Betamax Video to DVD - from £10
AKA Beta Hifi, Betamovie, Beta and Betacord
Get you Betamax tapes transferred before they deterioate and are lost forever
Betamax video tape copies to DVD are just £20 per Betamax Tape. If you have 6 or more Betamax videos we charge you just £15 per tape. Send us 11 or more videos for transfer to DVD and the cost goes down by 50% - just £10 per tape. Other names for Betamax tape are Beta Hifi, Betamovie, Beta and Betacord.
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.
Back up DVD copy - just £5 each
DVDs can last a lifetime - as long as they don't get scratched or scuffed. A back up copy of the DVD means you will never lose your your video transfers.
Cost and Service
- 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 Betamax repair service for broken tapes
- American Standards NTSC to PAL conversion is available
- Converting family videos to DVD is an excellent gift idea
Editable MP4 Computer Files
Our encoded DVDs will play on your TV system and on your computer but cannot be edited. We can supply you with editable computer files. These are supplied as MP4s and are good for both PCs and Macs. One hour of video as a MP4 file needs up to 5gb of space. You will need to supply us with a external hard drive or large capacity USB big enough for your MP4 files. We can supply USB sticks at cost, on request.
Betamax NTSC-PAL - £40
NTSC is a video format standard widely used in many other parts of the world such as USA. Japan and much of South America. So if your Betamax 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 Betamax transfer to PAL and encoded to DVD is £40 per Betamax tape,
Betamax Info
Betamax Playing Times
A Betamax Video tape with L-750 on it means Length-750ft.
- L-125 - 32mins
- L-165 - 43mins
- L-250 - 65mins
- L-370 - 96mins
- L-500 - 130mins
- L-750 - 195mins
This applies only to PAL video tapes. NTSC Betamax tapes vary according to the NTSC video standard used
Betamax Copyright
If your own a commercial film on Betamax tape it is acceptable practice to make one copy on DVD without infringing copyright.
By asking us to complete Betamax Transfer work for you, you are giving us an assurance that the tape is your property and in the case of home movie footage, that you are the copyright owner.
We accept Betamax video to DVD conversion work only on the above understanding.