#New Mid-Range VCR
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Hi All:
It looks like my old VCR is giving up the ghost and I want to get a new
one. I want a S-VHS home unit, (I already have a S-VHS camcorder). I doubt
that I will want to spend the money for a professional unit that has single
frame recording or that has a built in TBC. I do however want to get the
unit that has the best features in my price range, say up to $1000 max
(hopefully more like $600-800). One thing that seems nice would be a great
digital freeze frame thingie.
I mostly use my A2000 with an encoder to transfer screens and title
pages to tape for home use only; I am thinking of getting a Framegrabber
for even more versatility. What types of functions should I be looking for
on VCRs as it would integrate with the Amiga and are there any particular
models that are really great.
Oh by the way, my biggest complaint with our existing VCRs is the
difficulty setting it to record a future program using those little tiny
buttons and knobs. So I would be favorably impressed with a unit that had
on-screen programming or some other device for those of us with poor
eyesight. Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks.
Warning: I have neither an Amiga nor a VCR at this point, but I've
been looking carefully since I'll be buying both in December. The VCR I've
chosen is the Sony SLV-767. Its main drawback is, it's not S-VHS. Apa rt
from that, it's a gorgeous creature! On-screen menus for most everything,
including programming; a shuttle ring on both the VCR and remote; (you
know, that thingy that video editors use to cue the tape forward and back?
It doesn't have the "jog" center control though, just the shuttle) You can
record indexing blips on the tape, and later FF/REW to the next blip;
really useful. It does PIP (picture-in-picture), and uses the PIP to set up
what Sony calls the Edit Monitor: it shows you two pictures in the top left
and right corner. One picture shows the incoming (Source) signal, the other
shows a freeze-frame of your current position (Destination) on the tape.
This means you can edit tapes without needing two monitors. Of course, it
has an MTS Stereo decoder, Hi-Fi sound, audio or video dubbing, and on and
on and on.
Call Sony and ask for their VCR catalog; not only does it list all
the features available on their models, but it explains each one of them —
a great boost for someone like you who hasn't kept up with VCR
developments.
Blaq!
P.S. In Canada it's around $800 street price, so you guys should pay about
$650-700.
Charles,
Sorry for butting in, but that sounds like a GREAT vcr!! maybe
its time for a new one for me!<G> Do it has LIVE-PAUSE??? you know, where
you can freeze real tv?
Can't touch this!………………… Greg
Greg,
I'm not sure if it can freeze a TV picture on the fly. By
the way, my prices were wrong: the SLV-676 is $800 CDN, the SLV-
757 is $1000 CDN. The only difference between the two is, the 757
has PiP (picture-in-picture) and the handy edit monitor screen
that shows you source & destination. It's up to you to decide is
you want to pay $200 extra for that.
Blaq!