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From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
Subject: Sony HDTV Laserdisc player news
Keywords: Hi-Vision MUSE
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 22:12:35 GMT

Exciting news about the development of a Hi-Vision (MUSE HDTV)
laserdisc player from... not Pioneer, but Sony.

From an industry newsletter.

First of the Month
Dealerscope Merchandising
November 1992

New in Japan
Mike Ueda

Sony to Introduce Hi-Vision LD Player

Sony will introduce a Hi-Vision laser disc player for consumers
 sometime in 1993, according to published reports in Japan.

The player will use the standard proposed by Sony, Sanyo, Toshiba,
 Pioneer, and Matsushita in 1991. MUSE signals are recorded on video
 disc and reproduced after being converted to full Hi-Visio signals.
 The player will be compatible with conventional LD players, and
 pricing will be under one million yen. ($8,333 120 yen=$1  -MNJ)

According to a Sony spokesman, exact pricing and delivery dates are
 not yet available.

Reports have also indicated that Pioneer will introduce a Hi-Vision
 LD player in 1993 as well. Delivery dates have not yet been set, but
 a spokesman for the company said the introduction should not be held
 up, because the product encountered no technical problems. Estimated
 pricing for the Pioneer unit is 1.5 million yen ($12,500 -MNJ)


(end of article)

Well, would YOU spend at least $7,000 for a laserdisc player, even
though it IS HDTV? I thought it was bad enough to sped $2,000 for a
top-line Pioneer, and now they want over $8,000 for a HDTV one.

Whew!

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kimp@rpi.edu
Subject: re: LD houses?
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:07:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.110045.27194@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> kachun@astro.as.arizona.edu (Ka Chun Yu) writes:
>I've heard mention Sight & Sound, Columbia House, and Tewksbury (sp.?).
>What are people's feelings about these and other mail-order firms?

My favorite LD store is Ken Crane's (1-800-624-3078, 1-714-892-2283).  Not
only they have almost every laserdisc titles available, they offer 10%
discount on all titles.  Plus, the UPS ground shipping is free (to 48
states).  Ken Crane's accepts pre-order, such as Beauty and the Beast
Work In Progress Edition.

Sight & Sound (1-617-894-8633) specialize in Japanese imports.  S&S also
carries many American titles.  By request, S&S sends two free catalogs per
year.  S&S also accepts pre-order.

Nearly every LD owners have (at least once) joined Columbia House.  They
give you 3 LDs for around $7.  You must purchase 2 more LDs of $29.99 or
higher within 3 (?) years.  One annoying thing about CH can be "Director's
Selection."  If don't reject "Director's Selection," it will be shipped to
you automatically.  And the price is slightly higher than most LD dealers.
Many catalogs issued per year.  I found CH selection less than impressive
(no title from the Criterion Collection).
Xref: sparky rec.video:13381 ba.market.misc:8482
From: tsreddy@skitime.Eng.Sun.COM (T.S.Reddy)
Newsgroups: rec.video,ba.market.misc
Subject: Re: Multi-Format VCR's
Date: 12 Nov 92 01:09:41 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: skitime

In article <1992Nov11.215236.13393@berlioz.nsc.com> amc@berlioz.nsc.com (Andy McLean) writes:
>
>Thanks to everyone who responded to my recent post about multi-
>standard VCRs.  Judging by the feverish requests to pass on info
>I am not the only one trying to find a cheap solution to the NTSC/
>PAL problem !  Hence why I am taking up band-width with this post.
>
>Whilst I still don't have a 100% clear picture (excuse the pun) I
>think the murky waters have cleared enough to pass on the following
>summary.
>
...
>
>INSTANT REPLAY is based in Florida and produces a range of videos
>in the above classifications.  I haven't heard from anyone who has
>used one of their VCR's so I can't comment further.
>
...
>
>Andy

     Popular Electronics ran a review of one of their machines in either their current
or last month's issue. You may want to check it out.

