Back in the time before television went digital and High Definition wide screen was the norm, the state of the art video was shot on Beta SP and when digital was available, it was shot on formats such as DVCPRO and DVCAM. All of these formats were still Standard Definition. What that means is that the picture they created was mostly a square picture and it was only one forth the size of a normal HD TV of today. When preserving these...
Read MoreVinyl Record Audio Transfers Vinyl Records were the thing for many many years. They are the child of the original cylinder recordings. They were more reliable and durable. They came in multiple formats including: Thick 78 RPM records, Small 45RPM records, Larger 33RPM long play records, Recordable home use records and the same home use records that played in reverse order. There were also Transcription Records which were unusually...
Read MoreU-Matic Video Transfers U-Matic being one of the very first steps away from an actual Reel To Reel Video recorder was well on it’s way to becoming the Video Home System but it’s price and size seemed to keep it out of homes. It did however find a home with Corporate and Educational environments for Video. With much use, the U-Matic format proliferated and is still found today within many archives awaiting conversion and...
Read MorePhotos to Video Once photos have been digitized & color corrected, the next step is to create an fun video from those images combined with music or narration. Below is an example of family photos being used to create a splendid cute video of a little girl growing up. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0lounAtPm4 How easy is it to have a Photo Video created and in your hands? Very easy… There are two ways to have the process...
Read MorePCM Digital Audio Adapter to Video Media Preserve specializes in recovering and restoring video tape recorded with the Digital Audio PCM, usually checkerboard visual signature and converting and transferring the resulting Digital Audio stream into a more common and long term digital audio format of your choice. It is as simple as sending Media Preserve your video tape with the PCM video signal and we will convert it and return your...
Read MoreDigital Video Tape Transfers Just before everything went to Flash Memory, High Definition Video Tape was the next best thing in video recording. It came in various flavors. The flavors we transfer at Media Preserve are as follows: DVCAM, Mini DV Standard and High Definition & Digital-8 All formats are transferred to the new format of your choice: Blu-Ray, DVD, Flash Memory, Hard Drive and Downloadable Files. The most common...
Read More