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From: reed@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Reed)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony TR-31 video camera
Date: 6 Jan 93 00:58:00 GMT
Reply-To: reed@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Reed)
Distribution: na
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

Sony TR-31 video camera... I would appreciate comments (likes / dislikes)
from anyone who owns one.  Also, what are the major differences between
the TR-31 and the TR-71?  Does a TR-51 exist?

		     Thanks
			reed@oasys.dt.navy.mil
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From: Ted_Eugene_Viens@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Crummy CATV -- Who's fault?
Date: Fri,  8 Jan 93 21:18:50 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

>I'm embroiled in a "discussion" with my local cableco (Rochester, NY)
>about picture quality, which is lacking. I'm hoping that some of you
>are more knowledgeable than I about this, and can either set me
>straight or give me the ammo I need.
>
>Anyway, the situation is that our reception on cable of the off-air
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Cable television is a sticky wicket.  It appears from your saying that the
off-air channels are on the same number on the converters, that the cable
company may be transmitting the locals on frequency.  (Most major companies
in major cities use false numbering on their converters.  The TV guides would
have separate channel numbering for converters and cable-ready sets.  The
locals are actually converted to free RF channels.  In this case, any ghost
would be coming from the headend.)  If the locals are transmitted on-channel,
ghosting can come from ingress in the cable systems or in the back of the
TV set.  A TV set with adequate sheilding will show no video when the VHF
input is terminated.  If the use of a vcr as a converter eliminates ghosting
on the TV set, there is not any ghosting on the cable signal.  Your symptoms
indicate a fairly clean cable signal with a rapid repair of a leakage incident.
And that there is now some leakage in your TV set.  If the cable co. has
recently undergone a rebuild and many customers in your area are complaining,
it could be that the level at the back of the sets have been reduced from a
fortuitously excessive level to that recommended by the new FCC rules.  If your
cable co. is subject to leakage regulations and the TV set sheilding is poor
enough, they are required to forbid the use of the set on their system.  Your
last point about the locals is regretably correct.  When station owners demand
that their signals are carried on-channel and the cable co. does not use false
numbering, the locals are condemned to ghosting problems.  Just another
example of where self-righteous corporate leaders are making asses of 
themselves.
Sorry not to have better news...   Ted..
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: goldsman@cc.gatech.edu (Michael G. Goldsman)
Subject: I information about my new -used- RCA VPT-295 vcr
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:39:43 GMT

Is it programmable?
Is there any way to get ALL of the cable channels to register?
I have heard something about A/B cable bands.. Is there
a way around this?  Now its only detecting the "a" channels...

Does anyone out there have a manual they could xerox for me?


-Mike
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From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR PLUS code conflicts in TV Guide
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:20:33
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Distribution: usa
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In-reply-to: bill@bilver.uucp's message of Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:20:55 GMT

bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
|>Would somebody explain to me why you would go to all the trouble 
|>of firing up a PC to create VCR+ codes and then entering them 
|>instead of just programming your damn VCR the regular way?

|>It sould like using a chainsaw to cut butter if you ask me.

|Well if it were a 500 pound pat of butter a chainsaw might be the
|answer.

|But - let me ask you this.   Have you ever put a program into a VCR,
|gone away for a few days, and come back to find nothing recorded, all
|because power went out and wiped out the programming in the VCR.

Well, *my* VCR remembers its commands for up to 30 minutes after a
power outage ("builds up a charge" while its plugged in or somesuch
magic) so this is rarely a problem.  In fact, since power outages
don't occur very often, its a rare problem anyway.

I would find the concept of VCR+ sort of silly with all the new
menu-driven programming available (side note:  Consumer Guide called
this feature "artifical intelligence"--made me want to run screaming)
*except* that in the hellpit known as Boston/Cambridge/Somerville they
scramble all the damn cable channels so you HAVE TO USE THE STUPID
BOX.  This renders my Sony TV and Mits VCR's learn all the available
channels useless since I always have to leave everything on 3.
Bastards.  Furthermore, it makes time-shifting really annoying *and* I
can't record one thing and watch another without buying TWO boxes.

I hate this city.

