Date   : Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:50:36 +0100
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Teletext

Thanks for this, I will check it can record SVHS before I buy anything.  I
appreciate that the machine might not work for this purpose anyway, but
spending a few bob to try it out is preferable to hiding myself in a cave (with
an aerial) for 5 months grabbing everything I can before it goes off.

I downloaded all the Teletext pages relating to the 2003 Local Elections which
took about 7 hours over two sessions.  I have all the pages on an ADFS disc
somewhere.  If I can do this kind of thing at my leisure using video recordings
it would be a great help.

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Flynn G7OCD [mailto:flynnjs@...]
To: bbc-micro@...,bbcmailinglist@...
Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:04:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Teletext



> Thanks for the replies.? I might
> try to get an SVHS video recorder,
> there are a few floating about on E-Bay.

Be careful, there are some VHS sets that will playback SVHS
but not record.

Also, SVHS spec does not guarantee to record teletext but
it often does work. I bought one specifically so my wife
could get recordings with subtitles without spending a
fortune on specialised gear. It worked well enough for
the human to read (occasional glitches) but I'm wouldn't
call it archival quality :p


      

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