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Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 03-09-2021, 09:58 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,466
Posted By hodgey
Yeah the IO-Data seems to have gotten generally...

Yeah the IO-Data seems to have gotten generally good feedback and seems decent, it also seems to have a proper proc-amp judging by how the histogram looked in one post here (can't find right now)....
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 03-09-2021, 09:39 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,466
Posted By lordsmurf
Good start. :congrats: Not really. For...

Good start. :congrats:

Not really.
For example, I often have capture cards in the marketplace, and ship worldwide.

Not true. Certain AIW models were native to Europe.

For EU/UK<>US,...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 03-09-2021, 08:47 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,466
Posted By Bogilein
:smack:You should read the whole post to avoid...

:smack:You should read the whole post to avoid spreading half-truths here. The Terratec you mentioned failed because no synchronous recording was possible except recording with the mpg codec.
The...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 03-04-2021, 05:38 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,317
Posted By lordsmurf
No! Sometimes tapes are "one and done",...

No!

Sometimes tapes are "one and done", meaning you had one chance to capture it. And if you FF/REW, you wasted the chance. The tape has flaked oxide, and the second pass will have visual damage....
Forum: Blank Media 03-02-2021, 10:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,307
Posted By lingyi
Choices today are very simple. Taiyo Yuden or...

Choices today are very simple. Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim AZO (never heard about the Ultra series), both made my CMC Magnetics in Taiwan. That's it! Both companies sold all their DVD manufacturing...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-28-2021, 05:25 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 228,129
Posted By juiceycow
Just a quick follow up to my post above...

Just a quick follow up to my post above (http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-capture/392-ati-wonder-hacks-11.html#post73116).

- I failed to mention that my card is an AIW Radeon 9000 Pro

-...
Forum: Videography: Cameras, TVs and Players 02-18-2021, 08:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,480
Posted By lingyi
According to lordsmurf and Deter, two of the...

According to lordsmurf and Deter, two of the gurus of AG-1980's, ALL of the caps must be replaced for proper operation and performance. Deter recommends buying a cheap machine and he offers a really...
Forum: Videography: Cameras, TVs and Players 02-18-2021, 03:28 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,480
Posted By bookemdano
I think when brand new, VCR heads protrude about...

I think when brand new, VCR heads protrude about 50uM. As you said, they wear in the course of normal use, and by the time they get down below 20uM or so they will can produce visible noise in the...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-18-2021, 11:06 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By bookemdano
I confess to having no personal experience with...

I confess to having no personal experience with the TBC-1000, so maybe LordSmurf or others who have used/serviced them can comment. But from what I remember reading, capacitors aren't a common...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-18-2021, 10:21 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By bookemdano
Yikes! Looks easy enough to replace since...

Yikes!

Looks easy enough to replace since it's through-hole design. Not sure if you have or are willing to buy a soldering iron, but I guess that would be my suggestion (unless of course you paid...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-03-2021, 07:09 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By hodgey
There is some difference in brightness/contrast...

There is some difference in brightness/contrast between the clips. The ATI-600 is darker, I didn't check whether it's clipped at Y=16 (some capcute cards do) in the file or just during the rgb...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-02-2021, 03:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,188
Posted By themaster1
The rule of thumb : if you want to upscale you...

The rule of thumb : if you want to upscale you want sharp so you should use spline36 (or 64)
for a downscale you might want to smooth details thus: bilinear.
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-02-2021, 02:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By Bogilein
I know that. But there are also DVD recorders of...

I know that. But there are also DVD recorders of the same quality. My Panasonic ES15, EH-65 & EH495 have the same performance.
The ES-10, for example, is a recorder without a hard disk. From the...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-02-2021, 01:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By Bogilein
I have about 13 DVD recorders (Panasonic, JVC,...

I have about 13 DVD recorders (Panasonic, JVC, Sony / Pioneer, Philips) and they can all be used by passthrough. Some give a better result than others. I can't understand why only the Panasonic ES10...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-02-2021, 12:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,188
Posted By lordsmurf
Crop 720>704, then resize, if this is a VHS tape...

Crop 720>704, then resize, if this is a VHS tape source.

Resize method really depends on the content. There's no single best method. Sometimes simple bicubic or bilinear appears best, while other...
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 02-02-2021, 07:21 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,653
Posted By lordsmurf
JVC does not have passthrough. Most DVD recorders...

JVC does not have passthrough. Most DVD recorders do not. ES10/15 was unique.
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 02-01-2021, 07:11 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 644
Posted By lordsmurf
This is why a TBC must always be placed an a UPS....

This is why a TBC must always be placed an a UPS. TBCs don't have fuses, no protections, and were intended to always be on protected circuits (broadcaster, studio, etc).

I know somebody that can...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-18-2021, 07:19 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,138
Posted By jwillis84
The NW07 is the 2013 version, it says Honestech...

The NW07 is the 2013 version, it says Honestech VidBox for Mac on the box.

The NW07 may have been shipped in later packaging, but the only certain way to verify it is an NW07 is to look at the...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-15-2021, 07:49 AM
Replies: 229
Views: 228,129
Posted By pcourtney
google it and you would know ...

google it and you would know

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/148982-AIW-9600-Pro-vs-AIW-9800-SE
Forum: Computers 01-15-2021, 12:25 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,630
Posted By lordsmurf
SATA2 and dual-core Intel CPUs are a major...

SATA2 and dual-core Intel CPUs are a major advantage for AIW systems.
- The SATA allows more/longer captures, faster transfers off-system, and less likely to drop frames.
- The dual-core Intel...
Forum: Computers 01-14-2021, 12:37 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,630
Posted By pcourtney
you simply don't need a fast modern computer for...

you simply don't need a fast modern computer for SD capture - you just need to run Windows XP with 2 or 3GB of ram, and a motherboard that sports one of the latest Pentium 4 CPU's, you install the OS...
Forum: Computers 01-13-2021, 07:34 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,630
Posted By lordsmurf
If you use a certain rare PCI AIW, then you can...

If you use a certain rare PCI AIW, then you can use any PCI enabled board that has XP drivers. That gets you into 2014 or so, which is not too shabby in terms of available CPUs.

This OS is the...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-12-2021, 01:18 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,138
Posted By thefrog1394
AIW AGP WinXP vs. ATI 600 or VC500 OS X differences?

I know the common wisdom on here is that Windows XP > OS X and that an AGP AIW card is better than the USB dongles. But, what am I looking at in terms of actual differences?

In either case, I will...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-11-2021, 08:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 962
Posted By lordsmurf
A-Team: "I love it when a plan comes together!"...

A-Team: "I love it when a plan comes together!" :D


That's not possible. The 1st line TBC owns the signal.
- JVC TBC on = ES10/15 TBC(ish) does nothing
- JVC TBC off = signal passed to ES10/15...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-11-2021, 07:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,717
Posted By lordsmurf
Nope. That's not useful here. These work well...

Nope. That's not useful here. These work well enough to play an old analog game system on your HDTV, maybe even connected a VCR to a HDTV (debatable), but that's it. It has no place in a capture...
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