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Freshcut DVD is the authority when it comes to VHS to
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make sure the conversion is performed to the highest technical
specification. This results in the best quality DVD that can be
created from the original tape source. Freshcut DVD is based
in London, UK but services Ireland, France, Germany, Spain,
Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Denmark.
- All service packages include:
- Digital re-mastering of your VHS Tape resulting in a
clearer, sharper DVD.
- Audio level balancing and enhancement
- Picture enhancement
- Audio converted to Dolby Stereo which means we can get as
much quality video footage on your DVD as is possible.
The resulting video streams are authored and burned to
DVD. We can get as much as four hours on a single DVD with
most customers remarking that the resulting video is clearer,
sharper and sounds better than the original!
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The history of VHS Format a Sony Perspective
By 1976, the year following the launch of Betamax, the Vietnam
War had ended and North and South Vietnam were reunified. Sony
celebrated its 30th anniversary that year, and Morita proudly
announced the birth of the post color television era, the video
age. The introduction of the home-use VCR had caused the biggest
stir and created the greatest expectations for Sony since the
launch of the Trinitron. Sony sales branches throughout Japan
were buzzing about Betamax, and how to launch it in their regions
became their number one priority. From the pre-launch stage,
study sessions and training seminars explaining how to connect a
Betamax to a television were frequent. At that time, however,
annual domestic demand for VCRs was still less than 100,000
units. Morita was brimming with confidence when he made his
announcement about the upcoming video age. Would home-use VCRs
become popular? The industry had its doubts. At any rate,
full-scale production of Betamax looked ready to roll. However,
in the same year, something happened which took Sony by
surprise.
In September 1976, JVC announced the VHS-format VCR to compete
head to head against Betamax. With this announcement, the VCR
format battle began. The JVC product boasted two hours of
recording time twice that of Betamax. The year before the Betamax
release, Sony had approached Matsushita and JVC, its two partners
for the U Format, about unifying product specifications. At that
time, Sony had disclosed information regarding the Betamax
specifications and technology to the two companies. In response,
Matsushita and JVC delayed any decisions about unifying standards
for a year. After Sony announced the advent of the video age and
followed this with an aggressive sales drive, JVC began its own
highly effective advertising campaign. VHS to DVD is our
speciality at Freshcut!
Sony took a closer look at the VHS format and everyone was
aghast. The technology and know-how that Sony had willingly
disclosed when it proposed the unification of the U and Beta
formats was incorporated in the VHS format. Although Sony had
freely given the two companies access to its basic, patented
technology, it was impossible for Sony to hide its shock and
surprise.
Even though Sony's Beta format and JVC's VHS format were
technologically similar, the cassette sizes were different. The
two were not compatible. The fact that there was more than one
format foretold a grueling struggle for leadership in the
home-use VCR market and a deepening fight for market share. The
last thing either side wanted was to inconvenience the user. But
the VCR war had begun and everyone was running for cover. Send
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VIDEO Magazine, an American magazine for video enthusiasts,
features a thorough comparison of the VHS and Beta systems.
Sony and JVC each courted a group of companies throughout
1976. Matsushita, a member of the U Format group, was ambivalent
about where it stood. As the year drew to a close, Morita and
Kihara visited Konosuke Matsushita, an adviser to Matsushita, at
the company's head office in Osaka to receive a final decision
concerning format unification. Samples of the Sony and JVC
products with their lids removed were placed on the desk.
Matsushita was forthright in his position. He said, It pains me
to have to reject Betamax, but the JVC product has fewer
components. My company must choose the product that can be
manufactured more cheaply, whether by 100 yen or 1000 yen per
unit. That is the only way to overcome the disadvantage of being
a latecomer.
One can imagine how Morita and Kihara felt upon hearing these
words. In the end, Sony Toshiba, Sanyo Electric, NEC, Aiwa, and
Pioneer supported Sony's Beta format. Matsushita, Hitachi,
Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp, and Akai Electric accepted JVC's VHS
format. The home electronics industry was thus divided into two
camps.
Of course, Sony had complete confidence in its Beta format for
home-use VCRs. Although the recording time was only one hour, the
cassette size was smaller and the image quality was clearly
superior. Moreover, technology that enabled two-hour recording
while maintaining high picture quality had already been
developed. If possible, Sony wished to achieve unification under
its basic format. Toward this end, Sony continued working
diligently to make prototype equipment available to potential
format partners.Want to convert your VHS to DVD? Call
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Sony embarked on an aggressive strategy as the leader of the
Beta camp. Both groups released a continuous stream of new
products. They worked furiously to enhance picture quality,
lengthen recording time, diversify product functions, and improve
operability.
By 1979, annual industry production of home-use VCRs in Japan
had reached 2.2 million units, about eight times the volume
produced in 1976. Although the industry was divided into two
distinct camps, the video age had clearly become a reality. Today
we have equipment for both and we convert VHS to
DVD, as well as betamax to DVD.
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