Those were the least of the problems I had with the Sima CT-200, which suffered from constant and very annoying color shifts and light/dark/light shifts. (Some said this was due to inconsistent QC in the device mfr., varying from sample to sample.) But I found it unacceptable.
I have the Video Filter -- a.k.a. Zorilla, if that is the one being referred to -- and it was much better, though it sometimes went back & forth between 4:3 & 16:9, as if confused. I hope to work with that some more when I get back to doing xfers, since I never used it enough to form a solid conclusion about its effectiveness.
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[QUOTE=Seeker47;2093227] I think you may be onto something. I have 3 Sima CT-2s and 2 tend to mess with the brightness and contrast. If I feed it with a DVD player that has full output adjustments(brightness, contrast, gamma) I can get the output after the filter to look OK(not great but just OK) but one of my Simas works great and needs no such adjustments I took the other two apart and found no adjustments(I was hoping for a pot to adjust) so I guess it's just the luck of the draw with most tending to be overly bright.
The Video Filter I was referring to is sold by a AVS member Logic Design. It's not cheap(I believe $169) but I believe they are custom built and I've read have a higher quality output. I haven't heard of a Zorilla filter. -
Most people who "don't have problems" just haven't noticed them yet.
I doubt many transfers were watched at the time of transfer.
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Most likely, we are talking about the same unit. (I probably still have a url for it.) If memory serves, the developer's name was Max Zorilla (?), hence the alternate product name.
Originally Posted by lordsmurfLast edited by Seeker47; 16th Jul 2011 at 12:59.
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I read that you might have the url for the zorrilla(?) filter.
I have the old url
http://home.cfl.rr.com/filter
but this was changed shortly after I first heard about the video filter in early 2009.
If you have his new url I'm interested in getting one.
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When in Las Vegas, don't miss the Pinball Hall of Fame Museum http://www.pinballmuseum.org/ -- with over 150 tables from 6+ decades of this quintessentially American art form.
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Thank you so very much.
I really appreciate your help.
I should have paid more attention when the address was changed and kept a copy of it.
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Try: http://www.xdimax.com/grex/grex.html Price is a little steep but, it works.
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I'm trying to use this method. I have a magnavox MDR513H/F7.
The mag buffer is capturing the copy-protected movie.
I'm having trouble with the next step: how to dump the movie into the main HDD nav window.
You said, press the Display button on the Magnavox remote to bring up a screen overlay of little icons and options.
I did that and it worked.
Then, you wrote, "Using the various remote buttons and on screen symbols, you can select a beginning and end point in the buffer and then dump that segment into the main HDD nav window, where it will appear as if you had recorded it normally."
This is the part I'm having trouble with. I can't find the right "icon" to dump the segment into the HDD nav window.
Whenever I press record, it says not allowed.
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The procedure for saving the buffer as a normal HDD recording is described in depth at this link.
Note since this thread was last updated, many more owners have reported more varied experiences using the Magnavox on various websites. The strategy of using the buffer as a MV or CP workaround has been debunked somewhat. It does not always completely succeed (may or may not record at all, or may record to the buffer but not permit dumping the contents to DVD). Most of the people raving about the buffer being impervious to CP appear to have been using it only to timeshift protected cable or satellite signals (not dub tapes). If you follow the steps in the link above and still get a "not allowed" alert, you will need to use an external CP filter with that tape. Also, be aware that the Magnavox encoder can have unpredictable issues encoding some tapes from some VCRs: you will see no issues while monitoring the recording, but when you go to play it back on the HDD you might suddenly see hiccups in the video here and there. For any project of importance, you should probably wait until the dub is finished and then review the actual HDD recording to check for hiccups. Usually these are minor and infrequent, but occasionally the frame will consistenty roll for a split second approx every minute or two. If this happens, the Magnavox is unsuitable for digitizing that particular tape.Last edited by orsetto; 6th Mar 2014 at 19:32.
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Thanks, orsetto, for the further explanation and the link. I'll fool around with it some more.
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