Welcome to The Vista Group®!
Preservation is Validation

We digitize, process, restore, and improve rare and forgotten experiences originally presented in the Video Home System (VHS) format.

Visit:

• The Vista Group® Internet Archive Page
• The Vista Group® YouTube Channel

Read:

• Vice Motherboard Write-up on The Vista Group®
• AVClub Write-up on The Vista Group®
• AVClub Write-up on The Vista Group® #2
• LifeHacker Write-up including The Vista Group®
• Open Culture Write-up including The Vista Group®

Current Workflow:

• Video:
• VHS Tape ↙
• Panasonic AG-1980 (s-video) [Tom Grant] ↙
• DataVideo TBC-1000 (s-video) [Second-generation owner] {note: needs caps replaced} ↙
• Big VooDoo TBC10 (s-video) [Second-generation owner] ↙
• SignVideo Proc Amp (s-video) [Tom Grant] ↙
• AVerMedia CE310B PCIe (s-video) [NIB] ↙
• VirtualDub2 (720x480@29.97 lossless) ↙
• AvsPmod (QTGMC, scale 4:3, crop, scale Nx1080p) ↙
• VCEEncC64 (x264) ↙
• file.mp4
• Audio:
• VHS Tape ↙
• Panasonic AG-1980 (composite) ↙
• Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (composite to USB) [Second-generation owner] ↙
• VirtualDub2 (48kHz/16-bit PCM WAV) ↙
• ffmpeg (FLAC 48kHz/16-bit) ↙
• ffmpeg (AAC 320 Kbps CBR) ↙
• file.mp4

Backup Workflow:

... for anomaly comparison and some difficult tapes

• Video:
• VHS Tape ↙
• JVC HR-S9800U (s-video) [Tom Grant] ↙
• Big VooDoo TBC10 (s-video) [Second-generation owner] ↙
• SignVideo Proc Amp (s-video) [Tom Grant] ↙
• AVerMedia CE310B PCIe (s-video) [NIB] ↙
• VirtualDub2 (720x480@29.97 lossless) ↙
• AvsPmod (QTGMC, scale 4:3, crop, scale Nx1080p) ↙
• VCEEncC64 (x264) ↙
• file.mp4
• Audio:
• VHS Tape ↙
• JVC HR-S9800U (composite) ↙
• Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (composite to USB) [Second-generation owner] ↙
• VirtualDub2 (48kHz/16-bit PCM WAV) ↙
• ffmpeg (FLAC 48kHz/16-bit) ↙
• ffmpeg (AAC 320 Kbps CBR) ↙
• file.mp4

Previous Workflow(s):

More Credentials:

• Internet Archive (archive.org) administrator
• r/VHS Trusted Digitizing Expert
• r/VHS Moderator

Business Card:

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Need help with your capture setup?
Need your tapes digitized according to your required specifications?:

• Email Harry at The Vista Group® (Response time: < 30m)
• Message The Vista Group® on Reddit (Response time: < 3h)

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