OXFORD SONY HELICAL SCAN CONVERSIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE UK
Broadcast Video Digitising and Conversion Service at Oxford Duplication Centre

Transfer your Professional NTSC and PAL tape formats - DVCAM, MiniDV, HDV, Betacam (SP, SX and DigiBeta), Sony IMX, HDCAM, DVCPRO (25/50/100) tapes - U-Matic 3/4", and Sony open reel 1/2" and 1" video tapes. Videotapes to Digital MP4 video file available. Editable DV files with timecode (for PC or Mac) available upon request. 7-10 day average delivery time.
With the advent of television broadcasting in Japan in the early 1950s, they saw the need for magnetic television signal recording. Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki developed a prototype helical scan recorder in 1953. Independently in Germany, Eduard Schüller was also developing a helical scan method of recording.
When Ampex developed the quadruplex magnetic tape video recording system in 1956, it had certain limitations, perhaps the most important of which was the lack of pause or still frame capability, because the picture signal was segmented, or broken down into discrete segments to be recorded on the tape individually (only 16 lines of the picture in each segment). Thus, when tape motion was stopped, only a single segment of the picture recording was present at the playback heads.
The helical-scan system overcame this limitation. Toshiba introduced helical-scan technology to the television industry in 1959. During the 1960s and 1970s, helical-scan recording machines were introduced by many manufacturers and marketed all over the world. The technology rapidly took over the market for video recording, due to its reduced complexity, greater reliability, lower manufacturing and servicing costs, lighter weight, lower energy consumption, and more versatile features, when compared to the quadruplex system. These factors also made it possible eventually to bring video recording to users at home, in a cassette format.
OUR SERVICES IN SONY HELICAL BROADCAST CONVERSION
Our audio-visual studio can support clients with our Vintage and Rare Consumer Video Tape Conversions to Broadcast Quality Outputs. Excluding VAT @20% |
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V60 Video Tape | 60.00 |
HDCAM SR | 60.00 |
JVC D-9/DIGITAL S | 30.00 |
XDCAM DISC | CALL |
D VHS (NTSC/HD OR PAL SD) | 45.00 |
PHILIPS ORIGINAL LP OR SP VCR FORMAT (1502 OR 1702) | 60.00 |
1" TYPE C VIDEO TAPE SONY PAL OR NTSC | 90.00 |
W-VHS | CALL |
PHILIPS VIDEO 2000 | 60.00 |
Broadcast tapes typically have superior video and sound quality to that of a consumer tape. There are a variety of broadcast tapes we can transfer to digital file.
We can capture content from Professional Broadcast video tapes and convert it to new digital formats such as ProRes 422, H.264 MOV, H.264 MP4, DVD and Blu-ray Disc.