Video8 Tape Transfer
Camcorder Tape Conversion from £10!
Let us transfer your Video8 Camcorder Tapes to DVD. Don't let them sit in the drawer deteriorating year by year until it's too late.
We are part of the Kodak group of companies which is your assurance of excellent service, good quality work and peace of mind when ordering through the web.
The cost of copying a single tape to DVD is just £20 with fantastic discounts given on multiple tapes. You chooswe between DVDs to play or your TV or editable computer files. We will, of course, give you a generous discount if you drop in 11 or more Video8 tapes - the price then drops to only £10 per camcorder tape.
Video8 Cost and Service Details
- 1-5 tapes are £20 each
- 6-10 tapes are £15 each
- 11 plus tapes are £10 each
- Any mix of domestic video or camcorder tapes
- Turn around time is currently 10 working days
- A 24 hour service is available at 50% extra
- You can have DVDs or editable computer files
- We have a video tape repair service for broken tapes
How To Order Your Video Tape Transfers
You can give us any mix of tapes in the following video formats - S-VHS, VHS, Hi8, VHS- C, Video8 and Digital8 camcorder video tapes, Betamax Video tapes and Mini-DV to qualify for quantity discounts.
Pop into our store in Camden High Street in London London and chat to our friendly staff about your video transfer work.
You can also put them in a jiffy bag and post your tapes to us. Don't forget to include your contact details!! We will phone you on receipt and take payment over the phone.
Editable MP4 Computer Files
AVI Editable computer files from your VHS video tapes are possible for both MACs and PCs. We produce digital MP4 files for home computer editing. Editable file sizes are very large and you will need to supply an external hard drive or large capacity USB stick. One of hour of video needs up to 5gb of space. We can supply USB sticks at cost price on request.
Extra DVDs
Although DVDs last a lifetime without deterioration in quality one scratch or scuff mark will render it unplayable. For this reason we strongly advise you to order an extra DVD back up copy of your Video8 transfer work - the cost is only £5 per tape and well worth it for peace of mind.
Video8 & Copyright
By asking us to transfer your Video8 camcorder tape you are giving us an assurance that you are the copyright owner or that you have permission from the copyright owner to duplicate the work.
We only accept Video8 to DVD transfer work on this basis.
Video8 More Info
NTSC-PAL
Many countries around the world use the NTSC format, including Japan, USA and many countries in South America.
So if your Video8 tape was originally filmed in any of these countries it will need to be converted to PAL format to play on UK TV systems.
The cost of NTSC Video8 transfer to PAL and encoded to DVD is £40 per Hi8 video tape. Substantial discounts are given for quantities
Video Tape Repair
We can fix any type of physical damage to the tape such as snapped or entangled tape, tapes which are immediately ejected and replacing the tape housing.
We cannot generally fix problems associated with bad recordings (too light or too dark), camera equipment malfunctions and sound problems. If you have accidentally erased the tape we cannot restore the footage.