Can anyone recomend any good VHS duplication houses that can run 1000 coppies from a master DVD.
I know of one locally to where I live, but I would like to shop around for a good price, whilst still maintaining high quality.
The folk I have looked up in the yello pages just seem to be amatuers with 25 or so cheap Sanyo (or other cheap make) VHS machines daisey-chained together.
Any recomendations would be greatly recieved.
Video-Tec in Bristol are brilliant.
I've been dealing with them for a couple of years and always get the best prices from them. Turnaround is also very quick.
Ring them on 0700 000 2345
Roger G.
I've been offering a duplication service for some time now and i think my prices are amongst the best.
Have never attempted 1000 copies on my 10 S-VHS vcr's fed through Keenes "S" distribuation amps using "Tech-Link" leads.
Normal method is to transfer footage to my hard drive and out to amps by "S"
If they are only of short duration and you don't want them yesterday i can give you a quote or check my site, www.avsvideo.co.uk
On prices there add £8 per hundred for duplication on BASF back coated branded Pro SHG tapes.
Regards
Charles
charles are your prices exc or inc VAT ?
I don't charge vat,haven't reached those dizzy heights required yet.
The only extra to pay is carriage which is at cost and of your choice,Amtrak is my main local carrier or Parcel Force.
One other extra i offer is if your first order is for say 200 copies and later on you need 20 or 30 copies to complete a order the charge is the same per copy required as your original order for 200 copies.
Regards
Charles
I can do this for you have a look at www.jmcvideo.co.uk
if you are happy I will let you have a quote
Please let me know if you want card sleeve or case A300 etc
It might be worh going to a Macrovision accredited supplier, that way you won't have the clients copying your VHS tapes and spreading the word that you make smudgy movies. My local duplicator here in Rayleigh, Essex, charges a measly 5p extra per tape to Macrovision protect them.
I found out the hard way that I needed this when I heard (through the back door) that my DV to VHS tapes were being copied VHS to VHS.
tom
Humphries Video Services (hvs.co.uk) are one of the best in the UK, they're FACT Accredited and BBC Approved; however, I'm not sure if they could do the run from a DVD Master because they need to be able to control the master - they may need to make a tape sub-master of your DVD. 1000 copies to them is a small run but they're nice people and will make you feel welcome.
Unlike Roger, I would not recommend Videotec, a company who regularly advertise in Computer Video.
I had a dreadful experience with them. I filmed a wedding on Dv, edited in premiere and made a MiniDV master which I asked Viedotec to duplicate onto VHS. They had a very impressive brochure promoting their credentials and their superior quality as compared to other duplication companies. I was therefore very disappointed to receive the 30 or so VHS copies which had massive colour problams -- basically bold colours such as green and pinks had a halo of distortion around them. The bridesmaids looked like they'd been mainlining kryptonite.
The reponse of Videotec.
Initially -- that kind of colour degradation is inevitable when you go from Mini DV to VHs. Not so I argued -- I have a 8 year old Sony consumer Nicam video that dubs direct from tape without any of these problems. How is it that I can get flawless copies when a professional dupicating house cannot?
Seeing that I wasn't buying this line of b*****ks, they put me through to the "customer servives manager" who proceeded to claim that my master was at fault. The colour aretefacts were on my master...
This is the same master that Ian at Lynx has used to master an excellent DVD for me without any of the colour distortion.
The customer services manager then got impatient with me telling me that Mini DV is not a format suitable for making quality wedding videos as it is low resolution, unlike Digibeta which I should have used.
At this point I lost it.
I told him exactly what I thought of his company's service and poor attitude. Professional filmakers are shooting entire movies on DV and blowing them up on 35mm and he's telling me Mini Dv's not good enough for shooting a wedding.
Eventually, Videotec did refund some of my money but I got hit for a £50 worth of postage and package. My suspicion is they deemed the order too small to worry about and made copies from VHS to VHS rather than Mini DV.
Which is why I would not recommend using Videotec.
Caveat Emptor.
Dominic
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Unlike Roger, I would not recommend Videotec, a company who regularly advertise in Computer Video.
