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Videos are always recorded at SP (standard play) speed for maximum quality. Video material is completed and returned within 5 business days. Packages are sent by priority mail with delivery confirmation. Shipping and handling is only $5 per order.
The shipping price is a flat $5 fee and has nothing to do with your order's size. The price is $5 whether you are sending 1, 2, or 100 tapes. Video conversion is the combination of duplicating one video tape or DVD to a second tape or DVD while simultaneously changing the video standard. NTSC is the video system used in North America and most of South America. In NTSC, 30 frames are transmitted each second. Each frame is made up of 525 individual scan lines. PAL is the predominant video system used overseas. In PAL, 25 frames are transmitted each second. Each frame is made up of 625 individual scan lines. SECAM is a video system that has become a thing of the past in every country except France. SECAM camcorders and SECAM-ONLY televisions and VCRs are no longer in production. SECAM countries are now compatible with PAL. PAL and SECAM video is not compatible with NTSC (American) television sets. You can view a list of the video system used in many different countries by clicking below.
VHS is currently the predominant format used all over the world for home video use, but DVD will take take it's place. VHS tapes are physically identical worldwide, but the material recorded to the tape will be NTSC, PAL or SECAM. A PAL DVD, playing in a normal multi-region player using an NTSC television will produce a black and white picture that rolls vertically. If the PAL disc is put in a basic North American DVD player, the disc will not even boot up because of the different region number encoded on the disk. (Added Sept, 2002) Some APEX DVD players have the ability to convert PAL to NTSC. These players will not play anything but region one or zero discs. The region number has nothing to do with picture information; the concept is nothing more than a tool used to control were and when a movie is released on DVD. What happens to the original video? The original video is not changed or altered in any way. The conversion is made on a separate VHS or DVD and both the original and conversion are sent back to you. I don't know what video standard my tape is? The equipment I use will automatically identify any video standard. Shows recorded from television? Anything collected on video from television is fine. UPDATED NOV.20, 2009______ |