T.S.Reddy
(e-mail: tsreddy@Sun.Eng.Com)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au (Chung Ming Liu)
Subject: Pioneer CLD-D750/CLD-D701 Problems !
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:10:33 GMT

I've bought my CLD-D750 (CLD-D701 U.S/Canada) and the LD tray was jamed, so I
had to take it back to get it fixed :-(
Hopefully I'll pick it up later this week.
(I did remove the Transit screw !!)

One of our staff also had a little proble when he bought his, the Aplha Turn 
didn't work, but he said Pioneer fixed it straight away.

Any similar problem in the U.S ?

Now, it's makes me wonder about Pioneer Quality Control.......


A very upset Pioneer customer :-(
	O O
	'-

Samuel Liu
u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au
From: teoallan@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Allan TEO)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:10:34 GMT
Subject: Re: LD-101: A Pornographic Standard
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: rec.video

The Movie TERMINATOR II on Laserdisk is BANNED in Singapore
because it is considered unfit for consumption. HOWEVER
the customs passed the VIDEO STANDARD.

Regds
Allan
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: Pioneer Elite CLD-52
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:56:28 GMT

Came across this beast while looking at the new Sony XBR^2
at a local video dealer.  It was priced at $100 LESS than
the CLD-701.  The only difference seemed to be cosmetic
(little side panels) and no jog shuttle.  And it had the
word "ELITE" tatooed on the front.  Could it be that
the innards come, more or less, from the Elite series and
therefore it doesn't suffer from the "black line" problem
of the 3090/D701?
                            john.
From: chu@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Eugene Chu)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: INFO ABOUT 27XBR95S
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:16:35 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: SAR Systems Development & Processing, JPL

In article <1992Nov4.201646.3058@nic.csu.net> rkim@opus.calstatela.edu writes:
>In article <pvh-041192010832@kip2-15.apple.com> pvh@apple.com (Pete Helme)
>writes:
>
>| I think the list for the 32" 95S is $2400 and $1900 or $2000 for the 90S.
>
>That sounds about right.  Ken Crane's was showing off a KV-32XBR95S
>"retail $2700, now $2399".  What jerks.  I was able to get a 27" EXR for
>LESS than what they were selling their 27" TS stuff for.
>
>Even Sony's regular XBRs aren't discounted (the ones with the IR goodies).
>
>Rich K.

Just in case people forget, the prices of these types of stuff (audio/video)
tend to take a hike right before Christmas.  If a new lie of equipment is
introduced at this time, you can almost forget about discounts.

According to the new Sears catalog I just got in the mail, the Christmas
shopping season begins next week.

eyc
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jfr@RedBrick.COM
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Extracting video sync
Keywords: sync NTSC composite genlock
Date: 6 Nov 92 03:30:00 GMT
Organization: Red Brick Systems, Los Gatos, CA

In article <1992Nov5.231104.2368@beaver.cs.washington.edu> bgilbert@cs.washington.edu (Ben Gilbert) writes:
>Well, I'm not sure if this is the right group to do this, but it must be
>pretty close.  :)
>
>Here's my question : how easy is it to extract the sync from an NTSC 
>composite video signal, say, your typical VCR?  The reason I'm asking
>is that the new Atari Falcon030 computer I'm about to get has an
>easy capability for genlock, as follows :
>	(discussion about Atari Falcon, quote from Bill Rehbock)
>
>	"The box for doing overlay and genlock is relatively simple.
> It only needs to extract the external sync from your external video source,
> inject it into the external sync input on the 19-pin video connector, and
> output either Falcon video or external video, depending on the state of
> the overlay pin on the connector.  It can overlay RGB or composite."
>
>This sounds to me like a pretty easy thing to do, with a logic chip or two
>and the right connectors.  The only thing I don't know about is extracting
>the external sync, so if anyone knows how this is done, I'd be glad to
>hear from you.  
>
  Well, most genlocks that I know of will either accept a pure sync
  signal 2.5Vp-p (peak to peak) OR a standard RS170A composite video
  signal 1.0Vp-p and handle either quite nicely.  If the sync input 
  can accept either signal, all you need is to split the video signal
  and feed it in as sync.  If only real sync is acceptable, you will
  need some kind of way to strip out the sync (a proc amp or TBC,
  maybe?)  As a non-electronics kinda guy, logic chip stuff is beyond
  me.

