Video and Movie topics - Week 2, 2005

need your help about a specific tv broadcast

Chris - 8 Jan 2005 10:24 AM - 2 messages

Dear group members, I need your help about a very special issue - I hope that you can help or maybe you can ask somebody...: During a business trip to the USA in December I watched at TV in my hotel room in Dallas at the weekend of Dec 3rd/4th/5th somewhen in the ...

Hard to find Commercial Advance VCR

David C - 7 Jan 2005 8:22 PM - 2 messages

I've seen some threads from a few months ago, so I know some of you know and love this feature like me. This is NOT "Commercial Skip" (30 second FF) This is the real deal. It records your show, then goes back and ...

Mixing audio/video signals with common network traffic.

voly - 7 Jan 2005 7:27 PM - 4 messages

I have a situation where a client tried to push audio signals (for a restaurant) through the same hub their terminals were using for network traffic. I am ignorant as to the kind of voltage that is needed to push ...

RCA VDC88 video light

Steve V - 6 Jan 2005 11:13 PM - 2 messages

Do any of you have one of these? Where can I get a replacement bulb for it .. a 6V 15W two prong bulb. Also a spare battery? I checked Radio Shack, and as expected, they never have anything I need. ...

Newbie Question about HDTV

bobhurley1992 - 6 Jan 2005 10:37 PM - 3 messages

I'm wondering if I could get an answer that has plagued me and my friends for quite a while now. How is it that they can send an HDTV signal _over the air_ that can be received by a HDTV-equipped TV and shown in all its digital glory yet ...

JVC DVL camcorder, strange icon on the display

John Doe - 6 Jan 2005 10:23 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I don't have the documentation of the camcorder with me. I get an icon right in the middle of the display which vaguely resembles to a drop of water. I have ejected the tape and now the camcorder refuses to take any tape. Yesterday it was working fine. ...

Need a good AVI scene detection (post-capture) utility

Jimbo - 6 Jan 2005 12:20 PM - 5 messages

I have some very long AVI clips saved to my hard drive...they were captured with Pinnacle Studio 9 (using its' RCA and SVIDEO I/O port). They are full screen, full motion VCR video captures, some are half a gig long. Now I have ...

camcorder nightshot xray see thru

toyman - 6 Jan 2005 1:21 AM - 7 messages

Hi which camcorders are the best for using nightshot, and seeing thru clothing with out having to buy a special filter. I know this was on the news a lot some years back, now I am trying to learn about this. Thanks for ...

Noisy DV tape mechanism?

andyjpj - 6 Jan 2005 12:33 AM - 2 messages

For Christmas I bought a JVC GR-D53 camcorder (baby on the way - gotta record for posterity etc.) I am very pleased with it (visually) ...apart from one thing. The whirring of the DV tape seems to get picked up by the ...

mpeg2 vs. avi vs ...

jannayv - 5 Jan 2005 9:41 PM - 4 messages

Hi everyone! I have a Samsung digital camcorder (model scd103) and I have some problems gettingh quality video to DVD. I know that this isn't the best camera but when I plug it directly to TV the quality is much better. The viedeo on the tape is in mpeg4. ...

miniDV tape recommendations

Kim E - 5 Jan 2005 4:31 PM - 3 messages

I am getting my first camcorder and I would like some advice about MiniDV tapes. What brand/model of tapes would you recommend? Are tapes with the memory chip worth the extra cost? Thanks, Kim ...

VCRs Being Made Poorly These days

shitikdf - 5 Jan 2005 10:46 AM - 14 messages

Have anyone here had any recent experience shopping for VCRs in our modern DVD player age. You might have notice that these current VCRs manufacturer put out are priced very low than the VCRs of yester year. Early last year I had bought a JVC 4-Head Hifi (model HR-A591U) VCR ...

Re: Choosing a digital camcorder

Matt - 4 Jan 2005 7:59 AM - 2 messages

Herr Herman Mann wrote: There's 650MB Discam Discs available on eBay. I bought a bunch from Tapeonline.com back then, and they were, oh, about $4.95 each. I'd also mention that I've been told that MPEG-2 has higher compression ...

GeForce Fx 5200 video card question

troy55@ - 3 Jan 2005 11:10 PM - 3 messages

It has a s-video output. How do I get video set to come out of it? tia, ...

S-video to component converter?

fcassia - 3 Jan 2005 9:03 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I have purchased an ancient-style 20-inch CRT made by Philips. It sports a "DVD Ready" sticker and by it they mean it has two sets of video and audio input conenctors in the back: composite video + stereo ...

Toshiba SD-3960 DVD player - occasional random lockups during playback?

Mike - 3 Jan 2005 5:57 PM - 2 messages

I recently bought a new Toshiba SD-3960 DVD player for $45 as a backup for a Pansasonic S27 whose black level is not very good (in my opinion). I'm very happy with the Toshiba's picture quality and black ...

Solution to television reception problem

nooneinparticular314159 - 3 Jan 2005 2:28 AM - 19 messages

Until a few weeks ago, I had line of sight to several local TV transmitters. Then someone put up a large building in between me and the transmitters. Suddenly, my VHS reception has gone from excellent to poor or terrible. I can't find a good antenna position where I ...

Camera RAW format ...will this come to camcorders?

Jim Waggener - 2 Jan 2005 11:26 PM - 2 messages

I have a Nikon D100 still camera that I shoot in RAW format. It allows an amazing amount of latitude in post processing (white balance, exposure, color temp etc.). Will this be possible with DV camcorders in the future, ...

JVC-BR-DV600A for sale/auction

info - 2 Jan 2005 10:54 PM - 2 messages

JVC BR-DV600U MiniDV (Victor BR-DV600A) for sale/auciton: [link] Please email with questions via eBay. Happy New Year! Billy - Big10 Media, Inc. ...

Suggestions needed for improving ongoing production

Warren Post - 2 Jan 2005 8:36 PM - 2 messages

I am seeking advice on how to improve an ongoing video production I am responsible for. Our local church videotapes the weekly sermon for broadcast on a local television station. Currently our equipment is limited to one consumer grade VHS-C camera connected to a consumer grade ...