| Why should you get your videotapes on DVD?
The convenience of having them on a DVD lets you view them on your
home entertainment system without using your camcorder, and you can
instantly skip from one chapter to another, play at super slow or
fast speeds, freeze a frame indefinitely, and other features (such
as zoom and pan, etc. depending on your DVD playback equipment). You
can also view them on the DVD drive of your computer if you have
one, or share video files on the internet. Videotapes can break, and
often wrinkle (creating picture "drop-outs") - and they will
deteriorate with repeated usage. The transport mechanism of your
video camera is not meant for repeated playing and shuttling of
these tapes. DVDs provide a more resistant medium for repeated use
that can easily be copied with no loss of the quality of the
original DVD.
However, for the long-term preservation of
your precious recorded memories (archival), we recommend making an
original Master Copy on a Digital Video (DV) tape format (such as
MiniDV) that you never play on your camcorder and that you store in
a safe place, or (better) keeping a digital copy on a removable
computer hard drive (ask about our Personal Media Drives) or on a
fully backed-up computer server system "media vault" (ask about this
service). Should your new DVDs later become unreadable in any way,
or newer and better technology become available (such as
up-conversion to high definition video DVDs), you will always be
able to make a new copy from these digital Masters that will assure
compatibility far into the future.
We use the highest quality, most scratch
resistant DVDs available, yet discs are subject to potential damage
and deterioration -- Please read more about this in our Terms and
Conditions. To ensure that your videos and digital photo creations
will be around for generations, you should consider taking the extra
archival steps recommended above.
All video is processed on the same high
quality components. The choices are for menus and packaging of your
DVD.
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