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Old 07-27-2009, 03:56 AM
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Hello Gentlemen, Hi Harry,

Well, well, well, the NYC area is still full of hidden treasures!

To come back to your request, i use several of these very handy pocket NTSC test generators made by B&K.

They come in 2 flavors:
- Model 1211E has RF out + baseband video

- Model 1257 has Video out + Audio out and no RF.

Both offer the same pattern capabilities:
- Color bars (full screen)
- Crosshatch, dots, B&W staircase
- Circle, circle cross, window
Full screen raster: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, White, Black

The units operate off a 9V battery for at least 20 hours.

In my opinion, the first model is the best because of it's RF output.

- often sold as second-hand units or end of the NTSC era, i.e. cheap!

Playing moving video as a test:
I suggest you take a look at the Archos product line. Record a DVD or personal footage to the hard disk, then playout as composite video.
These units are pocket-sized & operate off a Li-Ion battery pack.
Disk capacity goes from 40Gb to over 500Gb.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France
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