Video and Movie topics - Week 23, 2005

Swann Webcam + Mercury TV card causing BSOD, Windows XP2

uo6lh4s02@sneakemail.com - 4 Jun 2005 9:00 PM - 2 messages

I have: Swann Nighthawk (bought from Maplins) [link] Mercury TV Tuner card with Composite Video input [link] ...

Dirty heads?

Tom - 4 Jun 2005 6:50 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, I have a sony TRV-340E that has been working fine, I put in an older tape that I havn't viewed in a while and all I got was a blue screen, on rewinding a bit it cleared and played normal. ...

Recommendation for a FREE ipod ! Us,Uk,Canada

annia.jensen - 4 Jun 2005 1:53 AM - 2 messages

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Panasonic DMR E55 Deinterlacing chip?

cinemad - 3 Jun 2005 8:02 AM - 3 messages

Does anybody know what brand of deinterlacing chip is used by the above mentioned DVD recorder? Does Panasonic use the same chips in all their DVD players and recorders? How good are they at deinterlacing PAL and NTSC film sourced DVDs? ...

Need to convert 8mm and Beta tapes to DVD (maybe some PAL to NTSC too)

MissT - 2 Jun 2005 11:40 PM - 5 messages

Hi, Can someone please recommend a *great* US-based video conversion company for me? I have around 5,000 feet of 8mm and super8 film, along with a dozen Beta tapes that I want to convert to DVD. My sister also ...

tuning a UK VCR into a North American TV

denzil.green - 2 Jun 2005 4:49 PM - 3 messages

I have brought with me from the UK my Aiwa HV-MX1 VCR. It palys both PAL and NTSC format and will send a signal out in either. How can I tune it into my Tv here in North America. Aiwa has no online manuel for ...

help looking for cheap camcorder with video input

providencebuddy - 2 Jun 2005 4:02 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I'd like to do some video recording with a wireless video camera that I recently bought. This camera outputs its video signal via an RCA connector on its wireless receiver. In order to record the video to tape I need to get a camcorder that has video and audio inputs for an ...

DVD Password Protection

Gogarty - 2 Jun 2005 11:41 AM - 4 messages

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Analog8 playback w/Digital8 cam looks sharper but also grainier...

Doc - 2 Jun 2005 5:52 AM - 2 messages

I've been experimenting with playback of analog 8mm tapes through a Sony TRV240 Digital8 camcorder. As advertised it does in fact play the tapes through any of the outputs - S-Video, Firewire or analog. However what I've discovered is that while the image looks sharper than the output of an ...

$300 for 'Wire'

Gary A. Edelstein - 1 Jun 2005 5:40 PM - 23 messages

The recent thread about Monster cable alternatives prompted me to post this. I was helping my father and stepmother with a home theater purchase at a Milwaukee, WI high end shop this last weekend. Here's what they picked out for a fairly small (~13'x13') den: ...

Low end DV camcorder with real manual exposure?

BR - 1 Jun 2005 3:34 PM - 3 messages

I discoverd that my JVC GR-D30 has a manual exposure control for strong backlighting etc., but the auto exposure is still making adjustments due to small variations in the subject. The camera is used on a copy stand to ...

Mix composite and S-Video

Jim F - 1 Jun 2005 12:31 AM - 5 messages

I need a audio/video selector that lets me mix rca and s-video and then output on s-video to the tv. Does this exist? thanks, jf***@bellsouth.net ...

Does Brasil use NTSC?

Henry Padilla - 31 May 2005 10:24 PM - 4 messages

I'm getting a PS2 for my brother-in-law (they are about $350 there, $120 used here in MI). I just want to make sure he can use it. Tom P. ...

(again) Monster cable alternatives, and is it all worth it anyway.

Thomas G. Marshall - 31 May 2005 6:42 PM - 83 messages

Note: I'm expecting to be flamed from here to china for asking this, because variations have been asked a million times here. I've read through a number of them, but would like another stab at it. AFAICT, the /universe/ uses essentially three kinds of ...

Dirt cheap "helmet cams" ...?

C.J.Patten - 31 May 2005 4:30 PM - 20 messages

Hey guys! I just bought a bike after not riding seriously for years. I'm planning on putting a video camera on it to get some riding footage - road, path and light dirt riding. The TRV320 fits perfectly on the rear rack but that only gives me a ...

Video Editor for DVDs

Bob - 31 May 2005 4:06 PM - 9 messages

I would like to rip one or more scenes from several DVDs, edit the files with a video editor and burn the results onto a single DVD. I want it to be relatively simple as my intention is to use it to ...

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Orlando-LRO - 31 May 2005 12:32 PM - 4 messages

My Camcorder is a JV GR D71 MiniDV and my computer is a AMD 64 Bit, ASUS A8V Deluxe, with 02 Fire Wire and Win XP SP2. The problem is: my computer is can downloading image by USB, but not throw fire wire. I am ...

Archos Gmini 400 and Divx

snafu1 - 31 May 2005 10:07 AM - 2 messages

Hi. I am trying to convert a homemade DVD a friend of mine made to divx to play on my Archos Gmini 400. I am pretty clueless about divx conversion, but i used the default settings in a piece of software that ...

Transferring digital video from camcorder to PC via Firewire

MS - 29 May 2005 4:26 AM - 4 messages

Sorry for this newbie question. I don't have a camcorder myself. I promised a friend that I would transfer video from his digital DV camcorder to PC, and make a DVD. I have a laptop with Firewire port. I believe I have heard that the Firewire ...

Will HDTV channel look better than Standard-Def channel on Standard-Def TV?

johnfofawn - 29 May 2005 3:29 AM - 7 messages

Will HDTV channel look better than Standard-Def channel on Standard-Def TV? I'm buying a Media Center PC. I have a standard-def TV (32" Panasonic). I may get HDTV TV in the future, but not now. Will an HDTV channel look any different than a standard-def channel on ...