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VHS description
VHS (Video Home System) is an analog system that was developed by the Japanese company JVC and has been in use since the late 1970s. In the 1980s it became the most popular video tape format as its open standard allowed for mass distribution without licensing costs. The VHS tape beat out BetaMax to become the universal standard for video recording until optical disks such as DVD and Blu-ray were able to provide higher quality video.
VHS-c description
VHS-C is the compact VHS format introduced in 1982 and used primarily for consumer-grade compact camcorders. The format is based on the same videotape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter. The magnetic tape on VHS-C cassettes is wound on one main spool and used as a gear wheel which moves the tape forward. This development hampered the sales of the BetaMax system because the BetaMax cassette geometry prevented a similar development. VHS-C was one of the pioneering formats of the compact camcorder market, and was released to compete with Video8. VHS-C was larger than Video8, but was compatible with VHS tape decks, making the choice between the two very competitive, thus splitting the market; VHS-C also eventually crowded full-sized VHS camcorders out of the market. Compared with Video8, VHS-C had identical video quality but a shorter run time, 120 versus 40 minutes at standard speed, 240 versus 120 for longer-running modes.
S-VHS description
S-VHS (Super-VHS) is an improved version of the standard VHS tape. It was introduced by JVC in April, 1987 in Japan. Like VHS, the S-VHS format uses a "color under" modulation scheme. S-VHS improves luminance resolution by boosting the luminance carrier from 3 MHz to 5.4 MHz. This produces a 60% improvement in luminance (picture detail), or a horizontal resolution of 420 lines per picture height versus 240 lines on standard VHS. The often quoted horizontal resolution of "over 400" means S-VHS captures greater picture detail than even analog (NTSC) cable broadcast TV, which is limited to about 330 lines.
Video & Camcorder Tapes
Since the advent of the VCR most people have taken 100s of hours of footage. The problem is that VCRs won't be around much longer. A trip down to the local electronics store can be pretty revealing. There is currently no plans to continue selling VHS recorder and they soon expect that the players will be discontinued all together. In fact, your regular DVD player is soon to be replaced with BluRay.
If you need to Convert VHS, convert 8mm, convert VHSc, convert BetaMax to DVD or any other video tape format Canada Home Movies can do the job.
At Canada Home Movies we specialize in converting your old fading video footage, be it or some of the more rare formats such as SVHS, VHSc, Beta and SuperBeta. The conversion could be as straight forward as VHS to DVD or we can even convert to .avi or .mov for those people who wish to edit their VHS tape,VHS, VHSc, SVHS, Cassette tape, 8mm Tape, Pal Secam and NTSC tapes, MiniDV, Digital 8 tapes.
We use only professional video equipment that is tested and serviced to ensure the highest quality transfers. Your video tape restoration will be completed onto the higest quality DVD discs that are compatible with 99% of the DVD players used today. We guarantee it.
While most of our customers are looking to convert their video tape to DVD, recently we have had numerous requests for VHS, VHS, 8mm tape and MiniDV to .avi or .dv formats. If you are an amateur editor, or even a pro we can upload your footage to your personal hard drive (we offer a number of drives for sale too) or in many cases back to a digital video format.
Here is a list of the services we offer for converting Video Tape - DVD
We even repair broken tapes!
If your VHS, 8mm, VHS VHSc and Audio Cassette tape was jammed in the VCR and the tape is mangled and crinkled then send it to us. Do not rewind the tape into the tape housing. Leave it "as is". Tampering with the damaged tape or trying to disassemble the plastic cassette housing may result in further damage. We will make a DVD copy of damaged tape. DVDs do not lose the video signal (over time) like video tapes do.
See our Tape Repair Page for all repairs to Video tape and Audio Tapes
So if you are searching for a reputable company in the Toronto, Ontario region or any where in Canada you can send us your VHS tape, VHS, VHSc, SVHS, Cassette tape, 8mm Tape, Pal Secam and NTSC tapes, MiniDV, Digital 8 tapes to have them converted to DVD or MiniDV.
Do you need the footage for a special project like an wedding anniversary, birthday party or a tribute video? We can upload your footage and output your footage to uncompressed clean digital footage right to your hard drive as either an .avi or .mov depending on weather you plan to edit in Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Pro or Apple Final Cut. Our team of of editors can handle ANY part of your editing process.
VHS tape is by far the most popular video format of all time. Using Professional VHS, SHVS decks we convert your footage at the highest possible quality. Most VHS cassettes are 2 hours in length, however they can be as long as 6 hours if they were recorded in Extended Play (EP) Mode. Depending on you requirements we can provide a high bit-rate DVD that will play in your computer and DVD player or we can do a direct to computer upload. This will allow you to receive either an AVI file for PC or DV for Mac that can be edited into future projects.
Check our videotape section for more information about this format or see our video FAQs for more information on our video transfer services
Video8, Hi8 and Digital8 are all 8mm film formats that were popular in the 1990s. Created as a convenient compact cassette format for camcorders, a person could record 2 hours of footage in SP and up to 6 hours in EP mode. Depending on you requirements we can provide a high bit-rate DVD that will play in your computer and DVD player or we can do a direct to computer upload. This will allow you to receive either an AVI file for PC or DV for Mac that can be edited into future projects.
For more information on these formats, please check the following sections: Video8, Hi8 and Digital8. You can also read our video FAQs for more information on our video transfer services.
The MiniDV format is one of the most commonly used formats for camcorders. Leading manufacturers like Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Sharp, Canon, and many others offer MiniDV camcorders for digital video recording for usually up to 1hr of recording. Depending on you requirements we can provide a high bit-rate DVD that will play in your computer and DVD player or we can do a direct to computer upload. This will allow you to receive either an AVI file for PC or DV for Mac that can be edited into future projects.
Learn more about MiniDV
For over a decade CanadaHomeMovies.com has converted thousands of Beta and Betamax video tapes to DVD, hard drive and MiniDV. We are one of the few companies in Canada with professional Betamax decks in perfect working order. Using the latest analog to digital conversion equipment we can save your Beta and Betamax PAL and NTSC footage before it fades forever. Call us now.
MicroMV is Sony's proprietary digital videotape format. It's the smallest videotape format at about the size of two quarter coins. Each MicroMV cassette holds up to 60min of footage.DVCAM was a professional DV format that came in 2 tapes sizes. 60/90 minute tapes same as MiniDV and 184 minute large cassettes. 
Toronto Home Movies can output your transferred 8mm and 16mm footage to MiniDV Cassette for long term archival storage. We use professional grade Panasonic MiniDV cassettes.
If you have MiniDV tapes that you wish to convert to other format, such as DVD or Blu-Ray, please visit out Video Cassette Transfer section.
To learn more about MiniDV, visit the MiniDV section
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