  Jon Rosen
From: C.V.Copas@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Grundig 340 HiFi VCR
Date: 13 Nov 92 14:53:04 GMT
Reply-To: C.V.Copas@lut.ac.uk (Conn Copas)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

Does anyone possess a user's manual for one of the above? I don't, and I have
a couple of questions about programming which I would appreciate some
correspondence about. Thanks in advance.
From: fmaster@ravel.udel.edu (Fred A Masterson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: S-VHS Deck Questions & Recommendations?
Date: 11 Nov 92 04:45:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxJBvt.6Dr
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <22900002@hpcss01.cup.hp.com> ebl@hpcss01.cup.hp.com (Ed Lanman) writes:
>Hi,
>
>Last summer we purchased a Sony TR-101 Hi8 camcorder.  Now I'm thinking
>about getting an S-VHS deck for the higher resolution.  I've read the
>glossies on the Sony SLV-R5UC and the Mitsubishi HS-U67 and HS-U82.
>I like the idea of having a Sony since my TV is also a Sony, but would
>buy a Mitsubishi if fellow netters indicated it was a better machine.
>
>The question is, what experience do you have with S-VHS and what 
>machine would you recommend and why?  If this has already been covered
>and there is an existing FAQ would someone e-mail it to me.
>
>By the way, a few tapes copied from the camcorder to VHS at high-speed
>(SP - Short Play right? ;)) where definitely inferior to the camcorder
>playing itself...
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ed Lanman
>
>These are my opinions, nobody else wants them..
>

I would also be interested in responses
to this query, as I am trying
to decide between a u67 and an slv-rv deck.

Thanks!

Fred Masterson

fmaster@ravel.udel.edu

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Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Video doublers ---
From: michael@sunbeam.ksc.nasa.gov (Michael D. Myjak x7-3286)
Date: 5 Nov 92 10:59:23
Organization: NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL.
In-reply-to: brbrooks@nyx.cs.du.edu's message of Thu, 5 Nov 92 15:01:10 GMTLines: 40


   I was reading a magazine some time back and saw an add for a video
   doubler.  Since then, I have seen two models:

   Faroudja LD100
   Ikegami DSC-1050

   What do video line doublers do?  What do they cost?  Are there other
   models available?  Please post answers or email them to me at
   brittb@dadd.ti.com.  Any information would be appreciated!!

A video line doubler does just what its name implies... it doubles the
number of available video scan lines. It also effectively doubles the
horizontal scanning frequency so you won't be able to us it on your
typical NTSC (PAL OR SECAM_ monitor. You will need  what is sometimes
called a "CADD-GRADE" monitor or projector. Auto Sync monitors are
available too as many computers now use them. The output of a
NTSC-doubled picture scans around 30khz.

The bigger, embedded question is *how* are these "extra" scan lines
produced. Some systems like the COVID system simply take a running
average of the previous and next "odd or even" scan line pairs and
produce a new "composite" line. The problem with these systems are they
tend to enhance dot crawl and other motion artifacts. The Phillips
IDTV was one such system.  

On the other had, the Faroudja system tries to do the "smart"
interpolation on pixel by pixel basis.  These systems are said to
produce a much sharper picture and are probably easily "visibly"
superior. They are also much more expensive.


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  McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company
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From: exumfox@exu.ericsson.se (Mike Fox)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Hoyfield fight Friday?
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:30:23 GMT
Reply-To: exumfox@exu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

I am sure this fight will be somewhere but I haven't heard a thing about it.

Will it be offerred PPV?

If anyone has any information, a posting or email would be appreciated.

Thanks,

/Mike
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: sh0002@medtronic.COM (Scott Hou)
Subject: Re: Cantonese language broadcasts on satellite
Organization: Medtronic, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 06:15:44 GMT

Yes, you can get one of these small dish Ku band only systems
for $299, shipped, through me if you want.

To pay more, order through Sky Vision (is it $460?? or what...)
or from one of those other mail order catalogs.

