VIDEO TRANSFERS.

Something Different was the first company in Kansas City to provide professional consumer and corporate video to DVD transfers. We provide the highest quality Video to DVD/Blu-ray productions or Digital Files from a wide range of videotapes, VHS, Betamax, video8, MiniDV, Betacam and more. We have been operating in business for over four decades that means more experience than any other company and a better quality results.

Something Different can organize digital video from your iPhone and hard drive cameras.

We take time and careful attention to ensure a finished product that delights from the first playback.

To ensure the absolute highest quality at every step of the process we offer:

We edit out blank or unusable sections of video and restore your footage wherever possible
We encode your footage at the best bit rate – no cheap DVD recorders used here!
High-quality, certified media DVD.
DVD is optimized and has the highest possible bit rate for the best quality picture and also ensure that the video signal is cleaned up as much as possible. Using state-of-the-art enhancement technologies.
Your viewing experience will never be the same again, and it’s very affordable too. 

• Video Tape Cleaning & Repair Facilities
  
• Highest quality broadcast transfer equipment (Regularly serviced, low mileage)
  
• Quality Broadcast Optimization Equipment
  
• Highest Quality Compression & Optimization
  
• Highest Quality Commercial Disc Printers
  
• Highest Quality disc media rated to 100 years
• Highest quality hi fidelity commercial cables
• Highly trained specialists with years of industry experience. 

BROKEN TAPE EXPERTS

We are experts at tape recovery and can rescue the contents of tapes that have the following issues:
broken, twisted or snapped video tapes
sticky tapes unable to play
smoke, mold or heat effected tapes
video tapes that have been in floodwater (if we receive them quick enough)
We even have a suite of video recovery tools including a professional tape baking oven at our disposal. In addition, all tapes are pretensioned and rewound before using to avoid unnecessary wear.

Reasons for transferring videotape to Digital.

• Videotapes deteriorate over time.
• Every time you play your videotape, your player causes some wear on your tape.
• Videotapes can also be wiped out by a static shock or they may lose quality from not being stored properly.
• Add this with the age of your videotape and you might have a tape that won’t play anymore.
• Videotape boxes break.
• Videotape machines are obsolete. Some types are machines are getting harder and harder to find. Even if you do have a machine that will play your videotape, if it breaks, parts are very expensive if available at all.
• Videotapes take up a lot of storage space.

Something DIfferent’s video digitization services have been used by many significant institutions, including the Elvis Presley Enterprises, Fox, the University of Kansas and the Missouri Government.

From one can of film to an entire archive, we can help you digitize your collection today so that it is accessible and ready for the future.

We Also Serve Many of the Following Types of Companies:

• The Library of Congress, Museums, Libraries and Schools;
• Broadcast TV Stations
• Film Libraries
• Chambers of Commerce’s
• County Historical Society’s
• The Library of Congress
• Newspapers
• Video Production Companies
• Individuals

We transfer the following video tape formats and many more:

• VHS
• VHS-C
  
• S-VHS
  
• SVHS-C
  
• Video8
  
• Hi8
  
• Digital8
  
• Beta Betamax, Betamax HiFi, Betamovie, Beta HiFi
  
• MiniDV
  
• DV
  
• DVC, DVCPro
  
• DVCam
  
• HDV
  
• MicroMV
  
• HDD cameras (SD, Full HD and 4K camera),
  
• Memory Cards (SD Cards, Compact Flash, etc)
  
• U-matic
  
• 1 inch
  
• Betacam SP, SX, IMX, Digital Betacam
  
• DVCPro 25/50/100
  
• DVD-Video, Blu-ray, miniDVD, Laserdisc, SVCD, VCD
  
• Digital Files from your HD, USB, data disks or even
• mobile phones
  
• We can transfer a number of the 1/2″ open reel formats.
  
• Many other formats

Something Different can  professionally and safely digitize virtually any motion picture format and audio tape, videotape formats. We don’t just transfer your content to a DVD or hard drive and call it a done. We understand the importance of quality, standards, and demonstrating strength and integrity of the preservation process.

We are are archival specialists who understand the preservation needs of archives, our practices and processes have been developed in line with global best-practice.  Our digitization services comply with the guidelines set out in the IASA TC-04 standard.

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Something Different will preserve the long-term survival, profitability and accessibility of your media content in your library, contact Something Different using the contact form below or call us at 913-444-3000.