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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: video tapes:  which good, which bad
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 17:17:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  8 17:17:45 1985
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> 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