Posted by Nick Dobb on 09/21/06 22:08

"JoeBloe" <joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> Are you sure it's PAL all the way through?

Don't see how in can be anything else. Bog standard off the shelf UK VCR,
VHS tape and DVD recorder.

> Ahh.. I just noticed... it's a set-top recorder. It probably sensed
> the low res input and auto-dumbed itself down... too far. You need
> to manually set the record mode, turning off all auto select functions
> related to handling the video input and/or record processing
> algorithms.

It's not the recording quality. It doesn't autoselect, and the problem
persists on either HQ, SP, EP or SLP qualities. It's a very simple player
and doesn't have any 'space cadet' features for messing with expert features
(that I can see).

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