We have designed a series of pre-discounted film to HD transfer bundles making the transition to High Definition (HD) video easy.
Home Movie Film to HD video Conversion Bundles
Definition: Bundling – a unique end to end service that groups together one or more film to High Definition (HD) conversion steps to create one of many complete working solutions.
To help cut through the complexity of choosing which combinations of the many Film to HD video conversion functions and options we offer, we have developed a series of end to end HD Film transfer bundles that may match your 8mm or Super 8 film conversion goals. Bundling rather than choosing a discrete custom transfer profile provides us the opportunity to shave costs which we gladly pass on to you our customer in the form of a discount.
Of course we offer many individual functional options as well, that can be assembled for custom video projects that an HD film transfer to video bundle we currently offer will not cover.
For 8mm or Super 8 home movie film to HD video transfer projects that are 300 feet or less there is a fixed minimum charge that includes all the conversion processes necessary to allow your transferred films to be successfully viewed in High Definition video using a fully authored Blu-ray or AVCHD based DVD disk. There is no requirement for a hard drive investment in these cases to help keep costs down.
AVCHD based bundles and options are tentatively offered as some Blu-ray players in the current installed base do not support the AVCHD format (this issue will diminish as time moves on). A list of AVCHD supported Blu-ray players is now posted in our resource section that offers the means to play back AVCHD authored DVD disks. The list must be vetted, as there is so much unchallenged information out there. Our AVCHD service may be restricted to customers who own proven AVCHD enabled Blu-ray players. There is confusion, on Blu-ray players, recordable media and burners that need sorting out. A worrisome combination, that may be reason enough to be cautious. Alternatively, Blu-ray specified compression formats like H.264 and MPEG-2 are inherently interoperable in all Blu-ray players currently in distribution, which we at HomeDVD confidently offer and support.
Basic AVCHD Bundle < 300ft of film $135.95 flat rate
- Image sequence captured in uncompressed 24bit BMP format
- Film Masters produced in 720p, 960×720 square pixel format
- Color correction; full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- AVCHD author and burn to DVD AVC/H.264 video
- No charge for DVD media
Deliverables: DVD disk encoded to AVCHD format. Simple menu – BDMV, fixed chapter points, standard generic disk surface artwork, standard packaging. No hard drive required, thus no film masters are offered.
Comments: A simple AVCHD bundle with no frills for film submissions less than 300ft. No investment in hard drives. Require Blu ray player for playback.
Basic Blu-ray Bundle < 300ft $135.95 flat rate + $19.95 for BD disc
- Image sequence captured in uncompressed 24bit BMP format
- Film Masters produced in 720p, 960×720 square pixel format
- Color correction; full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- Blu-ray author and burn to single layer Blu-ray media MPEG2 video
Deliverables: Blu-ray disk encoded in MPEG2 format. BDAV operation only, no menus, fixed chapter points, standard generic disk surface artwork, standard packaging. No hard drive required, thus no film masters are offered.
Comments: A simple Blu-ray disk bundle with no frills for film submissions less than 300ft. No investment in hard drives.
Standard AVCHD Bundle > 300ft but <1200ft $0.45/ft
- Image sequence capture in uncompressed 24bit BMP format
- Film Masters produced in 720p, 960×720 square pixel format
- Color correction; full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- AVCHD author and burn to DVD H.264 video
Deliverables: DVD disk(s) encoded to AVCHD format. Simple menu – BDMV, fixed chapter points, standard generic disk surface artwork, standard packaging. No hard drive required, thus no film masters are offered.
Comments: A simple AVCHD bundle with no frills for film submission greater than 300ft. No investment in hard drives. Blu ray player is required for playback.
Standard Blu-ray Bundle > 300ft $0.45/ft + $19.95/BD disc
- Image sequence capture in uncompressed 24bit BMP format
- Film Masters produced in 720p, 4:3 square pixel format
- Color correction; full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- Blu-ray author and burn to Blu ray media MPEG-2
Deliverables: Blu-ray disk encoded to MPEG-2 format. No Menu – BDAV, fixed chapter points, standard generic disk surface artwork, standard packaging. No hard drive required, thus no film masters are offered.
