What Panasonic DVD VCR does iMemories use?

[brockalee]

Imemories had a post on instagram showing their facilities. Very nice! Seems for VHS they use a small form factor Optiplex 780 hooked up to a Panasonic VCR. This makes me think 100% they’re using a USB capture device, which still doesn’t tell much. Interesting video though. Surprised they use flat beds on their photo scans.

Also they claim they use “McKenzie AI” an in-house trained AI model to clarify video up to 3x… https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHmDq...JjYWdjaDRpMw==

[radiokom]

If they use those junk VCRs they are charlatans.

[brockalee]

I asked Grok and this was the response.

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Based on the image and details from discussions in video capture communities, the VCR used by iMemories in their VHS digitization process is the Panasonic DMR-EZ48V, a combo DVD recorder/VHS player. This model is paired with a Canopus ADVC-110 capture device in their setup, prioritizing cost-effective mass production over premium quality components.

Oddly enough, this is its source. ��
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vid...expensive.html

[lordsmurf]

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Can you identify this Panasonic Imemories uses?

Panasonic DMR-EZ48V.

Not good.

The EZ series does not contain ES10/15 type line TBCs. The EZ series is the low-end of Panasonic recorders, just a clunky old combo DVD recorder, with plain low-end VHS player attached.

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Originally Posted by brockalee

Imemories had a post on instagram showing their facilities. Very nice!

How is that nice? Nobody is monitoring anything. The video could be snow, and nobody would know.

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Also they claim they use “McKenzie AI” an in-house trained AI model to clarify video up to 3x…

What utter BS.

Everybody is claiming "AI" now. My cat's litter box probably has more AI in it.

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I asked Grok and this was the response.

Thus why "AI" stands for "artificial idiot" more than not.

I keep hearing how AI will replace search, and how AI is "search on steroids". At least normal Google search gave us more accurate answers. "AI" just rounds up random answers, and spits out random text.

If AI was a pet, it'd be that dumb dog that smiles and wags it's tail, happy that it pooped on your kitchen floor.

[latreche34]

AI is more of a parrot, it gathers data from search engines like you do yourself and it repeats it to you, the scary part is more people are relying on it and taking its results as facts.

[Aya_Rei]

Have a hunch the reason why they are even sticking with the Panasonic DMR-EZ48V is becuase it has an HDMI port, it'd just be converting a composite signal to HDMI..

These are the companies people who don't know any better are sending their stuff to all because they mass advertise, meanwhile some transfer services like my local one (New York Camera and Video) who don't advertise nearly to that degree and have been in the scene since the 80s, they use professional equipment such as a way smaller selection of S-VHS VCRs rather than a huge collection of the same crappy consumer VCR/DVD combo unit.

I've been able to personally check the equipment they use and chat with the owner and the employees who run the video transfer section. Most of it is broadcast units or film scanners that go over my head but I do know that use an ES15 for only tapes that require it, same reason as why I use it.

[brockalee]

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Originally Posted by lordsmurf

Thus why "AI" stands for "artificial idiot" more than not.

I keep hearing how AI will replace search, and how AI is "search on steroids". At least normal Google search gave us more accurate answers. "AI" just rounds up random answers, and spits out random text.

If AI was a pet, it'd be that dumb dog that smiles and wags its tail, happy that it pooped on your kitchen floor.

The hilarious part is that it found the answer to my question by referencing a post on this forum.

I’m frequently amazed by AI and I use it daily. It has become a big part of my research flow, and the dumb dog analogy is pretty spot on. It will tell you 3 helpful things then smile at you as it poops on your floor. It works 60% of the time, every time.

Regarding how nice the facilities are, it definitely is a clean and organized workplace. And would be very easy for them to monitor and control the desktops remotely from a single desktop with several screens (think security screens). It wouldn’t make business sense for them to spend a single second recording fuzz. Pop the tape and insert another.

Or just put a sticker on the tape saying it was unusable and send it back to the customer without ever checking it.

[vwestlife]

One good thing about this model is that it supports Panasonic's proprietary VP speed. So on the off chance they get any VP recordings to transfer, they'll be able to play it.