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  Topic: Christmas gift from Tom Howe
Smoky Pond

Replies: 5
Views: 11716

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:04 am   Subject: Christmas gift from Tom Howe
Tom,

I received your gift in the mail yesterday. I won't ruin the element of surprise for others by saying what it is here.

Thank you very much. Your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated!

...
  Topic: Happy Holidays, and Thank You Tom!
Smoky Pond

Replies: 14
Views: 8841

PostForum: General   Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 7:32 pm   Subject: Happy Holidays, and Thank You Tom!
Very nice Tom! Thank you once again for an outstanding and very, very unique gift!

I don't know how you do it!

-Matt
  Topic: Tom Howe's 2013 Christmas Gift
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 8338

PostForum: General   Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:17 pm   Subject: Tom Howe's 2013 Christmas Gift
Tom,

Thank you for the Mobile USB Power Bank! You always manage to find the neatest and most unique gift each year. I'm sure this will come in handy!

Merry Christmas to you and yours Tom, and t ...
  Topic: CED Service Discs on eBay
Smoky Pond

Replies: 1
Views: 3369

PostForum: General   Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:43 pm   Subject: CED Service Discs on eBay
Thanks for the heads-up on the service disks Tom.

-Matt
  Topic: This is how we watch our CED collection
Smoky Pond

Replies: 9
Views: 15330

PostForum: General   Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:29 am   Subject: This is how we watch our CED collection
Unfortunately, there is a little bit more to it than that. You may have seen a set like those made by U.S. Television that projected directly from the CRT through a lens, up to a mirror then onto the ...
  Topic: This is how we watch our CED collection
Smoky Pond

Replies: 9
Views: 15330

PostForum: General   Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:27 pm   Subject: This is how we watch our CED collection
The set came from one of the Briggs family homes in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Walter O. Briggs was a wealthy Detroit industrialist. He owned the Detroit Tigers baseball club from 1920 until his deat ...
  Topic: This is how we watch our CED collection
Smoky Pond

Replies: 9
Views: 15330

PostForum: General   Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:21 am   Subject: This is how we watch our CED collection
Cost was about $1,400 in 1947. That's equivalent to $13,500 in 2008 dollars!

-Matt
  Topic: This is how we watch our CED collection
Smoky Pond

Replies: 9
Views: 15330

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:07 pm   Subject: This is how we watch our CED collection
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Some of you might get a kick out of how my wife and I watch our CED collection:


http://www.smokypond.com/gallery/download/1376-2/IMG_8731psd_jpg+_Small_.jpg

This is a 1947 RCA 648-PV rear p ...
  Topic: Selectavision VideoDisc 25th and CEDmagic 10th Anniversary
Smoky Pond

Replies: 5
Views: 9137

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:51 pm   Subject: Selectavision VideoDisc 25th and CEDmagic 10th Anniversary
Tom,

May I be the first to congratulate and thank you for 10 years of CED Magic!

Your thoughtfulness and dedication are evident with the Magnifier and postcard gift that you sent commemorating ...
  Topic: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 12914

PostForum: General   Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:17 am   Subject: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
In addition to the audio problems, there are numerous video transfer sync problems that show up throughout the disc, especially during the 'Historical Perspectives' slide show on Side 1. The first 10 ...
  Topic: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 12914

PostForum: General   Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:34 pm   Subject: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Xorcize,

Email your addres to me.

Matt
  Topic: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 12914

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:51 am   Subject: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Wester,

Send me your address and I'll get the disc out to you - no charge.

Matt
  Topic: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 12914

PostForum: General   Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:40 pm   Subject: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Wester,

Send me an email.

Matt
  Topic: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
Smoky Pond

Replies: 12
Views: 12914

PostForum: General   Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:28 pm   Subject: CED To DVD Transfer of "CED Player and Disc Production&
harrison_bassist,

Boy, for an "underpaid cook" you sure paid a lot of money for that alignment disc!

Email me with your address and tell me how to send something to Canada, and I'll se ...
  Topic: dimensia remote for sale. NOS
Smoky Pond

Replies: 1
Views: 3530

PostForum: General   Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:02 pm   Subject: dimensia remote for sale. NOS
Thanks!

Matt
  Topic: Video experts - Achieving maximim resolution?
Smoky Pond

Replies: 1
Views: 3913

PostForum: General   Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:39 pm   Subject: Video experts - Achieving maximim resolution?
Whether or not a movie title will be of higher quality from a CED or VHS tape depends on the quality of the CED and the quality AND age of the pre-recorded VHS tape.

In regards to CED quality, som ...
  Topic: my Zenith VP2000 has no picture. please help
Smoky Pond

Replies: 9
Views: 9293

PostForum: General   Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:30 pm   Subject: my Zenith VP2000 has no picture. please help
Let's step back a bit on this one.

Are you sure the stylus is OK?

How did you check it? Visually or with a microscope? If by microscope, what was the magnification? I find that I need at least ...
  Topic: SKT400 - Stereo audio too low, mono audio OK
Smoky Pond

Replies: 6
Views: 7421

PostForum: General   Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:45 am   Subject: SKT400 - Stereo audio too low, mono audio OK
Stereo audio is "compacted", so a decoder circuit is used to restore the audio to its original levels.

Since mono discs seem to have the correct output at the R/L line-out RCA jacks, there is prob ...
  Topic: strange prob with sjt300
Smoky Pond

Replies: 5
Views: 6334

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:36 pm   Subject: strange prob with sjt300
dcs,

That's not a good problem to have with an SJT/SKT200/300/400!

The muting of the left/right audio channels and control of the A/B/Stereo indicator LED's is controlled by the Player Control ...
  Topic: Transfer CED movies to DVD format???
Smoky Pond

Replies: 5
Views: 7261

PostForum: General   Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:50 pm   Subject: Transfer CED movies to DVD format???
It can be done, but it would sure take a lot of time (but not really much effort).

Having a 3rd party do it would probably be cost prohibitive. And asking someone to burn up more than 200 hours pla ...
 
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