【Spring Special Campaign: 3 Days Left!】Accelerating Unplayable Risk Due to End of VCR/BD Recorder Production. "Dubbing Copy Revolution" Saves Precious Memories, Now 898 Yen Per Tape for Web Only!
Dubbing Copy Revolution, operated by Goodhill Systems Co., Ltd., is running a limited-time "Spring Special Campaign" from April 6 to April 26, 2026, offering video dubbing for 898 yen (tax included) per tape, exclusively for web applications. This campaign addresses the "unplayable risk" accelerated by the discontinuation of VCR and BD recorder production, providing an opportunity to digitize cherished video memories.
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Goodhill Systems Co., Ltd. (Location: Yonekura Building 4F, 3-1-1 Motomachi, Taito-ku, Tokyo / Representative Director: Takashi Yoshioka / hereinafter "Dubbing Copy Revolution"), which operates "Dubbing Copy Revolution," one of Japan's largest dubbing services, is conducting a limited-time "Spring Special Campaign" from April 6 (Monday) to April 26 (Sunday), 2026. This campaign offers dubbing services at a special price of 898 yen (tax included) per tape, down from the usual 990 yen, exclusively for web applications, as a countermeasure against the "unplayable risk" associated with the discontinuation of VCR and Blu-ray disc recorder production.
Official Website: https://dubbing-copy.com/
Spring Special Campaign Overview
To coincide with the season when new lifestyles begin and opportunities for tidying up homes and spring cleaning increase, we are implementing a special campaign to make it easier to digitize precious video memories.
Campaign Name
Spring Special Campaign: Digitize Your Memories
Campaign Period
April 6 (Monday) to April 26 (Sunday), 2026
Campaign Details
The usual dubbing fee of 990 yen (tax included) per tape will be a special price of 898 yen (tax included).
Eligibility
Limited to applications made via the web
(*In-store reception is not eligible)
"Unplayable Risk" Accelerating Due to End of VCR/BD Recorder Production
In recent years, the video equipment market has reached a major turning point, and the risk of past video assets becoming unplayable is rapidly increasing.
This risk is mainly related to the following four factors:
1. Discontinuation of VCR production and depletion of repair parts
VCRs, once widespread in households, became impossible to obtain new after Funai Electric, the last domestic manufacturer, ceased production in July 2016.
Years after production ended, repair parts are now depleted, making it difficult even to repair broken VCRs.
As a result, the number of households with video tapes but no means to play them is rapidly increasing.
2. Shrinking BD recorder market and withdrawal of companies
Blu-ray disc recorders, which replaced VCRs as the main recording device, have also seen a significant decline in demand due to the spread of video streaming services.
In January 2026, TVS REGZA announced the end of production for "Regza Blu-ray," followed by Sony's announcement in February to cease shipments of all models.
Currently, Panasonic is virtually the only company actively developing hardware in-house. The options for recording devices are extremely limited.
3. TV external HDD pairing issues
External HDDs for TVs, which are becoming popular as an alternative to recorders, also have a hidden pitfall.
From the perspective of copyright protection, data recorded on external HDDs is linked to the TV unit that recorded it.
Therefore, if you replace your TV or if the TV unit breaks down, the data on the HDD becomes unplayable, even if the data itself is intact.
4. Impending "Magnetic Tape 2025 Problem"
In addition to playback device issues, the lifespan of the media itself is also serious.
International organizations, including UNESCO, have issued warnings that due to the aging degradation of magnetic tapes, "they may become permanently unplayable if not digitized by 2025."
Video tapes are said to have a lifespan of about 20-30 years, and many tapes recorded in the 1990s have already reached their end of life. Depending on storage conditions, mold growth and tape breakage are progressing, and urgent digitization is required.
"Dubbing Copy Revolution" Service Saves Precious Memories
Against the backdrop of this accelerating "unplayable risk," there is a rapidly increasing need to "preserve tapes sleeping at home" and "recover past recorded data."
Dubbing Copy Revolution addresses these concerns and provides clear pricing and high-quality services to ensure everyone can safely preserve their memories for the future, continuously strengthening support for digitizing video tapes and converting them to DVD.
