Custom Cover Artwork - have a special cover in mind? We'll design it.
Other options to enhance your DVD viewing include:
- Menus - Say goodbye to fast-forwarding and rewinding to hunt for your favorite scene. With our custom menus, you can easily jump from a child's first steps to their graduation with the press of a button.
- "Press Play" Menu Screen – add a landing screen so your video starts when you're ready. $5.95
- Menu Screen & Basic Menu - Press play to watch your video straight through, or navigate by chapter to specific footage. Included are up to 6 chapters with short titles at the beginning of tapes or at a specified time code (price does not include client workstation time to identify time codes). Additional chapters are just $1.95/chapter.
$9.95/DVD, $1.95/additional chapter
- Enhanced Custom Menu - thinking about a Hollywood-style DVD menu? We can do it - chapter marks at scene changes, moving-picture background, audio and more. $90.00/hour editing time
- Music - dub over your original audio with music:
- Additional Title Screens or Text - introduce sections of footage with title screens, add closing words at the end of your production, or highlight details in the images with text subtly placed over the footage. And, just like a Hollywood movie, we can scroll text for longer passages.
- Title Screen — 1-5 words $1.95
- Text/Title Screens (6+ words), Text on images $2.95/every 10 words
- Scrolling Text or other Special Effects $90.00/hour editing time
- Scrolling Movie Credits - recognize the stars of your show! $29.95
- Detailed "Playlist" on DVD Cover - provide us with the contents of your videos and we'll include it. $29.95/disc
- Mixed Media Editing - combine photographs with movie footage for a stunning production transfer cost +$1.95/image
See our Photographs and DVD Slideshow pages for more information on these services.
Share - DVDs are a great way to share your videos with friends and family.
- Copies - At only $19.95, copies make great gifts. Need several? Ask about our discounts for 4 or more.
- Copy Set (multiple disc original set) - $14.95/disc with discounts for 4 or more.
- Frame Shot Prints - surprise Grandma with a print from your movie footage. Just $14.95 for digital image files and a 4x6 print of a frame shot.
Preserve - Ensure your digital files stay safe for generations of viewing.
- Gold DVD Archive Copy $9.95 additional/disc
- We stand by the discs we use as being high-quality everyday discs. But for archiving, Gold Archive Grade DVDs are the preferred media. Gold DVDs can be used as reliable storage media for more than 300 years.
- Enjoy your original and store your Gold DVD archive copy in a safety deposit box or other safe place.
- AVI files of your footage - Maximum quality, uncompressed AVI files
Preparing Your Material
1. Number the tapes if there is a specific order you'd like your tapes in on your DVD(s). We can put each tape on a separate DVD or combine tapes to fill DVDs. We will put up to 2 hours of video on a DVD.
2. Select a title for your DVD(s). "Richards Family Memories", "Smith Home Videos 1984-1995" are a couple of examples, or choose a title specific to the videos on each DVD.
3. Choose chapter titles for DVDs with a menu. Chapters corresponding with the beginning of tapes are included with the purchase of a menu. Give each chapter a short title of your choice (e.g. Hawaii 1969, Christmas 1975, etc.).
4. Decide on options to edit and/or enhance your movies.
5. Think about how many copies you'll need. At a minimum, we recommend purchasing an additional archive copy on Gold DVD that can be stored for safe keeping.
6. Call us, visit our store in Superior, or click here to order by mail/email.
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