Convert Your Betacam Broadcast Tapes to Digital.
The broadcast standard that recorded the news and the studio
Betacam was the professional broadcast format of newsrooms, studios, and production houses for two decades. We capture it on broadcast-grade decks, monitored in real time, preserving masters that carry irreplaceable footage.
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$40
per tape ($35 each on orders over 25). About 6 GB per tape.
Since 2001
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What Betacam Is
Introduced by Sony in 1982, Betacam became the professional broadcast standard, used by television stations, studios, sports teams, and production companies to record and archive their most important footage.
Betacam is a professional format that requires broadcast-grade decks to play, equipment far beyond a home VCR.
Betacam tapes frequently hold the master of a broadcast, a game, or a production, the highest-quality version that exists.
Broadcast tape still sheds and demagnetizes with age. Even a professionally-stored Betacam master is on a clock.
Despite the name, Betacam is a professional format, unrelated to the consumer Betamax. We handle both, and price them differently.
Why Digitize Betacam Now
The professional decks needed to play Betacam are expensive, aging, and increasingly rare. The ability to read these tapes is finite.
If a Betacam master is the only copy of a broadcast, game, or production, its loss is permanent.
Digitized broadcast footage becomes searchable, licensable, and ready for anniversaries, documentaries, and re-use.
You do not need a broadcast deck. We maintain them, so your masters can be read and preserved.
Betacam Transfer Pricing
$35 per tape on orders over 25 tapes. Each Betacam produces roughly 6 GB of digital files.
Betacam is a broadcast format with a single flat price, no sale-and-regular split. Delivery on flash drive or hard drive, and optionally on DVD. $50 order minimum. Captured on broadcast-grade decks and monitored in real time.
Which Tape Do You Have?
Not sure what you are looking at? Match your tape below and tap it for the details, or just send a mixed box and we sort and identify them for you.
Consumer and Home Formats
Professional & Broadcast
Low-compression MP4 or MOV files delivered on flash drive, hard drive, the cloud, or long lasting archival DVD.Â
Why Our Betacam Transfers Are Broadcast-Ready
We capture Betacam on professional decks, not improvised equipment, so masters are read the way they were meant to be.
We encode at high quality so broadcast and licensing use is possible, not a compressed warehouse copy.
The San Diego Chargers and Anaheim Ducks are among the organizations that have trusted their footage to us.
Your masters are digitized by our own team in Orange, California, logged, tracked, and never sent overseas.
How It Works
Getting your Betacam masters to us is simple, and your originals always come home.
Send it to us
Free local pickup across Southern California, a secure prepaid shipping kit by mail, or drop off at our Orange, CA counter.
We digitize it in-house
Each tape is captured on broadcast-grade decks in real time and tracked through every step.
You use it
Get your footage as MP4 or the format your workflow needs, organized and ready to cut, license, or archive.
Betacam Questions
How much does Betacam cost to transfer?
Do you have broadcast decks to play it?
Is Betacam the same as Betamax?
Can you deliver files ready for editing or broadcast?
How much data is on each tape?
Can you deliver ProRes or uncompressed files?
Do you handle Digital Betacam or Betacam SX?
Can you keep our footage confidential?
How long does it take?
Do you have a minimum order?
Have Other Tapes Too?
Broadcast Masters Are Only Safe Once They Are Digital.
Get a free, itemized quote. We count every tape, tell you the exact cost, and your originals always come home.
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