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Subject: 	RE: #8387.3 Multi-system vcr
Date: 	Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:35:19 -0500
From: 	Dente, Edmund N. <[log in to unmask]>
To: 	Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum 
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> I just got (on a grant) a long-time desideratum, a video viewing setup
> with 6 stations with matching all-region DVD players, multi-system
VCRs,
> and multi-system TV sets. The DVD and VCR units have no converters. I
> used World Gift as the vendor. I would say that they are OK. The
people
> I talked to on the phone were salesmen, not geeky people interested in
> electronics (It's a Sony! Of course it's good!), though they did
> volunteer the information that units made in a particular place (I
> forget which) were not as good as others. Two out of 3 types of
> equipment, they sent the wrong plug adapters (fotunately the two wrong
> kinds were right for the other machine) and they only sent 1 cable
> connector for 6 TVs.
> 
> Remember that if you are using a projector (rather than a TV set) you
> don't need a converter for a non-NTSC tape.


Right, but you still need a multi-standard VCR to play the tape. You
just don't need a converter to change it to NTSC. I'm actually a little
surprised that you can still get multi-standard VCRs without converters
these days. When the VCR/Converter units came down to about $399
(Samsung 5000 at 220-Electronics.com/International Video)it sort of
obviated the economic incentive to get just the multi-standard players
without converters.
Cheers!
Ed
"Always trust your first instinct ----- unless it tells you to use your
life savings to develop a Destructo Ray"
                         -Homer Simpson


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