We are officially changing our tape to DVD process and prices now. In a nutshell, our process is better, and the end result is  better. AND the prices are cheaper. We  used to have two levels of transfers - Basic and Advanced. We're now doing all transfers as "advanced" but billing them as "basic". This makes our tape transfers more competitive with the "transfer mills" process and prices. Our main advantage will always be

• that the tapes are never sent off to a facility
  
• all tapes receive individual attention which means we catch problems that the transfer mills won't catch
• our duplication prices are cheaper

The mills do a good job most of the time with easy tapes, but if you have problem tapes, a lot of short tapes, or anything that remotely falls out of the norm, they just can't handle it. Their main selling point in my opinion is the DVD packaging they provide. Most of the mills provide you with a very fancy case and printout for your transfer, and that is not a service we provide at this time. If that is more important than the transfer, than you will want to use their services.