Rick Lombardi from TeleFilm transfers was available to answer questions about transferring old home movie film to DVD. His company uses DFT (formerly Bosch/Phillips) Quadra digital film scanners to capture all films to DVD and other formats. These are the same systems used by national television sports organizations, major archiving organizations, and professional Hollywood feature DVD production firms. The system utilizes SDI (serial digital interface) to keep the signal completely pure during the transfer process to DVD, HDD, and digital video tape. Film sharpness is retained down to the film grain and color rendition is superb. No projectors are used so there is no claw or intermittent sprocket to pull film through. The process is VERY safe for all films. These machines can also handle damaged films that other systems cannot.