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From: deastman@vnet.ibm.com ("Don Eastman")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Pioneer CLD-95 combi Player
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:24:18 GMT
Reply-To: deastman@vnet.ibm.com (Don Eastman - IBM, San Jose, C

I was in Laserland today (Sunnyvale, CA.) and they are having a Pioneer
authorized sale, selling the CLD-95 for $1699 through Sunday 8/30.  They
will not quote prices over the phone but I thought I would post this
information for those who live in the Bay Area and are contemplating the
purchase of this unit.  Retail is $1999.00 and seldom reduced.

Standard Disclaimer: Not affiliated with this store in any way.
From: cellis@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Charles Ellis)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Camcorder to be used underwater - will this work?
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:18:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston MA. USA 02115

In article <1992Aug24.140541.22235@fid.morgan.com>, joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins) writes:
> I have the opportunity to go snorkeling later this year and
> last time I went, the underwater scenes were OUTSTANDING!
> I wish to take pictures of it. I don't feel like investing
> some elaborate case for my SONY TR81 and was thinking of
> double wrapping it in ZIP-LOCK bags. This should protect
> the camera to depths of 4-5 feet or so and allow me to
> manipulate most or all of the controls.
> 
> Has anyone ever tried this?
> 
> Would you try it with your $$$ camera?
> 

No, I would NOT try this with a TR81 (or any camcorder)

However, EWA-Marine makes heavy transparent vinyl camcorder bags that are
rated to about 30 ft (which is plenty for most snorkelers). They are in
the $70 range. I've never used one, because I SCUBA dive far deeper. I
have an aluminum Hypertech housing for my Sony V9. If heavy duty housings
didn't cost almost as much as the camcorder, I'd upgrade.

By the way, the EWA's are supposed to have a fairly good optical port for
the lens. Ziploc's will ruin the view, if the camera remains unflooded long
enough for that to matter.

Charles Ellis - Marine Science Center - Northeastern University - Nahant MA
   cellis@lynx.northeastern.edu
From: N. Richard Caldwell <nrc@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: AUdio-source surround proc - Damark?
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 06:57:14 GMT
Organization: The Big Sky BBS (+1 614 864 1198)

raible@uucp (Bob Raible - LSI Design) in
  <34718@cbmvax.commodore.com> writes:
> 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?
 
It's in a Damark catalog titled "Electronics Direct" for summer/fall.
Maybe this was only sent to certain costumers.  It is AudioSource model
SS Three, it's item number B-6004-311281, the price is $199.99.  You can
call Damark at 1-800-653-0123.


"Don't drive too slowly."         Richard Caldwell
                                  The Big Sky BBS (+1 614 864 1198)
                                  {n8emr|nstar}!bluemoon!bsbbs!nrc
                                  nrc@bsbbs.Columbus.OH.US
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Coming out of the closet...
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:19:12 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.160955.18906@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug26.144827.13591@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>, jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:
>>> 
>>> Not really.  A 16:9 ratio is not wide enough for any of the wider films
>>> like Blade Runner that are 2.35:1 (you still lose about 1/3 of the picture.)
>>
>>Oops, I mean about 1/4 of the picture is lost.  Of course there are some
>>films that are even wider that would approach 1/3 lost.
>>
>>Incidentally, 16:9 is the same as 1.77:1. So for a 1.85:1 ratio film,
>>you're only losing about 4% of the image.  Obviously this is not a big deal,
>>but I'm a purist and there's no way you can truly get the full width even
>>if your TV does not overscan at all (unless letterboxing is still employed.)
>>
>>The question I have is why did they not choose 1.85:1 as the ratio for HDTV?
>>Then, 2.35:1 films have a relatively mild letterbox, 1.85:1 transfers exactly
>>and Academy ratio films and NTSC TV broadcasts have reasonable side boxing
>>(for lack of a better name!) Because of the latter, making HDTV 2.35:1 would
>>be a mistake.
>>
>>Steve

At least in the case of HiVision, the most ubiquitous of the various
HDTV standards, 16:9 was chosen because most of the components involved
were an even multiple of the NTSC standard.  The idea was that parts 
would be cheaper...

