Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:35:10 -0800 (PST) From: Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]> To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Panasonic AG-W1 (fwd) Oops!--my mistake. It seems there is a newer model Aiwa that DOES read Secam (don't know about Meta-secam, Pal-M, etc.) Betty Woerner Reed College ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:33:12 -0600 From: Diane Rackowski <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Media in Education <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list MEDIA-L <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Panasonic AG-W1 Update! Aiwa makes a new model VCR HV-MX100. Plays SECAM in Color. Has hi-fi stereo sound. Costs about $600 - $800. Experience with the old AIWA has been good. Three years of service with no problems. Diane >The Awia is only a mono unit and only realy does Pal - NTSC conversion. It >will play Secam, but only in black and white. The price makes it a good >choice if you don't mind mono and only want to convert Pal. > >The Sharp I know nothing about. > >Hope this helps. > >Jim > >Jim Pierret >Classroom Technologies Coordinator >Carleton College > > >--On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 9:43 AM -0800 "Betty Woerner" <[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >> A colleague at another institution would like to purchase a multi-standard >> VCR that would be able to read and transfer many video standards, similar >> to the Panasonic AG-W1. I have read on this list in the past that this >> Panasonic model has gone out of distribution. Is there another machine >> that does the same things? Is it as reliable as the Panasonic? How about >> cost? >> >> Thanks in advance for the info. >> >> Betty Woerner >> [log in to unmask] >> Reed College Diane Rackowski Electromechanical Systems Specialist CLA Language Center University of Minnesota (612) 626-7749 [log in to unmask]