The UK's most affordable and flexible Video2000 (Philips V2000) transfers.
A personal service by an engineer with 20 years of video experience. Transfers to DVD, computer and more.
Costs just £15 per tape, extra copies £3.50 or less. Discounts for quantity. Lowest prices in the UK but the highest quality.
The first
Philips 2000 video recorder sold in the UK.
Because the tape can be recorded on both sides, it generally takes two DVDs to record all of the material from a V2000 tape, occasionally more. I offer just the one service for Video2000 tapes, with basic menus, and recording up to 2:30 hours on one DVD. Priced at £15 per DVD, with extra copies (highly recommended) at just £3.50 each. Also available, V2000 to computer hard disk.
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Tape type |
Running times (maximum) |
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V2000
VCC480 / VCC360 / VCC240 / VCC120 |
Each side is half the amount of minutes, eg. VCC240 =
2*120 minutes. |
Basic Menu, £15 per tape: 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.
Options include transfer to MPEG2 files, DV AVI format files on hard disk for larger quantities of tapes (5 or more), transfer to miniDV or even DVCAM. Just email me for details.
We believe that all V2000 recordings are made using the PAL television system. If you have a V2000 recording made in France, please contact me to discuss this.
| PAL | SECAM | |
| YES | NO | |
** FOR SALE: Clean and tidy good working Philips VR2023 V2000 format video recorder. One of the most sought-after models which includes outstanding picture search, slow motion etc. Fitted with new backup batteries (a common failure point in this range, but rarely replaced properly). Offers for this rare model around £250. Includes remote control receiver, just requires a readily available universal remote control for remote operation. For more details, Email me. ** October 2007.
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. V2000 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 France, see the Television systems explained. Only PAL recordings are accepted for V2000.
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 £2. 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.
"The discs turned up today and play perfectly. The transfer quality is excellent and I'm delighted with the results. Many thanks for your help, I had almost given up on finding any way of reading the tape. James". V2000 to DVD 23.02.08.
"Hi Colin, Just to let you know I got your parcel today, and more than very pleased with the quality, given that they are over 20 years since we watched these. So I'd like to thankyou very much for the time and effort of transfering the video to DVD. Best regards, all the best for the New Year. Pierre" V2000 to DVD, from New Zealand. 10.01.07
| "Dear Colin Thank you for converting my old Philips tapes onto DVDs for me and for returning the originals. For some time I had been searching for a way to preserve the hundreds of recordings I've made over the years, some of the early ones being recorded on very old Philips tapes. Although I kept the relevant machines in order to replay them, neither one is operational now unfortunately. Since Ron died, these recordings are even more precious to me as they contain so many of his words that show his passion for sport and his belief that taking part in sport has much to offer the young. His philosophy on sport and what he had to say, particularly about drugs in sport, is still relevant today and I am relieved that his words are now preserved in a more lasting format. Thank you for your help and expertise in converting the tapes for me. I hope to use the DVDs to introduce Ron to the young athletes we now help financially through the charity now set up in his memory. Hopefully they will help to explain why the Ron Pickering memorial fund has been successful in raising sufficient money to be able to help thousands of talented young athletes to take part in sport. Yours sincerely Jean Pickering" The original letter can be seen here. This was a transfer of a number of V2000 tapes to DVD for Jean Pickering, widow of the late Ron Pickering, sports commentator. Names used with permission. 16.08.06 |
"Colin, I am grateful for the quality of the work you did for me in transferring 20-year old V2000 video to DVD at a fraction of the cost of having it done in Ireland. Above all, I appreciate the person touch, the ease with which you communicated with me on every issue. I have no hesitation in recommending your work to others. Michael" A V2000 tape was sent, no charge for reporting back what was found which was not the material the customer required. A second tape was sent, and this was what he had been looking for so transferred to DVD.
"Colin I have just received the DVDs via my parents in the UK and I am very impressed by the way they have turned out! I didn't realise there was so much that I had copied to V2000 .... You mentioned that they were of poor quality but in fact they are better than my own efforts to digitise my other Video 8 tapes that I have using a PC(unless you have enhanced them in some way?)! That is fairly impressive considering that they have been copied twice! That must say a lot for the equipment you are using as well as Philip's Video 2000 system..... Paul" V2000 to DVD.
"Hi Colin, Thank you for sending the DVD back so quickly. We sat and watched the film this morning - it's fantastic! I can't believe the quality. It's so much better than I'd hoped! Thanks for the extra copy as well, it certainly won't go to waste. If we have any more films to convert we know where to come !! Best Regards Katie" V2000 to DVD
"Thanks colin i have got the disks its a blast from the past my too boys will love it thanks once again AD" V2000 to DVD, 06.06.05
"THANK YOU! The video is GREAT!!! The quality is better than I imagined it would be from a camera from that era and the disturbance in the video does not take away from the enjoyment of watching it. This tape is gold - thanks so much! .... Great job, Colin - THANKS again!" Barna, Canada. V2000 to DVD
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