07-3351-4945 BRISMEDIA Video Tapes: VHS - Mini DV - Betamax - VHS-C Video8 - Hi8 - Digital8 - PAL - NTSC - Secam to DVD Australia wide we copy - convert & transfer video tapes to DVD and digital files    Covering Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Hobart - Perth - Canberra - Darwin - Gold Coast  Newcastle - Wollongong - Sunshine Coast - Geelong - Townsville - Cairns - Toowoomba - Launceston      Included Features • Your DVD has chapter points every 5 minutes so you can quickly navigate to a desired section of the DVD with your remote. • Each DVD has a quality generic label printed on it with room for you write the contents of the disc as in the example shown. Each tape has a number label and these numbers are written on to your DVD label so you can link them up. If you would like customised labels click here. • The DVD is provided in a standard DVD case with a generic paper cover (slick) with plenty of room for you to add the disc contents.  We can also supply it in a clear plastic case so the title on the DVD is visible without opening the case, just advise us if you want the clear plastic cases. • We use the most highly regarded blank DVD’s on the market “Taiyo Yuden mastering grade” and burn at slow speeds to ensure faultless playback in your DVD player*. We guarantee it!  • Our DVD’s are not copy protected or region encoded.  You can make extra copies with most computer burning software. • To ensure highest vision quality of your DVD the maximum playing time is kept to 120 minutes or less. If your vision is longer than that it is electronically split onto 2 DVD’s. • We focus on the highest quality transfers available & as such refuse to use DVD recorders which, whilst economical, are not suited to preserving your memories in the best quality or compatibility. Available Options: • Extra copies: If requested at the time of Transfer the cost is only $6 per disc. If requested within 14 days of the job completion the cost is $10 per disc and a minimum quantity of 2 of each disc is required. • Combining Short Tapes: If you have video camcorder tapes (not sure of your video tape type click here) they normally run well under 2 hours. We can combine them onto DVD’s and not only save you money, but you enjoy the convenience of a less DVD’s. Just remember the maximum combined playing time of the tapes for each DVD is 2 hours. Depending on the tape contents you may want them joined in a specific order, so just number them  accordingly and we will combine them where possible. (NB please number the tapes clearly not the boxes as its very common for the boxes to have got mixed up over the years). If the order is not important, you don’t need to number the tapes. We will work out the most economical way to combine them. Just remember if they are videos of your kids growing up for example, they will no longer be in chronological order. • AVI File Format: Want the option of being able to edit your footage or convert the video to other file formats as well watch it on DVD. We can supply all the captured video footage used in your DVD’s as digital files in Windows DV-AVI file format click here for more details. • Custom DVD label: We can print a title directly onto each DVD. Normally this  is what is written on the tape but but you can attach a list of the titles you want, There is a limited amount of room with a maximum of 4 lines as shown in the example. If there is a lot of information the customised dvd cover  would be a better option. Wedding tapes assuming they are transferred on to their own DVD receive a special customised label . Please ensure the bride & groom’s first names are clearly written on  the tape or attached note & if you know the wedding date include that as well. •  Custom DVD Cover: We can customise the front of the DVD cover with text  of your choice as shown. The text must be supplied in printed form, no hand writing and if possible emailed as a document to avoid typing errors. Just ask us and we will explain the best way to do it. • DAMAGED TAPES:  Please note our tape repair services are only available as part of our video transfer service. Listed below are some common problems and what procedures we employ to to repair them. o Water damaged tape: Get the tapes to us quickly as complications can occur like mildew. We Dismantle the tape box, dry the tape slowly and clean. Cost: $30-$50 per tape (average $40) o Shedding oxide: As a tape gets older the adhesive used to hold the magnetic particles to the tape may fail as a result the magnetic particles fall off and clog up the video heads resulting in partial picture or no picture. Cost: $10 - $30 per tape (average price $15) o Mangled tape: Usually the camera or vcr has chewed a section of tape. The damaged section is spliced out. If we don’t have to dismantle the box to get access to both halves of the tape the cost is $15. If we do have to dismantle the box the cost is $20. The only exception are tape boxes that are welded together (no screws) they are not very common but require a lot more work. Cost: $40 o Fungus/mildew tapes: Some tapes grow a white mould on them. With VHS tapes this is often resolved with standard cleaning at $15-$20. However smaller camera tapes due to their thinner tape are far more vulnerable. Video8/HI8 tapes are effected badly with the tape layers sticking together resulting in the tape tearing into strips. The cost depends on the number of  times it tears whilst we transfer it. but it averages $40-$60 per tape.  Sometimes the damage is to extensive to recover the tape in which case the charge is reduced to $30. • USA DVD’s: Going to the USA and need an NTSC DVD instead of an Australian PAL DVD? We can provide NTSC versions of your video footage. • TAPE PREVIEWING: Clients dropping off their tapes to the office can use our small preview area. COST: The first 10 minutes are free. Additional time can be booked at $15 per 30 minute block. If you are getting a number of tapes transferred and can’t tell if a small proportion of them are blank or just have TV shows on them, we will check them for no charge. We check the start of the tape and 15 minutes in, if we see TV shows or blank tape we don’t transfer the tape and there is no charge. If you are looking for something very specific or want a firm quote as to how much the video transfer will cost, you can post them to us. We offer two levels of examination.     o Basic content: We check the tape every 15 minutes and confirm that there is footage similar to what you want and calculate the approximate playing time.  COST:  $10 per  tape o Detailed content: We check the tape every 5 minutes and make notes on what is on the tape and email those notes and playing time to you. COST: $15 per hour of vision.   NB! Partial payment may be requested Prior to checking your tapes depending on the quantity and the nature of your requirements. • Customised DVD Menus:  Our DVD transfers simply start playing when put into a DVD player. If you would like a personalised menu system please ring and we can discuss it.  Prices start from $25 per DVD. (Some companies offer menu systems that are generated by the computer making multi- page menus with randomly chosen thumbnail images which are next to useless. A menu system is only a help if you know what is on your tapes and you can provide us a list of titles.) *Assuming the DVD player is not defective and is not an American  NTSC only DVD player