CVA is the longest established video tape recycling company in the UK, servicing numerous production companies, facilities houses and overseas television broadcasters.
Think CVA for videotape recycling.
With the continuing uncertainty over the supply of HDCam SR, CVA can offer you a solution to your tape shortage.
By recycling and evaluating your own HDCam SR tapes with us, you can reinvigorate your supply line and guarantee high quality, as new recordings.
For more information on our process please feel free to call us on 01454 410 250.
Responding to George Osborne’s announcement on spending cuts today, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said:
‘Billions of pounds for a new green bank could provide thousands of new jobs and make Britain a world leader in cutting-edge low-carbon technologies.
‘But the green bank has to be a bank. A poorly financed fund is not a green bank. It doesn’t have the financial clout, or the independence to do the job, and will end up as nothing more than an ill-equipped quango.
‘That’s why it was so important that Nick Clegg welcomed the green bank earlier today, even before the Chancellor stood up.
‘So if this government wants to live up to its own billing as the greenest ever, this bank must be independent and properly financed.
‘Anything less will dash hopes of a new green economy for Britain, and our chances of tackling climate change and energy security.’
Yesterday four Greenpeace campaigners scaled the Treasury and dropped a large banner asking the Chancellor to back a green investment bank.
A green bank, say Greenpeace, should:
- Have the mandate to fund clean energy and energy efficiency projects
- Be established through primary legislation to ensure accountability to the taxpayer
- Have the power raise money through the issue of bonds
- Be capitalized with at least £6bn from government
A recent report by Ernst and Young said that without investing £4-6billion in a green investment bank, the UK’s low-carbon competitive advantage could be lost. And HSBC have said that today’s announcement by the Chancellor is the government’s first test of its green credentials.
We are in the market for all sorts of tape formats at the moment, but most particularly we would really love to pay you for your old 64, 94 and 124 minute Digital Betacams.
We pay a penny a minute for these tapes, so long as they have been stored according to the manufacturer’s guidelines. This includes tapes that have not been rewound.
Rewinding your tapes is an essential part of caring for them. An unrewound tape causes creasing on the tape surface, which translates in to an unfixable glitch in your footage. Even if you don’t want us to buy your tapes, rewinding is always good practice.
So, if you have any spare 64, 94 or 124 Digital Betacams, why not give us a call on 01454 410 250 and see how much they are worth.
Thanks.
About to go tapeless and digitise all your old footage?
You may have missed an important step in the process.
In what sort of condition are your archive tapes?
A survey we conducted recently revealed that nearly 65% of stored tapes have not been rewound.
This might seem like a trivial thing, but the failure to do so decreases the tape tension and causes defects on the magnetic surface. This isn’t a problem when it’s the leader tape that relaxes, but when it’s the tape from the middle of the reel, that footage is lost.
You could be digitising glitches.
But who has time to spool through the tapes and check?
We do.
What’s more, our machines will physically scan the tape surface for minor defects, and clean off any oxide deposits they find.
Why not get in touch and see how cheap it is to check your tapes before digitisation?
A used tape is not a safe tape. Just one use of a new tape could be enough to damage it, and you’ll only know once you record over it.
Our recycled tapes are inspected by lasers for physical defects, scratches and creases, so with a recycled tape, you’ll always know before you use it that it’s defect free.
