High Definition
Some customers assume that a High Definition (HD) transfer is overkill for their 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm
film. After all, it's old! The fact is that resolution is only limited
by the film grain size and the size of the frame. 8mm has a maximum
horizontal resolution of 700 lines. Super 8 has 800 horizontal lines and
16mm film has 1400 lines. Standard definition video is limited to 480
lines (our Bronze, Silver and Gold process). Because of this, the Platinum
HD process (1080 lines) is the only process that can capture all the detail on your
film.
We were the first company to offer a
Hardware Frame By Frame
High Definition (HD) film transfer
in August of 2005 for
your 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm film. Recently, a few more companies have
started to offer an HD film transfer. Be careful, not all HD film
transfers are the same. There are companies using an HD camera but are
only delivering standard definition (SD) formats like DVD, MiniDV or
AVI files. There's no use in paying for a high definition transfer if
you can't get high definition video back. In addition, there are some
companies doing a high definition
Real-Time or
Software Frame by Frame
transfer. This is
very different from a high definition
Hardware Frame By Frame
transfer. Any hardware frame by frame transfer will be 30-50% better
quality than a similarly configured real-time or software frame by
frame transfer.
Even though a frame by frame high definition transfer leads to an exceptional transfer, over 90% of the film
we see today needs to be restored. Because of this, we've developed our exclusive
Hollywood Restoration II
technology. You wont find any other company in the United States
that scans each frame individually at High Definition resolution with
restoration like our
Hollywood Restoration II
technology.
High Definition Video Formats We offer
Blu-Ray DVD, 1080 HDV master files and 1080 HD 4:2:2 SDI Uncompressed
master files. For details on these
formats, click here.
*Quality of restoration is dependent upon condition of existing film stock; severely deteriorated original materials may be beyond the reach of even the most sophisticated restoration methods.
Click
here for more
information. Refunds are only given if a competitor can obtain better
quality (defined by clarity, color, graininess and scratches) for a
similar price (within 10% of ours). Under these fair terms, we've never
had to give a refund.
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