Posted by Slash.Dash on 01/12/06 11:55

Richard Crowley wrote:
> "Slash.Dash" wrote ...
> > I have a Sony DCR-PC110E (Pal version) which I cannot fault, great
> > camcorder, but I have a problem with it. The firewire port is broken -
> > some of the pins have been pushed back on themselves - meaning that I
> > cannot upload any footage to my PC. I contacted Sony UK about a repair
> > and they quoted something like £170. I thought this was taking the
> > p1ss for something so trivial, so I looked around and got a brand new
> > JVC GR-D33EK for £160. The only reason I got it was that it was the
> > cheapest decent brand camcorder that I could find with a Firewire port.
>
> > So anyway, to the problem. When I record stuff on the Sony, and try to
> > play it back on the JVC I get some intermitent quality issues. About
> > every 10 seconds the picture goes all blocky, sometimes the frames get
> > scrambled around in a weird blocky fashion. This happens regardless of
> > how I view the picture, whether through the PC via firewire, on a TV
> > using A/V out or directly on the JVC itself. I always use the same
> > Sony Premium miniDV tapes and have no problem playing them back on a
> > friends Sony. Any ideas what the problem is? Better still how do I
> > fix it?
>
> Are you running at the "standard speed", or at the "long-playing speed"?
>
> If you are running at "long-playing speed", those kinds of interchange
> problems are to be expected, IME. If you are running at "standard
> speed", this may be some difference in the way Sony vs. JVC interperet
> the mini-DV standard, or maybe there is just something wrong with
> that particular JVC unit? Can you take your Sony-written tape down
> to a shop and try it on other JVC units? (of the same or different
> models)

I allways use Standard Speed, I think if it was really safe to use LP
then that would be the only mode available.

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