--- Forwarded Message from "Dente, Ed" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Dente, Ed" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #7214 Replace Panasonic AG-W1 >Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:08:59 -0400 ------------------ Carine, Samsung World Wide SV-50000 VCR $318 at 220-electronics.com Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edmund N. Dente Director, Language Media Center Ph: 617-627-3036 Tufts University [log in to unmask] Medford, MA 02155 http://ase.tufts.edu/lmc -"Che fai cosi impalato? Il pollo hai tu comprato?" Pagliacci, Leoncavallo > > --- 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 >