Chris Davis
May 1st, 2009, 01:31 PM
I'm considering expanding my business to offer tape to DVD transfers. Initially, I've resisted offering consumer services because corporate work has been much more lucrative, not to mention it's less trouble to work with a few large jobs than many small jobs.
However, my son is almost 15 and in need of a job. His oldest brother started working with me at that age (8 years ago) and that's going very well. I just thought this would be a good way to give him some tasks and a good way to generate some additional income.
I already have an automated dvd duplicator/printer, plus a MiniDVD deck. I figure I'd need to purchase a Digital8/Hi8/8mm deck (Sony GV-D200?) and a professional VHS deck. So we're talking about a $1,000+ investment, maybe?
Do I need to take credit cards? If you don't, do you find that's a detriment?
Workflow: Do you ingest all the video into a computer and author a DVD, or do you simply run the video signal into a set-top video DVD recorder? I'm leaning toward the ingest/author method as I could foresee a better end product.
We already have a commercial location, but it's not a "store-front" location. It's actually in a technology park.
However, my son is almost 15 and in need of a job. His oldest brother started working with me at that age (8 years ago) and that's going very well. I just thought this would be a good way to give him some tasks and a good way to generate some additional income.
I already have an automated dvd duplicator/printer, plus a MiniDVD deck. I figure I'd need to purchase a Digital8/Hi8/8mm deck (Sony GV-D200?) and a professional VHS deck. So we're talking about a $1,000+ investment, maybe?
Do I need to take credit cards? If you don't, do you find that's a detriment?
Workflow: Do you ingest all the video into a computer and author a DVD, or do you simply run the video signal into a set-top video DVD recorder? I'm leaning toward the ingest/author method as I could foresee a better end product.
We already have a commercial location, but it's not a "store-front" location. It's actually in a technology park.