It's obviously more complicated than that, but that's the short answer.


-- 

-->  Michael B. Johnson
-->  MIT Media Lab      --  Computer Graphics & Animation Group
-->  (617) 253-0663     --  wave@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gold@imp.sim.es.com (Bruce Gold)
Subject: Re: SMPTE and EDL's (SMPTE address)
Keywords: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers  SMPTE address
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 16:58:51 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.011017.834@umr.edu>, (Brian Quandt) writes:
|> 
|> Does SMPTE have an email address?


In the SMPTE Journal, the address is published thus:

	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
	595 West Hartsdale Ave.
	White Plains, NY
	10607

Incidentally, I find the "SMPTE Journal" to be an excellent publication.
-- 
				Bruce Gold
				   Utah
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dpunjabi@nyx.cs.du.edu (DINESH PUNJABI)
Subject: Need info on SVHS VCRs ( Please help )
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 06:49:23 GMT

I would like some kind of a comparative list for various SVHS
VCRs available in the market today ( specifically features, price, etc ).
If this falls under FAQ type of questions, where can I download the archives
for this information ??


In any case, your EMAIL responses will be highly appreciated.

Rgds

Dinesh
--

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testing 1 2  3              ZZ
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: An antenna ?
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:48:35 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

an660@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sandy Maurer) writes:
:    If a TV outdoor antenna is properly grounded...would the
: homeowner know if a lightning bolt strikes the antenna?
: 
: If the homwonwer is not at home at the time of the storm, would
: there be any physical evidence?

   Maybe yes, maybe no.  Lightning is very hard to predict.  The 
effects can be devastating or negligible.  Likely evidence is 
burn marks on the antenna or nearby.  If the lightning just struck
nearby there may have been enough induced voltage in the antenna/downlead
to damage the input stages of your TV tuner.  In other words it doesn't
have to be a direct hit to cause damage.  A direct hit, even with proper
grounding, could burn your house down.  But, a direct hit might not
do any harm.
   anecdote:  a few weeks ago there was a fairly intense thunderstorm 
here and several people were looking out the window when lightning struck
a car in the parking lot.  The car started and ran OK afterwards, but the
electronically controlled transmission would not shift properly.  The diagnosis
was a bad CPU.  The only evidence on the car was a slight burn mark on the
antenna.  There was also a chunk of concrete blown out of the sidewalk a
few inches in front of the car.
--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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From: kevin@voder.nsc.com (The Last Bugfighter)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: What is the Mitsubishi HSU-67 VCR?
Keywords: Mitsubishi VCR
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:09:10 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara


   Is there such a thing as the Mitsubishi HSU-67 VCR?  The HSU-65 is a
S-VHS VCR with a jog/shuttle dial,  the U71 is S-VHS but no dial and the
U81/82 is their top-of-the-line S-VHS.  But lately I've seen a couple of
adds in the back of some video mags advertising the HSU-67.  Anbody know
what it is (or whether it really exists)?

--
Kevin Thompson   "The Last Bugfighter"   {ucbvax,pyramid,nsc}!voder!kevin

"It's a sort of threat, you see.  I've never been very good at them
  myself but I'm told they can be very effective."
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Seeking info on a 10 year old video disk player
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:12:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: fc.Bu2D5I.81w
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

brianh@pdx031.intel.com (Brian Holscher) writes:
: I bought for $5.00 a working (I think) Sears CED Video Disk Player.

Going price for a working CED player is usually around $50.

: I want to know if it plays standard laser disks or something else.

Something else.   CED and LD (LaserDisc) are as incompatible as LPs and CDs.

: I did rent a laser disk to try out.
: However, I noticed that a round disk would not turn the unit on.

I hope you didn't damage the LD.

: It looks like it takes some sort of cartridge or caddy that you put the
: disk in first.  

Nope.  CEDs came in caddies.  You were never supposed to remove them from
the caddy (except when the player did during disc insertion).

: HELP!  Can somebody tell me anything about this beast?

