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Subject: Re: Daddy Long Legs on Video?
From: accajt@vaxa.hofstra.edu
Date: 29 Dec 92 17:15:55 EST

In article <Bzq2tu.8Kt@fc.hp.com>, jayj@fc.hp.com (Jay Johannes (Lvld)) writes:
> 
> They have also jusst announced "The American Film Institute Awards: Fred
> Astaire" on laserdisc. This one looks interesting, although we never saw
> the original.
> 
>   Regards,
> 
>     Jay

	I saw this show on TV six or seven years ago (a year or two 
before his death) -- it was fabulous (for this kind of thing) -- in 
particular two very stirring (short) salutes by Gene Kelly and 
Mikhail Barishnakov.  I recommend a peek (ESPECIALLY if you're not a 
particularly big Fred Astaire fan) just to get a good feel for the 
amazing work and contributions this man made.



Andrew Jay Thorn

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From: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: aspect ratios
Date: 21 Dec 92 06:14:14 EST
Reply-To: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

CLI>Does anyone know the aspect ratios of:
CLI>-Do The Right Thing
CLI>-Godfather I
CLI>-Godfather II

Not sure about the first one, but I remember reading that Francis Ford
Coppola deliberately filmed the first two GODFATHER movies in the old
Academy aspect ratio of 1.33:1.  This ratio was considered obsolete at
the time - and apparently it's still considered obsolete.  Most
theaters never show movies in that ratio anymore, and so the GODFATHER
movies were slightly cropped to allow projection on "modern" theater
screens.

A couple of people I know have disagreed with me on this, so I'm not
sure if this is true or not.

However, everyone I know who talks about the aspect ratio of the
GODFATHER movies says the same thing: the current "non-letterboxed"
(you really can't say pan-and-scan in this case) edition of the films
on VHS and laserdisc aren't missing any of the picture, unlike many
other pan-and-crammed movies.

I'm happy with my CLV laserdiscs of the movies, and I'm not interested
in spending $200 for the new "special edition" of the GODFATHER movies
- especially since I was very, very disappointed with the third movie.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Laser Wonderland in Japan
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:46:38 GMT

In article <1hs9rnINN7fg@early-bird.think.com> Paco Ojeda <ffoogg@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu> writes:
>A friend of mine just came back from a trip to Japan.  ...
>   ...     Much to my surprise, he came back with jewels such as:

>*1941, a movie by Spielberg that, for some strange reason, was never
>released on disc in the US (and a very funny one!).

Was released in the US - probably about 6 or 7 years ago.   It
was supposed to be remastered in letterbox, but that one never
materialized.

-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill@bilver.uucp
                - ..!{peora|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Point Break on LD
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:32:20 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <BzL6MB.7HK@inform.co.nz> dev2@inform.co.nz (Michael Seales) writes:
<It was raining yesterday so I hired Point Break (PAL LD). Excellent picture quality, and letterboxed too! My initial smile weakened when, exactly five
<minutes into the disk, the letterbox vanished to become fullscreen. They
<put black bars for credits and a few minutes of movie. Also, on a few scenes
<there was little red bits flickering about, mainly towards the end of each side.
<
<Aport from these complaints, I totally enjoyed the movie, especially since 
<I have borrowed a third set of speakers from a friend so I enjoyed full
<5-channel Dolby Surround. Good Stuff!!!!

Dolby Surround is four channels, not five.

<I WANT THIS DISK! Can anybody supply a price for this disk, preferably
<letterboxed. I don't care if it's in PAL or NTSC, I expect I'll have to send
<to USA for it. Thanks.

It is available in NTSC letterbox.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: clueless@bradley.edu (Mark Kristie)
Subject: Re: Should I Buy Beauty & Beast: WIP?
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:41:58 GMT
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And the fact that it has the best damn picture quality I've ever seen come
out of my cld-980....
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Source for LD Reviews Needed
Date: 22 Dec 92 04:34:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: tc.1992Dec22.043446.6850
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

In <1992Dec21.075730.21697@uhura.neoucom.edu> wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:

>>Does anyone have the Laser Disc Companion (ed. Douglas Prat?) which is
>>frequently advertised in LDN?
>
>Laser Disc Companion is quite useful and used to be the only book
>available devoted to LD reviews (it is a compilation of most of the
>reviews which have previously appeared in LDN).

I like the Laser Disc Companion, as long as you take Pratt's reviews of the
films themselves with a large grain of salt.  The reason I buy the book --
his reviews of the print quality, transfer quality, and the disc itself --
are very good.

>THE LASERDISC FILM GUIDE by Jeff Rovin.  St. Martin's Press, NY.
>Publication date is given as 'February 1993' but I bought one in a
>bookstore today.  List is $16.