The one through me is from Pro Brand International, who makes
SuperJack and Eagle Aspen equipment, if you are into larger
dish systems.

One note about the programming: not all programming has Cantonese
translation on a separate audio channel.  They've done things
like interview a politician (American) in English on one
channel but translate it to Mandarin on the other channel.

There is also an all Taiwanese (spoken language) show, on both
audio channels.

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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: "tony camara" <tony.camara@canrem.com>
Subject: our wedding
Reply-To: "tony camara" <tony.camara@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 5 Nov 92 02:05:46 EST

I'm looking for a title called our wedding . Anyone ever herd of it ?
I'm looking for anything with specific themes
ex:weddins,parties,christams,baptizms etc. I have an amiga 1000 with 1.5
megs. Any help would be great thanks.
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From: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: RE: REQUEST SATELLITE COD
Date: 6 Nov 92 00:50:00 GMT
Reply-To: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Outland BBS  UUPCB  403-475-9588

It is not illegal talking about wizard codes, if a person can Dial 1 900
number and get them, what is so "illegal" about taking about wizards.

the stupid thing is that the VCII PLUS is nothing, by feb, all the old
decoders will of been upgraded to the vcii PLUS with a daughter-board,


ps.  This information can be true or not, its up to you.
From: tedwards@cam.nad.northrop.com (Tony Edwards 27541)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Soccer
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:59:22 GMT
Organization: Northrop Aircraft Division - Operations Productivity, Hawthorne, CA

Information required 
Could anyone give me a phone number of any Soccer broadcaster
to the USA. I need information about English soccer. 
i seemed to remember a post about a company that has the rights
to English soccer here in the States.
Please E-mail me the info if you have it.

Thanks
tedwards@cam.nad.northrop.com
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: jvz@pt.com (John Zambito)
Subject: HTS Premier 70
Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:58:23 GMT

Anybody check one of these out yet?

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From: rrw@SUNSET.CSE.NAU.EDU (Bob Wier)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Agnet gone, C3,C4 info
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:18:55 GMT
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X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.3 5/22/91)
              C3,C4 info" (Nov  5,  2:01pm)


 Did anyone here subscribe to Agnet?  I always wondered about it.
 If I remember correctly, it was *incredibly* expensive - something
 like $350/yr?

 --Bob Wier
  Flagstaff, Az.
From: wtf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Fredenburg)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Arizona vs. Washington (ABC Feed)
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:06:33 GMT
Organization: Harris Controls
Originator: wtf@rs2


Does anyone know where the ABC feed of the Arizona/Washington game on 
Saturday was located?

I was able to find several of the ABC regional games on G1 transponders but 
scanning all other C-band satellites/transponders yielded only a Leitch 
encoded AZ/Wash on G6 (at least I could hear the game) and the Pay per view
version of it on T3.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: neal@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jerry Neal)
Subject: Re: Request Satellite Codes
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:26:11 GMT

Bill Jones <wejones@CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL> writes:

>to think everyone in this group works for GI or the programming
>providers.  On the other hand, I bet the FBI has a list of everyone
>who calls those numbers, just in case.  I'm surprised that the
>Canadians on the net haven't started posting these things, or does
>the RCMP have an interest in this stuff?

They do now.  "First Choice" is scrambled in VCII, so they now have an
interest in illegal VC2 boards.  Their Oak/Orion system is mono only.
I don't think they are going to VCII+ yet, so your old chipped VC2 boards
may still get one movie channel after the conversion down here.  
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: winstead@faraday.ece.cmu.edu (Charles Holden Winstead)
Subject: List of Ku Sat's?
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:21:16 GMT

Hey All,

Is there a fairly comprehensive list of available Ku signals, including the 
sat and channels?  How would I go about obtaining such a list?  BTW, I'm in 
Pittburgh,PA.

Thanks,

-Chuck

PS:  I need this to sell the idea of a dish to the people with money.

