Video and Movie topics - Week 3, 2005

Re: DVD video capture on PC

newsshooter - 15 Jan 2005 7:22 PM - 8 messages

All I want to do is simply place a DVD in the DVD rom and import the video to a folder in my documents. Can this be done? john r pierce wrote: drives refuse to licensed DVD MPEG that I'm ...

Downloading from a Sony Handycam

shubhankar.das - 15 Jan 2005 12:26 PM - 6 messages

I want to do something so simple that i did not believe it when the sony store told me the picture package does not support this. I have a DCR-TRV265E and i have recorded a video on it and now i want ...

BEWARE STEREO EXHANGE-CHICAGO-DAVID NASH-RIPOFF ARTIST !

Fatboy Jr. - 15 Jan 2005 12:21 AM - 6 messages

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Video Systems Converter

Rex the Strange - 14 Jan 2005 5:13 PM - 4 messages

I've been looking at different video systems converters and have been learning a lot. For example, that cheap piece of crap I bought from Hong Kong doesn't do anything like a real/adequate job of converting PAL to NTSC. ...

Best 3-Chip MiniDV Cam

alphageek@milmac.com - 14 Jan 2005 2:50 PM - 2 messages

What is the best 3-Chip MiniDV cam on the market? Or, should would Digital 8mm be the better way to go? Doug Miller alphag***@milmac.com ...

Rear-Projection Help Needed

Jason P. Russell - 13 Jan 2005 11:24 PM - 3 messages

Ok, I'm pretty inexperienced with rear-projection televisions, but I'm having a major problem with a 2-month old Toshiba 51" HDTV TheaterWide rear-projection television. For the first couple of months, the television was great- about 2 weeks ago I began experiencing a strange problem. When I ...

Re: Plasma TV or LCD TV ?

Jim Waggener - 13 Jan 2005 10:42 PM - 4 messages

<photobu***@yahoo.com> wrote in message Interesting on that site you can get a 50" plasma from Amazon for $800????? something fishy there for sure ...

Low light level image intensifier DSP or circuit needed

Nigel Banks - 13 Jan 2005 8:40 PM - 8 messages

Does anyone know of a way to get a brighter image from a low light level source using a small camera. I have tried using several "low light level" pencil cameras, including some expensive professional ones but they always seem to be slightly darker than ...

DVD +RW global compatibility

John Ricketts - 12 Jan 2005 11:49 AM - 13 messages

I just burnt a family DVD (in the UK) using Sonic MyDVD6. Is it likely to work on a "standard" DVD player in Australia? Thanks, John ...

DVD/VCR combo recommendations ...

AP - 11 Jan 2005 11:23 PM - 7 messages

Looking to purchase one of these machines and am looking for some recommendations. Any ideas please. Also what to look out for in features. Many thanks. AP. ...

Manual Focus on PANASONIC PV-GS120 Is it there?

Andrew - 11 Jan 2005 3:43 AM - 3 messages

Hello Recently took a trip to my local sears and purchased a Panasonic PV-GS120, Had been using an Older Model Sony TRV10 DV Camcorder " Which Recently Went Defunct" One of the things i have noticed, is there is no manual focus ability ...

Good third-party Lithium Ion battery supplier?

Andy Hill - 10 Jan 2005 6:46 PM - 5 messages

Anybody know of any good non-OEM battery suppliers for Li-ion batteries? While my OEM pack for my Canon ZR65 is still going strong, the two packs I bought off of ebay have both failed after less than 18 months. ...

Flaky DVD player?

Gogarty - 10 Jan 2005 5:32 PM - 4 messages

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minDV casette WORRY...

aware - 10 Jan 2005 5:17 PM - 3 messages

Hello everyone, I own the SONY\DCR PC 350 camera that has high resolution. The product specifications go: "1/3-inch Advanced HAD (hole accumulation diode) CCD imager with 2048K (effective) video pixels" ie approx 2 megapixels of resolution. Does this mean that if I record a movie then I may transfer it to my ...

By-passing region codes and lock-out

Frank - 9 Jan 2005 8:10 PM - 3 messages

I recently bought an e-Machines computer with a DVD R/W drive. The documentation says it's an e-Macines unit. "My computer" says it's an NEC model ND-2510A. It will allow up to 5 changes of the Region Code before it locks in on ...

PAL VHS Low-pass Filter

Mohan - 9 Jan 2005 4:50 PM - 2 messages

I would be grateful if anyone on this group could supply me with the parameters for the low pass filter used on the luma component of a PAL signal before it is stored on a VHS tape (or details of where I could ...

Television help needed--moving from Italy to the USA

Mike Fink - 9 Jan 2005 3:13 AM - 2 messages

I am moving from Italy to the USA in a few months and I have a question that I hope some of you will be able to help me with. I have a Sony Flat Panel Color TV model KZ-32TS1E which is basically a ...