Now in Atlanta (known as Mecca to those in the know), everything but
HBO, etc is unscrambled so most of these problems go away.  One can
set up a situation where time-shifting only becomes a problem when one
wants to record amongst premium and non-preminum channels.

For those of us who buy and rent laserdiscs this isn't very often a
problem anyway and besides, its not like everything on HBO/etc isn't
repeated 200 times in a given week.

Anyway, this is why VCR+ makes some sense to many people who are
forced into this evil box mode.

Maybe I should just get a sattelite dish when I grow up?  Or is this
even worse?


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: cheung@cheung.austin.ibm.com (Po L. Cheung)
Subject: VCR puts saw-toothed edge on tape
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:26:47 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin


My Magnavox VCR (HiFi VHS, 6 years old) is putting a fine saw-toothed cringle
on the bottom edge of the tape, as if something along the tape path is too
narrow for the tape to pass through.

It also seems that whenever the tape picks up that saw-toothed edge, I lose
tracking on the HiFi Stereo track and to a smaller extent the video track.
It happens intermittently, but mostly during record on brand new tapes
(various brands: Sony, TDK, Maxell).  It happens less often to well-used tapes.

The tape head and path look clean.  (I use a Sony dry head cleaning tape
followed by a Memorex wet cleaning tape.)

What's wrong?  Is this something I can fix myself?  Any suggestions
and recommendations are appreciated.

-- 

cheung@austin.ibm.com
From: singer@almaden.ibm.com (David Singer)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Difference between Sony SLV585 and SLV595?
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:57:09 GMT
Reply-To: singer@almaden.ibm.com (David Singer)
Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center

What, other than built-in VCR+ decoding, is the difference between the Sony
SLV585 and SLV595 VCRs?  The box on the 595 is a couple of inches taller than
the 585...is that just so innocent consumers will think they're getting more
for their money?

Also...how long a power failure do the clocks and programming in the Sony VCRs
survive?  

Any other comments on these two VCRs would be welcome, too.  Thanks!

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From: vadim@mgexbld.ingr.com (Vadim Baranov)
Subject: Help on sVHS PAL VCRs wanted
Reply-To: vadim@mgexbld.ingr.com (Vadim Baranov)
Organization: Intergraph corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:55:15 GMT

Hello, everybody!

Please help me to find a super-VHS PAL player or VCR (better - player). 
What models are available? What are their features and approximate prices?

Thanks in advance

Vadim

vadim@mgexbld.b17a.ingr.com
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From: rwl2@quads.uchicago.edu (richard william lindstrom)
Subject: NTSC --> PAL inline converter?
Reply-To: rwl2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:48:43 GMT

    I have a sony 8mm video camera, NTSC, that I want to take with me to Russia next summer.  I would like to be able to show my tapes on TVs there, but they are on PAL (I think).  Is there some sort of signal converter that I can bring along to run the cables through and connect with their TVs?  
    Any help will be appreciated.

		rwl2@midway.uchicago.edu


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From: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott R Violet)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Review of 'The Golden Age of Looney Tunes' wanted
Date: 9 Jan 1993 21:12:22 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


HI,
	Just wondering if anyone would happened to have done a review
of this set, or would care to comment on it.  Is it mostly in BW?  How
was the transfer?
Any comments would be great,
-- 

		-Scott Violet (xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green (+61 6 276 6813))
Subject: Re: Simple way to produce black
Organization: CSIRO ITS
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 04:45:22 GMT

In article <4753@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <2935778704.1.wk00624@psilink.com> wk00624@psilink.com (Gary Hopkins) writes:
><Is there a simple way to produce a black signal. I'd like to put it on 
><the front of tapes and between recordings. One method I know, but is too 
><much trouble is to use the output from a Commodore 64, but I don't have one.
>
>Even if you had a C-64, the output isn't NTSC spec.
>
>Use your camcorder.  Keep the lens cap on.  If it is a single chip CCD camera,
>it may produce too much noise.
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Hey - maybe theres a market opportunity here!

Selling 2-hour BLACK, silent videos!

Apart for the obvious use in tape editing, it could be used for Stress
Management, Self Hypnosis, Transcendental Meditation.

