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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 30 October 2007, 21:47:13
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I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950
Well it works now, but one of the chassis to deck wires got trapped and one was snapped.
That has been repaired but now there is no head rotation.
Any electronics gurus or VCR repair gurus available.
Can't afford another as they fetch stupid price S/H
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video... so 1990s!!
invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder :D
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video... so 1990s!!
invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder :D
DVD recorders are pants
hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.
This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality
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well yeah there is that, my DVD recorder's never let me down tho..
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video... so 1990s!!
This one's earlier than that I'd say :o
Does it do anything at all towards tape loading or just no activity? I guess spinning up the head would be the first thing it does when you hit play so it's probably no showing signs of life? Does it fast forward and rewind?
Not something simple like an interlock switch or IR detector out of place so it doesn't detect tape insertion?
Was the broken wire anything to do with the supply to the head? Just thinking it might have shorted somewhere and taken out something?
Kevin
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well yeah there is that, my DVD recorder's never let me down tho..
Is it 18 years old?
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video... so 1990s!!
invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder :D
DVD recorders are pants
hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.
This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality
You will need a digital one when the changover happens
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video... so 1990s!!
invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder :D
DVD recorders are pants
hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.
This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality
You will need a digital one when the changover happens
Mainly for playback I have about 20 L500s recorded in super mode
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One just finished on Ebay with no remote for the bargain price of £205 :(
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or..... get one like mine. Panasonic DMR 95.
250gb hard drive. VHS tape deck. DVD recorder AND SD card slot. You can also copy any to any.
and the real acid test - my wife now prefers it to the old VHS recorder.
The down side. - with a 250 Gb hard drive, she had 50 hours of recorded TV to watch we came back from holiday last month!!
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VHs pah! - rubbish format, yes I have got a vcr which I need to play back the tapes recorded on it due to format variations.
Home VCRs are dead but someone forgot to tell my 300 or so tapes with around 20 in super mode
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I managed to get an old Sanyo HiFi working last night but it chewed up a PRox-X tape before deciding to behave, then I gave my wife the bad news. "You know you won't be able to watch until it has finished recording"
She forgot that VCRs you cannot watch while recording.
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Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.
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is it a top-loading Ferguson Videostar? ;D
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Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.
They'll be the happiest repair shop in town! Think Christmas has come early!
"Ahh yes sir, we had to reroute the negative ions through the jeffries tube via the flux capacitor, That'll be £800 please"
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Which was a nicely engineered machine - proper metal tape transport and no plastic gears. Shame about the format, but you can't have everything I suppose!
Martin, I hope that it is able to be repaired and that it does not cost too much.
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Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.
They'll be the happiest repair shop in town! Think Christmas has come early!
"Ahh yes sir, we had to reroute the negative ions through the jeffries tube via the flux capacitor, That'll be £800 please"
Or in laymans terms, prepare to bend over and apply plenty of lube.
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Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.
They'll be the happiest repair shop in town! Think Christmas has come early!
"Ahh yes sir, we had to reroute the negative ions through the jeffries tube via the flux capacitor, That'll be £800 please"
Or in laymans terms, prepare to bend over and apply plenty of lube.
It's only worth about £500 :(
3 years ago they were fetching £1000 on ebay
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is it a top-loading Ferguson Videostar? ;D
You insult the greatest 1/2" VCR to be sold in the UK
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I only asked :-[
;D
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is it a top-loading Ferguson Videostar? ;D
You insult the greatest 1/2" VCR to be sold in the UK
Wouldn't that acolade go to the Grundig 2*4 Super, using the Philips V2000 format ?. With the heads mounted on piezo Xtals, it could track the picture, no matter what speed, forward or reverse, plus it could tell you how many minutes left, or how long it has used. Quality, rather than cheap engineering.
Ken
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is it a top-loading Ferguson Videostar? ;D
You insult the greatest 1/2" VCR to be sold in the UK
Wouldn't that acolade go to the Grundig 2*4 Super, using the Philips V2000 format ?. With the heads mounted on piezo Xtals, it could track the picture, no matter what speed, forward or reverse, plus it could tell you how many minutes left, or how long it has used. Quality, rather than cheap engineering.
