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From: psfales@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Peter Fales)
Subject: Want to buy or rent VHS  VCR/camcorder with "audio dubbing"
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: chi
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:49:21 GMT
Followup-To: poster

Greetings!  For a project I am working on I would like to put a new
sound track down on an existing VHS videotape (and do it without
having to make a copy of the original tape).   So, I need to find
a VCR  or camcorder with "audio dubbing."  If you've got one, I would
be willing to pay a reasonable rental fee.  I would even consider
purchasing if the price was low enough, but rental would be preferable.

Thanks.

(Sorry if you get this message outside the Chicago area.  It is
supposed to have a chi distribution.)

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From: rchrist@uswnvg.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Re: Fantasia "Limited Availability"
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:36:31 GMT
Organization: US West NewVector, Bellevue, WA

In article <4319@calmasd.Prime.COM> jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski) writes:
>	...and an HDTV re-release as soon as Disney senses enough market
>pressure.

Interesting.  I wonder if they'll have black bands on the sides,
crop the top and bottom of the picture, or spread the picture out?
I would expect Disney to be one of the first companies to tackle
the problem of home releases to widescreen monitors.  (And, probably
do the wrong thing.  :-)

HDTV allows new and wonderful ways to screw up the picture information
in the home.  I'm willing to be a paycheck that the tendancy will
be to offer adademy ratio films with the top and bottom cropped so
that it will "fill the screen".  Then there will be the people who feel
that vertical scanning is much better than having to live with black
bands on the sides.

Sorry, I haven't had my coffee yet this morning.  :-)


			Ron
From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The fox so cunning and free)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: What's the deal with TRON on LD?
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:04:26 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <2310053@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>, jayj@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jay Johannes) writes...

}} No, I actually saw the letterbox japanese import of "20,000 leagues under
}} the sea" on the shelf at the Bellevue, Washington Silver Platters late
}} last year.  Unfortunately, it was not for sale...

} Laserland in Denver has a half dozen copies in stock (and for sale).

Are you *sure* that it's the letterboxed edition?  A Japanese import
pan-&-scan edition was widely (for an import) available for quite a while.

-- 

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	 Downright Twainian in a Hitchcockian sort of way."


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

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From: dondd@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Don Dillon)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:32:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Laserdisc rentals mailorder?
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD). - Santa Rosa, Ca.
Newsgroups: rec.video

>/ hpmwetg3:rec.video / bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard) /  7:47 am  Apr  8, 1992 /
>I heard that there was a place that rents laserdiscs via the mail.
>Price was reported to be $7 and a mailback container was included.
>
>Does anyone know the name or number or details/experiences with such
>a business?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Lee Bollard              
>HP Spokane Division
>bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com
>----------

Lee, such a place just happens to be here in Santa Rosa, Calif.  It's
called

		Hollywood North
		840 Riner Road #23
		Santa Rosa, Calif
			95403
		Phone: 707-575-1225

I just called them (owner is Norman, nice guy) and he say's that is
basically the deal.  They have a standard mail order form that you can get
by calling or writing and asking for details. They are very reputable and I
deal with them all the time.  They have a large selection (500?,1500?) of
laser discs in any catagory you can imagine.
		

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From: rob@woodyw.Berkeley.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Mitsubishi VS Sony
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:42:32 GMT
Reply-To: rob@woodyw.Berkeley.EDU ()
Organization: IBM, Austin



Can anyone give recommendations/opinions between these products:

	Mitsubishi				Sony

	MBACS2710R 27 inch TV $699		KV27TS27 27 inch TV $679
	MGAHSU54 VCR $499			SLV585HF VCR $469
	MGAHSU55 VCR $599			SLV686HF VCR $530

IMO the're pretty close.  If prefer the Sony stuff because the TV screen
is flatter.
I'd like to hear what others think.
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Future HDTV Digiital VCRs?
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:05:37 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

I haven't seen much discussion of this. Presuming that one of the
digital HDTV systems now being tested prevails, what is the expectation
for future high end consumer VCRs?

My naive guess is that a recording standard that stored the digital
info in basicially the same precompressed digital format that came over
the air would be developed. The decompression would be done on playback
using a circuit similar to the one each HDTV tuner would have. For 
recording off the air you basically just copy the data. To record from
other sources (cameras, non digitial broadcasts) you either store it
in the current format or add encoding circuitry.

Is anything known about this yet?


