TAPE-to-DVD Transfers & Conversions

With our TAPE-to-DVD Transfer & Conversion Service, we can transfer your video tapes to DVDs!

We can handle a wide variety of video tapes and video standards, as listed below:

Video Tape	Video Standard
VHS VHS-C S-VHS (PAL and NTSC) MINI DV (NTSC only)	NTSC (USA) PAL (Europe, Asia) PAL-N (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) PAL-M (Brazil) SECAM (France)

We can transfer video from your cassettes to DVDs in the same video format. Or for an additional fee, we can convert them to another format! Copies are made to DVD+/-RW discs, with up to 6 hours recordable on each disc.

Prices:

Cost listed is for one DVD disc, up to 6 hours or video per disc. We record in DVD+R only so before ordering please make sure you have a DVD+R player. DVD+R discs can not be played on a DVD-R player. No refunds if you find that your player cannot play the discs.

• Transfer from TAPE or DVD to DVD: $16.95
• Transfer & Conversion from TAPE or DVD to NTSC or PAL DVD: $19.95

Please add 8.25% if we are to ship to a California address.

Return Shipping Costs within the USA:

Shipping Method	# of Tapes & Discs
	1-5	6-10	11-20
FedEx Ground	$4.95	$14.95	$19.95
FedEx 3 Day	$9.95	$25.95	$33.95
FedEx 2nd Day	$24.95	$43.95	$57.95
FedEx Overnight	$34.95	$58.95	$77.95
FedEx Saturday Delivery	$61.95	$92.95	$123.95

Copyright Indemnity:
We ask that all clients complete our Copyright Indemnity form. This form is a written statement that the multimedia you ask us to publish for you is not in violation of any copyright laws. Please print and complete this form when sending in your tapes.

To order, print and complete this order form and send it along with your tapes and payment to:

Quantum Star
1278 Oregon Ct.
Concord, CA 94521
USA

Other Services:

For Tape Conversions, click here for more information.

We can also do DVD duplications and conversions. We can duplicate DVDs to the same video system (NTSC-to-NTSC, PAL-to-PAL), or convert the DVD to the alternate format (NTSC-to-PAL, PAL-to-NTSC). Contact us for pricing.

Notes:

A Tape-to-DVD Transfer means we will make a copy from your video tape to the DVD disc. A Conversion & Transfer means we will first convert the video system to the desired format (PAL-NTSC) and then record that new system to the DVD disc.

PAL DVD discs are playable in all PAL, PAL-N, PAL-M and SECAM countries. There is no such thing as a SECAM DVD disc and there never will be.

We do not transfer any form of motion picture film to DVD disc. We do not accept work from copyrighted tapes unless you are the copyright owner.

If you are not 100% satisfied with your order - for any reason -
we will be happy to make an exchange or refund (less original S&H).
Simply return the item to us within 30 days via Parcel Post, FedEx or UPS.

Transferring Tape to DVD

by Keith Kellett

I haven’t yet made use of all the features on my DVD/VCR combi, and probably never will use some of them. But, a particularly useful asset is being able to copy VHS tapes on to DVD and vice-versa.

This was of much value only recently, when I took part in a TV quiz show. My wife taped it, and, since it was shown on a satellite channel that not everyone subscribes to, just about everyone we know demanded a copy!

But, I hit a snag when I was making one of my ‘epics’ with Windows Movie Maker. I wanted to include some footage taken on my old camcorder, which isn’t capable of being connected to the computer. So, I thought the way to go would be to copy the tape on to a DVD, and from there, import it into Movie Maker.

However, while my new DVD would play back on the combi, the computer thought I’d fed a blank disc into the system.

‘Did you finalise the DVD?’ asked Bernie, my ‘computer guru’

‘Ah, Finalise??’

So, I made another DVD and ‘finalised’ it. ‘This’ says The Book ‘will enable your disc to be played back on external devices’.

But, it doesn’t enable it to be played back on a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion computer.

‘All I can suggest’ said Bernie ‘is that you have your tape copied to DVD using a professional service’

‘How much does that cost?’ I asked.

Bernie told me, and I decided I didn’t need to include the footage that badly. And, in the event, I was able to re-shoot the scene on my digital camcorder.

But, if you don’t have that chance … say, it was a once-in-a-lifetime shot, or you don’t have the technology to copy from tape at home, maybe it’s worth considering, to back-up your memories, even if you don’t want to share.