Preservation Broadcast Video Injestion of Video Tapes | Oxford UK

Oxford Duplication are a multi-award winning company that specialises in the digitisation of analogue and digital video or audio cassette tapes. Our services are highly recommended by leading universities, museums, archives and private individuals.  Please contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call our office: 01865 457000 for a quotation.   

Our conversion units are industry grade AWS conversion and encoders to provide video transfers from all broadcast tapes in the highest quality possible. We provide both lossless and lossy codecs for easy viewing. 

Digitising Options:
Transfer to native SD 720x576 resolution. 4X3 Aspect ratio.
Up-Scale to HD 1920x1080p resolution. 16X9 Aspect ratio.

Digital File Formats Options:
ProRes 422 HQ | ProRes 422 | MOV | H.264 | XDCAM HD
DPX | Uncompressed 8 or 10 bit | DNxHD | AVI | DCP

VHS VHS-C | Betamax | Video8 / Hi-8 / Digital8 | MiniDV | MicroMV | HDV / DVCAM | LaserDisc | Mini DVD | Betacam SP | 3/4” U-matic | HDCAM 

PAL video resolution is typically 720x576 pixels for standard definition, using 625 interlaced lines at 25 frames per second (576i/25), providing a higher vertical resolution than NTSC (720x480) but a lower frame rate, resulting in a 50Hz signal (25 fps) compatible with European power grids. While the raw frame size is 5:4, it's often displayed as 4:3 (720x540) or stretched to 16:9 widescreen on modern displays.