TVV Productions

TVV Productions We scan and restore 8mm, Super 8, Pathe and 16mm films, camcorder tapes, reel to reel, audio cassettes and 35mm Slides.

As well as creative video production, Chris is a freelance cameraman available for commissions throughout the north, we also have a large well equipped video facilities business that includes the following services,

With a state of the art film scanner we transfer 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm Pathe and 16mm film gauges. With film restoration software and a wet gate to bring out the best in vintage film. W

e transfer most camcorder and VHS tapes to DVD and digital files including MP4. With high standards keen pricing and a commitment to provide the highest quality it's easy to see why we are the first choice for a wide range of broadcast, commercial and public sector clients as well as the genertal public.

A shiny new cartridge on the record player, we’ve heard these are very good, can’t wait to hear it.
07/05/2026

A shiny new cartridge on the record player, we’ve heard these are very good, can’t wait to hear it.

No playback as the cassette has broken and jammed the mechanism, all is not lost we recover the recording by striping th...
17/04/2026

No playback as the cassette has broken and jammed the mechanism, all is not lost we recover the recording by striping the cassette and using a donor shell to enable correct operation of the tape and brake.

This one was a VHS but we have transplanted all other formats too including cassettes sonically welded together or even jammed in old machines.

01/04/2026

16mm films with audio carrying optical tracks (seen on the left of the image) are often very noisy even when they have been digitised in high resolution and digitally extracted.

This is a before and after example of how we improve the audio while maintaining integrity of the original recording.

31/03/2026

Restoring old Super 8 films

One of my customers sent me this,he's working on AI, this is based on an original Super 8 film scan we completed for him...
09/03/2026

One of my customers sent me this,he's working on AI, this is based on an original Super 8 film scan we completed for him recently.

An Ai recreation of Easter Parade, an annual picnic we used to have with a bunch of friends at an old folly in the woods in Kent. The inspiration for this reel…

Amazing how far out the colours were on the Mac before using the probe to adjust the screen to a neutral setting.
23/01/2026

Amazing how far out the colours were on the Mac before using the probe to adjust the screen to a neutral setting.

Working on some very old 16mm film prints, these have an optical soundtrack that is very scratchy. I will see what our s...
06/01/2026

Working on some very old 16mm film prints, these have an optical soundtrack that is very scratchy. I will see what our sound restoration tools can do to improve it and post a before and after example.

17/12/2025

AI getting it ever so slightly wrong, but interesting what it can achieve already.

Digitising from video tapes require the best machines and the best recorders to capture the recording. Then it can be ad...
24/10/2025

Digitising from video tapes require the best machines and the best recorders to capture the recording. Then it can be adjusted and compressed to MP4 for easy and universal viewing on PC, MAC, Smart TV and online.

Something we often come across ,so I have created a short video here to show before and after when we restore old films ...
29/05/2025

Something we often come across ,so I have created a short video here to show before and after when we restore old films that have faded out.

Old 16mm and 8mm film prints often have turned red, here we see how to correct this and the quality of output you might expect.

Address

Fleet House, Hartley Court. Brunswick Industrial Estate
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE137BA

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441912869800

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