Comments: A simple Blu-ray disk bundle with no frills. No investment in hard drives.
Enhanced Blu-ray Bundle > 300ft $0.49/ft, less hard drive + $19.95/BD disc
- Image sequence capture in uncompressed 24bit BMP format
- Film Masters produced in 1080p, 4:3 anamorphic 1.33 format.
- Color correction, full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- Blu ray author and burn to single layer Blu ray media H.264 video
- one or more 1 Terabyte SATA hard drive(s) required
Deliverables: Blu-ray disk(s) encoded to H.264 format. Any number of Blu-ray media to complete the order is extra. Simple menu BDMV, fixed chapter points, standard generic disk surface artwork, standard packaging. Hard drive required. Corrected HD film masters written to hard drive in their own folders in 8bit Quicktime in 4:2:2 format. Image sequences are not offered.
Comments: A more complete Blu-ray disk bundle with the necessary archival or editing assets for film submissions greater than 300ft. Investment in hard drive(s)is necessary for YUV Film Masters.
Experimenters Bundle > 300ft $0.41/ft
- Image sequence capture in 24bit uncompressed RGB bitmaps
- Film Masters produced – fully qualified, in 1080p, 4:3 anamorphic 1.33 format
- Color correction; full suite applied*
- Proper film to video re-timing for smooth flicker free operation
- 1 Terabyte hard drive – bare eSATA only
Deliverables: Image sequences folder and Film Masters folder on hard drive.
Film masters in 4:3 anamorphic 1.33 (or in 1920×1080 sq pixel your choice), 8bit QT 4:2:2, 1080p, 30fps, and progressive scan. Hard drive purchase or availability a requirement.
Comments: No final Blu-ray disk media is supplied. The bundle is intended to provide the raw materials to create new HD custom video productions that may include other media assets before author and burn to Blu ray or AVCHD disk media.
Editors Bundle > 300ft Windows $0.35/ft MAC $0.37/ft
- Image sequence capture RGB bitmap
- Limited Film Masters produced as 8bit QT YUV 4:2:2
- Film Masters produced – fully qualified, in 1080p, 4:3 anamorphic 1.33 format or…
- Film Masters produced – fully qualified, in 1080p, 16:9 sq pixel format
- No color correction
- No pull down (untimed frames at native 30 fps)
- 1 Terabyte hard drive bare eSATA NTFS/HFS
Deliverables: Image sequences folder and raw Film Masters folder on available hard drive. Film masters in 8bit QT 4:2:2 format in 30fps, progressive scan. Hard drive purchase or availability a requirement for YUV files.
Comments: No final Blu-ray authored disk media supplied. The bundle is intended to provide the editor with full control during post production.
NOTES:
* Full Suite of Color Correction methods applied for 8 bits per pixel video is defined as follows:
- Primary Color Correction
Scene by scene, color cast removal, RGB re-compensation
Scene by scene core edits, gain, gamma/density, pedestal adjustments, junk film removal
- 8bit Quicktime YUV 4:2:2 color space video format
- Proper video retiming (pull down) for smooth playback
- Image resizing may be 4:3 1440×1080 1.33 or full 16:9 1920×1080 sq pixel or…
4:3 960×720 sq pixel or full 16:9 1280×720 sq pixel
- 30ps default frame rate, 24fps and 25fps optional
- Progressive or interlaced scan optional
No special video filters are applied in this phase of the 8mm or Super8 film to HD video telecine process to improve any visually impaired film segments. The 8mm and Super8 film to HD video files is in its raw state, aside from the color, gamma and luminance adjustments made. We do offer basic film grain reduction filters as an option to remove and improve the video respectively, one of the most fundamental of aging film anomalies.
A more comprehensive film restoration protocol for 8mm and Super8 mm film maybe too cost prohibitive to consider as these techniques are usually applied to industrial clients with 16mm or larger film gauges. Contact HomeDVD for more information.
**** WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY OR ADD TO OUR BUNDLE CONFIGURATIONS AND PRICES WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE. Orders in process will benefit from any pricing reductions.****