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: bladin@wam.umd.edu (Ilana J. Getz)
Subject: Re: SONY TR 91 Camcorder  ?
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 01:59:50 GMT

In article <1340060@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM> chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson) writes:
>>> Also, there appear to be clones of the TR81 from Yashica and Ricoh.
>>> What does one sacrifice by purchasing these cheaper copies, apart from
>>> not getting the Sony name ?
>> 
>> They are the same as the Sony unit.  Ricoh gives you 1 year part and labor.  
>> Sony is only 90 days on labor.  Sony will now charge you $150 just to tell what 
>> is wrong after 90 days.
>
>The Ricoh R88-H has different optics than the Sony TR-81.
>
>			-- Chan

NO NO NO!!! This is a myth, made up by crafty salesman who want to
convince you that the Ricoh model thay have is superior to the Sony. They
imply that the optics must be better, coming from a camera lense 
maker such as ricoh. 

But, alas, it is NOT TRUE!!! Think about it from a manufacturers standpoint...
would it really do Sony any good to make a BETTER clone of one of its 
products for another brand name?? Me thinks not... The optics are
identical, and, by the way, the TR81 optics are excellent.

Dave Bittner (& Ilana)


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: david@quintus.com (David Connelly)
Subject: Pioneer 3070 LD Player and RS-232 capability
Organization: Quintus Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:23:35 GMT

I've heard that the Pioneer LaserDisk player model 3070 has an RS-232 control
port on the back, allowing hookup to a computer. Is the RS-232 connect point
through the pair of IN/OUT plugs on the back labelled "Control", and is any
special additional hardware required? Also, what sort of command set does
the player support the RS-232 channel?

	Thanks,

	David C.

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From: FINR862@INDST.INDSTATE.EDU (Kevin Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Cable Entertainment...
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:03:27 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Does anybody know about a magazine called "Cable Entertainment"?
Somebody was discussing the magazine on an online service, and was
supposed to give more information on it, but hasn't. What I'm specifically
interested in is probably the February 1992 edition (devoted to the
show "Mystery Science Theatre 3000"). I'd still like to see about getting
a subscription though. (And, if anybody's interested in selling that
particular edition, I'll pay $10 for it!)
E-mail me at FINR862@INDST.

Thanks!
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
From: long-morrow@CS.YALE.EDU (H. Morrow Long)
Subject: Re: HOW JAPANESE CARTEL DESTROYED U.S. ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY(PBS-TV)
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:23:00 GMT


The fact that most video equipment was/is made in Japan was not an issue
for me ( I was always an advocate of free trade from the POV of a consumer -
that it would lead to the best product for the best price)  until I saw a TV
news magazine report ( 60 Minutes ? Prime Time Live? or 20/20 ?) on how
Japanese companies find methods of keeping money in Japan and how they
use countries where they have tax abatement agreements.  The report
described how some Japanese giants have a multitude of overseas
subsidiaries that are very hard to track which are used to 'hide'
profits - the example given was of a VCR shipped to Malaysia,  A unit
that cost $75 to make in Japan would be bought by the Malaysia 
subsidiary for $250, the Malaysia subsidiary could then sell the unit
to the US subsidiary for $250, declare no profit on the unit and
pay no US taxes.  But the company could ship home all of the profit
from the sale from Japan to Malaysia because the company has a 15 
year program where no taxes have to be paid in Malaysia.

The program showed how difficult it was for the US Government to
prove that that foreign companies are doing this (shift money
around between subsidiaries so that it appears that they are selling
for no profit in taxable countries while they repatriate profits
from subsidiaries that exist in nontaxable countries
to transship merchandise) as well as enforcement problems.  They
estimated that the US loses millions if not billions to this 
practice.

Note: 

I assume that companies that are not Japanese-owned (such as US
owned conglomerates operating overseas) often try to use every legal
(and extra-legal) method at their disposal to attempt to 
repatriate as much of their earnings back to the home country
as well.

					- Morrow

Disclaimer:	My views are my own.  I have no connection with
		Japanese companies except as a satisfied
		customer of Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Minolta, Nikon,
		Hitachi, NEC, Technics, AKAI, Sharp, Pioneer,
		Toyota, Subaru and countless others.
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From: rchrist@uswnvg.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: TR-81 purchase woes
Keywords: mail order
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:04:51 GMT
Organization: US West NewVector, Bellevue, WA


I commiserate.  My TR81 order is also on hold at Camera World of Oregon
until they get new stock.

Regarding your question on the "kits", at least sometimes these "pro kits"
or "extra kits" or "value added kits" are simply the collection of accessories
that would normally come with the camera if you bought it in the store.  Sometimes
an original factory part, such as the battery, is replaced with an aftermarket.
Be very careful.


