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Yep, I have machines from the Philips/Magnavox line for OTA recording. If you're recording OTA, it's hard to beat them as inexpensive time-shifting and archiving machines. The editing function was a bit of a come-down after using the...
Quote:Originally Posted by robboot The remote had no control. No stop, no off, nothing. Pulled the plug. Plugged back in. Went into please wait, error, press enter, bye, please wait, L1, change disc. Tray will not open....
Quote:Originally Posted by plplplpl For quickies / giveaways / audio CDs, I often use the Staples 50-pack or its Walmart equivalent (with hub printable watershield white or silver inkjet Taiyo Yudens). I haven't seen the 100-packs...
Quote:Originally Posted by Westly-C I wasn't aware that Grimm would be off for so long. Assumed this was the normal hiatus during the busy holiday season, return in January. As for Revolution, NBC's strategy is to keep it paired...
Quote:Originally Posted by Church AV Guy The theory that doswonk1 has come up with sounds very plausable to me. I ran across the EH49 when I was attempting to get a manual download. It is the 49/59/69 manual, and the only thing...
Quote:Originally Posted by MrHT Out of the hundreds of VHS tapes I used to own, only a handful were pre-recorded in EP. Usually only from low-budget operations. I remember ordering some tapes from a place called "PCB" (short for...
Quote:Originally Posted by ragu0012 I ordered an eh59. Waiting patiently for it to arrive. Only thing concerned about is that black level issue. Depends on how picky you are about black level. I tend to like my images - both still...
Quote:Originally Posted by MrHT I always tell people that they should only convert home movies to DVD. Anything else, such as TV shows or movies, should just be purchased on DVD. It's not worth the trouble. Trust me. It's tedious,...
I can see a business for transferring home videos and camcorder tapes to DVD, though you'd probably have to have a variety of playback machines. But if one runs this as a business, wouldn't you run afoul of copyright laws if you copied,...
Well, don't forget that the first iteration of our beloved Magnavox had an 80 gig HDD at a time when 120 and 160 gigs were pretty much the standard. And maybe the EH-49 was some sort of captive economy model for a German equivalent of...
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