Ken
No Hifi sound, no uprated picture quality, no insert edit.
Got all those plus real time tape counter, Scart out, lots of trick play speeds, and a funky tray for the mechanism which trapped part of the loom and snapped a cable
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Oh and mine has a rather heavy pressed aluminium chassis
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I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950
Well it works now, but one of the chassis to deck wires got trapped and one was snapped.
That has been repaired but now there is no head rotation.
Any electronics gurus or VCR repair gurus available.
Can't afford another as they fetch stupid price S/H
Good. Get something from this millenium.
:P
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I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950
Well it works now, but one of the chassis to deck wires got trapped and one was snapped.
That has been repaired but now there is no head rotation.
Any electronics gurus or VCR repair gurus available.
Can't afford another as they fetch stupid price S/H
Good. Get something from this millenium.
:P
You know full well I have had a PVR for a few years now. :P
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I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950
Well it works now, but one of the chassis to deck wires got trapped and one was snapped.
That has been repaired but now there is no head rotation.
Any electronics gurus or VCR repair gurus available.
Can't afford another as they fetch stupid price S/H
Good. Get something from this millenium.
:P
You know full well I have had a PVR for a few years now. :P
so give up with the vcr?
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
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Do they run on steam? ;D
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Do they run on steam? ;D
No 240v AC :y
Needs repair (http://www.palsite.com/950ovi.html)
Portable (http://www.palsite.com/slf1ovi.html)
THe one I used (http://www.palsite.com/m40ovi.html)
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
Not that slow - but is reliable on latest update, picture is good, next would be Topfield or the ex Sony lot.
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
Not that slow - but is reliable on latest update, picture is good, next would be Topfield or the ex Sony lot.
Worth looking at MCE - being a PC, lots of scope for additions, such as auto advert removal, web based access to it if you're not at home (google for mce webguide), HD support easy to add, extenders etc etc...
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
Not that slow - but is reliable on latest update, picture is good, next would be Topfield or the ex Sony lot.
Worth looking at MCE - being a PC, lots of scope for additions, such as auto advert removal, web based access to it if you're not at home (google for mce webguide), HD support easy to add, extenders etc etc...
Must say I'm well pleased with MCE, a top bit of kit. :y
Tonygnome was well chuffed when he found out he could watch TV and recordings on his pda anywhere around the house too.
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
Not that slow - but is reliable on latest update, picture is good, next would be Topfield or the ex Sony lot.
Worth looking at MCE - being a PC, lots of scope for additions, such as auto advert removal, web based access to it if you're not at home (google for mce webguide), HD support easy to add, extenders etc etc...
Are there RGB video cards or will I need Component to RGB transcoder?
Could be usefull for non broadcast stuff too
Still doesn't solve my large pile of SuperBeta tapes though >:( (Including wedding video)
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Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2
Get a proper recorder - most have 2 freeview tuners now. Certain Media Centers had 6, but had to take one out as new video card needed 2 slots :'(
Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....
Current respected ones, MCE aside, seem to be the Topfields (Linux? based)
Not that slow - but is reliable on latest update, picture is good, next would be Topfield or the ex Sony lot.
Worth looking at MCE - being a PC, lots of scope for additions, such as auto advert removal, web based access to it if you're not at home (google for mce webguide), HD support easy to add, extenders etc etc...
Are there RGB video cards or will I need Component to RGB transcoder?
Could be usefull for non broadcast stuff too
Still doesn't solve my large pile of SuperBeta tapes though >:( (Including wedding video)
Errr, VGA is RGB ;). Most decent cards do HDMI direct if you have a modern telly for when you dump that Sony PoS.
If you get a Radeon card, making an VGA to SCART is easy enough, but you need a bit of software called Powerstrip to set the res to 720 x 576 on a mega low refresh.
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One point is the power used by a PC. A reasonable one for handling Freeview will take about 2-300W of power. This could be 7KWHr of juice per day, just to leave a PC sitting there doing not a lot. An old V2000 (or Betamax !) recorder takes a lot less, 50W ?. Our main room gets noticably warmer if I use the Freeview PC.
