Video To Hard Drive San Diego

Perfect Image Video can digitize your videotapes to high quality uncompressed digital computer files so you can edit them the way you want! For the PC we recommend AVI files and for the MAC we recommend Quick Time files. Uncompressed AVI and Quick Time files yield the best quality and compatibility available. We can provide these files to you on an external hard drive that you simply connect to your computer and start editing. The files we produce for editing are compatible with all editing software on today’s market.

Supported Video Tape Formats

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About Our Video To Hard Drive Service
Compressed in an AVI or Quicktime format.
Convert your video for use on an iPad, iPhone, iPod or other smart phone device.
You are only charged for the actual running time on your tape.
Combine multiple tapes onto your hard drive.
Color correction equipment is used to ensure the best compression possible.
Video tape repair service.
100% satisfaction guarantee on every job
Video To Hard Drive FAQs
Q. Why should I get a hard drive?
A. A hard drive is the best media for storing or editing your digital files and can easily be copied onto your computer hard drive, edited, and made into your own DVD. The files on the hard drive are a higher quality and less compressed than a DVD.

Q. Can I send my own hard drive?
A. Yes you can, we prefer a brand new drive that has fire wire connections.

Q. How much hard drive space is required for the video files?
A. Compressed DV encoded video files require roughly 13GB of hard drive space for every 1 hour of video.

Q. Can I edit my movies once they are on my hard drive?
A. Yes, with the proper editing software and little patience you will be able to edit your movies.

Q. What video formats do you offer?
A. Please see our supported formats at the top of this page.

Q. What format do you digitize your video in?
A. We can compress your video in a quicktime or AVI file, just let us know what you are working with PC or a Mac.

Q. Will my video look better when it is transferred to a hard drive?
A. Over the long haul, yes. Your first step towards preservation is getting your old degrading analog video off its original source and applied to longer-lasting digital media. We use professional video equipment along with advanced color correction which helps the picture tremendously.

Q. My video tape is damaged – can I still have it transferred?
A. Yes. We can usually overcome the more common types of physical damage like broken shells or creased/twisted tape with no problems. We may not be able to recover everything on the tape but we try to rescue the undamaged sections. There is an additional charge for video tape repair service.

Q. Will I be charged if my video tape turns out to be blank?
A. Since the tape was blank, there would be no conversion charge.

Q. Can just part of my tape be transferred?
A. Yes, you will need to cue up the tape at the point where we would start the transfer.

Q. Can you convert a Pal video tape to a AVI or .MOV file?
A. Yes we can, we have the ability to play these Pal formats: Pal Vhs, Pal mini DV, Pal DVD, Pal HDV or Pal DV Cam.

Q. Where are you located?
A. We are located in San Diego, CA.
Perfect Image Video Serves The Following Cities:

San Diego

Alpine, Balboa Park, Bonita, Cardiff, Carmel Mountain, Chula Vista, Clairemont, Del Mar, Escondido, El Cajon, Encinitas, Fallbrook, Hillcrest, Imperial Beach, Jamul, Kearny Mesa, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, Linda Vista, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Mission Beach, Mission Valley, National City, North Park, Ocean Beach, Oceanside, Old Town, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, Sorrento Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, San Carlos, San Marcos, Santee, Scripps Ranch, Serra Mesa, Solana Beach, Spring Valley, Temecula, Tierrasanta, Torrey Pines, University City, Vista