--- Forwarded Message from Carine Ullom <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:16:44 -0400 >From: Carine Ullom <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (CK-SLUFS) >To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Replace Panasonic AG-W1 ------------------ 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 -- Carine Ullom Director, Language Resource Center/ Instructional Technology Specialist Department of Modern Languages & Literatures St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 [log in to unmask] 315-229-5857 (tel) 315-229-5989 (fax) http://www.stlawu.edu/lrc