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From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: Pioneer 2080 Problems
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:14:23 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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> denton@ssd.comm.mot.com (Perry Denton) writes:

> I just want to confirm with somebody that this is not normal.  I have a
> 980 (which I used to think was a little noisy) and the 2080 dwarfs the 980
> in noise volume.  I was hoping the 2080 would actually be quieter.

I agree.  The CLD-980 is typical in mechanical noise, for a low-end LD
player.  Any higher models, particularly in the xx80 line, should be
quieter.

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From: mj4@prism.gatech.EDU (JONES,MICHAEL D.)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Pioneer 2080 LD sound problems
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:37:06 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I have been experiencing problems with the sound output on my Pioneer 2080
LD player.  The sound level seems to be very low for dialog but normal for
music and other sound effects.  How can this even be possible?  What sound
qualities of the human voice could allow only the dialog to have a low volume?

I have connected the audio outputs of the LD player to both my stereo and
a Sony XBR with the same results.  Increasing the volume by large amounts only
slightly increases the sound of the dialog, but then the music and sound    
effects are extremely loud.  It does this on both digital and analog sound
tracks, but not on all discs.  Star Trek VI is an example of a disk that
displays the problem.

If anyone has experienced similar problems or could offer any possible
explanations, I would be very grateful.     

-- 
JONES,MICHAEL D.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Someone somewhere must KNOW or be able to find out!!!
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:08:22 GMT

Who makes the Yashica/Richo/Nikon clones of the Sony's?????  Someone must know,
but I've tried for years to find out FOR SURE who makes them to no avail. Does
one factory produce them for Sony & the rest, or does Sony just produce them
all. In the latter case, what's in it for Sony - Why not just take all the cake?

Regards,
Mike palmer
Telephone: (305) 797-2326 (W)   (305) 7546-3146 (H)

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: djredick@bluemoon.rn.com (Darrin J. Redick)
Subject: Re: Coming out of the closet...(Widescreen opinion)
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 10:18:11 EDT

I agree with Jose.  After seeing Star Trek IV in the theater, then
watching it on video for a number of years in the P&S format, THEN getting
the widescreen version, I am able to appreciate LBX more and more.  Scenes
that were 'chopped' by the P&S that had something going on on the sides
of the screen I had to remember, and that ruined the movie for me.  Now,
with the widescreen edition out, the movie is just as I saw it in the
theater.

I vote THUMBS UP for LBX!

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Newsgroups: lamont,rec.video,sci.electronics
From: miguel@ldgo.columbia.edu (miguel maccio)
Subject: CCD detectors and photodiode arrays comparison
Keywords: CCD's, photodiode arrays
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:56:52 GMT

	I would appreciate info on CCD detectors and how they compare to
photodiodes arrays in applications with low levels of light.
	Also, anybody has EG&G Reticon and or Tektronix Optical Div.
phone number?
Thank you.
From: rog@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Roger Haaheim)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Camera World of Oregon
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:34:08 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA


You can get it most easily by dialing 1-800-555-1212 and
ask the operator for their 800 number...
From: raible@uucp (Bob Raible - LSI Design)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: AUdio-source surround proc - Damark?
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:00:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.34718
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore

I believe a few days ago someone posted that the Damark catalog listed
an AAudioSource SS-3 (SS-2) surround decoder for sale. I just received
the new catalog and can't find it for love or money. Can the original
poster(or for that matter anyone else) assist me in my quest?
From: curtis@optima.UUCP (Curtis E. Dyreson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Minolta 8-808 camcorder..
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:54:23 GMT

From article <1992Aug31.230317.607@engage.pko.dec.com>, by patoine@kau100.enet.dec.com (Luc Patoine):
>   The TR81 has a size advantage but the 8-808 probably has better optics and
> a better transport (ie. freeze frame that is glitch free).

I have a Minolta 8-808.  I bought it over the TR81 because of its time-lapse
feature.  I do a lot of backpacking and like to film sunsets, sunrises etc.
The time-lapse is useless for this however since it shoots 1 second of film
at a time.  Other disadvantages of the Minolta are its size and weight.  
You are going to carry your camcorder everywhere you go, my advice is to
go as light and small as possible (the TR-81 wins out).  Also, 
extra lenses, batteries, and underwater housings (EWA Marine) are all 20%
cheaper for the TR81 since it is smaller (and has a smaller thread on
the lens).  For instance, our local video store sells a 1.5X telephoto
for a 37mm thread (TR-81 size) for $30.  The same lens in a 46mm thread (8-808
size) goes for $45.  EWA underwater housings for the TR-81 go for around $150
whereas for the 8-808 the cost around $250 (I think I remember these 
prices correctly - this is the snorkeling housing, not a scuba housing).