I had a dreadful experience with them. I filmed a wedding on Dv, edited in premiere and made a MiniDV master which I asked Videotec to duplicate onto VHS. They had a very impressive brochure promoting their credentials and their superior quality as compared to other duplication companies. I was therefore very disappointed to receive the 30 or so VHS copies which had massive colour problams -- basically bold colours such as green and pinks had a halo of distortion around them. The bridesmaids looked like they'd been mainlining kryptonite.
The reponse of Videotec.
Initially -- that kind of colour degradation is inevitable when you go from Mini DV to VHs. Not so I argued -- I have a 8 year old Sony consumer Nicam video that dubs direct from tape without any of these problems. How is it that I can get flawless copies when a professional dupicating house cannot?
Seeing that I wasn't buying this line of b*****ks, they put me through to the "customer servives manager" who proceeded to claim that my master was at fault. The colour aretefacts were on my master...
This is the same master that Ian at Lynx has used to master an excellent DVD for me without any of the colour distortion.
The customer services manager then got impatient with me telling me that Mini DV is not a format suitable for making quality wedding videos as it is low resolution, unlike Digibeta which I should have used.
At this point I lost it.
I told him exactly what I thought of his company's service and poor attitude. Professional filmakers are shooting entire movies on DV and blowing them up on 35mm and he's telling me Mini Dv's not good enough for shooting a wedding.
Eventually, Videotec did refund some of my money but I got hit for a £50 worth of postage and package. My suspicion is they deemed the order too small to worry about and made copies from VHS to VHS rather than Mini DV.
Which is why I would not recommend using Videotec.
Caveat Emptor.
Dominic
Unlike Roger, I would not recommend Videotec, a company who regularly advertise in Computer Video.
I had a dreadful experience with them. I filmed a wedding on Dv, edited in premiere and made a MiniDV master which I asked Viedotec to duplicate onto VHS. They had a very impressive brochure promoting their credentials and their superior quality as compared to other duplication companies. I was therefore very disappointed to receive the 30 or so VHS copies which had massive colour problams -- basically bold colours such as green and pinks had a halo of distortion around them. The bridesmaids looked like they'd been mainlining kryptonite.
The reponse of Videotec.
Initially -- that kind of colour degradation is inevitable when you go from Mini DV to VHs. Not so I argued -- I have a 8 year old Sony consumer Nicam video that dubs direct from tape without any of these problems. How is it that I can get flawless copies when a professional dupicating house cannot?
Seeing that I wasn't buying this line of b*****ks, they put me through to the "customer servives manager" who proceeded to claim that my master was at fault. The colour aretefacts were on my master...
This is the same master that Ian at Lynx has used to master an excellent DVD for me without any of the colour distortion.
The customer services manager then got impatient with me telling me that Mini DV is not a format suitable for making quality wedding videos as it is low resolution, unlike Digibeta which I should have used.
At this point I lost it.
I told him exactly what I thought of his company's service and poor attitude. Professional filmakers are shooting entire movies on DV and blowing them up on 35mm and he's telling me Mini Dv's not good enough for shooting a wedding.
Eventually, Videotec did refund some of my money but I got hit for a £50 worth of postage and package. My suspicion is they deemed the order too small to worry about and made copies from VHS to VHS rather than Mini DV.
Which is why I would not recommend using Videotec.
Caveat Emptor.
Dominic
Dominic,
You were so annoyed you had to post the story three tirmes, eh?
Pete
I use Duplication Express in Bristol for high quality work. One of the replies mentioned Macrovision. I made a sell through video and had the copies Macrovisioned. Of the 6 titles I had for sale their were for the first time returns from customers because their video/Tv would tolerate the Macrovision process. I never used it again and when you think about it anyone who wants to beat Macrovision can do so easily.
Sorry should have said "would not tolerate Macrovision".
Apologies for the triple posting.
Steaming mad+gremlins=techological breakdown.
It's OK to triple post when you're takling about duplication though. You're forgiven.
I thought I would just throw in a quick plug for Charles Higgin (see postings above) he has duplicated two projects for me, the first was a Church History video (100 copies) and secondly, a Study course for the Diocese of Liverpool (400 copies). Charles was helpful and efficient and the copies were what you would expect from a D8 master to VHS tape. I am very happy with the service provided!
We also offer this service. We have 20 high quality VCR daisychined through a very professional Kramer distrubution amp. We did a big job a while back for EasyJet who wanted 900 copies. Only took three days!
Ask for Eddie on 01707 326048.
Si