Video Conversions
Professional video to digital conversion of all tv standards – PAL/NTSC/SECAM
We have two options available:
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Option 1: Direct transfer to dvd only – Good for simple family viewing (Budget option)
Video formats are recorded directly to dvd in real time, encoded with Mpeg2 compression. DVD-Video files are not editable.
What you get with this option - Included in the price are the dvd discs and dvd cases.
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Option 2: High Quality direct DV capture - Best for editing or archiving – Highest Quality!
This option offers the highest digital resolution and is advised for purposes of editing or archiving of valuable family video collections.
What you get with this option - Included in the price, is a set of full quality uncompressed AVI (windows) or MOV (Mac) files, as well as a set of HD Mp4 files for easy online sharing and viewing on modern flat screen tv's via direct USB input.
For this option you can give us a hard drive or flash drive for file storage, or we can supply these from our side.
Home Video Formats:
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| Format | Direct Recording to DVD | High Quality direct DV Capture to Hard Drive |
 VHS |
R89 per Tape (Up to 3 hours – R30 per additional hour thereafter) |
R150 per Tape |
 Betamax / Super Beta Pro / Beta Hifi |
R120 per Tape (Up to 3 hours – R20 per additional hour thereafter) |
R150 per Tape |
 Laser Disc |
R149 per Disc | R200 per Disc |
Camera Tapes:
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| Format | Direct Recording to DVD | High Quality direct DV Capture to Hard Drive |
 VHS-C |
R69 per Tape | R100 per Tape |
 Hi8 / Digital 8mm |
R79 per Tape | R120 per Tape |
 Mini DV / Mini DV CAM / HDV Mini DV |
R89 per Tape | R120 per Tape |
Professional and Rare formats:
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| Format | Direct Recording to DVD | High Quality direct DV Capture to Hard Drive |
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Super VHS |
R149 per Tape (Up to 3 hours – R30 per additional hour) |
R200 per Tape |
 PAL BETACAM OXIDE/ BETACAM SP |
R150 per Tape | R200 per Tape |
 Umatic |
R200 per Tape | R200 per Tape |
Optional Extras:
| Description | Cost |
| Extra copies | R20 per disc |
| Title Prints on discs | R5 per disc |
| Full colour picture print on discs | R20 per disc |
| DVD sleeve design and print | R30 per sleeve |
Optimising your digital files for large format HD Tv's and displays
Most HD tv's and displays these days are able to play video media files directly from a flash drive or media player, in a wide variety of different digital formats.
Let us know which make and model of HD tv you have and we will render your collection of digital media to an optimum format for viewing on your HD tv.