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: anderson@zymurgy.bms.com (Jay Anderson)
Subject: Sun announcement via satellite
Organization: BMS Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:38:59 GMT

I saw this on comp.sys.sun

>From: lyndon@unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,alt.sys.sun
>Subject: Sun Product Announcement Will Be Broadcast Via Satellite
>Date: 7 Nov 92 21:35:31 GMT
>Followup-To: alt.sys.sun
>Organization: University of Northern B.C.
>
>The Sun product announcements on November 10th will be broadcast
>in the clear via satellite. A test slate will run from 0830-0930
>Pacific Standard Time with the actual program running from 0930-1030.
>
>It will be carried on GSTAR 2 (125W) on transponder 5H (11974 MHz)
>and on Galaxy 6 (99W) on transponder 21H (4120 MHz). Both feeds carry
>audio on 6.2 and 6.8 MHz.
>
>Watch for some neat toys!
>
>--lyndon
>

Jay
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From: gws@n8emr.cmhnet.org (Gary Sanders)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Green sheets gone?
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:41:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: n8emr.1992Nov12.164123.24056
Distribution: usa
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 (1200/2400/v.32/pep)


Anyone know whats up with greensheets? I called today and the number
has been disconnected.


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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:51:07 CST
From:         "Juan R. Elizondo" <ELIZONDO@VMTECSLP.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Request Satellite Codes
              9 Nov 1992 19:05:26 GMT from <zimm@CONDOR.NAVSSES.NAVY.MIL>

On Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:05:26 GMT <zimm@CONDOR.NAVSSES.NAVY.MIL> said:
>Ok, ok, ok....
>
>I've been justly flamed.
>
You certainly have...

>I apologize to the net, and to the original poster for jumping right into
>a flame.  Hacking away at VCII+ may be allowed there, and I know it's
>difficult to be in a position of knowing the signals are there, but not
>being able to legally view them.

Accepted!. Just to clarify: Nobody can say now that IT IS allowed to hack VCII,
the thing is: Nobody said IT ISN'T. I think that situation will change soon. Ru
mor is that the satellite services companies are talking with mexican distribut
or to allow subscriptions in Mexico. They say that maybe January 1993 is the
starting date. (hope so).

>In Mexico I know that there are few
>legally available networks--so...apologies again.  I'm not sure I wouldn't
>do the same.
>
Everything is legal, because everything is in the clear now in the Morelos 1,2.
Only TNT Latin America, appears scrambled, and I don't know where and how to su
bscribe. It isn't a VCII or + signal. Maybe there are no subscriptions availabl
e for that.

>If I were in Mexico.  (But most emphatically not in the U.S....)
JR.
>   Dave
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:56:37 EST
From:         Bill Jones <wejones@CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Computer Universal Remote!!!!

   About a year ago, Bob Wier made available an archive of info for
making your own IR computer remotes.  I lost my copy due to a beserk zip
program, and in trying to ftp a second copy saw a note that the archive
had moved to red.cs.tcu.edu  .  Haven't been able to get through to this
one yet.  I hope this moving of the archive means Bob found a happier place
to work.  BTW, the archive was in a directory named hc11archive, in
a subdirectory called ircontrol.  The note only mentioned the hc11 archive
moving.  I can only hope that the ircontrol info moved too.
From: zimm@condor.navsses.navy.mil
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Request Satellite Codes
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:06:29 GMT
Organization: NSWCCD, Naval Ship Systems Eng Sta, Phila PA

>>THE NEW CODES WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON....

So, what you're saying is that it's ok to steal, cheat, rob, and be
generally dishonorable.  Scrambling is (essentially) a protection of
copyright, and as a writer and information services vendor I can only
say that I disagree.  If someone has a problem with GI, that's understandable.
I dislike monopolies too.  But protection of intellectual property is a 
perfectly valid exercise.  I am apalled and quite irritated to see someone
using the Internet to espouse an illegal and immoral activity.

It might not be a crime in Mexico, but it is in the U.S., and this
kind of thing is...unwelcome...on the net.  Your account should be
yanked, and the activity that issued it to you should be brought 
under scrutiny by network administration to answer why you were
granted access in the first place.

If no one else does, I'll submit a complaint myself.  
   
   Dave