Photoplay Productions Inc.

Photoplay Productions can now transfer your videos to DVD easier than ever before! Transferring your videos to DVD not only makes viewing them easier, but it also preserves your videos for years to come.

Why should I transfer my videos to DVD?

What video formats can we convert?

For starters, it's a lot easier to watch a DVD. No rewinding, no fast forwarding. You are allowed to simply skip to whatever part of the video you choose to watch. DVD's can also be watched on any DVD player, computer, laptop, and some video game consoles. Secondly, DVD's have very minimal deterioration over the years. VHS tapes deteriorate very quickly, and only have a shelf life of approximately two years. This means that as your VHS tape gets older, the video and audio will get worse and worse. This leads to black spots, tracking problems, and eventually an unviewable video. Transferring your videos to DVD solves all these problems.

We can convert any consumer video formats, including: VHS, VHS-C, SVHS, SVHS-C, Video8, 8mm (tape), Hi8, Digital8, miniDV, and DVCAM. Photoplay can also transfer video straight from a Hard Disk Drive Camcorder. All you need to do is bring in your tapes, and leave the rest to us. If for some reason we don't have a player available, we'll just ask you to bring in your camera and we will transfer it directly from your camera to DVD. Unfortunately, due to the complexity required to convert film, Photoplay Productions cannot transfer film reels to DVD.

How much does this cost?
Due to new technology, Photoplay Productions is able to offer this service at a very competitive price.
We charge simply $10 for every hour of raw footage.

Can you edit my movies and add menus?
Yes, but in doing so, your videos must be digitized and captured onto a computer. This is a time consuming and complicated process, and therefore is more expensive. A pricing chart is included below. Please contact Photoplay Productions for more information if you plan on having any editing or menus.

Editing
Digitizing Tapes (Transferring from Analog to Digital) - $8 per hour of tape
Logging Tapes (optional) - $10 per hour of tape
Time with Client Arranging/Cleaning Up - $20 per hour
Converting, Rendering, and Burning- $18 per hour of tape

Options
Two Still Menus with up to 12 Chapters - $30
Two Motion Menus with up to 12 Chapters - $75