You know, I've heard this now for all three years that Mr. Video has done
coverage of Nationals. It seems that there has been dissapointment every
year with the quality of the product. I'm just glad I haven't wasted my
money on it!
Ron Bauer
Y2K S2K
-----Original Message-----
From: Linnhoff, Eric <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
To: 'autocross list' <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: Mr Video has arrived in Misery
>Well, upon further investigation I pronounce this year's Mr Video coverage
>of the CPL, DP and DS classes (all on the same 2 tapes) to be CRAP!!!
>
>They rarely ever felt the need to actually swing the camera to catch the
>start line action. They zoom in way too close and you can't see what the
>upconing portion of the track looks like. The resolution is crap and the
>tape at many, many, many, many points looks like they put colored filters
>over the lense for a minute at a time. And not even the same colored lense
>either. Yellow, red, orange, blue and purple. And before you ask, yes I
>tried it in other TVs and VCRs, same results so it has to be a problem on
>their end or the production.
>
>And then there's also the camera men getting so bored that they talk (often
>ill) about the drivers and or simply focus in on the other camera man's
>hand, arm and face. Like I want to see that kind of crap on a
>"professional" video.
>
>Anybody know if Mr Video has an email addy? I'd really like to forward
this
>message to them and voice my dissatisfaction with this year's product. If
>not I'll utilize the good old tin can & string to express my displeasure.
>
>On a side note, I want to officially protest the course workers and T&S who
>worked during the 2nd heat, north course on Wednesday for crediting me with
>the wrong cones on my 2nd North course run. I have it right here on tape
>(albeit fuzzy and slightly out of focus) where I clearly did not hit the
>cones they charged me with, but rather the immediately following pair of
>cones. They charged me with hitting the first pair of slalom cones of the
>first slalom on the North course (which is almost impossible as you zoom
>right by them anywhere from 5-10 feet to their right) when in fact I hit
the
>second pair which were situated right on that ridge in the pavement. You
>know, the ridge right at the 2nd pair of cones with that nice black asphalt
>patch that all of CP tried their best to tear up. ;^)
>
>The protest thing was a joke as I ran a faster raw, and clean, run on my
3rd
>attack of the course. I feel slightly better now.
>
>Eric Linnhoff in KC
>1998 Dodge Neon R/T
>#69 STS #13 TLS
>eric10mm@qni.com
>
>"If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."
>H. Jackson Brown, Jr. - Life's Little Treasure Book, on wisdom
>
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