Video Tape Formats


2" Quadruplex (625 line high and low band, 525, 405 and 819 lines)


1" A, B and C formats, IVC, Ampex CCTV, Philips


Umatic (hi and lo band)


1/2" variants: Sony CV2000 (the original 405 line format), Sony CV2100 (and CV5600 colour equivalent), EIAJ-1 (monochrome and colour, high and low density), Shibaden (625 and 525 lines), Philips LDL


Akai 1/4" open reel video (VT100 and VT110 monochrome, VT150 colour)


Cassette formats: VHS, SVHS, Video 8, Philips (1500, 1700 and V2000), Grundig SVR & 4x4, National EIAJ video cartridge, Technicolour

Destination formats can be anything you care for - from full bandwidth digital broadcast right down to the simplest of domestic requirements. If you really wanted to, we could copy onto an archive format as well!



Audio Formats
Specialist vinyl transfer
All variants of 1/4" formats
All cassette and cartridge formats
Comprehensive collection of dictation formats

Once again, recordings can be made on any format, from a fully PQ'd red book CD-R master down to a steel wire recording!

In the unusual event that you should have a reel of tape or cassette that you cannot identify from the images above, give us a call - chances are we'll know what it is!

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