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From: Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Benna)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: st:tng blue corners?
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:18:30 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> David Barker writes:
> In article <14379@mindlink.bc.ca> Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Benna)
> writes:
> >> Khan writes:
> >>
> >> In article <1992Aug17.845.16635@dosgate> "james kewageshig"
> >> <james.kewageshig@canrem.com> writes:
> >> >
> >> >Not really related but, has anyone else noticed that the end credits
> >> >for Star Trek: The Next Generation has a blue tint near the top and
> >> >bottom left corners, but not in the other two ??  I thought this was
> >> >my TV, but then I saw the same thing on another TV...
> >>
> >> I see it on TNG all the time. And here I had chalked it up to my Sony
> >> XBR TV. ;-)
> >
> >As do I.  So who's gonna tell Paramount that we've all noticed this problem?
> 
> I have a Sony 68cm TV and it was noticable on it.  It was the factory setting
> of the contrast and colour levels which caused it.  Try turning down the
> contrast of the TV to about halfway, and then turn up the brightness and the
> colour controls.  If that fails, do what I had to do.  That is open the TV
> and manuallychange the colour levels by a small screwdriver on each of the
> RED, GREEN, and BLUE guns.  This also helped the black and white of the TV to
> be more true. Note: turn the colour all the way down to B&W when adjusting.
> 
> After adjustment the BLUE HUE disappears almost totally.

Thanks for the suggestions, but I've already tuned my set using "A Video
Standard".  The only time these blue corners appear is during the end credits,
so I don't think it's my set adjustments.

--
     ---> Mike Benna, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
          MindSpan Technologies Corp. - Video Game Design and Development
INTERNET: Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jiazhang@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jiajie Zhang)
Subject: Entry level S-VHS video system: suggestions?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:25:49 GMT


I am in the process of setting up my video lab for psychological
experiments (protocol, transcription, frame by frame analysis, etc.)
What I need  is a entry-level professional video system.  I have
looked a couple catalogs and made a dozen phone calls.  I have found
the following:

(1) Camcorder

	Sony TR-81, Hi-8		
or	Sony TR-101, Hi-8
or	Panasonic AG-450, S-VHS
or	Panasonic AG-460, S-VHS

(2) S-VHS VCR

	Panasonic AG-7350, S-VHS Player/Recorder
or	Panasonic AG-7350R, S-VHS Player/Recorder, with RS232
or	Panasonic AG-1960, S-VHS Editing VCR

(3) Monitor

	Panasonic CT-1382Y, 13" color monitor with S-VHS input
or	Panasonic CT-2010Y, 20" color monitor with S-VHS input

But I do not know which combination is better and more suitable to my
need.  Could someone who has a similar system give me some
suggestions?  Many thanks in advance.


Jiajie Zhang

**********************************************************************
* Jiajie Zhang 		  Phone:  (614)-292-8667 (office)	     *
* Assistant Professor     	  (614)-885-7995 (home) 	     *
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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:15:27 GMT
Subject: Re: S-video?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
Newsgroups: rec.video

In rec.video, thwang@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Tommy Hwang) writes:

> What exactly does S-video do?  I connected my LD player via S-video to my
> receiver and the same to the TV set; and I do not see any difference.
> What exactly does spending so much extra in the lines do?

S-video ("Y/C" or "consumer component") is mostly marketing BS.  The
implications for LD are discussed in standard article LD#92 (copy emailed to
you).

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Summ. on Hi-8 tape choices.
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:27:15 GMT
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation

Just another data point (we were off the net for a few weeks so I
didn't see your original request for information).

I too recommend the Fuji Hi8 MP tapes. I started shooting weddings
in Hi8 a few months ago. I started with Sony HME on the advice of
a Sony rep who stated that the new HME tapes were much improved
dropouts where no longer a problem. Well, if in that case, I'd hate
to have seen the old ones! The thing that really switched me off
was one tape that gave a picture roll in the middle of the ceremony.
I examined that tape surface and found what looked like a small
grain of sand UNDER the magnetic coating!

I've been working mostly since then with Sont HMPs. Much fewer
full dropouts (white streak all the way across the screen).
However, I would still have occational black streaks about 1/10
of the way across the screen (one raster line).