Since the Minolta is bigger, I hope I have better optics and color rendition,
but I haven't compared with a TR-81 so I have no basis for that hope.  Just
a belief that the extra weight must be doing me some good!  The 8-808 has
three white balance settings, fade to black, 5 shutter speeds, manual/auto
focus and zoom, and a manual iris.  My understanding is that it has more
manual options than the TR-81 (but I could be wrong).

One advantage to the extra weight and size of the 8-808 may be that 
hand-held shots are steadier.  Again, that's just a guess.  

I've shot both Hi-8 and 8mm video.  Playing it back on my TV, I can't 
really tell if the Hi-8 is better.  I think so, but my mind may just
be fooling me, and lighting conditions and subject matter play such
an important role that I can't determine if Hi-8 is really $200 better.
So you may want to consider an 8mm.  One Hi-8 effect is real, there is
a big difference in the number of dropouts.  No dropouts in 8mm.  
Dropouts galore in Hi-8.

If I were going to make this decision again.  I would buy an 30min 8mm 
tape, a 30min  Hi-8 tape, go down to my local video store and film on
all of their cameras, playing with all the different settings.  Talk
to the camera as you are shooting to announce what setting you are
shooting at.  Shoot different colors in different lighting conditions 
at different shutter speeds with different white balance.  Borrow
or rent a Hi-8 VCR or camera and watch the tapes at home (or even in 
the store).

>  Price quoted from mailorder:
> 
>      Minolta 8-808      $799 + $30 shipping (Genesis Camera (Pa.))

I bought mine at Christmas for $950.  I called lots of places and that
was the cheapest.  So the price has dropped $150 dollars in 9 months.
Will it keep dropping?

Curtis Dyreson
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ng@mprgate.mpr.ca (Steve Ng)
Subject: S-VHS vs regular video output
Reply-To: ng@neutron.mpr.ca
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:47:15 GMT

I have a Pioneer laser disc player at home. It has both S-VHS output and 
regular video ouput. By theory, I thought S-VHS gives sharper image and 
better colour than regular video. However, when I compare the video 1 S-Video 
input (of my TV which a Sony XBR Trinitron) which is connected to the S-VHS 
ouput of the laser disc player and the video 2 regular video input which is 
connected to the regular video output of the same laser disc player, I cannot 
see any difference in picture quality. I am a bit disappointed since I spent 
$45 dollar on the S-VHS cable (a double shielded OFC cable). 

Did I do the right comparison? or any types of output from a laser disc player
give pretty much the same quality? Can someone explain to me why I didn't
get a better image quality from a S-VHS output? (well, I assume my laser disc
player and my TV are working properly.

Thanks.

Steve.

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kaplanr@shearson.com (Roger Kaplan)
Subject: Mitsubishi Instant Home Theater??
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:58:41 GMT


I saw a Mitsu unit this weekend labelled "Instant Home Theater", model
number HTS-100 (I think).  It was about $500 at the Wiz (i.e. they
could probably be talked down $50-100).

There was one large, motorized volume control sticking thru the hole
in the front panel, and behind the panel were conspicuously few
controls: 3 dials (for fading), 4 or so switches (bypasses), and a power
switch. No flourescent displays, no banks of LED's. No "effect modes" either.

The front panel was designed similarly to the high-end Mitsu S-VHS vcr.

The unit was BIG -- about the size of a big laserdisc player.  Actually,
with the hulking silhouette, the large volume knob and the paucity of 
other controls, it looked more like a hi-end power amp.

Does anyone know anything about this unit?  Given the fact that it's
a Mitsu, and priced pretty high for a surround processor, it "feels"
like it might be a nice unit.
--
Roger Kaplan          | "There are two types of people in this world... 
Lehman Brothers       |  Those that think there are two types of people,
kaplanr@shearson.com  |  and those that know better."
 ..uunet!roses!kaplanr|    -- Tom Robbins, "Still Life with Woodpecker"
From: rwittick@ibm.cl.msu.edu (Bob Wittick)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CHLDC "Backdraft"
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:10:42 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Michigan State University

In article <1992Aug25.112925.4072@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Danny Guy Frezza) wrote:
> 
> 
> Just curious.  Has anyone ordered from Columbia House, "Backdraft"?
> I just received my LBX edition, but one disc was clv, and the the other
> disc was cav.  Is this odd? The advertising didn't seem to suggest this
> combination.

No, that is the way Backdraft was produced.  I also have a copy, and
although I did not get it from CHLDC, it is clv/cav.

