Costco Still in Film Transfer Business?

Greetings friends,

Recently, we had someone working in the Costco photo booth tell us that Costco was getting out the film to DVD transfer business. "Getting tired of making excuses for yesVideo," I thought. Or perhaps it was Costco spending too much money taking orders for not much in return? Either way, it was good news for us.

However, every time I look at their website or walk through their store I see that they are still offering the service. Not getting out? Whatever. (and I'll save my commentary on the quality of their transfer for another post).

So this note just serves as a reminder that McKenna Video is here and is still offering to transfer your 8mm film to DVD. 16mm to DVD too. In fact, all of your home movie film to DVD. In fact, we can now transfer your old Polarvision film cassettes to DVD.

Visit our website, send us an email at info@mckennavideo.com and quit wasting time with Costco.

Blessings,

Chris.

Thank You

Just a real quick post this evening to say thank you for your patience with us during the transition to our new schedule. We are still here and ready to serve you!

Blessings,

Chris.

Helping Hand House (Non-Profit Video)

Greetings friends,

I hope that you are all well on this fine October afternoon. I know that I am!

Over this past summer, I had the privilege of working on a promotional video for a local non profit agency, Helping Hand House. Helping Hand House, based in Puyallup, WA, is determined to end family homelessness in Pierce County. They have a number of programs designed to help families in trouble, from emergency shelter to budget management and other life coaching classes.

Working on this video opened my eyes up to the problem of family homeless in Pierce County and I am proud to have been able to help them out, even if it is just a video. To learn more about HHH or to arrrange a financial donation, visit their website www.helpinghandhouse.org .

To learn more about how video can showcase your company or help your non profit organization, visit our website www.mckennavideo.com and please give us a call. In the mean time, enjoy the video.

Blessings,

Chris.

Videotape to DVD Transfer

Good morning everyone,

I'm fielding a lot of questions this week about transferring videotape to DVD. More so than usual. I don't know if that's because of what's going on in the economy or perhaps something like their players just gave out. Whatever the reason, a lot of people are wanting to get it done.

Many people tell me that they find software in their favorite store that gives them the capability to transfer their tapes by themselves. Ok. I will tell you that that software is buggy and unreliable (audio often gets out of sync with the video). Our video transfer service, that is transfer by a company that specializes in transfers, is the best way to enjoy your VHS, VHS-C, 8mm, hi-8 and mini-dv videotape over and over again!

Even if you have no motivation to transfer your tapes, keep in mind that videotape degrades over time. Every time you play them a little piece of that video is gone And even if you never insert them into a player to watch, they will still degrade-time is not friendly to videotape.Furthermore, video players have a limited life and will break down, and new players are becoming increasingly difficult to find; many stores no longer carry them. Replacement parts for existing VCR's are also becoming hard to come by.

And watching a videotape can also be a chore. Have you ever had to search through hours and hours of footage to find your favorite parts?

Let McKenna Video transfer your videotape to DVD and eliminate the headache:

1) Watch on your TV (with compliant DVD player) or PC with a DVD drive.
2)  Eliminate the need to fast-forward and rewind.
3) Quickly skip to another portion of the video or to the scene you want to watch.
4) Combine several tapes onto 1 DVD (to a limit of 2-hours per DVD).
5) Edit out the parts you want to eliminate with McKenna Video editing service.
6) Customize the look of your DVD with custom DVD authoring (subject to additional charges).
7) Organize your entire home video collection.

Keep in mind that our transfer service completes all work in-house and does not outsource to Mexico like others do (primarily large retail, wholesale and discount stores). Turnaround time will vary depending on the number of tapes, the length of those tapes, any special services that you may require, and what work we already have in queue.

If you have questions, please give us a call in the studio. 253-539-3438.

Blessings,

Chris.

American Pride 2010

I know, I know, way too long in between posts. Well, just because we don't blog as often as we like doesn't mean that we're not thinking about you. Quite the contrary, I think about you all the time! :-)

Anyway, posted here for your enjoyment is the latest creation from McKenna Video & Photo. This is a montage of photographs from the 2010 American Pride Soccer Club. The photographs span a number of games and highlights all the girls on the club (some of which didn't make it to the end of the season). The final portion of the video includes photographs of club supporters (parents, siblings, friends, etc.) and a portrait of each girl.

All photographs were taken by Lynette and myself.

Enjoy the video!

Blessings,

Chris