Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site oakhill.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!don From: don@oakhill.UUCP (Don Weiss) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: VCR + color monitor feedback wanted Message-ID: <261@oakhill.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 13:55:24 EST Article-I.D.: oakhill.261 Posted: Fri Dec 7 13:55:24 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 01:49:31 EST References:Reply-To: don@oakhill.UUCP (Don Weiss) Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx Lines: 32 Summary: <<{{[[**]]}}>> Here are some points to ponder when considering a VCR + monitor, as opposed to a VCR + tuner/monitor, approach. 1. In my experience, a direct (no mod/demod) hookup is better than the RF feed from the VCR, but just BARELY. 2. You might wish to watch one program while you tape another. This implies a tuner/monitor (these of course are at least as widely available as straight monitors). 3. Once again in my experience, my monitor receiver combos (built by Sharp for Montgomery Wards) have built-in tuners which produce a substantially quieter (less grainy) picture than the tuner from either of my VCRs (a middle-of-the line Quasar and a top-of-the-line GE, both made by Matsushita). The impact of this is that when I want to do any critical taping off the air, I route the demodulated video from the RECEIVER to the VCR, rather than the other way around. 4. If you buy a combo tuner/monitor (and I guess I'm recommending it!), you might investigate exactly what audio and video signals go into it and come out of it in exactly what operating modes. For instance, when I put my tuner/monitor in 'direct video' mode, it for some reason disables the tuner, so I can't get the tuner audio/video outputs at the same time I want to monitor composite video input. Not hardly civilized behavior, but I suspect the internal switching (a quad CMOS transmission gate!) may not have had enough isolation between video sources to allow the more logical operation. Yet another aspect is: what kind of audio outputs does the tuner/monitor have? Stereo, or stereo ready? Outputs which follow the volume control or are independent? (both of these are handy.) --Living inside of a little glass room..........Don Weiss