			Ron
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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Subject: Re: Surround Sound on TV Broadcasts
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:34:19 GMT


In article <1992Apr3.204157.20452@unocal.com> gary@st.unocal.com (Gary Cattelino) writes:
>I was watching TV last night and noticed the message "Presented
>in Dobly Surround Sound" at the beginning of the program.

Speaking of Dolby Surround TV shows, did anyone watch "Mann and Machine"
on NBC Sunday night? Methinks the recording engineer who did Fantasia
also works for this show. ;-)
From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Price on CLD-3070 (B), Videoscope
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:53:21 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


	BTW, I ordered one of those factory rebuild Pioneer LD players.
The price is now $405 and there were about 10 instock as of 4/10.  Spoke
to Nelson at 415-493-0500 (call late in day).  There is a 90 day factory
warrenty.  I haven't received it yet.  Oh yea, they are running a 20%
off sale on LD,  P+S T2 is $23.20 and P+S Total Recall is $31.20, both
in stock, thats the least expensive price I have seen on those two so far.
Can't wait to check out this new fangled format.

						Rdemarti@pica.army.mil

My fried 8mm tapes have shown no improvement yet, guess they will need
reprocessing by Sony, Now did I have any nude scenes on those?
Humm.
From: volker@cabal.GUN.de (Volker Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Distribution: rec
Organization: S.P.A.M. (Spam Produktion for All Means)
Subject: Re: CAV FLIPPING !!!
Reply-To: volker@cabal.GUN.de
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 16:09:00 MET

In <2031@uswnvg.UUCP>, Ron Christian writes:
 RC> in net.video/rec.video, I've only heard 3 or 4 people complain about it.  You
 RC> know who you are.  :-)
=:) No I do not know, who I am, but that's another story, but I don't 
complain about flipping. 
        Some friends of mine made jokes about the flipping stuff and I have
to admit: It's a kind of a disadvantage when you can have a tape that runs
and runs and is much cheaper; at least here in germany.


 RC> is even forcing you to flip a CLV disk at side breaks.
My curiosity is. =:)

 RC> laserdisk isn't worth the minor extra hassle and inability to play and record with
 RC> the same box.  And for them, VHS is the right choice.
Tha advantage of discs is that you can randomly access the chapters you want,
except the disc is non-chaptered (like "evil dead2" or "planes trains...").

Volker.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: yoon@IASTATE.EDU (Myung-Hyun Yoon)
Subject: Wanted: Closed Caption Decoder 
Reply-To: yoon@IASTATE.EDU (Myung-Hyun Yoon)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:01:39 GMT

I am looking for a Closed Caption Decoder.
If someone want to sell it, please e-mail me at "yoon@iastate.edu".
From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Source for Maxell 160-min S-VHS tapes?
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:06:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA

In article <1992Apr05.034116.7305@uhura.neoucom.edu> wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:
}In article <1992Apr4.000657.14802@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> delbarre@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (kelvin.a.delbarre) writes:
}>A friend seeks a mail-order or New York City area vendor of
}>160-minute Maxell S-VHS tapes.  Tower Video in uptown
}>Manhatten has (or had) some; is there anyplace else?
}
}TAPE WORLD, Butler PA 1-800-245-6000 has TDK, MAXELL, & FUJI
}ST-160 tapes for 11.99 plus shipping.  They also have MAXELL
}ST-180 ones for 15.99 (these are all S-VHS).  I have used them
}all with equally good results.  I have been a satisfied customer
}of theirs for many years.

You may wish to try Scotch T-160 tapes, with the ID hole drilled.
These are the ones in the gold colored box.  They generally sell
two for $7.00.  The quality is not quite up to the ST tapes, but at 
less than one-third price you may find it good enough. 

-- 

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From: drazil@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Devin Ben-Hur)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Columbia LD Club
Date: 11 Apr 92 00:59:18 GMT
Organization: Are you kidding?

In article <1992Apr9.142121.19814@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) writes:
>BTW, to those of you already in the club, do they ever accept orders
>over the phone? When I was in some computer book club (also a "send in
>the card or we'll send you our selection of the month" type of club) I
>would call in to cancel the frequent backordered selections and at the
>same time choose a new selection which was in stock. If CH will accept
>phone orders, it seems like a good way to avoid the frustration of
>frequent backorders.


