How Much Film Will Fit on a DVD, Blu-ray Disc or Data file?

   .A Standard DVD will hold up to 2 hours – which means each

    DVD will hold 1600 ft of 8mm / Super 8mm or

    3200 ft. of 16mm. (DVD is lower quality than Blu-ray.

    See explanation below.)

   .A single layer Blu-ray disc can hold 3.5 hours of high

    definition content, which equals 2,400 ft. of 8mm /

    Super 8mm or 4800′ of 16mm.

   .Ask us about using dual layer Blu-ray discs,

    which can hold more hours of content, but are

    not universally compatible with all Blu-ray

    players.

   .A Data File can hold virtually an unlimited amount

    of film… and it can be edited! It has become the

    most popular of all the formats.

Tell me why I should buy a Blu-ray player, if I have my

film transferred to a disc?

   .Transfers to Blu-ray are far superior to DVD. Blu-ray

     is so much higher definition than DVD so it will bring

     out all of the quality of the original film. And, because

     of the extra capacity of Blu-ray vs DVD, compression

     is not required. Compression reduces quality.

    .Blu-ray discs hold more film per disc. Each roll is put

     into it’s own “Chapter” that can be accessed from the

     disc menu.

    .DVD is an aging technology. Just like video tape and

     8 Track, DVD is on its way out. It makes sense to use

     a technology that will last into the future.

I can save money by combining my film on fewer discs,

but then they aren’t separated into individual events, like

Christmas, Vacation, etc. Is there a “best of both worlds”

solution?

   .Yes…if you use Blu-ray! When you combine rolls,

    each one is in it’s own Chapter on the disc. By default,

    each chapter is numbered sequentially: Chapter 1,

    Chapter 2, etc. Optionally, you can order Chapter

    Titles that reflect the content of each tape. Significant

    savings are realized If you get extra copies of Blu-ray

    discs – even with the added fee for Chapter Titles –

    because fewer discs are required.