I'll be damned -- Jeff Rovin must write about everything.  He's got four
books out I know of -- two film genre compilations, and two "encyclopedias"
of "super-heroes" and "super-villains."  From what I've seen, his writing is
so-so, but he does seem to believe that God is in the details -- he's pretty
thorough. 

                           "He's a bit too theatrical
                            for my taste."
                                                     "Mr. Rogers is too
                                                      theatrical for your
                                                      taste, darling..."
---
                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
INTERNET:     moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Manual UUCP:  {uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty
CREDO:        You gotta be Cruel to be Kind...
                 **>> Keep circulating the tapes <<**
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: glk9533@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg L. Kimnach)
Subject: Re: aspect ratios
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center / Cleveland, Ohio
Date: 23 Dec 1992 14:24 EST  

In article <1992Dec23.160059.13848@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Jonke <jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes...
>In article <1992Dec22.185453.9577@nosc.mil> Mike Randle, randle@nosc.mil
>writes:
>>During TNT's recent letterbox Sunday, Coppola was interviewed about
>>letterboxing.  He stated that he always shot his films at Academy
>>ratio so that they would not be butchered on TV.  I got the impression
>>that if letterboxing were the norm, he would shoot films widescreen.
> 
>So he makes "made for TV" movies?  If what you are saying is true then his
>films are cropped in the theater and never should have been released in them.
> 

Maybe Coppola meant that he "frames" most of the action in a 4:3 area and the
extraneuous info outside of this 4:3 area is "unimportant."

>Steve
>------------------------
>jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov
>------------------------
Greg
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                         ED-Beta: Simply THE BEST!
"ED Beta is simply the best consumer videotape format available."
                                     --VIDEO Magazime, Nov. 1992, page 30.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: (none)
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:58:19 GMT
Distribution: world
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From: smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Miller)
Subject: transferring film to video
Originator: smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland Ohio
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:25:09 GMT

I am interested in transferring several old home movies from film reels
onto videotape.  Are there any "preferred" methods of doing this?  The 2
ways I can think of to do this are :
1) Project the movie onto a screen and tape it with a video camera.  
2) Transfer the movie frame by frame with a video camera capable of taking
single frames.  Since the film was shot at 24 fps and the video uses 60 fps
I would need to take 2 video frames of the first film frame and then 3 video
frames of the next film frame, and then 2,3,2,3,etc.

Are there any better ways of doing this?  Thanks.



-- 
Jeffrey H. Miller     smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov
Sverdrup Technology, NASA Lewis Research Center Group, Cleveland, Ohio

favorite book title: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

Xref: sparky rec.video:15283 alt.sources:2906
From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video,alt.sources
Subject: Re: HERE IS VCR Plus source code
Date: 1 Jan 93 01:44:36 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA


	Anyone knows why there is a restriction on channels to be below 49?
If I remove this (hard-coded) restriction the thing still works correctly.

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

Xref: sparky rec.video:15263 alt.sources.d:1641
From: dws@ssec.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson)
Newsgroups: rec.video,alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: HERE IS VCR Plus source code
Date: 31 Dec 92 17:56:29 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center

In article <9212311600.AA03824@procyon.cis.ksu.edu> ojs@cougar.fluxor.com writes:
>Source code in "C" that implements the decoding AND the encoding
>algorythms of VCR PLUS, is presented below.  Please use it for
>research and educational purposes only.

I tried replying by Email, but neither my host nor any other host I
tried can resolve the domain name 'cougar.fluxor.com'.

Anyway, the file readme.txt has a semantics problem.  It says:

: 3.  Both programs ask for today's date.  They should
:           instead get this from the computer itself but that is
:           too much involved with O/S details.

The programs do NOT need today's date; they need the date of the
television program.  This is something you couldn't get from the
computer automatically, since it doesn't know the date of the
television program.  To decode a vcrplus code meaningfully you must
give the decode program not only the code but the date associated with
the code.  (I.e. a given code has different meanings on different
dates.)

For example, in this example in readme.txt:

: Example 4:  decode 1 2 93 19297
:                 On January 2nd of 1993 you have asked a question.  You
:                 want to know "what show does the VCRPLUS code 19297
:                 represent?"  The program answers back
:                 Code=  19297     1   4  93   Mapped_channel=  5  Start_time= 0900  Length=  30

I tried out the program like this:

	decode 12 31 92 19297

(since I asked the question today, 31 Dec 1992) and it gave me a
completely different result - what the code means when associated with
today's date, instead of the date meaningfully associated with the
code.

Similarly, to create a vcrplus code you must give the encode program
the date the time slot begins, not the date you ran the encode program.

Note, I am NOT a vcrplus code expert.  I'm simply relaying my
observations after figuring out how to use the programs.

