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Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 08-14-2022, 09:46 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,167
Posted By RobustReviews
Just to say I echo this entirely. They're...

Just to say I echo this entirely.

They're fantastic TBCs and wholly compatible with 'domestic' sources, they're designed to straighten out U-Matic after all with U-Matic's attendant ever-changing...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 07-17-2022, 07:30 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 9,600
Posted By RobustReviews
This, I think, proves you are not a scientist....

This, I think, proves you are not a scientist. :laugh:

Talk about 'apples to oranges', this even predates the chemistry used for domestic videotape, they're not at all comparable. This is a...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 07-09-2022, 12:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,887
Posted By RobustReviews
Any UK people who purchased on and wants to lend...

Any UK people who purchased on and wants to lend it out for a few days I'm happy to do an IR dump.

Those USB programable remotes are probably a good basis to make a file for, if not there are...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 07-07-2022, 01:46 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,336
Posted By RobustReviews
Looks like a smart little project. It should...

Looks like a smart little project. It should really use coax (goes back to tedious impedance control discussions) but if this works, it works brother.

I haven't the schematic to hand for the...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 07-02-2022, 05:07 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 519
Posted By RobustReviews
Sage advice, but in this case and this...

Sage advice, but in this case and this application or isn't especially critical. I keep trays of those little hobby box specials for general running repairs and 'fiddling'.

Parts can get pricy, a...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 07-02-2022, 02:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 519
Posted By RobustReviews
I guess you're in the US? UK, RS Components...

I guess you're in the US?

UK, RS Components is pricey but they can usually supply to your door within 24 hours, huge catalogue etc.

Stateside, someone like Farnell/Element14/Newark or whichever...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2022, 02:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 519
Posted By RobustReviews
If you opt to use one, basically any one will do....

If you opt to use one, basically any one will do. 'Pure Sine' is a marketing term, mathematically there is only one definition of a sine wave, and this ain't it partner.

They do a close...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-21-2022, 05:28 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,366
Posted By RobustReviews
Yes, I've raised this few times too when LS and...

Yes, I've raised this few times too when LS and others repeat that it's only screen capturing software. I don't especially like OBS, but it does direct capture from hardware, I've even linked the...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-19-2022, 10:52 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,366
Posted By RobustReviews
SDI is great, and often overlooked. We do...

SDI is great, and often overlooked.

We do use DV sometimes for domestic videos, PAL is perfectly passable and still considerably better than most cheapo methods - NTSC looks pretty dire though....
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-19-2022, 10:47 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 786
Posted By RobustReviews
Agree, I would look for a good working example...

Agree, I would look for a good working example and keep that one for spares.

Replacing the head chips themselves can be done but there's a reason there was assembly replacement here, the alignment...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 05-10-2022, 04:25 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,058
Posted By RobustReviews
Not a technical thing, but I collect music promos...

Not a technical thing, but I collect music promos (about the only television I've ever watched) and I do despair at the quality of some of the conversions done by studios for YouTube. That said, it's...
Forum: General Discussion 05-03-2022, 05:59 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,159
Posted By RobustReviews
With 8mm formats the head spins considerably...

With 8mm formats the head spins considerably faster than the later tapes and the headgap is considerably narrower which no doubt promotes head-clogging. They do just seem to suffer more with dirty...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-02-2022, 10:01 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 433
Posted By RobustReviews
Yep, that's makes sense. If you want to work...

Yep, that's makes sense.

If you want to work it out, we can go to basic Ohms law:

130W = ? Amps x 110V;

Re can then rearrange this to:

130/110 = 1.2A
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-02-2022, 09:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 433
Posted By RobustReviews
Don't worry about the voltage rating of the cable...

Don't worry about the voltage rating of the cable in this instance. Without wandering too far in to electrical theory, cable voltage ratings are quite nominal and generally refer to the insulative...
Forum: General Discussion 04-27-2022, 11:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,159
Posted By RobustReviews
Ah, start with a tricky one. The video head...

Ah, start with a tricky one.

The video head (proper) is usually the most exquisitely manufactured item found in the domestic situation, as one who spent decades working with engineering...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-11-2022, 03:14 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 825
Posted By RobustReviews
Vote for Lagarith here, but also I'm not one for...

Vote for Lagarith here, but also I'm not one for fussing over such matters too much, both Huffyuv and Lagarith look rather great to my eyes. I've used both, but Lagarith is a better fit for us.
...
Forum: General Discussion 04-01-2022, 08:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 753
Posted By RobustReviews
We have prehistoric dot-matrix 'endorsement'...

We have prehistoric dot-matrix 'endorsement' printers for printing A6 job cards for tapes that use that connector. They're old enough to use parallel interfaces, but they do a mighty fine job for...
Forum: Blank Media 03-13-2022, 07:55 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 696
Posted By RobustReviews
With such a potentially tiny head etc if be...

With such a potentially tiny head etc if be cautious about using plain ferric audio stock as I think that may cause a lot of clogging, let alone the formulation most likely being wrong for this...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-27-2022, 07:27 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,595
Posted By RobustReviews
Ah, yeah, with a forum handle like that, it's...

Ah, yeah, with a forum handle like that, it's going to be Tugs. It was the Star fleet (recourse to Wikipedia) and a switcher is a small tug aparently.

Back on topic! :P
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-27-2022, 07:20 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,595
Posted By RobustReviews
Slightly off topic, but is that Tugs? Not sure...

Slightly off topic, but is that Tugs? Not sure about international versions but it was a UK production (TVS, when their stock was high in the late 80s) and had an uncredited Patrick 'Voice of the...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-06-2022, 04:51 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,901
Posted By RobustReviews
This thread is now vestigal, apologies. ...

This thread is now vestigal, apologies.

Around this the time this was written there were some quite major advances in VHS-Decode, and there are ever approaching major changes (dare we say the 'W'...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-02-2022, 03:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,048
Posted By RobustReviews
I'm in the UK, I consider myself 'good and...

I'm in the UK, I consider myself 'good and reliable'.

I can take a look for nix if you want me just to check it on one of our machines, we don't transfer individual tapes though.

I'm happy to...
Forum: Encode, Convert for discs 02-02-2022, 10:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 591
Posted By RobustReviews
That's not dissimilar to our business folder...

That's not dissimilar to our business folder format, ours goes a little something like this:

Tape barcodes are [2-digit year][Week as alpha/numeric single][Job code, 3 digit sequential] - [3...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-02-2022, 06:51 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,947
Posted By RobustReviews
Yes, this is a way getting a lock between...

Yes, this is a way getting a lock between various devices.

Some (?) Betacam decks I think can be set to just sync on the composite input but this would be a rather 'near enough' way of doing it...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 02-01-2022, 03:58 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,943
Posted By RobustReviews
Yes as @latreche34 has said, the tracks are...

Yes as @latreche34 has said, the tracks are straight, intermittently switching between fields A and B, hence two heads are used in conventional playback on standard VHS. This I think might be...
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