Hi8 to DVD

Call us on 0845 2000 415 (Local Rate) and we can arrange collection of your Hi8 tapes direct from your home or workplace. We can then call you with an exact quote in advance before returning your tapes and DVD back to you with our invoice.

Just send your tapes with a covering letter or use our Order Form

Hi8 Video Tapes and History

History
Hi8 was introduced in 1989 by Sony and are very similar in quality to SVHS. The format was adopted by many news agencies since the signal was near broadcast quality, and the camcorders were relatively inexpensive. Most of the news footage from the Gulf war was recorded on Hi8 camcorders. The format uses a 4 pin din cable to carry the separated signals, chrominance and luminance, versus the composite type that combines the signal over one wire, thus avoiding the color encoding process and its inevitable loss of picture quality. Hi8 requires special equipment to play.

Tech Stuff
Hi8 video tapes record their signal at about 400 lines of horizontal resolution, slightly less than Mini DV, but substantially higher than 8mm or regular VHS formats. Most often, Slight quality loss is suffered when copying or editing from HI-8, but a better than average image is maintained. Hi8 makes a good master because dupes from them look as good as a VHS original, however they do require special equipment to view, and they are analog, so some signal loss is inevitable in the dubbing process.

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We offer a collection service to the following areas:
City of London † City of Westminster Kensington and Chelsea* Hammersmith and Fulham Wandsworth Lambeth Southwark Tower Hamlets Hackney Islington Camden Brent Ealing Hounslow Richmond upon Thames Kingston upon Thames* Merton	Sutton Croydon Bromley Lewisham Greenwich Bexley Havering Barking and Dagenham Redbridge Newham Waltham Forest Haringey Enfield Barnet Harrow Hillingdon
All London Poscodes areas have collection shop pick up and drop of available:
E1 Whitechapel, Stepney, Mile End SE1 Waterloo, Bermondsey, Southwark, Borough E2 Bethnal Green, Shoreditch SE2 Abbey Wood E3 Bow, Bromley-by-Bow SE3 Blackheath, Westcombe Park E4 Chingford, Highams Park SE4 Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak Park E5 Clapton SE5 Camberwell E6 East Ham SE6 Catford, Hither Green, Bellingham E7 Forest Gate, Upton Park SE7 Charlton E8 Hackney, Dalston SE8 Deptford E9 Hackney, Homerton SE9 Eltham, Mottingham E10 Leyton SE10 Greenwich E11 Leytonstone SE11 Lambeth E12 Manor Park SE12 Lee, Grove Park E13 Plaistow SE13 Lewisham, Hither Green E14 Poplar, Millwall, Isle of Dogs, Docklands SE14 New Cross, New Cross Gate E15 Stratford, West Ham SE15 Peckham, Nunhead E16 Canning Town, North Woolwich, Docklands SE16 Rotherhithe, South Bermonsey, Surrey Docks E17 Walthamstow SE17 Walworth, Elephant & Castle E18 South Woodford SE18 Woolwich, Plumstead SE19 Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace WC1 Bloomsbury, Gray’s Inn SE20 Penge, Anerley WC2 Covent Garden, Holborn, Strand SE21 Dulwich SE22 East Dulwich EC1 Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Barbican SE23 Forest Hill EC2 Moorgate, Liverpool Street SE24 Herne Hill EC3 Monument, Tower Hill, Aldgate SE25 South Norwood EC4 Fleet Street, St. Paul’s SE26 Sydenham SE27 West Norwood, Tulse Hill N1 Islington, Barnsbury, Canonbury SE28 Thamesmead N2 East Finchley N3 Finchley Central SW1 Westminster, Belgravia, Pimlico N4 Finsbury Park, Manor House SW2 Brixton, Streatham Hill	N5 Highbury SW3 Chelsea, Brompton N6 Highgate SW4 Clapham N7 Holloway SW5 Earl’s Court N8 Hornsey, Crouch End SW6 Fulham, Parson’s Green N9 Lower Edmonton SW7 South Kensington N10 Muswell Hill SW8 South Lambeth, Nine Elms N11 Friern Barnet, New Southgate SW9 Stockwell, Brixton N12 North Finchley, Woodside Park SW10 West Brompton, World’s End N13 Palmers Green SW11 Battersea, Clapham Junction N14 Southgate SW12 Balham N15 Seven Sisters SW13 Barnes, Castelnau N16 Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill SW14 Mortlake, East Sheen N17 Tottenham SW15 Putney, Roehampton N18 Upper Edmonton SW16 Streatham, Norbury N19 Archway, Tufnell Park SW17 Tooting N20 Whetstone, Totteridge SW18 Wandsworth, Earlsfield N21 Winchmore Hill SW19 Wimbledon, Merton N22 Wood Green, Alexandra Palace SW20 South Wimbledon, Raynes Park NW1 Regent’s Park, Camden Town W1 Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho NW2 Cricklewood, Neasden W2 Bayswater, Paddington NW3 Hampstead, Swiss Cottage W3 Acton NW4 Hendon, Brent Cross W4 Chiswick NW5 Kentish Town W5 Ealing NW6 West Hampstead, Kilburn, Queens Park W6 Hammersmith NW7 Mill Hill W7 Hanwell NW8 St John’s Wood W8 Kensington NW9 Kinsbury, Colindale W9 Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue NW10 Willesden, Harlesden, Kensal Green W10 Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington NW11 Golders Green, Hampstead Gdn Suburb W11 Notting Hill, Holland Park W12 Shepherd’s Bush W13 West Ealing W14 West Kensington

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