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- From: a74k110@phobos.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Peterson)
- Subject: Sony multi-system VCR
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:17:14 GMT
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- I recently was searching around some shops in NYC, and ran into a
- Sony multisystem VCR (SLV-700X). The VCR looks like a clone of the U.S.
- model SLV-696 in terms of overall features. But, the box (that's all
- the info I could get about it) says it has in addition "full multi
- system (PAL, SECAM, MESECAM, NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43) capability". The price
- was around $1000. Now my question, anyone have any experience with this
- or know any further information about it? Namely, how does the multisystem
- stuff compare to the Panasonic W1, or the new Sharp machine, in terms
- of picture quality and the actual number of systems it can do "true"
- conversion to <-> from. I hope it's not like those Aiwa machines I'v
- heard about, they seem to be terrible. On a related note, if this Sony
- machine turns out not to be so hot, does it mean that at the current
- time there are only TWO high-quality "true" conversion VCR's the public
- can buy (The panasonic and the sharp machines)? If so, why is it that
- Sony or some other company wouldn't put out a machine that rivals these
- other two?
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- Thanks,
- Chris
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