We'll probably output for several formats, for web use & for promotional DVD's. I wasn't in on the planning session, so I don't know how much they would charge to convert it to standard def.
Why not ask them to output as high def DVD movie [UTF w/VIDEO_TS] on DL disks, and deliver the disks to you. You can output whatever other formats you need. As long as they don't give you Blu-ray or HDDVD disks, your computer's optical drive should be able to read them.
Do the additional conversions yourself using any one of a variety of tools, most based on ffmpeg, like ffmpegx, winff, or use commercial apps.
It's odd that an outside service would deliver raw tapes without giving you a finished uncompressed movie on disk. That's only giving you half service without a finished product.
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