Sent standard videodisc article LD#16 

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ccw@prefect.uucp (26554-wood)
Subject: Re: splitting cable signal
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 01:43:15 GMT

In article <trussell.714957886@cwis> trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell) writes:
>kimd@gizmo.usc.edu (Kim Daugherty) writes:

>>A friend of mine wants to split his cable signal to feed 2 TVs.  However,
>>when he does so, the signal is quite degraded.  Is there a way to boost
>>or amplify the signal.  The cable company charges an extra $8/month to 
>>install a second hookup which seems excessive.

>Well, Radio Shack and I'm sure many other companies sell video distribution
>amps, which are basically splitters that add to the outputs so the signal
>doesn't get degraded.  They're around $10.95 or so.  You wire them like a
>splitter and plug them into the wall.

>I have a RS 4-way version, and it's worked well for me.  I have it
>driving a TV, VCR, Digital Cable Radio, and a 40-foot cable run to my 
>roomie's TV and all signals look as good as the original signal does to 
>my eye.

Hmmm.  I bought a similar box from Radio Shack to do the same job, and
it put all sorts of noise and interference on the line.  Made the
picture annoying to watch.  So we put in a passive splitter, which
worked OK.

>Tim Russell

Chris


Chris Wood     Bellcore     ...!bellcore!prefect!ccw
                         or ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com
From: hans@castlerock.East.Sun.COM (Hans Hrasna)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony V9 info wanted
Date: 4 Sep 1992 18:43:18 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: hans@castlerock.East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: castlerock.east.sun.com


	Can anyone out there email me some info on the Sony V9 8mm Camcorder...
I am considering buying one used and would like to hear any praises or critisisms
of this camera...
	
		Thanks in advance,
			Hans

hans@castlerock.east.sun.com

From: myron@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Myron Cox)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:23:02 GMT
Subject: Re: CamCorder Families
Organization: the HP Mtn.View Resp. Cntr.
Newsgroups: rec.video


Jeff:

You didn't specify which video format you were trying to group together.  
How about this approach?

Hitachi makes:     Hitachi, Minolta, Pentax, RCA, Realistic, Sears in VHS.
		   Hitachi, Minolta in VHS-C.
		   Kyocera, Minolta, Pentax in 8mm.

JVC makes:         JVC, Zenith in VHS.
	           JVC, Emerson, Zenith in VHS-C.

Matsushita makes:  Canon, Curtis Mathes, GE, Instant Replay, Magnavox,
		   NEC, Olympus, Panasonic, Philips, Quasar, Sylvania in VHS.
		   GE, Magnavox, Panasonic, Quasar in VHS-C.
		   Chinon, Elmo, Olympus in 8mm.

Sanyo makes:       Sanyo, Fisher, Vivitar in 8mm.

Sony makes:        Sony, Kyocera, Ricoh, Nikon, Realistic in 8mm.

Source:  December, 1989, issue of Camcorder, so this stuff may be out of date.

Regards,
Myron

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: eric@cray.com (Eric Markwardt)
Subject: Sony's Discover America cruise offer??
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:41:11 CDT

Hi..

My future mother-in-law is about to purchase a Sony TR-71 camcorder
from CWO.  One of the reasons she's buying it now is to take advantage
of Sony's Discover America offer.  This offer gets you a discount
certificate for "up to $1000 off the published tariff rate" on a
seven-night or longer cruise on Royal Caribbean Cruises -- perfect for
an upcoming honeymoon. :-)

Has anyone taken advantage of this offer?  We're not going to get 
screwed out of the offer because we're mail ordering the camcorder or
anything silly like that, are we?

Thanks for sharing any experiences you might have had.

   -Eric Markwardt
    eric@cray.com
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Buying a CamCorder in Japan
Date: 29 Aug 92 19:29:33 GMT
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation

zhao@bcarh12d.BNR.CA (Jeffrey Zhao) writes:

>Could anybody tell me if a CamCorder bought in Japan can be used
>here in North America?  I know Japan uses NTSC, but what about
>the audio frequency (sound carrier)?  I phoned a few local stores,
>but none of them could give me a definite answer.

