It all began in 1986...

Starting off as The Edit Centre in 1986, then morphing into The MP4 Center in 2015 and now becoming Video Upscaling Service, our goal has always been to offer the highest quality video conversions. As pioneers in this industry we look forward to this new and exciting service of upscaling your videos to high definition. What once was a dream is now a reality.

I entered the video editing business in 1986. My company was called The Edit Centre and its mission was to provide video editing services to the public. Back then though, very few people were editing their videos, just filming with the new technology. So I began transferring old home movies to VHS and the business began to grow.

As more and more people started using video, the need for video editing grew. This allowed me to purchase a brand new edit suite in 1991 with the latest technology with a video switcher called The Video Toaster.

In 1997 non-linear video editing equipment came on the market and the world of video editing changed forever. Before that, with tape based editing, everything had to be laid on in order and you couldn't insert a scene later because it was already on tape. With non-linear, you could now cut and paste.

Finished projects required VHS copies and the need was met with an automated duplication system. With 50 machines we could run 250 copies overnight unattended. With colored sleeves and laser printing, we turned out hundreds of thousands of copies.

I have been in the photo and video business all my life. The addition of AI into the mix is the most significant advancement in this industry that I have seen since the introduction of non linear editing. The ability to upscale the video images and bring out detail which was unviewable before is truly remarkable and it breathes new life into those old fond memories.