DaviD W. Sanderson (dws@ssec.wisc.edu)

	"The Noah Webster of smileys is David Sanderson"
		- The Wall Street Journal, 15 Sep 1992
From: dpeter@ecst.csuchico.edu (David Petersen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Beauty & The Beast
Date: 24 Dec 92 03:00:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

I am searching for the version of "Beauty and the Beast" that starred
George C. Scott (I'm not sure when it was released).  If anyone has any
information on how to obtain a copy, please e-mail me at...
	dpeter@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu
	Thank you,
	David Petersen
From: spot@CS.CMU.EDU (Scott Draves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: fader and inverter
Date: 26 Dec 92 23:38:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bzw4Bs.32K.1
Distribution: rec
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Originator: spot@COBOL.FOX.CS.CMU.EDU


>>> please reply by email, i do not read this group <<<

hello, i'm looking for a few video processing box things.  i don't
know much about the video industry and what products are available or
the terminology; i'll do my best.  the functionality i need is this: 

1) a way of taking two video signals and producing a third signal that
is some blend of the inputs.  at radio shack i saw something called a
fader, but i don't want to fade from one to the other smoothly, i want
to hold it somewhere in the middle for long periods of time.  the
radio shack box had a knob labeled from "fast" to "slow" and a switch
to make it fade.  i want just one knob labedl 0% to 100%.

2) some way of inverting a video signal, that is, replacing white with
black and vice versa.  i've heard that some video cameras have a
switch which inverts the input, but i haven't  been able to find such
a beast.  a little independent box would be best.

-- 
				orgasm
Scott Draves			nitrous
spot@cs.cmu.edu			death
From: ins_wayne@actew.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Ghosting question
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:10:57 EST
Organization: ACT Electricity & Water

In article <1993Jan1.010633.15945@mel.dit.csiro.au>, gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green (+61 6 276 6813)) writes:
> This is probably an FAQ, but here goes.
> 
> The TV reception we get is pretty good, but I do get ghosting, mostly
> noticable on high-contast screens like move titles.
> 
> What causes it and is there anything you can do to reduce/eliminate it?
>
> I have an external UHF antenna mounted on my chimney, about 2m about a
> flat metal roof. We have clear "line-of-sight" with the translator, which
> is about 7km away.

  [And broadcasting five channels of PAL, for foreign readers]

  Unfortunately, Steve, the translators in Canberra have a lot of
  hills and mountains to deal with... and they are exactly that:
  translators.  According to the fellow at NTA that I spoke with
  some months back, they receive normal VHF/UHF signals from Black
  Mountain Tower, and faithfully reproduce all the dreck and
  ghosting that they receive, adding a little more noise on the
  way.  Depressing. :-(

  Mount Taylor or Tuggeranong Hill translator?

  As I understand it, the roof may be creating some interesting
  ground-plane effects... but it's been a long time since I
  thought such esoteric thoughts.  The delay between the antenna
  and roof at 2m should not be visible, if memory serves. 
  I'm not sure if horizontal polarization will affect it. 
  Buildings and the Brindabellas most certainly do :-(

  The ghosts I receive are multiple - over ten of them, some
  negative, some positive, trailing away to the right and even
  rolling around right-to-left.  I have a high-gain 43-element
  Band-5 UHF antenna, and NOTHING, but NOTHING will exorcise those
  damn ghosts!  It is worst on VHF3->UHF 54 (ABC), but the others are
  affected to a lesser extent.

  How does one get rid of ghosts that are in the signal to begin with?

  Perhaps some grass-roots political action is indicated?  The
  ghosts and outages are getting on my nerves.  What we need,
  given that the marjority of the population lives in Tuggeranong,
  is a decent landline, or even better, DBS.  Don't hold your
  breath!

> Can anybody recommend a good "antenna book". I'd like to know more about
> this esoteric science.

  If you get any leads, get back to me.  I'm in the book.

> * Steve Green     *  "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat!"    *
> * Comms Group     *  "That trick never works"                            *
> * ITS Branch      *  "Nothin' up my sleeve - PRESTO"                     *
> * CSIRO Australia *  "No doubt about it - I gotta get another hat"       *

  Good luck!
-- 
Wayne Myles             Email: ins_wayne@actew.oz.au, wsm@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au
System Manager,	        Snail: GPO Box 366, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito)
Subject: Re: Is S-VHS dead?
Organization: Department of Environmental Information,Keio University Shonan
	Fujisawa Campus(SFC),Japan.
	<JDAVIDSO.92Dec24092103@tigger.teknowledge.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:22:03 GMT

In article <JDAVIDSO.92Dec24092103@tigger.teknowledge.com>
jdavidso@teknowledge.com (Jim Davidson) writes:

 |The big strike against S-VHS as a rental format is that it's incompatible with
 |VHS.  I.e., S-VHS tapes won't play in VHS VCR's (except for the new
 |"quasi-S-VHS" VCRs). 

