Located in New England, only 30 minutes from Boston, Video Hardware Services LLC is the regional expert for HD video editing and live production workstations. Whether you are a professional editor, church or school, we’ve got the digital video HD products that you need. Affordable live event production, computer digital video editing and streaming video solutions have come a long way. We have products from Matrox, Adobe, NewTek, and AVID. Non-linear HD and HDV editing is now available on portable laptops, and high performance workstations for non-linear editing are now shipping from Video Hardware Services LLC. If you are a large or small studio, public access TV station, a school or a church, or maybe a single person boutique, we’ve got your complete turnkey HD video computer workstation solution.
 

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What do we do

\Video Hardware Services LLC is a national solution provider for the content creation industries. Whether it’s 1 system or 100, we can fill your needs on time and with the quality and customer service that you expect.

• Authorized System Integrator and Dealer for NewTek, Grass Valley, Matrox, and AVID
• Manufacturer of DreamStation^TM line of Turnkey Workstations
• OEM Workstation Manufacturer for various industries
• Direct Online and Retail Reseller of Video Editing Hardware and Software
• Authorized Key Dealer of Reflecmedia ChromaFlex
• Grass Valley Pro-AV Dealer
• Provider of training classes hosted in our 1200 sq ft. Training Facility
• Custom System Design & Consulting Services

Our History

Video Hardware Services was formed in 1988 by Bernie Howes and Blaine Holm as a VCR repair shop. The name, Video Hardware Services, was originally designed to be an acronym for VHS. Blaine and Bernie operated the business part-time out of their homes while still employed with a local computer repair shop. In 1990, Blaine discovered the Amiga computer at a local computer store. WOW, this thing was AWESOME! Cool graphics, true multitasking, 4 channel stereo sound, and video capabilities never seen on the desktop. After a few years of scraping together money and equipment, and as new devices for video were invented for the Amiga, VHS was ready for something new. After Blaine finished his Bachelor's Degree in Business Management in 1994, the company decided to produce a couple of training videos that demonstrated VCR repair for technicians already in the business. These were produced using the Amiga computer and Video Toaster Flyer system from Newtek.

In 1991, it was clear that the business needed to go full-time. Blaine left his job and Bernie followed shortly after, and 1 year later the business was moved to a new location at 99 Blaine St. (no kidding) in Manchester, NH’s West Side. A workshop was set up and eventually a Blue-Screen was built to demonstrate the Pinnacle Genie Plus. During this time, VHS was providing post productions services for a weekly Boat Show and Real Estate Show. Most of the revenue started coming from performing repairs on the Amiga and Video Toaster systems from across the region and eventually across the country. It really seemed like a logical fit. Blaine was already authorized for Amiga by Commodore during his ‘Cocci Computer’ days, so they decided to concentrate on selling, servicing, and supporting the Amiga computer, new lower cost systems based on Windows NT such as Pinnacle's Genie Plus and REEL TIME, and NewTek’s Frame Factory and new Video Toaster. In effect, the company was building these types of custom workstations long before anyone else.

What drives us today

Now, 20 years after the company was formed, we are still growing strong. The DreamStation^TM has taken off in a big way. The NewTek TriCaster^TM line is revolutionizing broadcasting as we know it. NewTek VT[5] offers a complete NLE and live switching suite, and just keeps getting better with the addition of virtual sets. AVID has affordable solutions including the once unattainable Color Correction tools and new Media Composer pricing. Grass Valley has HDV for everyone with EDIUS. Matrox and Adobe offer a powerful real-time creative suite. The dream of affordable video production, internet streaming, and just plain ‘communication of your message’ has become a reality.

The pace of change continues to climb very rapidly, and we are ready to help you. There is no shortage of opportunities out here, only the time to pursue them is short. We can help you with the time spent on understanding technology.

We’ve always held the belief that technology to communicate should be made affordable and intuitive. Schools, companies, churches, small businesses, and anyone who has something to say can benefit from the products that we offer. It makes us smile when one of our customers wins an award (as many have), or a student goes on to a career involving 3D animation because of a system we installed at their local access facility. It happens all the time, and it is truly what keeps us going.

Video Hardware Services LLC.....
......making ‘Freedom of Imagination’ Affordable for everyone..