I order from them over the phone all the time.  In fact, I've never
used the reply card.  I always just check NoSelection and return it
immediately, then call them up when I want to order a disk.
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From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: * Mac ----> Pioneer 3090?
Date: 16 Apr 1992 22:22:26 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: manx.cs.utexas.edu

In article <kusevdINNlmo@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 140118U15310@uicvm.uic.edu, U15310@uicvm.uic.edu (Tom Ascher) writes:
>>Mute point.  You can't use the Pioneer consumer series (after the 3070)
>>with the black box.  Pioneer crippled the consumer units to preserve their
>>industrial sales... :)
> Use the new Sony 1100. It has a real RS-232 port, and it's a combi!

Is the 1100 part of their industrial/pro line, or is it in
the consumer line? Does it have digital effects? Freeze-frame, maybe?

Doug
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: camcorder recommendations
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:14:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1992Apr13.215433.17506@cbnews.cb.att.com>, amp@cbnews.cb.att.com (anit.patel) writes:
> 
> Need recommendations for 8mm camcorder.  Sony TR 81 has been favorite of
> the net land.  Any other choices with the following preferences:

While I have not used one (I am a happy TR81 owner) I would take a look at the 
Cannon UCS1 and the V801 (for time encoding for the future).  The UCS1 is like 
the TR-81 but a different package.  The V801 is larger than the TR81 - I have 
had some folks of late express the opinion the TR81 is too small and they 
prefer to hold the larger V801.
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Control-L (LANC) Question
From: Richard_Knuckey@kcbbs.gen.nz (Richard Knuckey)
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:20:15 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

I have a Sony SLV-777NC (PAL VHS HiFi with NICAM) VCR that has Control-L, 
Control-S and LANC.

What can I do with LANC etc? Is it possible to get an interface betwenn 
this and say a macintosh, and control editing functions via the mac? 
The user "manual" is a tad on the light side when going beyond things 
like "Plus the power cord into a power outlet" so doesn't even attempt 
to go into any detail on this subject.

It mentions how to hook up to another VCR for synching, and mentions 
in passing a Sony editing unit that can drive it, but thats it.

In the latest APDA catalouge there is a products mentioned that lets 
the mac talk to "sony consumer video products" via the VISCA standard, 
is this related to LANC or control-L.

TIA
From: marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM (Marc)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: * Mac ----> Pioneer 3090?
Date: 17 Apr 92 02:46:05 GMT
Reply-To: marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: porsche944

In article 140118U15310@uicvm.uic.edu, U15310@uicvm.uic.edu (Tom Ascher) writes:
>Mute point.  You can't use the Pioneer consumer series (after the 3070)
>with the black box.  Pioneer crippled the consumer units to preserve their
>industrial sales... :)

 Use the new Sony 1100. It has a real RS-232 port, and it's a combi!

-Marc

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From: gfs@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (George F. Simler IV )
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Comments wanted on Projection TV's
Summary: Hey the subject line says it all.
Date: 17 Apr 92 00:10:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: dirac.7232


	Our house is in the process of being remodelled.  One of the purposes
of the remodelling is that we want a large screen TV.  We have pretty much
decided on a rear projection set since they have larger pictures than direct
view sets and their picture quality is extremely good.  The models we are
presently looking at are:

	Mitsubishi:
		VS5007R
		VS4007R
		VS4517R
		VS5017R

	Sony:
		53EX35
		46EX35

	Hitachi:
		46UX7B
		50UX7B

	Pioneer:  
		(Have no specific model numbers on hand)

	What I would like to know is other people's impressions of the sets,
especially owners of any of the above.  My personal viewing preferences leaned
towards the Sony's and to the Mitsubishi's to a lesser extent.  What I am
really interested in is the reliability of any of the above.  One salesman
tried to tell me that Sony was driving their tubes at 25% above their
recommended power levels to achieve a brighter picture, which I highly doubt
since electronics don't like power levels which are too high.

	Any personal experiences, or general impressions would be greatly
appreciated.  Please email any responses since I don't regularly read this
newsgroup.

					Thanks,
					George Simler
					gfs@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu

	
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Re: Criterion Collection SAP for Bond pictures
Followup-To: rec.video.releases
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 17:36:35 GMT

In <ktp7k3INNi43@news.bbn.com> levin@star-trek.bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes:
>Add to the list FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (I think Criterion CAV) which
>has a running commentary by (I think) a critic and the cinematographer
>and director which was most informative.

The Criterion Bond CAV editions have interviews with the directors of the
various films, the screenwriter (who recently died), the film editor, and
(not on all the dics) the famed set designer Ken Adams.  (I've forgotten the
names of the others.)

Problem is, Criterion has is pulling these discs out of circulation (see my
news article in rec.video.releases for details.)

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                            Hell!'"
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