Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: video tapes: which good, which bad Message-ID: <7116@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 17:17:45 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7116 Posted: Tue Jan 8 17:17:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 00:25:05 EST References: <67@mot.UUCP>, <7017@brl-tgr.ARPA> <325@ahuta.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 24 > REFERENCES: <67@mot.UUCP>, <7017@brl-tgr.ARPA> > > > Surprised to see Memorex rated low, I'm not. I had the misfortune > > to record on that crap. It's a waste to have something you want > > ruined that way. It came out black and white. Never had any other > > brand of tape do that (I use TDK primarly but there are a few Sonys > > and other brands thrown in there). > > It sounds like the problem was not the tape, but the tuner--I have also had > this problem when recording distant stations (pre-cable). I would tune it and > adjust the antenna (rabbit ears!) for best reception, then set the timer and go > away. When the timer turned on, either the adjustment had shifted slightly or > the fact that my body was not present to act as additional antenna (anyone who > has ever had rabbit ears knows what I mean) made a difference and the picture > either didn't come in at all or came in as black-and-white. > > Evelyn C. Leeper > ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl It was certainly not the tuner. I almost exclusively watch through the VCR tuner when I am recording, and I was watching the show at the same time as I was taping it. -Ron