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MiniDV (PAL, NTSC) Video Tape Transfer to file

Complete pricing below.

MiniDV minature video cassette is a standardized digital video format and is an offshoot of the 1995 professional DV standard; it is the last widely used consumer video format for tape.  Tapes and camcorders are about half the size of 8mm.  MiniDV uses DV digital video compression and has approx. 525 lines of resolution.  MiniDV cassettes are 60 minutes at SP mode and 90 minutes in EP/LP mode.  MiniDV has ¼-inch wide video tape and cassettes measure 6.5 x 4.8 x 1.2 cm.  The MiniDV format was no longer supported after 2011.


PRICES:
TRANSFER video tape to mp4 file: $40 per tape.
TRANSFER PAL videotape: add $20 per tape.
USB FLASH DRIVE (Thumb drive) for file(s): $10 each (16Gb max).
DOWNLOAD files and 30 day Cloud storage: $10 per order (25Gb max).
DVD (DVDs are becoming obsolete): $20 each (2 hours max).
LONG TAPE (more than 2 hours): add $12 per hour ($0.20/minute).
*Unclaimed material will be discarded after 1 year.
 
h264.mp4 is a very common and well supported file format; files on a USB flash drive will play in Windows and MAC computers and will plug & play in many modern TVs.  Other file formats available by request (avi, mov, etc).

Camcorder miniDV Video Tape Casettes
FUJI DVM60-ME, DVC, MiniDV.
Fujifilm DVM60-ME, LP:90 minutes.
Fujifilm DVM60AME-U ME, 70.4m, 230ft
JVC MiniDV60, DVM60 PRO, DVM60ME, M-DV60DU.
Maxell MiniDV 60ME, DVM60SE, Maxell Corp of America, New Jersey USA.
Maxell miniDV digital video cassette, 70.4m, 60 min SP/ 90 minute LP
Maxelle DVM60SE, USA, Canada, Panama,
Panasonic AY-DVM63PQ miniDV 63ME
Panasonic DVM60ME. AY-DVM60EJ, 60SP, 90LP.
Panasonic DVM63ME, AY-DVM63PQ
Sony MiniDV ME Color Collection, LP:90, SP:60 minutes.
Sony DVM60Prr, DVC Videocassette numerique, 70m 60/ 90 minute
Sony DV60, DVM60 ME, SP-60, LP-90 minutes.

Sony DVM63 for HDV/DV Digital HD Video tape.
TDK Mini-DV60, DVC60, DVM60, SP 60 minutes, LP 90 minutes.

Head Cleaner Tape
JVC M-DV2MCL 20x10sec cleanings and reuse once: 6.5 minutes.
Sony DVM12CLD, 12 minutes, 14 meters, 25 cleanings.
Panasonic AY-DVMCLC, 8.3 minutes, 10s x 50 x2 (rewind once)= 100 cycles
Panasonic AY-DVMCLCWW, 2 minutes. 

 

MiniDV, mini DV DVC, files to hard drive, file mp4 file for web download, flash drive, or DVD.