               Bob Wittick
               Computer Laboratory
               Michigan State University
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (The Jumpin Dude)
Subject: newbie needs advice
Organization: University of Denver
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 21:49:57 GMT

i'm considering purchasing my first video equipment, and i want some
advice from you netters; at the local dealer yesterday, i only spent
a few minutes, but was impressed withthe JVC GRSX-90 and GRS505U;

any commenst regarding either of these cameras much appreciated;

i also will need a S-VHS VCR, and the fellow there told me to buy 
a JVC deck if i get a JVC camera;i was looking into the 6700
but just moments ago caught the tail end of the discussion re: 
the HIFI whatever problem. what's a decent alternative, if this is 
not a deck to buy? i need the jog/shuttle 


thanks!
tim
From: slv0y@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CHLDC "Backdraft"
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:50:51 MDT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Utah State University

In article <rwittick-250892130848@wittick.cl.msu.edu>, rwittick@ibm.cl.msu.edu (Bob Wittick) writes:
> In article <1992Aug25.112925.4072@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
> bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Danny Guy Frezza) wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Just curious.  Has anyone ordered from Columbia House, "Backdraft"?
>> I just received my LBX edition, but one disc was clv, and the the other
>> disc was cav.  Is this odd? The advertising didn't seem to suggest this
>> combination.
> 
> No, that is the way Backdraft was produced.  I also have a copy, and
> although I did not get it from CHLDC, it is clv/cav.
> 
>                Bob Wittick
>                Computer Laboratory
>                Michigan State University

I've got several discs that are 3 sides long, where the third side is CAV.
It seems to be a fairly common practice, when space allows.

Jeffrey Barlow
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: toml@marvin.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Subject: Re: Yet Another Pioneer 3090 Problem!
Reply-To: toml@solbourne.com
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc. 	
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:45:44 GMT

In article <SS.92Aug24113620@wpi.WPI.EDU>, ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes:
|> dschuetz> with no problems at all.  This morning, I set up some
|> dschuetz> surround speakers, and put in Fantasia.  Garbage.  I could
|> dschuetz> hear the music, but I had to turn the stereo up all the way.
|> dschuetz> Put in a CD, and it was even worse--couldn't hear anything.
|> dschuetz> When I had the TV on broadcast, I could hear everything fine
|> dschuetz> (really loud, too!).  I even connected the LD directly to
|> dschuetz> the stereo, bypassing the TV, and it still was screwed up.
|> dschuetz> It sounds to me like the output amp's shot.  I can't get
|> dschuetz> anything from the headphone jack in the front of the player,
|> dschuetz> either.
|> 
|> dschuetz> My question is this: Have any other 3090 owners had similar
|> dschuetz> problems?  I'm going to leave it be for a while, maybe check
|> dschuetz> it again this afternoon or tomorrow, and if it is still
|> dschuetz> screwed up, I'm going to find myself a local "authorized
|> dschuetz> dealer."  It should (I believe) still be under warranty.
|> dschuetz> But if anyone else has had a similar loss-of-sound
|> dschuetz> experience, I'd be interested to hear it....


Well my 3390 did just about the same thing a few weeks ago.  The sound
when playing LD's was very distorted and no sound would come out when
playing CD's.  It's now at the service center.  I also asked them about
the "horizontal black/white line problem" and they didn't seem to know
what I was talking about.  When I mentioned circuit C649 (thanks to
Bennett Leeds) he did find a Pioneer bug sheet that described a "video
noise~ problem.  They're going to put that fix in as well once they get
the sound fixed (some capacitor is on back-order).

I got my 3390 in October of 91.

--
Tom LaStrange        toml@Solbourne.COM


P.S. I got a look at the fall AAFES (Army Air Force Exchange System)
catalog this weekend.  They have the D750 (or whatever the high-end
Pioneer model is) for around $600.

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: datri@egsner.cirr.com (Anthony Datri)
Subject: Re: Mail-Order List (comments?)
Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Dallas, Tx.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 05:55:08 GMT

While I enjoy the discounts, service, and selection of buying CD's from
Noteworthy and LD's from Tewksbury and occasionally Sight & Sound or
Barr Digital (had to get Plan 9, after all), I like to avoid the hassles
inherent in buying something like a receiver mail-order by buying retail.
Aside from the convenience of being able to beat up in person the guy who
sold it with the potential of making a fuss in front of other customers,
shipping can be a hassle.  If you can't have things shipped to a place
of employment or an apartment leasing office, taking delivery can be a real
hassle.  UPS will, at whim, leave an article outside one's door, in the heat,
rain, and plain view of thieves.  If they decide to leave a note, you get to
find the local office (the one here is quite a jaunt) during the hours that
they're open.