Clear Pricing with No Additional Fees
Previously, in the video tape dubbing industry, it was common for additional fees to be incurred based on the "recording time length" or "tape degradation status."
However, Dubbing Copy Revolution has standardized its pricing system to eliminate customer anxiety about "unclear pricing" or "unexpectedly high costs."
Dubbing fees for VHS, 8mm, miniDV, etc., start from 990 yen (tax included) per tape.
This fee includes all the following services for free:
For prices of other tape types, please see below.
Tape Type Price
Video Tapes VHS / S-VHS / VHS-C / D-VHS8mm / Hi8 / video8
Official Website: https://dubbing-copy.com/
Spring Special Campaign Overview
To coincide with the season when new lifestyles begin and opportunities for tidying up homes and spring cleaning increase, we are implementing a special campaign to make it easier to digitize precious video memories.
Campaign Name
Spring Special Campaign: Digitize Your Memories
Campaign Period
April 6 (Monday) to April 26 (Sunday), 2026
Campaign Details
The usual dubbing fee of 990 yen (tax included) per tape will be a special price of 898 yen (tax included).
Eligibility
Limited to applications made via the web
(*In-store reception is not eligible)
"Unplayable Risk" Accelerating Due to End of VCR/BD Recorder Production
In recent years, the video equipment market has reached a major turning point, and the risk of past video assets becoming unplayable is rapidly increasing.
This risk is mainly related to the following four factors:
1. Discontinuation of VCR production and depletion of repair parts
VCRs, once widespread in households, became impossible to obtain new after Funai Electric, the last domestic manufacturer, ceased production in July 2016.
Years after production ended, repair parts are now depleted, making it difficult even to repair broken VCRs.
As a result, the number of households with video tapes but no means to play them is rapidly increasing.
2. Shrinking BD recorder market and withdrawal of companies
Blu-ray disc recorders, which replaced VCRs as the main recording device, have also seen a significant decline in demand due to the spread of video streaming services.
In January 2026, TVS REGZA announced the end of production for "Regza Blu-ray," followed by Sony's announcement in February to cease shipments of all models.
Currently, Panasonic is virtually the only company actively developing hardware in-house. The options for recording devices are extremely limited.
3. TV external HDD pairing issues
External HDDs for TVs, which are becoming popular as an alternative to recorders, also have a hidden pitfall.
From the perspective of copyright protection, data recorded on external HDDs is linked to the TV unit that recorded it.
Therefore, if you replace your TV or if the TV unit breaks down, the data on the HDD becomes unplayable, even if the data itself is intact.
4. Impending "Magnetic Tape 2025 Problem"
In addition to playback device issues, the lifespan of the media itself is also serious.
International organizations, including UNESCO, have issued warnings that due to the aging degradation of magnetic tapes, "they may become permanently unplayable if not digitized by 2025."
Video tapes are said to have a lifespan of about 20-30 years, and many tapes recorded in the 1990s have already reached their end of life. Depending on storage conditions, mold growth and tape breakage are progressing, and urgent digitization is required.
"Dubbing Copy Revolution" Service Saves Precious Memories
Against the backdrop of this accelerating "unplayable risk," there is a rapidly increasing need to "preserve tapes sleeping at home" and "recover past recorded data."
Dubbing Copy Revolution addresses these concerns and provides clear pricing and high-quality services to ensure everyone can safely preserve their memories for the future, continuously strengthening support for digitizing video tapes and converting them to DVD.
Clear Pricing with No Additional Fees
Previously, in the video tape dubbing industry, it was common for additional fees to be incurred based on the "recording time length" or "tape degradation status."
However, Dubbing Copy Revolution has standardized its pricing system to eliminate customer anxiety about "unclear pricing" or "unexpectedly high costs."
Dubbing fees for VHS, 8mm, miniDV, etc., start from 990 yen (tax included) per tape.
This fee includes all the following services for free:
For prices of other tape types, please see below.
Tape Type Price
Video Tapes VHS / S-VHS / VHS-C / D-VHS8mm / Hi8 / video8