Of course you'd support all tape formats beta, VHS, ed-beta and SVHS, not to
mention the new W-VHS! Imagine Hi-Vision black - beautifull.

Actually, this rings a bell. Didnt I read an article in rec.movies about a
Korean? director who did a 15 minute movie that was totally black and silent.

Stranger things have happened.

Imagine the reviews.

"....like Alien 3 - only a lot darker ...."

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From: asweeney@camelot.transfer.stratus.com (Andy Sweeney)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Difference between Sony SLV585 and SLV595?
Date: 12 Jan 93 12:45:16
Organization: /u/asweeney/.organization
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In-reply-to: singer@almaden.ibm.com's message of 11 Jan 93 16:57:09 GMT

>>In article <2136@coyote.UUCP>, singer@almaden.ibm.com (David Singer) writes:
  >> Nntp-Posting-Host: toybox.almaden.ibm.com

  >> What, other than built-in VCR+ decoding, is the difference between the Sony
  >> SLV585 and SLV595 VCRs?  The box on the 595 is a couple of inches taller than
  >> the 585...is that just so innocent consumers will think they're getting more
  >> for their money?

  >> Any other comments on these two VCRs would be welcome, too.  Thanks!

  Well I bought the 595 for a good deal but against my better judgement.
  I have a Mitubishi TV and a roommate had a Mitubishi VCR. The differences
  between Sony and Mit are

  1) When pause is hit the sony begins to play again after 5 min. The
     Mit stops the tape. (Big probelm if you leave the room for a while)

  2) For timer recording the sony requires you to hit a separate button
     (timer record) the Mit will automatically turns on when the power 
     is off. (This is a big problem because my wife rarley remembers to 
     hit the correct button for timer record.)

  3) When you rewind the Sony after watching a movie you have to wait 
     until it is finished rewinding before you can power off. The Mit
     remembers that you hit power off and rewinds then turns off.

  4) The sony doesn't have quick timer from the remote (15min 30min 60min)
     only at the console. What a pain.

  5) The remote is to complicated. Unless you are doing alot of editing
     there are way to many buttons/search modes. (We usually watch the
     weeks shows on sunday morning when nothing else is on. So we don't need it)

  6) The Jog shuttle is over kill too. You need 2 hands to work it. 1 to
     hole the remote and 1 to turn the lever. But all VCRs have this now.
     
  7) When play is hit after a pause on the Mit, the tape is rewound about
     2 seconds. This is nice cause you're not usually paying attention when
     you are about to hit pause. The sony continues from where you paused.

  These are all minor problems that I wouldn't have cared about if I hadn't
  seen them before on the Mitubishi.

  On the plus side...VCR plus is great. The front jacks are nice for camcorders.
  I have had no problems or defects eventhough I bought it as a returned VCR.
  
Good Luck
Andy
From: stanley@skyking.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR PLUS code conflicts in TV Guide
Keywords: vcr+
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:02:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: gaia.1ikj3oINNgc5
Distribution: usa
Organization: Coastal Imaging Lab, College of Oceanography
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In article <4730@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>Like I said in previous postings, can't help those who purchased poor VCRs.

Unlike you, I tend to evaluate VCR's on things like picture quality and
recording modes and input/output connections, not whether the clock
keeps time when the power goes out.

Now that VCR+ is available, the clock isn't even on my list of criteria.
For you, the clock is the dividing line between poor and not-poor VCR's.
How sad.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rga@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (bob)
Subject: "Long Box" ???
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:57:52 GMT
Followup-To: r_arrigo@att.com

Hello...I've heard a couple references to a "long box"
video release in the last week. (The video is U2's Rattle
and Hum.) What does "long box" refer to?
 