Ken
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Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Blimey! SL-HF950! That's a blast from the past! RE repair, I will be AMAZED if you manage to get it fixed, they are a complex beast to say the least, just uneconomical to repair. May be able to get service manuals if really stuck. Good luck!
Also got the matching PCM-F1 Digital audio unit for your F1! PC-701ES, 501ES, SL-HF100 SL-C9UB, C7, C5 etc etc etc! Good job I like 80's music ;D
Value, I can't believe the money they make frankly, there was one went for over 300 squid the other day, I think some people must be mad! They are old technology, but I would get that wedding tape safe before SWMBO gets physical :o
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Problem with buying first to market, Pace Twin might be only a single record but it is very easy to use.
I got my Sanyo HiFi deck in for a bit (was by the PC for capturing) and that still works but the tapes are all knackered.
The super deck is on on Saturday so I'll drop it off after getting LPG.
My 1982 portable still works fine :y
My VCR stable is Sony SL-HF950 with no head rotation, Sanyo VTC-M40 which is 22 years old, and my 1982 VCR of the year SLF1UB portable
Blimey! SL-HF950! That's a blast from the past! RE repair, I will be AMAZED if you manage to get it fixed, they are a complex beast to say the least, just uneconomical to repair. May be able to get service manuals if really stuck. Good luck!
Also got the matching PCM-F1 Digital audio unit for your F1! PC-701ES, 501ES, SL-HF100 SL-C9UB, C7, C5 etc etc etc! Good job I like 80's music ;D
Value, I can't believe the money they make frankly, there was one went for over 300 squid the other day, I think some people must be mad! They are old technology, but I would get that wedding tape safe before SWMBO gets physical :o
Sevice manuals - I have originals for SLHF950, SLF1UB, and a photocopy of VTC-M40
My VTC-M40 had some of the last heads in the country.
I have seen 950s on Ebay making over £500 and a Sanyo M40 hit £400. The M40 cost £300 new :o
I'm determined to get the 950 fixed - it cost £800 new back in 1989
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One point is the power used by a PC. A reasonable one for handling Freeview will take about 2-300W of power. This could be 7KWHr of juice per day, just to leave a PC sitting there doing not a lot. An old V2000 (or Betamax !) recorder takes a lot less, 50W ?. Our main room gets noticably warmer if I use the Freeview PC.
Ken
Lot more than the eff all on standby Twin with 30w or so when recording.
The Twin is fanless as well unlike some PVRs
The mains Beta decks are all around the 30w mark as well, I have a Vhs deck (I was given - wouldn't pay for the rubbish) but it hasn't been powered up for over 3 years
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Errr, VGA is RGB ;). Most decent cards do HDMI direct if you have a modern telly for when you dump that Sony PoS.
If you get a Radeon card, making an VGA to SCART is easy enough, but you need a bit of software called Powerstrip to set the res to 720 x 576 on a mega low refresh.
PoS >:(
Just because it works a lot better than you FS75 :P
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One point is the power used by a PC
Surely a media centre would wake itself up when it's time to record and sit in standby at all other times? You can set the BIOS clock to wake up most PCs from standby with about 3 lines of code. Running a PC the whole time just in case you've set something up to record would be madness unless you can use a fanless, efficient PC (which wouldn't be fast enough) ::).
A PC's not really the best tool for the job IMHO. It's a shame you have to use one to get a sensible set of features. It amazes me that all of the consumer HDD PVRs available are so dumb. The hardware's there. It wouldn't have taken much to put a web interface on it and a few features like actually recording the program you wanted, not just starting recording at the time it should be on. Missing the first / last 5 minutes of the program is what used to happen when I first got access to a video in about 1978 yet I still get it today >:(.
Kevin
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Well, I have a Humax PVR and, so far, am very happy with it. Not that I watch or record a great deal of TV though.
I have taken three of my VCRs out of service, just leaving the Panacronic SVHS in service - not that this gets used a great deal though.
Good luck with the repair Martin.
