Mitsubishi S-VHS VCRs??
John Reformato
Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
Thanks in advance.
John
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John Reformato
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Jaye Mathisen
>I'm thinking of buying a Mitsubishi HS-U67 Hi-Fi S-VHS VCR.
>Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
>can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
I do not own a u67, I have a U82, but I can tell you this:
You toucha' my 82, and I killa your bod. Plain and simple. You can
have my wife, my kids (don't have any), my dogs, but stay away from
my Mits.
As you can tell, I like it. It's a solid product. blazing FF/REW, instant
load, noiseless effects, solid construction, 8 billion inputs and outputs,
and a whole lot more.
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Stalnaker
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>You toucha' my 82, and I killa your bod. Plain and simple. You can
>have my wife, my kids (don't have any), my dogs, but stay away from
>my Mits.
>
>As you can tell, I like it. It's a solid product. blazing FF/REW, instant
>load, noiseless effects, solid construction, 8 billion inputs and outputs,
>and a whole lot more.
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below it (HS-U67), but I believe the U82 has been the top of the line for a few
years now. Does anybody know where I could purchase a U82 mail-order? For
some reason Mitsubishi doesn't seem to want to sell their products through the
same places I usually buy from, like Camera World or ComputAbility, and I don't
want to pay the $1,400 or so that my local dealer would charge. I normally buy
Sony products, but the U82 seems to maybe be a little better than the Sony
SLV-R5 from what people have been saying. Is it worth the extra money? Any
advice/info. would be appreciated!
Ernest Stalnaker
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Daniel Burstein
I own an earlier model, #U61, and I agree about 95% with the above
sentiments...
except, I have a CAT rather than a wife.....
(also, the U61 deosn't quite have all the features)
Graeme Nattress
>Thanks in advance.
>John
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I've used a Mitsi B82 SVHS VCR (PAL) and I have a HS-M55b VHS (PAL) VCR.
Mitsis tend to be very speedy VCR's whopping my Panasonic SVHS FS88b for speed
and user friendlyness. The pictures are good on both mitsis I've used. The
only slight problem I've noticed is that when single frame advancing or slo mo
it only shows every alternate field unlike the panasonic which shows all 50
fields in one second. The timers on mitsis are easy to set as well.
Infact I'm happy with both my VCR's but the mitsis are nicer to use than
panasonics but the panasonics are getting better and the results they give are
slightly better....
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Mark Wisdom
> I'm thinking of buying a Mitsubishi HS-U67 Hi-Fi S-VHS VCR.
> Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
> can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
I have two! They're great! Using an edit cable between them (standard
RCA) you can get frame accurate cuts and inserts most of the time
(sometimes it may be off by a frame and very rarely even two) if you
compensate by advancing 2 frames on the edit-in and edit-out points.
The cuts are perfect. Very clean. Extended editting in one session
(>12 hrs?) without using a cooling fan may lead to some slight rainbow
(herringbow?) patterns being recorded on cuts. So use a fan when the
thing starts overheating (or stop for the day). Oh, and to ensure
accurate inserts, use the shuttle to frame step back to the edit-in
point, and do this carefully. It loses accuracy of frame counts when
doing sudden jogging. The fast-forward and rewind is fast. 250x w/o
picture and 15x w/ picture. Pauses are great. Pretty clean, although
they do show only one field of the frame. 2x playback isn't perfectly
clean, but it's pretty good.
If you have any specific questions, e-mail me. I'm sure I must have
missed some details which are of interest.
BY THE WAY, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE MITSUBISHI EDIT JACK PROTOCOL IS?
Is it compatible with any other manufacturers? (Control-l (lan-c),
control-s, etc?)
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Mark Wisdom, Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Disclaimer: Above opinions are my own, and not BNR's.
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Greg L. Kimnach
>In article <1993Feb7.2...@nynexst.com> j...@nynexst.com (John Reformato) writes:
>>I'm thinking of buying a Mitsubishi HS-U67 Hi-Fi S-VHS VCR.
>>Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
>>can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
>
>I do not own a u67, I have a U82, but I can tell you this:
>
>You toucha' my 82, and I killa your bod. Plain and simple. You can
>have my wife, my kids (don't have any), my dogs, but stay away from
>my Mits.
Don't worry, I wouldn't bother....:-)
But seriously, Mits does make the best line of (s-)VHS products. If you're
into that stuff, go for it.