 That's why current VHS decks have equipped with SQPB.
Some leading companies of VHS party, such as Panasonic
and Victor have worried with Hi8 camcoders and cheaper
Multi-disc LDs.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Akira Mito(E-Mail:t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp)
  Junior@SFC(Keio Univ. Shownan Fujisawa Campus) 
  Department: Environmental Information (It's so COOL,isn't it?)
  Director of the SFC Hi-Vision Club, and member of SFC TiME, C-music.
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Use of Digital Effects, was: Pioneer CLD-D701
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:13:45 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.172124.6641@colorado.edu> baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu (Dan "Viper" Baldwin) writes:
 
> Anyone considering spending ~$1000 for an LD player should at
>least check out the Pioneer CLD-52--it is an Elite model without
>the digital effects. Out of curiosity ??? Do people use the digital
>features a lot ? Clean clv scan, slow mo,etc.

By all reports the CLD-52 is a superb player.  The 'legato link'
d/a decoding, in spite of Pioneer's Ad Dept. hype is supposed to
improve CD playback.

Yes, I use the digital effects.  A LOT.  Level one use is to just
backup a bit "Did he say what?", Level two use is to scan a long
distance "Let's find all the places where Sam encounters the Samurai
Warrior", Level three use is to study text (credits, subtitles, all
the posters in the background of BRAZIL), Level four use is to study
slow motion details, e.g. animation or special effects.  Level one is
used most frequently and level four the least.

Of course, when I go to a real theater and see real film I have to
actually devote 100% of my attention to the screen -if I miss anything
I can't grab the jog-shuttle on the remote :-).  So not having digital
effects may not be so bad.
  

-- 
	The answer is never simple and is always changing.
    William L.R. (Bill) Cruce       INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha)
Subject: SVHS and HDTV compatibility?
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 05:40:56 GMT


	The thought of buying an SVHS machine now, (since I don't see their
price dropping under $500 in the near future) is scary when I hear of HDTV..

Will there be any compatibility problems with the two?  My knowledge on HDTV
is quite limited so any answers would be appreciated.  I prefer SVHS over
LD really..  <Matter of conveinence..>

-- 
 "I love the smell of napalm in the morning.  It smells like..  VICTORY."

			--++ Neo Jion Press ++--
From: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: New Sony owner questions
Date: 30 Dec 92 20:28:51 GMT
Reply-To: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I just bought a Sony FX410 from Circuit City for $800.  They've got
a 30 day return policy so I can still look at some other options.
This amount of money was about my limit.  It seems like I could have
gotten it for a couple hundred less mail-order but I'm a little worried
about service.  I've not read any reviews of this particular model so
I'm interested in anyone's comments.  I picked the Sony over similarly
priced RCA models because the indoor performance seemed better in the
store (same tape and monitor) and it has a 10:1 zoom.  I'll be using
the camera to film my baby (arrives April) and sports events (mostly
cycling).  I do have some video experience but not too recently.

There is a "Control L" jack on the camera.  I also have a Mitsubishi
4-head Hi-fi VCR but without jog/shuttle control.  It does have an edit
jack in the back.  Is there an inexpensive editing controller that will
connect these two machines?  How about sound dubbing?

I need a tripod.  Ideally I'd like one that I can take backpacking so it
doesn't have to be super small but should be pretty light.  A head that
tilts 90 degrees for still photography would be nice too.  I like the
Bogen heads but the ones I've seen are awfully heavy (probably heavier
than the camcorder).  Budget is of some priority here.  How about the
body-stabilizers for sports and a cheap tripod for stationary work?

Any other general recommendations for someone who is just getting into
video (but does have some film and still experience)?  Any good dealers
in DC area?  Books or magazines?

Thanks for helping the newbie.

David Mackintosh
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: larson@loren.net.com (Alan Larson)
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Organization: me
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:18:31 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.001452.19135@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> peterli@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu (Peter Li) writes:

> Kodachrome has resolving power of 165 lines/mm, so it is equivalent to
> 330 pixels/mm.  However, what happens if a region of 165 lines/mm
> picture start on the quarter cycle relative to the digitalization
> position ?  Since Kodachrome is analog, you still see the fine lines.
> But if we only scan 330 pixels/mm at fixed positions, we end up with
> gray !  So shouldn't the scan frequency bumped up to 660 (Nyquist
> limit) pixels/mm ?

  As another poster noted, the Nyquist limit assumes that the signal
is properly bandwidth limited before sampling.

  One other thing you forgot, though, was that the Nyquist limit requires
two samples per cycle, not per half-cycle.

	Alan