Barry777
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Jan 16, 2010, 3:26 AM
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Digital offers, obviously, much better performance "when it works". But in my book, a consistently working VCR is much more robust, reliable and satisfying than a perfect picture that occasionally freezes or breaks into that horrible checkerboard pattern. And the most annoying thing about digital technology is: with analog, noise on the line results in noise in the picture and sound. With digital, noise on the line results in lockup. As a professional Avionics technician working on both analog and digital circuits, I can say from experience that analog is much more reliable and free of annoying hassles. Digital offers tremendous amounts of performance in a small package - but the current AND future technology is too encumbered with cost control issues (thanks to the consumer shopping for the lowest prices) to manufacture a solid-performing and lasting product. Beta lost out over VHS because the public wanted low prices and longer recording times. Never mind that the longer recording time resulted in a horrible picture that Sony refused to put their name on.
Remember that noise looks like incorrect data to a digital circuit - and incorrect data is like trying to communicate to someone who speaks a foreign language.
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Barry Fone - VCR Repair hobbyist and professional FAA Repair Station Avionics Bench Technician (top level). TEST EQUIPMENT: (4) Sencore VC93 VCR Analyzers, (11) Tentel gauges, Sencore VA48 and (2) VA62 Video Analyzers, Sigma Electronics TSG-375 NTSC/SMPTE Video Generator, several VCR Alignment Tapes, plus countless Oscilloscopes, Frequency Counters, Wow and Flutter Meters, Distortion Analyzers, Vectorscope, 136-channel Logic Analyzer, Signature Analyzer . . . . VIDEO GEAR: (6) JVC BR-S822U's, (3) JVC BR-7000 series, (3) JVC BR-S500U, (2) JVC BR-S800U, JVC GR-800U and (2) GR-860U Editing Controllers, Sony FXE-100 Video Switcher/Effects Generator, (5) Time Code Generator/Readers, (1) Sony SLO-1800 (Beta), (2) Alesis ADAT-XT, (1) Sony DXC-1200 TV Camera, Pioneer VP-1000 Laser Disc Player plus many consumer grade Beta and VHS VCR's. Passionate electronics enthusiast since 1973...most anything except computers. Check out my collection at www.barrys8trackrepair.com/MyVideoGear.html
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