There aren’t too many companies that can transfer HDV to DVD or BluRay. VHS to DVD and 8mm tape to DVD is the most common video tape transfer service we perform. We can also transfer a PAL tape to NTSC, HDV to DVD and HDV to Blu-Ray DVD. We can transfer VHS to DVD, VHS-C to DVD, 8mm to DVD, Hi8 to DVD, MiniDV to DVD and Digital 8 to DVD. You can choose these options on the order form. So, we do charge extra for those optional services. Both color correction and noise reduction take a fair amount of manual labor.

If the VHS or 8mm tapes have uniformly color shifted and/or have a lot of video noise then yes, we can fix most of those issues. The second most frequently asked question is, “Can you restore my 8mm tape?”. The only way to know if it is the camcOrder/deck or the tapes is to try the tapes on another camcOrder/deck.

It’s just the machine you are trying to play them on that has the issue. In the case of problem #2, the VHS or 8mm tapes are probably fine. It depends on how badly the head moved when the camcorder was dropped. Sometimes our professional broadcast VHS to DVD machines can fix this problem and other times they can only improve it or can’t improve it at all. In the case of problem #1, the tapes are probably fine before this happened but any tapes made after the camcorder was dropped will be problematic. 2) The camcorder or deck you are playing the tape back on has the head out of alignment. From that point forward the head will be recording the video and audio in the wrong place on the tape. 1) If the camcorder was dropped it most likely moved the position of the head. The problem is that the tape isn’t posited correctly on the head trying to read it. These tracking issues can cause audio drop out as well. So, when you play your VHS or 8mm tape, if you see horizontal lines at the bottom, middle or top you are having tracking problems. They are the best at fixing tracking problem and in most cases it is tracking problems that are causing the video and/or audio problems. Our Pro SD and Pro HD process uses professional broadcast machines. The most frequently asked question is “can we fix video and audio related problems on VHS and 8mm tapes?”.

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