HDV

We offer a full range of services to convert and transfer your HDV tapes into digital file or DVD/Blu-ray format. Call us at 416 479 0903 for a Free Quote.

Developed by Sony, Sharp, JVC, and Canon in 2003, the HDV format would allow for true High Definition video. The format caught on quick with amateurs and semi-professionals due to it’s low cost to create passable broadcast quality content. While still recordable to magnetic tapes, akin to earlier DV formats, the advent of the HDV came alongside the potential to record the data directly to a computer file in the tapeless cameras that were being introduced to the marketplace.

A drawback of the format is that in scenes with fast movements or lots of intricate details are susceptible to digital artifacts (pixelation or digital distortion). This was a result of the lower data transfer rate attributed to the format.

As well as its presence in contemporary broadcast television, with shows like Mythbusters, the format was often used in the consumer market on the small, home video camcorder tape, the MiniDVs.

In 2014 Digital Treasures went fully commercial and became a part of the Digital Treasury Group (DTG). DTG is exclusively focused on being the highest-quality provider of full-suite media conversion and archiving services nationally. We operate under a fully integrated ‘lean’ business model utilizing industry best practices for providing low-cost/high-value digital solutions to the commercial, institutional and retail marketplaces. Our infrastructure has been purpose-built to (1) mitigate all potential risks associated with the handling and processing of a high volume of multiple media formats and (2) ensure the delivery of a best-quality digital solution fit to the client’s specific requirements. Our methodology is based upon 10 years of dedicated media conversion and archiving experience coupled with 15 years of leading-edge corporate experience resulting in the creation of what we know to be the “best in class” provider of these services in Canada.