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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.video
Subject: Re: VCRs working with Amigas?
Keywords: VCR, AmigaVision, Video
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Date: 1 Jan 91 20:24:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jan1.042528.2441@rodan.acs.syr.edu> bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu writes:
>The question is: are there VCRs that work with the Amiga in a similar way
>[that a laserdisk on a serial port does]?

There's a big difference beteen using a laserdisk and using a videotape
as source input.  You *can* use a VCR for input (and genlock over it),
but the amount of control (and granularity) you have over the tape deck
depends on how much money you want to spend.  I've seen devices that simply
use remote control commands to control the tape, and there are also high-end
decks that work with edit controllers to achieve more "profesisonal" results.

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