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- VCR
- VideoCassette Recorder A videotape recording and playback machine that houses both supply and takeup reels of tape in a convenient removable package. The most ubiquitous VCR format is...
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- VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly)
- VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly)Macrovision Copy ProtectionIt would be interesting to note whether this device overrides the Macrovision copy protection found on many pre-recorded tapes which causes videos to go really dark and really light when attempting to make backup copies! If Macrovision...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, video, VCR, old tape, digital video, Macrovision Corp., tape
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly)
- Just when you thought that six-foot-high stack of video tapes you've been hiding in the basement was a dream deferred ("one day I'll watch Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark on original tape..."), good news arrives: now you can rip those crusty tapes to digital files and...
- Tags: Tape, Digital Video, Video, VCR, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- TV Remote Controller (ARM/XScale) (exe)
- TV Remote Controller is a Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002 application that uses your PDA as a universal remote control for TV, VCR, Cable, SAT, DVD, and other equipment. You can control 38 predefined devices + 30 learned devices + devices in CCF files. Converts your spoken words into...
- Tags: VCR, TV Remote Controller, TVs, Pocket PC, PDAs, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-09-25
- Sports leagues accused of deceptive warnings
- Sports leagues accused of deceptive warningsthey say.. strickly prohibitedthey dont say illegal.. so i dont see what the arguement is over. It is restricted, but if you know the law, you know what the restrictions are.I know saying it every commerical is annoying, but what they dont realize is...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, VCR, Sports League
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- River Past PlayDV (exe)
- River Past PlayDV is a easy-to-use and DV player/recorder software. View your DV tape on your PC. Full control over the DV camcorder. Play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, step backward, and step forward the tape the same way you control a VCR. Its features resizable window and hot plug...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, camcorder, VCR, AVI, adware, spyware, window, software, PC
- Software downloads 2007-03-08
- SuperVideoCap (exe)
- SuperVideoCap is a video capture tool, which lets you capture Video/VCR/TV program from DV/DC/TV tuner card/Webcam/capture card to AVI, DIVX, XVID, or WMV file. It offers support for auto-capture, custom WMV profile, snapshot bitmap, JPEG from DV/DC/TV tuner card/Webcam/capture card. Broadcast from anything that you can plug into your audio...
- Tags: Digital video, TV & Home Theater, Digital music, Digital media, WMV, video, video capture, TV Tuner, video camera, VCD, card, VCR, webcam, video card, AVI, JPEG, media player, camera, Microsoft Corp., TV
- Software downloads 2006-11-13
- Office Depot, Staples differ on computer service
- Office Depot, Staples differ on computer serviceAll are failuresStaples tried this with Tech Expo - was supposed to be 1 stop shopping for technology. Lasted all of a year.Circuit City used to do the same - failed and now has been reincarnated.Same with BB. They are all doomed...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Geek Squad, computer, VCR, marketing, Staples Inc., Office Depot Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-21
- Cam Wizard (zip)
- The best CCTV software, turns any Windows XP PC and Web cam into a full motion detection, CCTV camera & VCR system. Cam Wizard detects motion and starts recording video and audio into a WMV movie. The movie can be sent to any email address or uploaded via FTP to...
- Tags: movie, remote server, VCR, WMV, FTP, HTTP, e-mail address, MP3, server, camera, video, PC, e-mail, software
- Software downloads 2006-05-02
- DScaler (exe)
- DScaler is a piece of software that grabs analog, interlaced video, and deinterlaces it to make it a progressive scan feed, then allows scaling to any resolution for use on your computer monitor or projector. Analog, interlaced video are devices like VCRs, laserdisc, and game consoles output. Unlike most existing...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, image quality, projector, algorithm, computer monitor, video, VCR, game console, console, monitor, software, TV, game, PC, computer
- Software downloads 2006-03-29
- From VCR to IP Surveillance
- The more end-users become familiar with DVR technology, the more they realize that DVR represents just one more step in the ongoing digital evolution of CCTV systems. Innovation continues beyond the DVR, and a viable, cost-effective alternative has emerged: IP Surveillance or Networked Video - video transferred over IP infrastructure....
