A/V Geeks Film and Video Transfer Services

Film transfer: 35mm and 16mm
Broadcast-quality transfers from 16mm motion picture film to video using the MWA Flashtransfer16. Broadcast-quality transfers from 35mm  picture film to video using the Bosch FDL-60. Color correction and scratch reduction via wet-gate options available.

Basic rate: 20 cents per a foot of film plus $5 per a reel ($30 transfer fee minimum) plus the cost of media.
Scratch reducing wet-gate extra.
Color correction extra. Excessive film cleaning extra.
Extra handling fees may apply if excessive film repair or splicing is required.

Home Movies! Film transfer: 8mm and Super8
Film is delicately transferred via the Workprinter XP film scanning unit using a Sony 3-CCD camera. Each frame is individually captured giving an extremely high quality flicker-free image. Color correction and image sharpening option available.

Basic rate: 20 cents per a foot of film plus $2 per a reel ($20 transfer fee minimum) plus the cost of media (authoring a DVD-R is $20, miniDV is $10).
Color correction extra. Excessive film cleaning extra.
Extra handling fees may apply if excessive film repair or splicing is required.

Reformatting video

We provide reformatting from a variety of video formats:

From To
Consumer - VHS-C, VHS, S-VHS, 8mm (video), Hi8, Digital 8, miniDV, Betamax (consumer), DVD, HDV, audio CDs

Professional – 3/4″(Umatic), 1″ C open reel, Beta SP, DVCAM, DVCPRO, Panasonic MII, Digital Betacam,

 Tape – Beta SP, miniDV, DVCAM, Digital Betacam, DVD

Files – MPEG-2, Quicktime, Uncompressed, MPEG-4, h264, DivX, Window Media, FLV and more…

Consumer media rate: $30 per content hour (VHS/VHS-C, 8mm/Hi8/Digital8, miniDV, Betamax, HDV) plus $5 per a tape ($30 transfer fee minimum) plus the cost of media.

Professional media rate: $60 per content hour (Beta SP, Umatic, 1″ C open reel, DVCAM, DVCPRO, MII, Digibeta) plus $5 per a tape ($60 transfer fee minimum) plus the cost of media. Recording metadata, timecode information is extra ($20/hr)

Video data ingest and transcoding

We can digitize video to a variety of different digital files – Beta SP, VHS, S-VHS, Digital 8, miniDV, DVCAM, Digital Betacam, DVD, MPEG-2, Quicktime, Uncompressed MPEG-4, DivX, Window Media, FLV and more…

Basic rate: $35 per content hour plus $5 per a tape ($40 transfer fee minimum) plus cost of media (CD-R, DVD-R, flash drive or hard drive). Uploading to YouTube, Internet Archive and other online sites also available.

DVD authoring

We do professional-quality DVD authoring at reasonable rates.

Basic rate: $20 per DVD-R (no menus). Reasonable hourly rate for DVDs with menus.

DVD-R and CD-R duplication

We do high-quality, full-color DVD-R and CD-R duplication using a Primera Bravo 2 disc duplicator. We use quality name-brand disc media and verify every disc we duplicate.

Basic rate: $2 per CD-R, $5 per DVD-R
(bulk discount rates available)

Give us a call!

You have something you want digitized, we can probably do it (or, at least, recommend somebody who can do it). We’ll happily give you a reasonable quote.

A/V Geeks Transfer Services
Skip Elsheimer
skip@avgeeks.com
919-247-7752
714 Tyler Rd, Raleigh NC 27604.

We are based in NC but we have done work for clients all over the United States, Canada and Europe.