Searchlight Studios


FILMS/VIDEOS TO DVD

Searchlight Studios provides high quality authoring and re-mastering of your films and videos to DVD.  To better understand our exceptional services, we offer the following comparison for illustration purposes.


FILMS/VIDEOS TO DVD: A COMPARISON


Searchlight Studios

Most Services

Re-mastered/Authored

Straight Transfer

Professional High Quality Equipment & Software for Highest Quality Video & Audio

Consumer Quality for Mass Production

Dolby Digital Audio Encoding

Average Sound

Digitized in the Highest Quality Settings with Absolutely No Video Compression. Noise Reduction is Applied to Reduce Video Noise for a Cleaner Picture Quality

Video Compression and Diminished Picture Quality

Video Capture Personally Monitored

Automated

Personalized Menu – You Choose the Design/Image

None or Very Limited/Non-Personalized: the same for every customer

Personalized Chapter Settings – You Choose the Chapter Marks

No Chapters or Set Automatically at Regular Intervals with No Regard to Subject Matter

Personalized Background Menu Music

None

Transitions & Special Effects Between Chapters

None

Personalized Captions

None

Custom Title Slides/Section Slides

None

Panning & Zooming

None

Videos Trimmed – Gaps and Dead Space Scenes Removed

Gaps & Dead Space also Transferred

Unwanted Scenes Removed

Unwanted Scenes Remain

Personalized Music & Sound Effects – You Choose The Music You Want

None or Very Limited

DVD Plastic Case with Custom Color Cover, Design, Photos, & Titling

Paper Sleeve

DVD Custom Color Design, Photos & Titling Printed on DVD Surface

None

Individual Inspection and Quality Control Before Delivery

None


FILMS/VIDEOS TO DVD: RATES

 

(Applies to VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, 8mm videotape, Hi-8, Digital 8, MiniDV, & Betamax)


 

Features

Personalized Menu Design

Yes

Yes

Yes

Personalized Menu Music – 1 Song

(Digital Versions Provided by Client or Obtained by Searchlight Studios @ $5/Song)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Transitions & Special Effects Between Chapters

Yes

Yes

Yes

Videos Trimmed – Gaps and Dead Space Scenes Removed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unwanted Scenes Removed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dolby Digital Audio Encoding

Yes

Yes

Yes

Digitized in the Highest Quality Settings with Absolutely No Video Compression. Noise Reduction is Applied to Reduce Video Noise for a Cleaner Picture Quality.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Maximum Number of Tapes/DVD

2

2

2

DVD Surface Printed with Custom Personalized Design, Photos, & Text

Yes

Yes

Yes

DVD in Plastic Personalized Case

with Color Printing, Text, and Photographs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of Revisions

1

($50/Hour or Part Thereof for Additional Revisions)

1

($50/Hour or Part Thereof for Additional Revisions)

1

($50/Hour or Part Thereof for Additional Revisions)

Turnaround Time

3-4 Weeks

(Not Including Transit Time Each Direction; Special Rush Service Available at Additional Cost of $50 per Each DVD)

3-4 Weeks

(Not Including Transit Time Each Direction; Special Rush Service Available at Additional Cost of $50 per Each DVD)

3-4 Weeks

(Not Including Transit Time Each Direction; Special Rush Service Available at Additional Cost of $50 per Each DVD)

Hours on DVD

Up to 1 Hour

Up to 1 ½ Hours

Up to 2 Hours

Number of Songs

(Digital Versions Provided by Client or Obtained by Searchlight Studios @ $5/Song)

Up to 1 Hour

Up to 1 ½ Hours

Up to 2 Hours

Sound Effects

1

Up to 3

Up to 10

Number of Chapters

Up to 5

Up to 10

Up to 25

Custom Title Slides Before Each Chapter/Section

Up to 5

Up to 10

Up to 25

Number of Personalized Captions Overlayed on Top of Image

Up to 5

Up to 10

Up to 25

Number of DVDs

1

$15/each additional DVD

2

$15/each additional DVD

3

$15/each additional DVD

Panning & Zooming

No

No

Yes

Price

(Not including songs obtained by Searchlight Studios @ $5/Song, Rush Delivery Service @ $50/Each DVD,  Extra Revisions @ $50/Hour, or Taxes/Shipping/Insurance)

$99

$199

$299

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