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David Wolfenden Productions |
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Video, Film & DVD/CD Imaging |
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Film TO DVD TRANSFER 8mm Movies The ideal way to archive personal home movies. |
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Studio Rate—$60 per hour Additional DVDs—$15 each Basically, it’s a four-step process to get Dad’s old home movies onto a DVD. First, the film is transferred to a mini-DV tape through an optical diplexer. Then, it is captured to the hard disc in the computer followed by some light editing and titling. Step three writes the resulting timeline out to a file for the DVD authoring software. Then, the DVD itself is titled, buttons and chapter points are added and the burn process is begun. Finally, the label is printed directly on the DVD and it is coated for water and UV protection. As an example, a spliced 7-inch 8mm reel (about 30 minutes of film) takes between 4 and 5 hours from start to finish. Because of the additional handling, smaller reels for assembly on a single DVD will take longer. Additional titles on the disc will also lengthen the work time as will a music or background track. Between 3 and 4 hours of material can be placed on the disc at better-than-VHS quality. Obviously, that’s better than the source material itself. |
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Direct-to-disc printed labeling. Waterproof and UV protected. Chapter points every 5 minutes. In clear plastic slimline jewel cases. |
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Up to four hours of film on one disk |
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Deteriorates over time Gets brittle and breaks Temperature & humidity should be controlled Scratches easily Takes up storage space No indexing Maximum of 30 minutes per reel Difficult to set up Projector parts hard to find |
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Estimated life over 100 years Looks the same the first time or the 50th Temperature & humidity not critical Minimal storage space Optical—nothing to break or jam Chapter points for instant search Permanent—cannot be erased or altered Four hours of theatre-quality video |
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For a QUOTATION simply indicate the content length of each tape to be converted and the quantity of extra DVDs, if any. All work is guaranteed. |