The Disc Family
The Disc or the optical digital family, includes primarily the DVD, Blu-ray and to a lesser extent, LaserDisc formats.
We carry all optical disc formats and can digitize (create digital files from a video source) from any type of LaserDisc, DVD, including DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-5, DVD-9 and Blu-ray, including BD-25, BD-50, BD-J.
While we believe that DVDs and Blu-rays are going to stay for a while and are a good, tangible and high-quality preservation and archival format.
we do recommend creating files from optical discs, since they are gradually becoming obsolete as well.
Film & Broadcast
With extensive exposure in the motion picture and broadcast industry through our film & TV post-production division, HD Creative Services, the film & broadcast market has been our bread and butter.
If you are in the film & broadcast market and need generic media services, like making DVDs from professional tape sources such as Digibeta, HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, D5 etc. please contact us here or call us at 1-855-551-5857
If you need post-production related work, such as digitizing or layback to tape, making DCP, closed-captioning, QC, generating Blu-ray for screenings and any other film & TV related tasks, please visit the HD Creative Services site here www.hdcreativeservices.com or call us at (323) 461 3715
EDITING
Ever since the early days of Advanced Media, we always offered editing services as part of our menu.
Just like a wedding photography service that offers a highlight video montage with music and the “best-of” moments, we want to offer the same service to you, only with your own personal memories and family legacy.
What can we do?
Good question! Here is a list of what we can offer:
“Best of” & Highlights
From editing your family history into a short edited show or using the best moments from each part of your history or making a music video – you call the shot and let us how you would like your film to be
Film-style Story
Want to tell your story in a more cinematic and narrative way? Let us help. Whether you want to tell your story in a comedic way, as a documentary or as a thriller, you will be surprised of what we can do and how exciting, funny and hilarious we can make yours and your family personal history turn out to be.
Music Video
Do you have a song you absolutely love? We can make your family history edited in a similar style and fashion to any music video you choose. Surprise your friends and family with a creation of your own.
Music
No film works well without music. Whether you choose your tracks, or whether you want us to chose, we can add any type of music you would feel would best serve your story.
Narration
Now we are getting into another realm. A narration can literally do magic to your film. Whether you prefer to record yourself, or have us record a professional, and whether you would like us to provide a script, or prefer to write your own lines – you have now the ability to transform your film into a whole new experience.
Titles
Whether for humorous, stylistic or informative purposes, titles can add yet another layer of context and content to your story.
- For more information about the Editing service, please contact us here.
Cloud
The cloud, which is an illustrative term for storing your memories and other media on a remote Internet-based networked computer storage (server), is a relatively new phenomenon.
Since it is relatively profitable and lucrative to most providers, it is being excessively marketed and promoted. In our humble view, there are both benefits and drawbacks to storing your memories and content on a remote location, and your goal as a customer is to remain educated and understand both.
On one hand, it is a fairly inexpensive way to store your memories and legacy and is virtually available all over the world. It also works as a hedge against physical loss of files, DVDs and even your original VHS and film elements at your residence.
On the other hand, in today’s world, you would need to assume that every system out there will be eventually hacked (a deliberate act of unauthorized access), which could result in stealing your personal information for identity fraud, as well as a possible risk of deletion.
Also, there are limitation and costs to online storage space, and generally you will be able to only store lower-resolution files. Another disadvantage is that it costs you money every single month.
While we recommend being informed and limiting the Cloud use to non-personal items, such as music, we have no doubt that it is here to stay and will only grow bigger, especially since the Cloud promoters and marketers have much to gain from an increased users base.
As a convenience service to our customers, we offer Cloud-based services, including encoding, uploading and management.
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Demo Test With Us
Demo Test With Us
As part of our commitment to better serve our customers and offer options, we offer no-charge demo film transfer with us. All you need to do ship us a sample reel to have it transferred and evaluated.
We would transfer up to two minutes of film for no charge to HD video. If you are interested in sampling our service, please go here [link to DEMO ORDER]
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We Restore Film
We have also invested in upgrading our facility to enable us to restore, clean and repair film artifacts and problems.
The process is done digitally and can vastly improve the enjoyment and experience of viewing.
We can perform various tasks of cleaning, stabilizing picture, color-correction, patching dirt, hair and scratches, removing picture flicker and enhancing sound.
