If you're interested in any of my fanmade projects, you can contact me via email at , or through the Rob's Nostalgia Projects Facebook page. Check out & 'like' that Facebook page to see the latest in-progress updates to any current projects, and check out my Wants List to see if you can assist me with any future projects or upgrades.

Not normally. While downloading a single movie video file is hugely quicker, cheaper & simpler than getting a physical version, my CD, DVD & Blu-Ray projects are created to be physical items you can own and look at for years to come. An awful lot of thought and effort goes into each release as a complete package, with carefully crafted playlists, menus, covers, disc art, inserts, cases and such.

The discs I create are not guaranteed to be compatible with all Blu-Ray, DVD or CD players. Firstly, I use CD-R, DVD-R and BD-R format Verbatim branded discs exclusively. They are current disc technology, so may not be compatible with much older players. Secondly, not all Blu-Ray discs are equal. The video codec used for Blu-Ray discs; H.264, has evolved over the years since its creation in 2004. I usually use level 3.1 Main for standard definition 480/576i content, and 4.1 Main for high definition 1080p content; the minimum level for each resolution.

Older players might stutter on higher bitrate content, or may refuse to play it at all. Blu-Ray players older than ten years old, the 2006 PS3, 2013 PS4, and 2013 X-Box One may all have issues accessing or playing my Blu-Ray discs. Generally DVD-R discs are fine in Blu-Ray players and all but the very oldest DVD players, and CD-R discs don't normally have issues in any players.

In theory, yes, but within reason. Doing transfers is time consuming and sometimes complicated. The process I use is not like hooking up a VCR to a DVD recorder, and pressing play and record. One full 180 minute tape will take three hours to play/transfer, plus another thirty-minutes to set up the capture. Then add another hour to copy the 80GB uncompressed AVI file from my capture to main PC, around six hours to encode that to a DVD/Blu-Ray compliant video file (when you add in noise reduction & sharpening filters), and around another three to four hours to convert & write that as the final disc with modified stock menus and very simple text disc art. So that's around fifteen hours in total to transfer one VHS tape, and that's assuming there are no issues. If you then add in bespoke custom artwork for menus, covers and disc art, as well as inserts or booklets, that can take from a few evenings, to a few months of additional work.

Now, just about all my projects you'll find here are related to some element of personal nostalgia, so if you have tapes related to anything you can see, I really don't mind putting the work in and I'd certainly like to hear from you. I can transfer PAL & NTSC in the following tape formats; VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, BetaCam SP/SX/Digital, MPEG IMX (large & small size), HDV, DVCAM & DV (large & mini size)

If you have one or two unrelated tapes, but they are really important to you, equally get in touch and we can work something out. Using my spare time to transfer tapes I have no interest in, and cannot do anything with project-wise, can be quite a grind, so it's not something I undertake lightly. If you have a larger collection tapes and can't afford to have them professionally transferred, then I would suggest getting a VCR and a DVD recorder. You can pick these up fairly cheaply on eBay and once you have them in place, you can transfer as much material as you want yourself at little additional cost.

I always aim to get the highest quality transfer from every tape using the best equipment. Working with a high quality transfer is hugely preferable to using post-processing filters to make a poor quality transfer look better. That said, the quality that I can get from your tapes depends on a number of factors. The workflow I currently use has been revised a number of times over the last fifteen years with different VCRs, capture devices & Time-Base-Correctors, to get the best from each tape. The biggest factor in transfer quality is now usually the tape itself. Overall, 90% of the tapes I have transferred have been very good to excellent quality, simply due to the fact that people who have the mindset to record something off TV and keep the VHS tape for thirty years, tend to use decent equipment to record it, and care enough to look after the tape. Those same people tend to get rid of tapes which are very poor quality, have major playback issues or mould, unless they're something really important.

I appreciate that projects such as these are time limited, as people will not store VHS tapes indefinitely, and the pool of people who own the sort of material I require, dwindles every year. If you have something to transfer, it's always better to do it sooner (like immediately!) rather than later.

I use only use Verbatim branded CD-R, DVD-R and BD-R format full-face printable discs. Each disc is burned at 4x or 6x with a verification pass. I normally stick to high quality Amaray branded DVD & Blu-Ray cases & trays, although Covid has made cases & trays harder to find and more expensive so this is not guaranteed.

My covers and inserts are Laser printed where possible, which means the covers should not fade in direct sunlight. Certain covers which have very vibrant or precise colours (as well as all my disc arts), are inkjet printed on archival paper, and these will likely fade over the years if left out, unfortunately, so it's best they are kept out of direct sunlight.

No, certainly in terms of my CD, DVD or Blu-Ray projects (with the exception of Super8Shorts.com). They are entirely fanmade unofficial releases, and I had/have nothing to do with the original productions, or any media companies involved back then or since. The projects I undertake are simply personal nostalgia projects, which other like-minded fans may equally be interested in.