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« on: 04 November 2007, 18:38:14 »
22 years old, and only one swmbo on the go at any one time
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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.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.
Good job I've got a lovely KV32FX60
Kevin
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.QuoteErrr, 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
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.QuoteOne 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
Errr, VGA is RGB . Most decent cards do HDMI direct if you have a modern telly for when you dump that Sony PoS.QuoteQuoteWorth 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...QuoteQuotePace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....QuoteQuoteWant to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2Get 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
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
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.
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)
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...QuoteQuotePace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....QuoteQuoteWant to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2Get 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
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
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.
Pace twin is showing its age badly, and is sssllllloooooowwwwww....QuoteQuoteWant to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2Get 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
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
Want to record two channels - thats the problem, however I still have about 20 tapes to convert to MPEG2Get 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
so give up with the vcr?QuoteQuoteI needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950Good. Get something from this millenium.
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
You know full well I have had a PVR for a few years now.
I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950Good. Get something from this millenium.
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
Alas, in this case, it was the design that is suspect.... ....much like the BMW tractor engine...QuoteI was supposed to be going to the little firework/bbq we have in the close last night, but instead was stuck underneath a bloody Audi playing with suspension until about 8pm in Oxford - yet another quality design by respected german designersHave the same trouble with all, so called "German" appliances, had a rant about this, as the germans are so proud of their work,
and was told that all equiptment these days have the same inners, probably all comimng from China or Japan.
The same with the cars, they may have come from a german Drawing board, but the production is all in East Europe.
It has all got to be cheap these days, and if the car goes wrong more money in the pocket for the mechanics
Everybody is in an uproar about this way of thinking here, as more and more of the production leave Germany, or for that matter western Europe, towards the like of Poland and Rumania.
With the aim of saving cost, but at the expense of the work force.
QuoteDrink coming up. Anyone got any nuts for Maria?
Does she like them salted
Or roasted