As VHS video players become more obsolete and people with large video collections realize they need to transfer their films over before they degrade in quality, transferring film to DVD becomes a more sought-after service.
There are a multitude of online videos that teach you how to transfer your VHS tapes or older film reels onto DVDs as a do-it-yourself project. This is a neat idea, but not necessarily the best value for your money even when considering you’re doing it yourself.
How a do-it-yourself film to dvd transfer works is a projector plays the film on a flat surface (such as a wall) and this projected image is recorded by a video camera. The video camera can then be plugged into your computer to burn the video onto a DVD, or your video camera may already have DVD-recording capabilities.
We’ve written before on whether doing film-to-video transfers yourself are worth it – and they’re simply not, even if you are just doing a few family home movies.
https://www.azureproduction.com/blog/is-it-worth-it-to-do-vhs-to-dvd-video-transfers-yourself/
This is because you’ll need a quality video camera and a projector, both of which can be quite expensive. You’ll also need a completely flat wall surface (not a single bump) and mounds of patience – the video camera must be completely still while recording. Not to mention, projecting the film this way lowers the quality of the finished product, which will likely be just a burned DVD.
What we have in our production offices is a Mainstream E Telecine Model for transferring film that ensures a quality picture with no shakiness or flickering. Your home movies, professional videos or personal video tape collection will come out looking just as great as when you first watched them. And, your finished product will be a high-quality DVD that includes its own case and professional label.
Azure Productions also repairs, cleans and lubricates films that cannot be transferred.
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