Delivering my HD Wedding Footage to the Client

[Mike Cohen]

Not HD.
HD upon request should be your policy. Otherwise you will give them files they can’t play which will be perceived as defective.
Mike Cogen

[Bob Antonelli]

ok, but all my equipment is in HD, do I just burn it to a standard? is there a lot of quality loss?

[Mark Suszko]

“Most clients don’t have bluray players”

This is remedied with a 50 dollar purcase at Walmart now. YOU buy them a player, and add the cost into their bill.

[Grinner Hester]

Mark FTW!

[Brent Dunn]

By not delivering in HD on BluRay, you are doing a doing a disservice to your clients. I offer delivering on DVD as an option if they prefer. I used to package a BluRay player in the early days. If they don’t have one, then encourage them to get one.

You can also deliver via Vimeo download. Then they can play it on their iPod or iPad and it saves you from making labels and shipping.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite

[Dave Haynie]

I ran into the same problem back in the early DVD days. Clients wanted the best quality, I wanted to deliver the best quality. The easy solution: I provided the DVD player, and charged them for it. I made this clear: the DVD package included a DVD player guaranteed to work with the DVDs I create. They could opt out if they did not need this, but (particularly in the old days) I could not guarantee compatibility (though I did offer a DVD sample on request, so the customer could check out compatibility).

BD players are certainly at the point where an entry-level player can be provided as part of your HD package, with a rebate if they opt out. Heck, I’ve given BD players as birthday presents to several family members, just so I don’t have to send them lower quality video, even for “just family” stuff.

-Dave

[Michael Johnston]

Hmmm..,never thought of offering a Blu-ray player with the pkg. I just offer both with no additional charge for HD. I give them the option of purchasing a “Digital Copy” for use on their PC’s, iPods, iPhones, etc.