>
>As you can tell, I like it. It's a solid product. blazing FF/REW, instant
>load, noiseless effects, solid construction, 8 billion inputs and outputs,
>and a whole lot more.
Greg
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strider
real nice, but the feel is flimsy and cheap. The U82 is capable of doing
single inserts within 1 frame of the edit in/out points. I like the
accuracy and over great performance. I have been able to use the still/
pause mode to digitize images using my Amiga 500/DCTV setup. People in
Alt.binaries.pictures.misc from all over the world have sent mail to me
telling how good my JPEGs look. Yeah, I like my U82.
I've also had real good luck using Fuji A/V Pro tape in SVHS mode.
That is after punching a little hole in the tape. The quality isn't
quite up to that of a high quality SVHS tape, but still better than
standard VHS.
Scott Weddel strider Apple /// aficionado eei...@engvms.unl.edu
- Sterling Rider - C= Amiga 500 C= UNLincoln Nebraska USA
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Phil Ngai
>Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
>can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
I have a HS-U80 and it is wonderful. Makes me hate every other
VCR I've seen.
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My opinions are my own.
Andrew Little
Are you sure the HS-U67 is SVHS? I thought that was the model that I
just bought. Oh well, I can't really remember. I LOVE my Mitsubishi,
and like Phil, it makes me hate any others. The manual is wonderful -
something like 160 pages 8-1/2 x 11, and is written in english by a
native english speaker (even though that last sentence doesn't say
much about my writing skills).
Things I really like:
- super rewind - 250 times normal speed
- time search
- blank tape search
- hit rewind while high speed rewind, and it slows down and scans with
picture.
- pause review - pause during a commercial, then use the wheel to back
up frame by frame to the last "good" part, ready to start recording
again.
Although you are probably too late for it, Mitsubishi just had a one
year free financing deal that I took advantage of.
Andy Little BALR Corporation
an...@balr.com Software Solutions in Real Time
Charles H. Sampson
don't own an S-VHS machine but I do have a late-model Hi-Fi/Stereo version.
I find much to like about it, but I was badly stung by JVC twice, so I've
been a bit wary, not wanting to get too excited.
However, am I the only one bothered by the controller from hell? I
greatly resent having to set up my search-to-time by twirling the jog shut-
tle wheel. When it kicks into overdrive I often end up overshooting my
target time by about an hour, which is far enough that it kicks into over-
drive as I come back to the target, which means that ... Also on my long
list of complaints about that controller is the hiding of the number but-
tons and a couple of other useful buttons behind a cover. I know, I could
permanently remove the cover, but there's something aesthetical displeasing
about that.
Still, overall I've been quite happy with this VCR so far. Its auto-
tracking on my 12-year old tapes recorded in LP mode is amazing.
Charlie
Mark J. Vandiver
>I'm thinking of buying a Mitsubishi HS-U67 Hi-Fi S-VHS VCR.
>Does anyone own one? I am interrested in anything you
>can tell me about Mitsubishi VCR's in general.
>Thanks in advance.
>John
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I have a U61 S-VHS recorder, and Love it. I have had no trouble
with it, it has delivered excellant performance, and it has
had megga tapes run through it. I use EP and get better copies
from a Laser Disc than those I rent on SP from the video store.
You actually see the vertical scratches in the film, rather than
horizontal scan lines of the VCR. We have a 50" TV so the extra
resolution makes a big difference.
Regina Foiles
Last month I visited my family in Germany. My cousin made a video tape of
the vacation using a german sanyo (?) 8mm cam corder. He just mailed me a
VHS copy of the tape that he converted from the 8mm tape. The problem is
that he used his german cam corder and german VCR to make this tape and
I can't play it on my american VCR. While I was there I took a look at his
VCR, cam corder, 8mm, and VHS tapes and they looked the same to me. I do know
that there is a difference in the UHF and the signals that the television can
pick up. I too made an 8mm tape recording while I was there (with my american
cam corder) and he was able
to play it onto his TV using his cam corder and VCR but my COLOR tape looked
BLACK & WHITE on his TV. I also tried to put his 8mm tape in my cam corder
and tried to view it (without the VCR and TV) and I couldn't view it. When
I play the VHS tape I get no picture, a buzzing noise, and the audio on the
tape is very fast. Does anyone know how (or know of someone who does) to take
the VHS tape and convert it for american VCRs and TVs or how to take the
8mm and record it so that the american VCRs and TVs can play it?
Please email me directly since I do not read this newsgroup.
Thanks,
Regina Foiles
