RCA and Cinema

[mo.og at verizon.net]

The RCA info is enlightening... just another example of the US' 
inability to keep up I guess. Thomson is a terrible company. Getting a 
DC adaptor cable from them is like trying to get a replacement passport 
in Minsk! Of course this has been one grand boondoggle, based on bad 
tech support advice in the first place... I'm kicking myself as I type.

On the Display front... the consensus is get a shuttle and skip the big 
screen? I would certainly love to save the cash... but loathe the 
scrolling around zooming in and out to try and tweak and find stuff...

Thanks again listas... great advice as always.
M

On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 11:23  AM, mo.og at verizon.net wrote:

> Sony is my god!
> You use yours everyday, and I kick myself everyday...
> What really get's me is that I figured it would be a) and inexpensive 
> deck, and b) something inexpensive that I could drag around and shoot 
> random footage with... you know just stuff to play with... background 
> textures and stuff.
>
> I wasn't too concerned about quality since most of it would get heavily 
> processed or overlaid etc.
>
> And I am not kidding... 8 different #'s today alone!
>
> I always buy Sony out of principal, if for no other reason than to 
> support their excellent R&D, but now I remember the real reason. 
> SERVICE!
>
> sheesh,
> much egg on face,
> m
>
> On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 08:13  AM, James Asherman wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> mo.og at verizon.net wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to burden you all with this, but I thought it might be of use 
>>> to some.
>>> On a whim (what I thought was a good deal) I, tragically, bought an 
>>> RCA miniDV camcorder. It was as is at the Wiz, and more than half off 
>>> the retail price.
>>>
>>> The catch was that it was sold as is... no manual, battery etc. I 
>>> assumed that I would be able to purchase these items easily, right? 
>>> RCA has all the outward appearances of a real company so one would 
>>> naturally think it's just a matter of figuring out what bits one 
>>> needed and ordering replacement accessories from the company.
>>>
>>> I have spent so much time trying to get a couple of accessories 
>>> (crucial to having the damn thing work) I lose track of the time I've 
>>> wasted. I have a scratch pad with the 20 odd different #'s I've been 
>>> given, and about 10 names of different supervisors etc. that I've had 
>>> to contact to try and get this thing done. It seems that for this 
>>> particular product one really can't get there from here.
>>>
>>> I have never, ever had such an infuriating experience.
>>>
>>> I will never again, knowingly do business with this company or any of 
>>> it's divisions ever. Too bad they do Technicolor...
>>>
____________________
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Director/MATBLACK > VIS
mo.og at verizon.net
646.734.6601
>>>
>> Well that's a damn shame. I reply because I did a similar thing. I 
>> bought a Sony TRV9 out of the display case at the wiz.
>> It was clear that they didn't want to sell it to me as the guy took 
>> the battery off it and told me it didn't come with it.
>> He wouldn't even look for any of the accesories and so I bought just 
>> the bare camcorder and a battery.
>> Luckily for me Sony sold me pretty much the whole kit. PS, book remote.
>> I use that sucker EVERY day. It is my personal Camera and my DV deck. 
>> It is my back up. Very handy.
>> Sony Sony Sony.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
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