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       Tape types and TV systems we copy   In most cases it is not necessary for you to identify your tape as we copy almost all domestic tape formats. If we are not able to transfer your tape there is no charge.   TV Colour Systems:  PAL - NTSC  - SECAM this is not an actual tape but how the signal is recorded onto them. For example, America uses NTSC, some European countries like Russia use Secam.  Australia, New Zealand & Britain, to mention a few, use PAL. Unless stated on the box you can’t determine what format a tape is by looking at it.  For a complete country listing Click Here Normal Play (NP) and Long Play (LP):  Refers to the speed the tape was recorded at.  In most cases long play doubles the recording time so even if a tape says 60 mins it may have up to 120 mins on it. You can’t determine what speed it is recorded at by looking. Only by transferring the entire tape do we know the playing time. LP was not very common but we certainly do get them. Video Resolutions:  There are 2 main standards. SD = Standard definition which is what TV has been for decades. HD = High Definition is the new higher resolution format for Digital TV and video cameras and comes in various quality levels, these being 720p - 1080i - 1080p. VHS & Super VHS VHS tapes are the most common format. VHS is the tape format you bought or rented movies on. Dimensions: 188mm x 103mm. Playing Time:  NP 0-240mins  LP 0-480mins Super VHS used same size tape but is very rare. We can copy all types including Super VHS - NTSC - Secam Mini DV  These tapes are the last of domestic camera tapes and are still sold. Dimensions: 65mm x 48mm. Playing Time:  NP 0-60mins  LP 0-90mins Almost all tapes are recorded in Standard Definition format. However from about 2007 a few semi professional High Definition cameras also used these tapes. You can’t tell by looking at the tape. If your camera tape is High Definition we can’t copy it. We copy all Standard Definition Mini DV tapes Video8 - Hi8 - Digital8 These formats all use the same size tape. The tape box may say Hi8, for example, but it could be a Video8 recording. Dimensions: 94mm x 62mm. Playing Time:  NP 0-90mins  LP 0-180mins Most tapes however play for 60 or 90 minutes We can copy all types including - NTSC - (Secam probably) Hard Disk Cameras - SD memory Cameras Mini DVD Cameras & DVD-RAM Cameras These are obviously not tapes but the latest method of recording Video on a camera. Click here for more info on these. We can convert all these formats into either DVD or digital files that are more suitable for editing.