There's nothing about the geographical location of North America that would
prevent any camcorder from anywhere in the world from operating!  :)

Seriously, the only difference between some Japanese markey camcorders are
the markings & manuals are in Japanese.  Tapes play back fine on US TVs.
From: E720SHO@TOE.TOWSON.EDU ("DICK SHOWERS, ACADEMIC COMPUTING")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Angle of View for Camcorder lens
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:02:09 GMT
Organization: The Internet

The comparison of focal length of lens and angle of view is through the actual
physical size of the imaging material: in the case of a 35mm camera that would
be the film size of 24x36 mm.  A normal lens is assumed to be one with a focal
length equal to the diagonal of the rectangle, ie. a normal for 35mm camera is
actually about 42mm.  To get the equivalent for another imaging device such as
a ccd in a camcorder simply take the ratio.  I.E. if a ccd has a diagonal of
12 mm, a 'normal" focal length for it would be 12mm.   You can work these
perspective problems out by using a pinhole for comparison.  All the lens does
(for a normally designed lens) is allow the passage of more light.
 
Richard L. Showers
Academic  Computing Service
Towson State University
Towson, MD 21204
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: parikh@sirocco.eng.hou.compaq.com (Vijay Parikh)
Subject: Re: The reason for warped tapes ?
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:30:29 GMT

In article <92Aug22.153614.15470@acs.ucalgary.ca> (Witold Owoc) <wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca> writes:
>Our Sony VHS VCR just returned from an adjustment and head cleaning.
>But... one of tapes being played in it (a rather new Disney) exhibited
>high noise so I popped it out and checked: the lower edge became warped
>(elongated and slighly damaged - looks like a flounce).
>When I had brought the unit to a shop I had took with me a tape (top
>Sony), with the same type of damage, and had showed to a guy - but he
>had just exchanged it for another one (had said bad tape batch).
>
>Now I assume that I can only convince them to look at the problem
>when I am able to name it using proper technical terms, so
> What type of misalignment causes such damage ?
> How to check for such misalignment ?
>
>Thank you in advance for any help,
>                                  Witold Owoc <wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca>
>
>P.S. It is SLV-R5US. And after closer examination 1/4 of the tape stock
>     we own is (slightly) damaged - including top Fuji and S-VHS Sony.
>     Some are camera originals... :-(
>__
>#disclaimer "my.private.views"

I own Panasonic 4-head stereo VCR which I cleaned by myself.  Yes, I did
follow the wise tips I found on the net on how to clean the VCR.  I was
extra careful on the pressure I applied to clean video heads and I also
cleaned the video heads in the direction of the drum movement (not up & down).

I think I still did not do a good job and ended up misaligning the video
heads (I think :-().  Every now & then, I get a lot of noise (video and audio)
from the tape I rent.  I pop up the lid and see the edge being warped.
The surprising thing is that it does not happen to all cassettes.  Some
tapes are already warped prior to my playing them in my VCR so the problem
must be happening to other folks also.

What is the solution other than totaling my $500 VCR?

thanks!

Vijay Parikh
D
cleaned the heads in the direction of its movement
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: TFSTAM01@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Coming out of the closet...
    <1992Aug24.020724.1489@ctr.columbia.edu>
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 12:27:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.020724.1489@ctr.columbia.edu>
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
 
>
>In article <1992Aug23.000459.2982@amgen.com> chriss@sam.amgen.com (Chris Silvester) writes:
>>I'm sorry, but I've watched the comments about how LBX is far superior to PAN
>>& SCAN too long to not venture my own opinion.  So, for me and anyone else out
>>there like me, I'm going to say it...I DON'T LIKE THE LBX FORMAT!!!  Glad that's
>>off my chest.
 
     With our current 3 X 4 NTSC system, neither letterbox nor pan and scan
versions really give us a great alternative.  The letterbox version has the
disadvantage of lower resolution (although, with laserdisc, you can afford
to sacrifice some resolution for more picture).  Disadvantages with p&s are
obvious.
     I must say, there are quite a few people who do NOT like letterbox.
Although letterbox doesn't bother me (in some ways I prefer it), the rest
of the family does not like letterbox.  They complain of the black lines
and the smaller picture.
     The only real solution will be when the 16:9 ratio widescreen TV's
come on the market (for those that can afford them).  I understand most of
them will allow current letterboxed video to expand, to fill the screen.
 
