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What's Included | Pricing | Order Preparation | FAQs
Over time, videotapes degrade as does the quality of the events recorded on them. By transferring your videotaped occasions to high-quality, long-lasting DVDs, you can relive your special memories for a lifetime.
DVD provides exceptional picture quality and durability over videotape formats. If properly cared for, it is predicted that a DVD will last more than a 100 years. Since your videotape is transferred onto DVD as digital information, your precious memories will NEVER wear out. No matter how many times you play the disk, you will never experience one bit of picture quality loss.
A high-quality, long lasting DVD of your family memories also makes a great gift idea!
What's Included with Your Videotape to DVD Transfer
Blank DVD
Your transfer will be onto a DVD-R.
Chapter Points
Chapter points will be placed approximately every three minutes. Chapter points enable you to immediately advance or return to specific points in your DVD.
Videotape Transfer
Your videotape will be transferred as received. Any blank portions, glitches, etc. on your videotape will also be in the DVD version. Digital editing is available. See our additional services for including digital editing in your transfer.
Videotape Transfer Pricing
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Videotape to DVD for Viewing on Your DVD Player VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, BETAMAX, 8mm Video, Hi8mm Video, Digital 8mm, MiniDV, MicroMV to DVD |
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 Up to 2 hours; 5 minutes
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$29.95 / tape |
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Combining Several Videotapes Onto One DVD Two or more videotapes onto one DVD. Does not apply to Professional Videotape to DVD. |
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Up to 2 hours; 5 minutes |
$19.95 / Additional tape |
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Professional Videotape to DVD Reel to Reel Videotape, 3/4 Inch (Umatic), BETACAM SP, DVCPro |
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One tape per DVD |
$74.95 / tape |
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Videotape to .avi (DVD-R data disc) for Editing on Your PC Each disc will hold approximately 18 minutes of .avi video that can be edited on your PC. |
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Up to 40 minutes |
$40.00 |
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Includes DVD-R data disc |
$1.00 / minute |
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Videotape to .avi (External Hard Drive Extra) for Editing on Your PC |
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Up to 85 minutes |
$42.50 |
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.avi to Hard Drive (see pricing for Hard Drives) |
$0.50 / minute |
Additional Services
To further enhance your videotape transfer, Stellhorn Photo offers the following services at an additional charge:
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Hard Drive |
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All Hard Drives come with a 3-Year Manufacturers Warranty and support both USB and Firewire. |
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320 Gigabyte Hard Drive Store up to 22 hours of .avi video |
$0.00 / 320GB HD |
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500 Gigabyte Hard Drive Store up to 33 hours of .avi video |
$0.00 / 500GB HD |
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750 Gigabyte Hard Drive Store up to 50 hours of .avi video |
$0.00 / 250GB HD |
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1 Terabyte Hard Drive Store up to 70 hours of .avi video |
$0.00 / 1000GB HD |
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Audio Tape |
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Audio Cassette, Reel to Reel Audio Tape or Micro Cassette Converted to Audio CD. |
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Audio Tape to CD Includes: Editing Blank sections longer than one minute; Enhancement: Remove background noise as much as possible. |
$40.00 /
1/2 hour of Audio |
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DVD Duplication |
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Includes: DVD-R media tested for quality; Custom Imprint: up to two lines of text, 24 characters and/or spaces per line, and Storage Case |
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1 Copy |
$14.95 / copy |
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2 to 9 copies |
$12.95 / copy |
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10 to 20 copies |
$10.50 / copy |
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Dual Layer DVD Duplicate |
$30.00 / copy |
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Foreign Videotape Standards Conversions to DVD |
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Foreign Videotape to U.S. (NTSC) DVD |
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Foreign Videotape to U.S. DVD VHS (PAL/SECAM), 8mm, Hi8mm,
MiniDV (PAL only) to (NTSC) DVD |
$55.95/tape |
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U.S. Videotape to Foreign (PAL) DVD |
$55.95 / tape |
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Additional Disc Needed if video runs over 2 hours |
$39.95 / Additional
2 hours |
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Videotape Repair |
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VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, 8mm, Hi8mm, Digi8mm |
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Repaired and copied to DVD |
$49.95 / tape |
Preparing Your Videotapes for Transfer
1. Don't Forget to Order Extra Copies
Store your master and watch the copy.
Copies make great gifts.
Share the cost with family and have copies for everyone.
2. Package your videotapes
Bring your videotapes to Stellhorn Photo, located at:
Iris Photo & Digital
10310 Coldwater Road
Pine Valley Mall
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
If you have any questions regarding your videotape transfer, please call us at 260-489-2935.
FAQs About Your Videotape Transfer
How will the DVD work?
Place your DVD in your DVD player and close the drawer. A Menu will appear with Thumbnail Images for your to navigate. To skip from one chapter point to another, simply hit the NEXT or BACK button on your DVD remote control. With the durability of DVD, you can freeze-frame, fast forward, reverse, and view at variable speeds without fear of damaging your DVD.
Will my DVD play on my DVD player?
DVD-R disks are used for transferring your images to DVD. In order to take advantage of this technology, your DVD player MUST be compatible with DVD-R. 99% of DVD players manufactured in the past two years will play your DVD transfer. Please check your DVD player manual for compatibility or contact the manufacturer.
What is DVD-R?
DVD-R is a disk onto which information (your video) can be written. Think of it as the same type of CD-R you may use to copy music files on your computer, however, the DVD-R can hold much more data.
My videotapes run up to 2 hours and 5 minutes, will I loose that extra 5 minutes?
No you won't! Because we utalize the (VBR) process for converting video to DVD, we can normally get almost two hours and 6 minutes of video and keep the same high quality. You won't loose any of your memories!
Can I add more video to my DVD later?
Sorry, once a DVD-R is "burned," it is no longer editable or appendable.
I have an editing program on my PC, can I edit the files on the DVD?
The files on your completed DVD are not editable. If you want editable files you may want to consider having us transfer your film and/or videotape to .avi (most popular) or another type of video file. We can accomidate whatever editing needs you may have.
I have two videotapes the total less than two hours, that I need to convert to DVD. One is "standard 4x3 screen" and the other is "16x9 widescreen". Can they both be put onto the same DVD?
Yes we can. We will author your DVD so that your DVD Menu will have two (thumbnail) windows. Click on the window of the video that you want to view and it will automatically play back at the proper size on your TV. | 
