[78-L] fwd: Videotape challenge is in the machinery

[Michael Biel]

  On 8/7/2010 8:33 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks very much for this Mike.
>
> In your opinion, does the GV-D200 make as good a pic as the Hi-8 editors
> with TBC card that Sony used to make? That was the kind of machine I was
> thinking about.
>
> joe salerno

Not having any way to have a direct comparison, I can't say.  But it has 
a TBC (that's Time Base Correction for you non-video people, it keeps 
the scanning lines coming at the correct intervals to reduce jitter) and 
I can even run analogue video thru it to the DV digital output into 
either a DVD recorder or computer.  That's how we did the old ARSC and 
Syndicate VHS footage in Leah's documentary.  There is some kind of 20 
program video editor in this thing also but I have never used it.   I 
thihk this is going to be the final machine made to play 8mm video, and 
it plays standard, hi-8 and digital 8.  It also records but I have no 
need for that!

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> Michael Biel wrote:
>>>> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Even more recent formats are getting harder to find. I have some HI-8
>>>>> video I would love to transfer with one of Sony's high end players with
>>>>> a TBC card in it, and not a camcorder. These don't seem to turn up on
>>>>> ebay so often anymore, and finding one in working condition is tough. Or
>>>>> at least, I haven't had any success with it. Not so long ago even the
>>>>> broken ones on ebay were kinda pricy.
>>>>>
>> Of course it depends on what you mean by kinda pricy.  If you would look
>> at some dealers sites instead of ebay you would find that the Sony
>> GV-D200 I use is still available new for between $550 and $600.  I'm
>> going to be getting a second one for Leah soon.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com