-Tim
 
 
 
 
 
 
Newsgroups: lamont,rec.video,sci.electronics
From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
Subject: Re: CCD detectors and photodiode arrays comparison
Keywords: CCD's, photodiode arrays
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 08:02:42 EDT

miguel@ldgo.columbia.edu (miguel maccio) writes:

> 	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.
>  

EG&G Eastern Regional Sales 508-745-7400 Mid-Atlantic Sales
215-368-4003.  Also FAX 508-741-4583 215-362-6107

 This is from
     gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RC Time Code / TR101 / V801
Date: 31 Aug 92 05:51:19 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

The new Sony RC time code system has two parts to it...

	Data Code - Year, Month, Day, Hours, Minutes of when the recording
			was made.

	RC Time Code - Frame by frame time stamping i.e. H:MM:SS:FF.

The Sony TR101 does record both Data Code and RC Time Code even though you can
not play the RC Time Code back on the TR101.  I just confirmed this by playing
back a tape recorded in a TR101 using a V801.  The RC Time Code information was
displayed.  This is good news because that means if you are using a VCR that
can read RC Time Code you do not have to dub it on to a tape that was produced
by a TR101.  Which means that the Data Code information will remain intact. If
you have to dub in RC Time Code information it would destory the Data Code
information. 

The V801 _can_ dub RC Time Code onto any 8mm/Hi8mm tape that is recorded in SP 
mode.  The V801 also has menus, clear slo-mo, clear frame advance, index and 
mark, selectable gain up (up to +18db), manual iris, program exposure, and a 
full function remote.  All in all it is both a full feature VCR and CamCorder.

If I was a TR101 owner looking to buy a Hi8mm deck for editing I would give
some serious thought to buying a V801.  This would allow you to setup a very
accurate assemble edit system for about $1,900 (mail order discount).  The
system would be... 

	TR101 <-> RM-E700 <-> V801

The V801 would let you use your tapes from the TR101 and take full advantage of
the RC Time Code information on them.  You would play them back in the V801. 
Compare this to other Sony options... 

	TR101 <-> EV-S3000

	or

	TR101 <-> RM-E300 or RM-E700 <-> EV-S3000

	or

	TR101 <-> SLV-R5

	or

	TR101 <-> RM-E300 or RM-E700 <-> SLV-R5

In all four cases you would not be able to take advantage of the RC Time Code 
your TR101 recorded.  This means you could not do accurate assemble edits.

The only other Sony option would be...

	Vbox CI-1000 <-> TR101 <-> Vdeck CVD-1000
		^			^
		!---------PC/MAC-------	!

Not counting the cost of the PC and its software this option would still cost
you about $1,600.  It would let you take advantage of the RC Time Code on the 
tape.

Anyway it is nice to know there are two units (V801 and CVD-1000) that can read 
_and_ dub RC Time Code.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: The Wall & Brazil LDs
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:53:38 GMT

While reading article <doh.714760048@draconis.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu>, I noticed that
doh@cis.ksu.edu (Kyung-Goo Doh) said the following:
>In article <920824142750.653@tiger.hsc.edu> JOHNN@TIGER.HSC.EDU writes:
>>My small part of King_Claudius (Chris Knight)and Dave Dodge's exchange: There 
>>are two LD versions of THE WALL, one is letterboxed. It will retail at $10.00 
>>less than the non-letterboxed version.
>
>Has anyone compared the two? 

What do you want to know?

I'm a letterbox fan, so I of course love (and was hoping beyond hope that they
would release) the lbx version.  There is so much that gets cut off in the P&S
version that whole scenes (especially "The Trial") seem new and unfamiliar if
you haven't seen the film in a theatre lately.

All in all, except for some long dropouts during "Comfortably Numb," it's very
highly recommended.
-- 
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