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One point is the power used by a PC
Surely a media centre would wake itself up when it's time to record and sit in standby at all other times? You can set the BIOS clock to wake up most PCs from standby with about 3 lines of code. Running a PC the whole time just in case you've set something up to record would be madness unless you can use a fanless, efficient PC (which wouldn't be fast enough) ::).
A PC's not really the best tool for the job IMHO. It's a shame you have to use one to get a sensible set of features. It amazes me that all of the consumer HDD PVRs available are so dumb. The hardware's there. It wouldn't have taken much to put a web interface on it and a few features like actually recording the program you wanted, not just starting recording at the time it should be on. Missing the first / last 5 minutes of the program is what used to happen when I first got access to a video in about 1978 yet I still get it today >:(.
Kevin
Absolutely, set it for S3 standby, as mine is. Uses <3W. Build the MCE with Core2 Duo chip, it will probably run around 50W when in use. Only Fan in my MCE is PSU, everything else is passive cooling.
PC has extra advantages of 3rd party apps adding some useful features :)
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Haven't you fixed it yet then? ::)
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Errr, VGA is RGB ;). Most decent cards do HDMI direct if you have a modern telly for when you dump that Sony PoS.
If you get a Radeon card, making an VGA to SCART is easy enough, but you need a bit of software called Powerstrip to set the res to 720 x 576 on a mega low refresh.
PoS >:(
Just because it works a lot better than you FS75 :P
FQ75. Yes, that piece of crap that Sony UK STILL do not acknowledge a problem with. Sony France were more open and implemented a rather expensive fix.
But the fact remains, even the cheapest LCD will outperform a 6/7 year old CRT, esp a WEGA based one. But, seeing as Sony are unable to make decent electronics to drive an LCD, places like Costco are selling the pretty reasonable 32" Panasonic Viesta for under £400...
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Errr, VGA is RGB ;). Most decent cards do HDMI direct if you have a modern telly for when you dump that Sony PoS.
If you get a Radeon card, making an VGA to SCART is easy enough, but you need a bit of software called Powerstrip to set the res to 720 x 576 on a mega low refresh.
PoS >:(
Just because it works a lot better than you FS75 :P
FQ75. Yes, that piece of crap that Sony UK STILL do not acknowledge a problem with. Sony France were more open and implemented a rather expensive fix.
But the fact remains, even the cheapest LCD will outperform a 6/7 year old CRT, esp a WEGA based one. But, seeing as Sony are unable to make decent electronics to drive an LCD, places like Costco are selling the pretty reasonable 32" Panasonic Viesta for under £400...
For interlaced material I still prefer CRT but as soon as I can get a High def source I wil go 1080P LCD, to be honest I reckon there is only a year or so left before the tube will be worn out. Luckily I dropped the brightness almost as soon as I bought it - I reckon that is why it is still good
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I must say, I'm not 100% convinced by LCDs yet. I think the colours from a CRT look a bit more natural and I just find some LCDs wearing on the eyes. LCDs seem to look much worse on poor quality source material too.
Good job I've got a lovely KV32FX60 ;D
Kevin
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Have to say I agree with this. Of all the LCDs that I have seen, I think that CRTs just "better".
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Well it's dropped off - first one in ten years.
I left them a manual and sequence of events.
If they can't do it hunt for a specialist
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I must say, I'm not 100% convinced by LCDs yet. I think the colours from a CRT look a bit more natural and I just find some LCDs wearing on the eyes. LCDs seem to look much worse on poor quality source material too.
Good job I've got a lovely KV32FX60 ;D
Kevin
A lot of LCDs, particularly the BRAVIAs have a weird default setting (I suspect to make it stand out as vibrant in the showroom). My brother uses BRAVIAs in his (jewellery) shops as under the bright lighting, the colour stays bold for his ads. But for normal viewing, it would need taming down.
I went from a FQ series Sony CRT to a Dell 37" LCD. The Dell was, imho, the more natural colourwise (perhaps with the exception of blacks), and obviously, none of the geometry/colour bleed/alignment issues associated with the Sony CRT (or any of the FQ's other well publicised problems!).
I have replaced the Dell with a Samsung which answers all the shortcomings of the Dell (though introduces one new one (selecting source manually) which is a PITA).