Like most media from this period, Philips Video 2000 tapes will degrade over time and those beautiful memories will be lost. Now is the time to digitally backup and therefore futureproof your special memories.

 

Luckily, Vintage Media Transfers can restore and remaster your videotapes, whether to DVD or other popular digital file formats, like SD USB.

 

VMT do much more than transfer your videos to a digital format; we can make them better than the original.

With the use of our broadcast software and hardware, we give clients the best quality transfer and restoration elite services second to none.

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A Brief History of Philips Video 2000

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The Philips Video 2000, also known as VCC, was a consumer analogue format which was launched in 1979 and ran until 1988.

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Unlike VHS or Betamax, the VCC tapes were double sided, so you could record on one side then flip over to record on the other. Unfortunately, the format wasn’t a great success, despite offering such technical innovations. Ultimately, it lost out to its rival- the VHS system.

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FAQ Philips Video 2000

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Can my tapes be mastered to Blu-Ray?

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Well, yes and no…

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Any recording format on standard definition was never HD to start with. However, on our professional hardware, an SD to HD conversion will look much sharper. This is because it fills in the missing picture information on the upscale.

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Timebase Correction

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All our videotape professional captures go through what’s known as ‘timebase correctors’. But what does this mean in plain English? Simply that we will reduce or eliminate errors caused by instability in analogue recorders.

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VMT keep the picture as best we can to produce a stable quality picture.

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If you want detailed technical information on the entire Timebase Correction process, all information is easily found on the internet.

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You can let us deal with the technical stuff, but at the same time can give you insights into our complex industrial units if you like. Ultimately, you can rest assured we’re using the best equipment to transfer your original recordings.  

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Enhance your video with Bespoke Editing and Titling

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We not only edit out starts and stops on home recordings, but can edit them together into a production, complete with titles and additional music if required.

For music we use Royalty Free music from AKM MUSIC.