How to Digitise Broadcast U-matic Video Tape | Oxford UK
U-matic is an analogue recording videocassette format first shown by Sony in prototype in October 1969, and introduced to the market in September 1971. It was among the first video formats to contain the videotape inside a cassette, as opposed to the various reel-to-reel or open-reel formats of the time.
Transfer your Professional NTSC and PAL tape formats - DVCAM, MiniDV, HDV, Betacam (SP, SX and DigiBeta), Sony IMX, HDCAM, DVCPRO (25/50/100) tapes - U-Matic 3/4", and Sony open reel 1/2" and 1" video tapes. Videotapes to Digital MP4 video file available. Editable DV files with timecode (for PC or Mac) available upon request. 7-10 day average delivery time.
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Production File
ProRes 422 HQ / MOV |
£50.00 | £45.00 | £40.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 | £30.00 |
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Archive 1
FFV1 Uncompressed |
£70.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 | £55.00 | £50.00 | £45.00 |
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Archive 2
10-bit Uncompressed |
£70.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 | £55.00 | £50.00 | £45.00 |
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| H.264 / MPEG-4 Access Files | £25.00 | £22.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 | £15.00 | £12.50 |
| Digital File Up-Conversion from SD to HD | £25.00 | £22.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 | £15.00 | £12.50 |
| U-matic Tape Baking — Sticky Shed Syndrome | £25.00 | £22.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 | £15.00 | £12.50 |
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