Thanks!
bob
r_arrigo@att.com
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Anyone has idea about Hitachi VM-H38A Hi-8 camcorder?
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:07:12 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1iihqqINN20r@shelley.u.washington.edu>, adamy@carson.u.washington.edu (Adam E.C. Yeh) writes:
> I went to a local store recently and looked for hi-8 camcorders.
> Sony TR81, TR101, TR200 are, of course, in my list; however, the
> salesperson recommended one of the latest model from Hitachi--
> VM-H38A.  It is a hi-8 camcorder with 1x64 power zoom and digital
> stablizer.  I can not remember other features, but it seems to
> be the most powerful camcorder in the market.  The most incredible
> thing is: The listed price is just 12??.  And, I believe I can get a
> cheaper price by the mail order.  

I haven't used one but my friend at the video store speaks highly of the unit. 
He claims the stablizer does work and he has said negative things about EIS in 
the past.  However he felt the unit had one major short comming - no external 
mike jack.

> According to the salesperson, it has overpowered the other SONYs.

Rule #1:  Never trust a salesperson.  I know some as friends and they do play 
games and steer folks to what they get the best allowances on.

Rule #2:  Always follow rule #1.

Keep in mind TR-101 Steadyshot is still the best even though EIS in the VM-39A
is reported to work well.  The Sony units have a mike jack - and most
important the Sony units have Control-L/LANC for editing. 

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Newsgroups: rec.video,misc.consumers
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: Tape rewinder (Re: Tape snapped at beginning of tape)
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:23:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.232957.17334@mtu.edu>
bwcarlso@mtu.edu (Brent Carlson) writes:

>In some VCRs the tape is in contact with the heads anytime the tape is
>in the machine, including during rewinding and fast-forward.  I have done
>repairs on a few VCRs and only 2 of them did not have the tape in
>contact with the heads during rewinding.

I don't believe you. I've done work on at least 100 VHS VCR's, and *NONE* of
them had any part of the heads in the rewind tape path. I've owned two to
the "quick start" machines that don't completely unwrap the tape unless PLAY
hasn't been engaged in a while, and they only leave the erase and audio/
control heads in the semi-unloaded path, nothing to worry about.

Perchance you've worked on a few Beta machines, which tend not to unload,
which I doubt is relevant to this discussion because of market share and
presence in the average home.

	-Kenny

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From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Review of 'The Golden Age of Looney Tunes' wanted
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:46:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ

>	Just wondering if anyone would happened to have done a review
>of this set,

I, II, or III?

>or would care to comment on it.  Is it mostly in BW?  How was the transfer?

I have I and II.  Only a few cartoons of each are BW.  The source materials
vary in their quality, bot IMHO the transfers themselves are by and large
pretty good.  One thing I haven't figured out, though, is that some of cartoons,
or at least their intros, appear to be inconsistently windowboxed.
The disks themselves are good-quality PVI, showing few defects even when my
3090 was unmodified.

I plan to buy the third volume and the other disks as well.
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Subject: Re: Photo CD
From: Spartacus/CUNY LC NY <LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Friday, 8 Jan 1993 17:51:33 EST
 n.198.726464587@icarus.curtin.edu.au><8JAN199313465827@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

In article <8JAN199313465827@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>, glk9533@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov
(Greg L. Kimnach) says:
>
>In my house it's the VHS deck that gathers dust. :-)
>
>And I'm glad that I wasn't part of the herd of sheep that went with VHS....
>>
>Greg

Gee Greg, doesn't it bother you renting those same "2" beta movies
everytime? :-) hehehehe

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From: wkmpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (W. Keith McManus)
Subject: Re: Help with Wireless Mike purchase
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:20:27 GMT

In article <4729@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) wrote:
> 
> In article <C0GIMD.LwC@world.std.com> asl@world.std.com (ASL Sinclair) writes:
> <I am looking for a great quality wireless lavalier mike
> <to use with my camcorder.  I tried Radio Shack's 3 mike
> <unit which xmits in FM.  The hum & interference were
> <horrible.  I'm lead to believe that the Nady & Azden
> <units, which xmit in VHF, are much better.  Any comments
> <on which to purchase?  Has anyone used more than one
> <xmitting mike at a time?  Thanks in advance for any
> <responses here or at my Email jose@world.std.com

You might try Lectrosonics wireless. Not cheap, but good results.
I use two, one with a lav to my mixer, then from the mixer to the
camcorder. The mixer is also controlling a shotgun mic.


W. Keith McManus
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