For as infrequently as I buy such items, it's worth it to me
to just buy retail.  The amount of money invested in software often dwarfs
the hardware cost anyway.
From: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM (Dan Goodwin - Sun SSE)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: U54 output too high
Date: 31 Aug 1992 15:31:16 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: hoops.west.sun.com

Several weeks ago I purchased a Mitsubishi U54 vcr.  I am very pleased with
it, but it seems the output is too high to the point of distortion comming
out of the unit.  I have found no external way of reducing the output level
and wanted to know if anyone knows which pots to tweak "under the hood".
Is this a common problem?
I don't want to take it in, every time I do I end up with more problems and
frustration ( that's why I bought this one ).


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson)
Subject: Re: Sattelite Dish Anyone?
Organization: Truevision Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:01:27 GMT

In article <17i03iINNj3c@agate.berkeley.edu> danny@garnet.berkeley.edu (Danny Lee) writes:
>	Well, just started a new job and my first task is to get cable
>hooked up at the office!  No joke!  I called the local cable company in

So what does this company do?  Review Sopa Operas?  Colorize old "I Love
Lucy" reruns?

-Jerry

-- 
Jerry Thompson                      |     // checks  _________  |"I'm into S&M,
What I want to know is, have you    | \\ //   and    |   |   |  | Sarcasm and
ever seen Claude Rains?   !CCR      |  \X/ balances /_\  |  /_\ | mass sarcasm."
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: Brazil (WS) LD
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Distribution: rec.video
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:52:54 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.154403.1110@uhura.neoucom.edu> wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:

Sorry, a little correction:

>2) The real issue with Brazil is that various length versions exist.
>The U.S. release and homevideo version is 131m long.  According to 
>Maltin's Movie and Video Guide this was cut from an original 142m
>"European" release cut and is 137m long.  Sounds like a job for
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Just delete these words (it is, as mentioned just above, 131m long).

-- 
                 "So many windows, So little time"

Bill Cruce, N.E. Ohio Univ. Coll. of Medicine, Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
VOICE: 216-325-2511,  FAX: 216-325-0522,  INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu
From: SEB@lns61.tn.cornell.edu ("Selden E. Ball, Jr.")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CLD-D701 unpause causes roll
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:37:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Peter,

You recently posted

>the player loses sync with the disc during a CLV pause.
>Is this right? 
Yes.

>Is it technically possible to re-sync before exiting pause mode? 
Yes.

>If so, which player has this feature?
Pioneer LD-V8000

It's their top-of-the-line industrial player with a full-frame digital TBC.
A review in the current issue of The Perfect Vision rates it highly.
Pioneer does too: they want about $2000 for it.

I hope this helps.

Selden Ball
seb@lns61.tn.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: marks@keinstr.uucp (Mike Marks)
Subject: Re: Help with Antenna
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:07:04 GMT


wilson@mml.ncsl.nist.gov (Ron Wilson) writes:

>I need some advice.  Lately it seems that I have had a lot of interference 
>in the TV reception.  Most UHF stations get fuzzy and drift off and now 
>it's even happening to some network channels.  It's like the TV is trying 
>to pickup two channels at the same time.  I live on the outskirts of 
>Washington, DC and use a Channelmaster antenna with an amplifier.  The 
>antenna feeds directly into the amp which is located in the attic.  This 
>has worked fine for about six months.  I have heard or read that amps are 
>great for picking up signals.  Is there a filter or something I can put 
>in the line that will take out these stray signals?  Do I need to put in 
>new cable?  


If it worked fine before, check to make sure that the antenna
hasn't simply been blown by the wind to point another direction
than what it was.  I've had to go onto our roof a couple of times
after strong windstorms because the antenna's direction had changed.
If you have a rotor, you may need to check its alignment so that
the antenna is pointing in the direction that you think (ie the rotor
dial) says it is.  I'd check that out before replacing any cable.
______________________________________________________
Mike Marks
From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CLD-D701 unpause causes roll
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:55:38 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA

In article <01GO47TYLHVK95NB61@lns61.tn.cornell.edu> SEB@lns61.tn.cornell.edu ("Selden E. Ball, Jr.") writes:
[somebody writes:]
<>the player loses sync with the disc during a CLV pause.
<>Is this right? 
<Yes.
<
<>Is it technically possible to re-sync before exiting pause mode? 
<Yes.
<
<>If so, which player has this feature?
<Pioneer LD-V8000

	Also the CLD-3090 has an option (switch) of routing the signal 
through the digitizer at all times (including play).  That means slight 
quality degradation but no vertical sync loss during un-pause.
Of course the 3090 has other problems...

<It's their top-of-the-line industrial player with a full-frame digital TBC.
<A review in the current issue of The Perfect Vision rates it highly.

	Except they mention the full-frame capability almost as a footnote 
and they did not compare it to the LD-S2.

	Jan Bielawski
	Computervision, San Diego
	jpb@calmasd.prime.com