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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.video
Subject: Re: Video signal generator
Keywords: VCR video
Message-ID: <2353@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 88 03:28:19 GMT
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In article <554@mtxinu.UUCP> tim@mtxinu.UUCP (Tim Wood - Sybase Inc.) writes:
<In article <2341@nicmad.UUCP> brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video) writes:
<>In article <10423@shemp.UCLA.EDU> khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Erazm J. Behr)) writes:
<><Is there a *simple* circuit that would produce a video signal
<><which could be recorded on a VCR as a "blank space" between
<><programs, movies etc.?
<>
<>I use a camera with the lens cap left on.
<
<Or, just switch the VCR input to LINE (CAMERA).  My Sony SLHF750 shows
<a uniform light gray screen for the floating video input, and no audio signal.
<No as nice as black screen but I don't have $x000 for a camera & lenscap :-)!

What is wrong with this idea is that:

	1. Not all VCRs play back this blank area as gray.
	2. There isn't any sync for the VCR and TV to lock on to.
	   This creates a jump problem when playing back the tape.
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