PC Newsgroups: Video and Movie topics

Big Screen TV - Money No Object

Bill_Haley - 18 Dec 2004 9:13 PM - 4 messages

I have the opportunity to assist a relative in the purchase of a big screen TV. The relative does not currently have a big screen TV. The relative is rich in $$$ and has advised me that money is not an issue ...

Dumb questions

Stuart Noble - 18 Dec 2004 10:40 AM - 4 messages

I have an Asus 9520 Video Suite v.4.4.0.3 on an XP machine and would like to capture footage from an analogue camcorder. First off, what leads do I need? There's an adaptor with the card that has a single composite in socket, but ...

Sony user websites and forums?

Rocky - 18 Dec 2004 9:48 AM - 3 messages

I've just purchased a Sony HC14E and am looking for Sony Digicam websites and discussion forums. Anyone know of some I should bookmark? Thanks. ...

Sony DCR-PC350 versus DCR-HC20 DV camcorder

hotister - 17 Dec 2004 11:35 PM - 2 messages

it seems that everywhere (costco, circuit city, Best Buy) you could find this low priced DCR-HC20 (spec: [link] ProductSKU=DCRHC20&Dept=dcc_DICamcorders&CategoryName=dcc_DICamcorders_MiniDVHandycamCamcorders) ...

BEST way to display high resolution photo scans on a HDTV?

etonblue - 17 Dec 2004 5:50 AM - 5 messages

i have a friend who has a 50" pioneer plasma hdtv (768p). this friend has a couple thousand color slides that she wants scanned and arranged so that she can show said slides on a "slide show" on said 50" plasma ...

convert VHS tape analog/digital- pci card? software<s>? =the cheap way=

bill - 16 Dec 2004 5:08 PM - 2 messages

looking for some low cost method of converting some old VHS tapes to digital. I'm on XP box, 512 ram, 2.66ghz, got 100gb open space on drive 2. time it actually takes to DO it not important - it can take all ...

tv purchase question, non profit looking for tv price break

mowermanbp - 16 Dec 2004 3:01 PM - 4 messages

does anyone have any idea how to get price break on a tv for a non-profit group. brian ...

Sony VHS VCRs - any way to fix the common tape eject problem?

Jerry - 16 Dec 2004 4:56 AM - 3 messages

I know VCRs are becoming obsolete, but I still have some old VHS tapes I like to watch occasionally. I've owned several Sony VHS VCRs. From best to worst were 2 SLV-676 and 2 575s, then a 920, N50, and N77, if I recall correctly. ...

Need a mid-range camera for digital filmmaking...

drparker - 15 Dec 2004 8:19 PM - 20 messages

Hi - I apologize in advance if this appears too frequently, but... I want to get into digital filmmaking, and I'm looking for recommendations for a digital camcorder. Just to be clear, I don't want to capture my ...

??? about problems playing DVDs

dh_ld - 13 Dec 2004 2:20 AM - 12 messages

Hi, A year or so ago I bought a DVD recorder so I could put the things I record with my camcorder on DVD, thinking that would be better than just keeping it on the 8mm tapes, or putting it on VHS. I'm sure glad I ...