Here's What We Can Service
At present, we can digitize and extract a small yet, profound number of analog and digital video formats commonly and historically used. More will be added (currently missing are formats in the high definition videotape and analog videodisc categories).
Hurry fast! Have us convert your home videos, movies, and programs! Back up your collection digitally before degradation kicks in on your physical media (ever hear of tape wear and disc rot?).
Share your nostalgia with the next generation and remove the physical barriers preventing you and others from revisiting the good old past via modern screens!
ANALOG Digitizing: We have a multi-region VCR that can play VHS tapes from all over the world (NTSC, PAL, and SECAM)! We also have a Betamax player and a Digital8 camcorder (supporting Hi8 & Video8 as well) that can play back their respective Sony formatted video tapes.
All videotapes are played in real time through our video capturing device.
Analog Video Tape (AVT)
(Video Home System – a.k.a VHS and its variants)
VHS
Introduced in 1976
VHS-C
Introduced in 1982
S-VHS
Introduced in 1987
(Sony video tapes)
Betamax
Introduced in 1975
Video8
Introduced in 1985
Hi8
Introduced in 1989
Digital Video Tape (DVT)
Digital8
Introduced in 1999
Analog Videodisc (AVd)
LaserDisc
Introduced in 1978
Digital Extracting: We have a region-free DVD player with support for Super Video CD (the successor of Video CD). More so, we have a digital Sony Handycam that supports miniDVDs!
Primarily, videodiscs are extracted via software for best sound and video quality (sometimes with subtitles), but in seldom cases, the only option viable is capturing video in real time, like with videotapes.
Digital Videodisc (DVd)
(Standard sized discs)
Video CD
(VCD)
Introduced in 1993
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
Introduced in 1996
Super Video CD (SVCD)
Introduced in 1998
Please check back for compatibility with our equipment of these sub-formats.
DVD -R / +R (recordable)
single layer
Introduced in 1997 / 2002
Introduced in 1997 / 2002
DVD -RW / +RW
(re-writable) Introduced in 1999 / 2001
DVD -R / +R DL (recordable)
dual layer
Introduced in 2004 / 2003
Introduced in 2004 / 2003
DVD -RW / +RW DL (re-writable)
announced in 2005 / 2006
(never released)
(never released)
DVD -R / +R DS (recordable)
double side
unknown year of introduction
unknown year of introduction
DVD -RW / +RW DS
(re-writable) double side
unknown year of introduction
unknown year of introduction
DVD -R / +R DS DL (recordable)
double side, dual layer
unknown year of introduction
unknown year of introduction
DVD -RW / +RW DS DL (re-writable)
never made
(never released)
(never released)
(Miniature sized discs)
miniDVD
Introduced in 1998
Universal Media Disc (UMD)
Introduced in 2004
High Definition Videodisc (HDVd)
BluRay Disc (BD)
Introduced in 2006
common video file formats (imports & exports):
MP4, MOV (Quicktime), MKV, MPEG4, WMV, AVCHD (Sony), AVI, FLV
MP4, MOV (Quicktime), MKV, MPEG4, WMV, AVCHD (Sony), AVI, FLV