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Dubs
VHS dubs: These are made one at a time on our professional wide-head Panasonic editing deck with normal and Hi-Fi stereo audio tracks. DV Post's in-house tape dubbing charges are based on the length of the program in minutes, divided by 60, times our hourly dubbing rate (currently $30.00), plus the materials. There is a $5.00 minimum labor charge for videos under 10 minutes.
DVD dubs from a DVD: This is done on the PC side of DV Post. First a disk image file is made from your DVD. Since it then only takes 6 minutes or less to burn a DVD regardless of length, each DVD dub is only $5.00 . DVDs are packaged in slim jewel cases. Amaray album boxes or full face printing is extra.
DVDs (authored) made from a video: Your video must be in the DVCAM, Mini-DV, S-VHS or the VHS format. If not, you must first have it converted at another facility. When your video is on one of the formats we can use, there is a one time digitizing charge of $50/hour, billed by your video program length. There is a half hour minimum digitizing charge of $25 for each video. Copies are then $8.00 each. ($5.00 labor plus $3.00 for the disc) If you need to have a menu and/or want the DVD to be programmed other than just "insert and play," then DVD Authoring charges will apply. When DV Post has edited your program, all DVDs are $5.00 each including the disc.
DVDs (real time) made from a VHS video: This is a faster way to make very simple DVDs in real time from VHS tapes. A basic menu is generated by the DVD recoding machine. Up to 4 hours of video can be recorded on one DVD-R, but that is not recommended. At the highest data rate the quality is pretty good, but the time is limited to one hour. The next data rate down equates to 2 hours of video and the quality still isn't too bad. When more than 2 hours are put on a DVD, the quality suffers. The rate for this is $20/hour based on the program length, with a $20 minimum. The disc is an additional $3.00.
Audio CDs from Audio Cassettes: The rate for this service is $60/hour based on the actual running time, with a $20 minimum. The disc is an additional $1.25. A CD is limited to about 1 hour. The tape is played into the computer, an audio file is created, trimmed, and then mastered onto a CD-R. If extensive editing of the audio is required, then additional charges will apply. After the first CD is made, additional copies are $5.00 each including the CD-R.
| Dubbing (in-house) | NOTE: Material costs listed below are additional. | $30/Hour |
| 30 Min VHS | With cardboard sleeve and printed labels | $2.00/each |
| 60 Min VHS | With cardboard sleeve and printed labels | $2.50/each |
| 120 Min VHS | With cardboard sleeve and printed labels | $3.00/each |
| 60 Min Mini-DV | With blank labels you write on | $6.50/each |
| DVD-R disc | With printing on disc and slim jewel case | $3.00/each |
| CD-R disc | With printing on disc and slim jewel case | $1.25/each |
Rates as of 10/01/2007 - Rates subject to change at anytime.