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The complete high definition transfer service for SD Upscaling... Upscaling SD Video to HD Blu-ray is available from all our video transfer services Multiple media outputs available (Blu-ray, HDV & ProRes) Sound is output to Dolby Digital New scenes are separated into their own unique chapters Professionally screen-printed dvds

VHS in HD

"Why should I upgrade to the Upscale service?..." Upscaling to Blu-Ray - Getting More Out Of Your Video Footage. In an effort to maximize the quality of your film, and to take full advantage of your High Definition TV, we have introduced state-of-the-art upscaling capabilities to our video transfer service. This is a brand new service just launched in September 2009. Upscaling is a process that mathematically matches the pixel count of your film to the physical pixel count on your High-Definition TV, which is typically 1280x720 (720p), 1920x1080 (1080i), or 1920x1080p (1080p). This can deliver a smoother-looking image, due to the fact that lines and pixels are displayed in a consecutive pattern, rather than in an alternate pattern, giving your film substantially better detail and color consistency. "My Blu-Ray/DVD Player/HDTV already has upscaling technology..." It is true that all HDTVs do have their own internal scalers as well. This fact often gives way to comments that upscaling your video footage isn't really needed, because an HDTV will upscale all incoming signals to its native display resolution anyway. In response, you have to keep in mind that the scalers built into most HDTVs are very basic and often times do not have advanced processing to eliminate scaling artifacts, such as jagged edges, motion adaptive noise reduction, mosquito noise, and detection of various video and film cadences. All things considered, having your film footage professionally upscaled at the point of transfer will provide far better quality than leaving it down to the technology in a typical HDTV.

What is Blu-ray? Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the name of a next-generation optical disc format. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. (DVDs hold just 4.7GB).

Blu-ray Info

Crystal Clear Picture
Blu-ray Discs have up to 6x better picture resolution than DVD. Resolution refers to the number of horizontal lines there are to fill the screen – the higher the number, the better the picture quality. Blu-ray Discs and players display at 1080p resolution, which is the highest standard today. (DVDs have just 576 lines).

Advanced Interactivity
Seamless menus allow you to navigate the disc without ever leaving the movie.
Beautiful themed menus with unique chapters for each new scene, incuding pop-up menus are included free of charge on all camcorder to Blu-ray orders at Alive Studios.

Backwards Compatible
All Blu-ray players can play DVDs. In addition, Blu-ray players “up convert” or “upscale” DVDs to a higher resolution so that they look even better than before.

I have Blu-ray but my family and friends don't
No problems, by having us convert your camcorder tapes to Blu-Ray, you guarantee yourself the best possible version of your film, and it's not much more money to have us do you a DVD for your friends and family who don't yet have a Blu-ray player. In the future, you can copy the Blu-ray disc for them as they upgrade their equipment.

What do I need to watch Blu-ray Disc high definition movies?
• A HD Television (preferably 1080p resolution)
• HDMI cables (for the best picture quality)
• Blu-ray Disc player or PlayStation 3 (Blu-ray Discs will not play on DVD players)