The restoration process can be run automatically to make it cost-effective, or manually in the case that it is needed and requested.
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We Transfer Films To HD
We, at Advanced Media, have recently upgraded our facility to offer the preservation and recording of your film to high-definition video.
We believe that in today reality, with the world shifting rapidly as a whole to HD video, the days of standard DVDs as means to preserve your family history are fading away.
Only high-definition video can really produce and capture the quality your memories need and deserve, and which will enable them to be greatly enjoyed in sharpness and clarity that was previously unavailable.
We, at Advanced Media, are committed to you and your preservation needs, and can offer HD files, Blu-rays, DVDs and various other digital recording devices.
We can transfer at any frame rate to compensate and motion-correct for varying film speed rates.
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Different Ways To Preserve Film
Since we are heavily involved in the motion picture industry and TV broadcast, we would like to make everyone aware to the fact that the “telecine” process, which is the conversion, recording and scanning of film into video or files, comes in many shapes and forms.
Motion picture production and distribution companies utilize multi-million dollar telecine systems to obtain amazingly clear, sharp and colorful images from film.
In contrast, the majority of companies specializing in family movies, use much simpler equipment that cannot compare and compete with the high-end systems. If you are in a position to need a film transfer service for TV and broadcast services, please contact us here.
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The Audio Family
Much like your memories being stored on video, many families all over the world have stored history and legacy recorded on various audio formats – be it audio cassettes, CDs, DATs, reel 2 reels as well as others.
Whether you are a consumer or a professional, it is likely that at some point in time you had some audio recordings of value in your personal and family history attic.
Older audio formats typically need to go through digital restoration process, since the noise level on older formats and the recording equipment that was often used, is very distracting and noticeable compares to today’s standards with newer digital equipment.
We at Advanced Media have converted, restored and preserved thousands of audio tapes, CDs and reels for individuals and institutions alike.
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NTSC & PAL Conversions
NTSC & PAL are abbreviations for analog standard-definition TV broadcast standards. NTSC is a broadcast standard that runs at 30 frames per second and is the standard in the US, Canada, most of South America and several Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.
PAL is the TV broadcast system used throughout the rest of the world, including Europe, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia and South America, and runs at 25 frames per second (very close to film speed which runs at 24 frames per second).
Today, many countries have switched, or are in the process of switching to digital broadcasting, thus formally and gradually replacing and ending the PAL & NTSC era.
While various specialized VHS & DVD players as well as TV sets, are capable of displaying both standards, in reality most aren’t, and will result in an inability to properly display and review tapes and discs, thus diminishing the results of preserving your family history.
One of the most important factors in NTSC and PAL conversions, is that not all converters and conversion processes are alike. In fact, they run the gamut, ranging from standard-quality processors that would result in relatively softer (blurry) image without motion correction, and all the way to very high-end convertors that yield very pristine and clear picture with very little image degradation.
At Advanced Media we offer various solutions for NTSC & PAL conversions, anywhere from standard to very high-end fitting broadcast. We believe in offering solutions and options for anyone seeking to preserve their family most unique history and memories. For broadcast purposes we use Teranex Converters with HD-SDI and SD-SDI connections.
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Pro Formats
For professional formats, such as :
- Digital BetaCam (DigiBeta)
- Transfer to DVD and files
- HDCAM
- D5 HD
- HDCAM-SR
- DVCPro HD
- other tape formats used in professional broadcast environment
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Other Formats
If you are reading this section, you may have a format not covered in any of the families listed above.
That would include 1”, 2”, ¼” reel-to-reel, D1, D2, D3, D5 and other unique, obsolete formats.
If you have or are in charge of a library that requires conversion, preservation and archiving, please click here [link to PROFESSIONAL TAB]
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What We do
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A lot. But you probably wanted a better answer. We specialize in every possible video, film, photo, audio and media transfer, conversion, duplication, restoration, preservation, digitization and many others “ations”.
If you need it, we’ve got it. With top of the line equipment and years of expertise, we offer 8mm & 16mm film, VHS, Beta, Hi-8, DV, HD & Blu-ray, DVD, Photos, files and cloud services, to name a few. Follow the link to learn how we can be of service to you.
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