The UK's most affordable and flexible miniDV, DV & DVAM transfers.
A personal service by an engineer with 20 years of video experience. Transfers to DVD, computer and more.
Costs from just £12 per DVD, extra copies £3.50 or less. Discounts for quantity. Lowest prices in the UK but the highest quality.
Most small camcorders sold since around year 2000 have used the miniDV digital video tape format. These can produce outstanding results, far too good to be wasted by copying onto VHS. Much better that the recordings are transferred to DVD which retain the quality, are easy to jump around from one scene to another, and last much better than any video tape. Since miniDV tape is completely different to VHS, no miniDV to VHS adaptor could ever exist, we need to play these tapes on the appropriate equipment. You have come to the right place for miniDV to DVD transfers, video99 has the experience to get the best possible results.
I usually transfer miniDV recordings using a fully digital process which means that there is absolutely no loss of picture or sound quality in the transfer to DVD. However, if you wish the time and date indications to appear on the finished DVD (either permanently or few a few seconds at the start, as you wish), I can do this by making a top quality analogue transfer to DVD for you. The results are still outstanding, because I use the high quality S-Video connection method throughout my equipment.
Modern miniDV camcorders can produce outstanding results.
Both Standard Play and Long Play recordings can be copied to DVD, though I would always recommend using Standard Play for maximum quality and to be sure the tapes will play on any camcorder. If you have full sized DV tapes (unusual, not to be confused with DVCAM below) these can also be handled providing they are Standard Play.
Basic Menu, £12: Up to 2:30 hours on one DVD, but most camcorder tapes are only 60-90 minutes which fits nicely. The menus are limited to just a title, but you get a chapter point every 5 minutes so it is easy to move around the DVD. Extra copies of these DVDs cost just £3.50 each and are recommended.
Deluxe Menu £18: Up to 1:30 hours on one DVD, so camcorder tapes usually fit in one go. Nice menu icons showing what is on that part of the recording, and if you email me with titles I will put them on the DVD for you too. I place the chapter breaks at points of interest or new recordings. These menus look like professionally recorded DVD films. Extra copies are very cheap, just £2.50 each, and well worth taking.
DVD-ROM £15: Up to 1:30 hours on one DVD-Rom in top quality MPEG2 video files. If you have a lot of tapes, miniDV to hard disk files start from just £7 per hour and you can select MPEG2 or AVI file formats.
Options include transfer to MPEG2 files, DV AVI format files on hard disk for larger quantities of tapes (5 or more), copy to miniDV or even DVCAM. Just email me for details.
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DVCAM is a semi-professional / small studio digital tape format which offers the same performance as miniDV but is designed to be more rugged and reliable. DVCAM recordings can be made on regular miniDV tapes, or the larger DV size tapes. Usually though people use dedicated DVCAM cassettes which carry the DVCAM logo. You may not be able to tell by looking at it, whether you have a DV or DVCAM recording, but we can handle both. We can also accept both PAL and NTSC television standards in either format.
DVCAM recordings
are usually made on tapes carrying the DVCAM logo. This shows the
full-sized DVCAM tape.
Basic Menu, £15: Up to 2:30 hours on one DVD. The menus are limited to just a title, but you get a chapter point every 5 minutes so it is easy to move around the DVD. Extra copies of these DVDs cost just £3.50 each and are recommended.
Deluxe Menu £20: Up to 1:30 hours on one DVD, so camcorder tapes usually fit in one go. Nice menu icons showing what is on that part of the recording, and if you email me with titles I will put them on the DVD for you too. I place the chapter breaks at points of interest or new recordings. These menus look like professionally recorded DVD films. Extra copies are very cheap, just £2.50 each, and well worth taking.
DVD-ROM £20: Up to 1:30 hours on one DVD-Rom in top quality MPEG2 video files. If you have a lot of tapes, DVCAM to hard disk files start from just £8 per hour using the top quality AVI file format.
Options include transfer to MPEG2 files, DV AVI format files on hard disk for larger quantities of tapes (5 or more), or copy to miniDV. Just email me for details.
We have a new and easy order page, just select what kind of tapes you have and supply your details.
