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April 10, 2006
r.i.p. akai
the akai vs-g420 that faithfully served metroid 2002 speed demos archive for over two years died tonight. i used it to capture every pal run submitted to m2k2sda on vhs up to and including frezy_man's recent mm3 run.
despite the condition of frezy_man's tape, i do not believe that his tape killed the vcr. these symptoms:
tmnt.mp4 (1.6 MB; quicktime mp4)
... resemble the alignment problem the first uber (jvc hr-s9911u) that was defective had, and so i think that it might have simply been time for the akai to go. on top of that, because it uses european power, i have always had to use this enormous TEMPORARY USE ONLY power adapter for it, and i have no idea what kind of power it was giving the akai.
the good news for frezy_man is that i should be able to capture his tmnt run when i get a new pal vcr. the good news for everyone is that i will now be buying a 60 hz stereo pal vcr of a good reputation from one of my friends in europe. the bad news for me is that i will soon have a much lighter wallet.
but that's how it goes.
Posted by njahnke at April 10, 2006 9:39 PM
Comments
"60Hz PAL?" Isn't that a contradiction in terms? part of the definition of the PAL standard is that it has a framerate of 50Hz, which is itself, I believe based on the frequency of the AC electricity used in most european countries.
Posted by: OmegaWarrior at April 25, 2006 11:35 PM
pal 60 is just ntsc with pal color. it's their newer standard.
Posted by: nate 
at April 27, 2006 11:33 PM
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