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>Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:16:44 -0400
>From: Carine Ullom <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Replace Panasonic AG-W1

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Hello colleagues!
Our Panasonic AG-W1 VCR player/copier/converter seems to be dying. 
 Lately we've been experiencing poor (terrible) sound quailty when 
converting PAL to NTSC.  Additionally, when converting NTSC to PAL 
(haven't tried the other way around), we now get black and white only 
and no sound.  This happened while copying/converting several pieces of 
NTSC tape onto one PAL tape.  The first few scenes (all from the same 
tape) are fine.  We didn't change any settings or alter anything at all. 
 It seems to have happened when we inadvertently left the REC button on 
the AG-W1 on while fast-forwarding the NTSC tape.  Could this have 
"confused" the AG-W1 as it tried to display/convert this too-fast-moving 
image?  In any case, I have two questions:
1) Anyone experienced anything like this?  Is it fixable?
2) I have some (limited!) funds to purchase a replacement.  Any 
suggestions?  It seems that AG-W-3 at $999.99 is Panasonic's current 
model.  Are there other comparable units from other manufacturers?
Thanks,
Carine

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Carine Ullom
Director, Language Resource Center/
Instructional Technology Specialist
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617
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315-229-5857 (tel)
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