NOTES ON SHIPPING

REFERENCE NOTES FOR SERVICE DESCRIPTION

1. A DESCRIPTION CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS "TRANSFER ENCLOSED TAPES TO DVD"

2. OR, "TRANSFER TAPES TO DVD AND MP4 (OR OTHER DIGITAL FILES)"

MOST VIDEO TAPES ARE TYPICALLY NOT FULL (E.G. 1 1/2 - 2 HRS). AS SUCH, LET US KNOW IF WE CAN COMBINE SEVERAL SOURCE TAPES ONTO ONE DVD (APPROXIMATELY NO MORE THAN 2 HOURS IN LENGTH TO PRESERVE QUALITY.  COMBINING WILL BE EVEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR YOU.  IF COMBINING, PLEASE DESIGNATE THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU WISH US TO COMBINE.

NOTE; WHETHER A SINGLE SOURCE TAPE TO DVD OR, MULTIPLE TAPES TO ONE DVD - PLEASE IDENTIFY A BRIEF TITLE FOR EACH SOURCE TAPE.  WE WILL DUPLICATE THIS TITLE IN ON SCREEN TITLE CLIP AND/OR THE IMPRINT TITLE ON THE DVD DISC.  IF NO SUCH TITLE DESIGNATION - WE WILL LEAVE THE TITLING BLANK.

3. IF HOME MOVIES (8MM/16MM FILM) - PLEASE NOTE EACH REEL WITH THE NUMBER REPRESENTING THE ORDER YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR.  IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ORDER - WE RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT A FEW SECONDS OF BLACK SPACE BETWEEN EACH REEL -- DESIGNATING THE BREAK.  SHOULD YOU LATER DECIDE TO EDIT THE TRANSFERRED MATERIAL - SUCH A BREAK WILL MAKE THE EDIT PROCESS MUCH EASIER AND LESS EXPENSIVE.  HOWEVER, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU PREFER A BREAK BETWEEN EACH REEL.

4. IF REQUESTING TRANSFER OF VINYL RECORDS TO CD (OR AUDIO CASSETTES) PLEASE KNOW THAT A CD WILL HOLD NO MORE THAN 80 MINUTES OF MATERIAL.  MOST 33 1/3 RECORDS ARE 40 - 50 MINUTES PER ALBUM (BOTH SIDES).  WHILE WE CAN PUT PART OF A SECOND ALBUM ON A CD - MOST CUSTOMERS PERFER HAVING ONE CD PER ALBUM.  REGARDLESS, PLEASE DESIGNATE WHAT YOU WANT US TO ACCOMMONDATE.

5. FOR PHOTO OR SLIDE CAPTURE - PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT SEPARATE FILES FOR SEPARATE GROUPINGS OF PHOTOS/SLIDES - E.G. BY YEAR, BY EVENT, ETC.  WE WILL CREATE FILES AS YOU INDICATE AND BURN ONTO A CD FOR VIEWING ON A COMPUTER.  IF YOU DESIRE A DVD SLIDE SHOW PLEASE DESIGNATE AS WELL.