We’ve just launched our new live customer service chat room. We hope to be able to answer any questions you may have.
So why not come and have a chat?
Our New Live Customer Chat Is Ready
February 18th, 2010
New Prices
February 5th, 2010The bad news is that we have to increase our prices by 3-4% with effect from 1st February 2010. The good news is that the savings from using evaluated tape still remain significant when compared to using new tape.
The second bit of good news is that we will be offering higher payments to suppliers of used videotape from February. This should increase the supply of used tape and enable us to keep up with the rising demand for stock evaluated tape.
What Do You Call Yours?
January 13th, 2010We’ve heard a plethora of different names for tape formats over the years, and we wondered what you called yours?
Are they the very formal Digital Betacam, or the more friendly DigiBeta? Or maybe you err somewhere in the middle, and adopt the moniker Digi Betacam. We find that most people are on first name terms, favouring to simply go with Digi.
What about Betacam SP? Do you use the TLA BSP, or the more succinct Beta? The same can be said for HDCam, though we find that what people mean by HD can vary a lot. HD can mean HDCam SR, or it can mean HDV to different people. That’s the one time we begin to insist on some continuity.
Whatever you call your tapes, we’re pretty sure it’s not Trevor.
Add Another Dimension
January 5th, 2010If you want to give your old 2d footage a new lease of life, why not think about adding a third dimension? Well, thanks to In Three’s Dimensionalization software, you can.
Their process takes a flat image and turns it into a 3d stereoscopic one, without the need to go away and reshoot. Thus, you can add that extra depth to old shots and reinvigorate your film.
George Lucas and James Cameron were both blown away by the results, each claiming it was some of the best stereoscopic work they have ever seen; even better than 3d footage shot on a dual camera system. This is because the Dimensionalization process doesn’t encounter the same problems as a live shoot, including lens distortion, depth disceprancies and lighting problems.
Read more here.
Christmas Opening Hours
December 17th, 2009We’re looking forward to Christmas, and we hope you are too.
So, our last collection and delivery in Central London is on Wednesday 23rd, a day earlier than would be normal. We close the office at 1pm on Christmas Eve, and open again in the New Year on the 4th January.
It’s unlikely we’ll see any emails from you during our time off, but the telephones will be on divert if you have a great urgency to recycle your tapes.