Oxford Duplication Centre Ltd

OUR BROADCAST VIDEO TRANSFER SERVICES ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Our preservation AV archive transfer services are perfect for capturing content from professional broadcast tapes and converting to new digital formats can convert the following specifications.  10 bit uncompressed files in either AVI or Quicktime codecs. Pro-Res 422, FFV1, H.264 MOV, H.264 MP4, DVD and Blu-Ray discs. These can be converted to storage media, cloud or your own server.  We can support both PAL and NTSC tape formats for DVCam, MiniDV, HDV, Betacam SP SX, Digibeta, Sony IMX, DVCPro, VHS, U-Matic. There are only three ways to preserve analogue content:  1. Conserve the originals;  2. Make copies of the originals, using the same or similar technology (dubbing analogue content onto new analogue carriers); and  3. Move the content onto new technology.  Alternatively we can provide authored DVD and Blu-Rays with menu suppliments. Our services are su...

Audio Recording Through the Ages – Oxford Duplication Centre The late 19 th and 20 th centuries brought with them a huge range of exciting technological developments, including everything from the advent of electrification to railways, telecommunications and engines.  However, an often overlooked breakthrough was the development of audio recording technology – before 1877, there was no way to record and play back sound and music. It’s mindblowing to consider this, especially as today we can digitally encode audio and store thousands of songs on a smartphone! So how did we get to this stage? The 20 th century brought rapid developments to the world of audio, with new technologies transforming formats and production methods every few decades. For example, the earliest technology that could reproduce sound – Thomas Edison’s phonograph – used wax cylinders to store the resulting audio, but the end result was often low quality and with poor fidelity. The ...

PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SCANNING SERVICES FOR CORPORATE AND CONSUMER CLIENTS IN OXFORDSHIRE UK Oxford Duplication have established a preservation technique perfect for preserving photographic plates and prevent their valuable historical information from being lost. The emulsion on the plate can deteriorate. In addition, the glass plate medium is fragile and prone to cracking if not stored correctly. History of Photography, Glass Plate and Tintype Ferrotype Negatives There are 2 types of glass plate negatives and 1 type of tintype negative. Collodion Wet Plate and Gelatine Dry Plate and further below more information about Ferrotypes also known as Tintypes.  Collodion Wet Plate Negatives - 1851 until the 1880s. Invented by Frederick Scoff Archer an English sculptor. Frederick used a viscous solution of collodion coated glass with light-sensitive silver salts. Glass plates created a sharper stable and detailed negative than paper. This wa...