If you prefer, you can instead fill out this form (a Word document). It should answer all of your questions and provides me with all the important details I need, so complete as much of the form as you can and email it back to me. I will then confirm the price, or best guess at the price, and let you know the address to send the tapes. Digital recordings sometimes require particular personal attention, just let me know of any particular requirements. Usually I transfer to video-DVD but options include transfer to computer file, miniDV tape and more.
If for any reason you get stuck filling out the form, just email me and I'll help you personally. It's a personal service I offer, not like some of the big video editing houses. I understand that in many cases you will not be able to tell how much material is on the original recordings.
If recorded on equipment from another country, see the Television systems explained.
Not everyone
needs their tapes returned once they have the DVDs, but if you do, please remember to include postage costs. For a single video tape in the UK, this is just
£1. For larger quantities, and tapes from outside the UK, I will let you know.
Ideally can you ensure you send the tapes in a package which is sufficiently large and robust for me to use to send back your original tapes. Usually I will send the DVDs to you ahead of returning your tapes, then when you've confirmed you are happy with the
DVDs, I will return your tapes. This way I can help you further if necessary - for example you can now see you want a different part of a tape transferred on its own or you want extra copies.
"Thank you so much for doing such a great job. The DVDs are great and are bring a lot of joy to our children as well has smiles of fond memories to my wife and myself. We were both amazed by the effort you put into the inserts. I had no idea that you were going to pull together a collage from each of the films. They are wonderful and really allow us quickly to determine what is one each DVD. Thank you so much for this. Thank you also for your perseverance through the technical issues that you had and for keeping me overly informed on status. Rather more than less on the status front. It is very clearly evident that you put passion and your heart into your work over and above what I would be expected and for that I thank you and will recommend you to as many people as I can. Many thanks and please do not hesitate to use me as a reference Deepak" miniDV tapes to both DVD and DV-AVI files on hard disk. 29.02.08
"I found Video99 on the Internet, and I am delighted to offer a recommendation to anyone who is looking for an excellent service. Colin McCormick is deserving of the highest praise for care and attention to detail. His prices really are the best you will find and his turn round excellent. Use his talent and you won’t be disappointed. Jill". NTSC (USA tv system) Long Play miniDV tapes put onto PAL DVDs. 14.11.07
"colin, hello again - dvd's arrived and were in perfect condition - many many thanks for doing all of this so promptly, reasonably and, well, professionally. i feel there are not many people who would have dealt as competently with all the niggling details i presented you with and very much appreciate the very high quality service you have delivered. i shall recommend video99 to any and all colleagues/friends who find themselves in need of professional quality conversion at a very reasonable rate with a very tight turnaround. is it possible to request another two copies of the same? many thanks, jennifer" High priority miniDV to DVD, whereby the first copy had to be sent abroad urgently before New Year. 02.01.07.
"Hi Colin, Just a line to say I received the parcel containing my DVD's and tapes. Thank you for turning this around so quickly and the end results are brilliant. I have also passed your details on to a couple of my friends who are also looking for video transfers. Once again many thanks and I look forward to using your expertise in the near future Happy New Year to you all. Kind Regards Gary" Video8 and miniDV to DVD. 26.12.06
"Colin Thanks for your prompt service. The DVD's are great. My daughter hasn't stopped playing it. I have already recommended you to a few friends. Regards Teresa" miniDV to DVD 14.08.06. (Since the recording was short I included free return postage of the tape too).
"Colin, For some time I have been checking the High Street shops to transfer my Video cassettes to DVD but was quite amazed at the prices quoted.I therefore went on the Internet and found you at www.video99.co.uk After the exchange of a few Emails I decided to send you four cassettes as your prices quoted were so reasonable. On receipt of the DVD's within a few days I was so pleased with the clarity and sound that I arranged to send you the remainder of my cassettes which were sixteen in number and some dating back to 1998. The DVD's were returned in no time and what with the discount given for quantity I really felt I had to Email you to thank for your excellent service and to reccommend you to anyone considering placing an order with you. Kindest regards, Robert." Multiple MiniDV and Hi8-DVD.
"Hi Colin, The package arrived safely and the dvd's play beautifully. Thank-you for all your help and the prompt, professional service you have given. Best regards, Hannah" miniDV to DVD transfer, multiple copies.
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