- Tags: Innovation, IP, Digital Video Recorder, VCR, DVR, Digital Video, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- White papers 2006-03-23
- TV catches the Net video bug
- TV catches the Net video bugThe tables have turned?Now the big corporations who are crying over DMCA are finding their deliverance from non-copyrighted material created by Internet users?I find that very hypocritic. But I have to confess, seeing wonderful ideas turned into professional productions makes me exscited, too! So many...
- Tags: TVs, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, TV, TV-show, VCR, piracy, eBaumsWorld, video
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- 88% of Americans have a VCR and CD player, 82% - DVD player, 75% - PC
- According to Ipsos survey, 88% of Americans have a VCR and a CD player, 82% own a DVD player, 75% - a cell phone and a PC, 39% - a gaming console, 30% - a portable gaming console like Sony PSP or Gameboy, 28% have an HDTV, 25% own a...
- Tags: CD Player, gaming console
- Blog posts 2005-12-21
- Photos: From VCR to cat feeder
- An English inventor turns his old VCR into an automatic cat feeder.
- Tags: Consumer electronics, VCR
- Image galleries 2005-10-26
- TiVo buries the VCR
- TiVo buries the VCRIronyIt runs Linux...Tivo is the king nowbut with the advent of DRM and broadcast flags, there soon will be a day when you won't be able to use you tivo to record anything other then reruns of Giligans Island and with that, you won't be able to...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVR, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Operating systems, VCR, TiVo Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-14
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite allies
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite alliesToo Bad TiVo Costs More and Does Less than CompetitionI have Dish Network's DVR unit 522... it holds 80 hours and costs $5 a does 2 TV's... gets it's programming info directly through the Dish, unlike TiVo that needs a phone line.Tivo costs more,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, Consumer electronics, Network technology, TiVo Inc., VCR, TV, satellite, cable, programming
- Discussion threads 2005-07-02
- DVD player penetration in Europe: UK - 61.3%, France - 61%, Germany - 58%
- At the end of 2004, Screen Digest research indicates that DVD video player/recorder penetration had reached 50.5% of TV households in Western Europe. The format has achieved this level of penetration just six years after its official European launch in 1998. By comparison, the VCR achieved a similar level of...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD player, VCR, DVD
- Blog posts 2005-03-13
- DVD player penetration in Europe: UK - 61.3%, France - 61%, Germany - 58%
- At the end of 2004, Screen Digest research indicates that DVD video player/recorder penetration had reached 50.5% of TV households in Western Europe. The format has achieved this level of penetration just six years after its official European launch in 1998. By comparison, the VCR achieved a similar level of...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD player, VCR, DVD
- Blog posts 2005-03-13
- Court questions FCC's broadcast flag rules
- Court questions FCC's broadcast flag rulesVictory for Rights.....About time some one put the FCC in their place.Checks and Balances is a beautiful thing when put into place.All this time we were complaining about getting mowed over, finally some representation for the individual and not the corporation.I am absolutely thrilled that...
- Tags: Federal government, DVR, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, FCC, MPAA, VCR
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
- HT TVR (exe)
- HT TVR encodes and compresses video data in real-time from video devices connected to your PC: TV, VCR, or analog camcorder. Coupled with an inexpensive TV card, the simple on-screen controls make it easy to manage all your TV viewing and recording. Time-shift function allows you to instantly replay certain...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, VCR, MPEG, camcorder, video, PC
- Software downloads 2005-02-04
- Sony DVD burner skirts PCs
- Sony DVD burner skirts PCsWhere is the need?Sony continues with this storage on disk idea. With such inconvenient editing as can be done on a camcorder, and the availability of PC/Mac DVD burners for the cost of a good meal, this is a product with no market.Some don't wantto...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Sony Corp., DVD, VCR, PC, DVD burner
- Discussion threads 2004-10-12
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