I have just started using the Fuji tapes. I have not seen any
of the black streaks. Also, the colors seem richer, though it's
hard to tell for sure.

The only down side is that the Fuji tapes come in clear plastic
slipcases instead of Sony's thick rigid cases. It doesn't seem
like they would protect the tape as well. I'm planning to steal
a few Sony cases from old tapes and use those to protect the new
tapes while on location.

Hope this helps.

-- 
Ted Marshall                             ted@sharebase.com   (408)369-5574
NCR Corp. (ShareBase Div.)             2055A Logic Dr., San Jose, CA 95124
The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Getting the Best Deal from Columbia LD
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:21:59 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

In article <34245@cbmvax.commodore.com>, raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes...

>>I perused the catalog and found the new Star Wars LBX trilogy.  However it 
>>was not classified as a "set" and each had only 2 discs.  So I went for it
>>and they delivered!  Each of these list for $69.95.  Even if I had been 
>>able to find them locally for 15% off, I would have paid around $190
>>including sales tax.  But instead I picked them up for $7.88.

>You've just done exactly what I and a zillion others have done in  making
>your initial 3 selections. Definitely a good deal if your a fan of these
>movies. Don't mean to burst your bubble, but keep in mind that Columbia
>House isn't losing much 

No bubbles burst.  I rejoice more in the amount of money I *saved* than
what they may have lost.  I suspected there were quite a few people who
had done the same thing, but wanted to pass it along in case of this
group readers was contemplating joining the Columbia and might be tempted
to select the non-LBX version of the Star Wars trilogy which are listed
on the enrollment flyer. Another nice choice in the catalog is Ben Hur 
(LBX).  IN any case, before enrolling, try to get a copy of the catalog
instead of making all of your selections from the magazine/newspaper ad.

To the poster with problems with the SW set, I have seen no evidence of
color distortion on mine.

Dana
From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:38:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Death of the LP speed...
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: rec.video

> > The "LP" or 4 hour mode is not an official VHS speed setting.  If you 
> > notice, NO JVC VCR has this speed!

In Europe, or at least in the UK, the local JVC brand (Ferguson) like almost
all reasonable VCRs has LP mode which, with an E240 (4-hour) tape, gives you
a 8 hour recording facility.

The LP option necessarily involves a lower picture quality due to the
halving of the tape speed, presumably due to the lower s/n.

Duncan
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: sridhar@watson.ibm.com (Sridhar Mahadevan)
Subject: Problems with Sony VCR
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:55:14 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

I have a 2 year old Sony VHS VCR (SLV-555) that has developed a strange problem. Everytime I
load a tape in it, it plays for a couple of seconds, and then shuts down disabling all control
switches. Same holds if I load the tape in, and fast forward it etc. Anyone know what could be
the problem?

Thanks!


-- 

============================================

Sridhar Mahadevan
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
30 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Phone: (914)784-7457
Fax: (914)784-6307
Email: sridhar@watson.ibm.com

============================================
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: TFSTAM01@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject: LD sale at Camelot Music, September, 1992
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:02:52 GMT

I just spoke with the laserdisc rep at Camelot Music from the 800 # given
in a previous bulletin, regarding cutout laserdiscs.  Here's the scoop:
 
In the third or fourth week of September, Camelot Music will be receiving
a new shipment of thousands of cutout laser discs from manufacturer(s)
of titles that are being discontinued.  Boxes of these discs will be sent
out to the 320+ Camelot Music stores across the country.  There is no way
to tell which store gets what as the titles are not tracked.  The price
for each is around 12.98 - 14.98.
 
   As I have posted in several bullitins before, there is one particular title
which I am looking for - "When The Wind Blows".  If anyone spots it, PLEASE
write me right away!  (The main office of Camelot has no way to track cutout
titles.)  Thanks.
 
Timothy Stamps
tfstam01@ukcc.uky.edu
     or
stamps%ccvs03.dnet@net.Vanderbilt.edu
From: kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Need some VCR info
Date: 14 Aug 92 14:35:11 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Hi.  I had an idea recently for using a VCR and some auxiliary hardware to
build a recorder capable of recording all of the signal on an entire section
of the shortwave radio band.  This could be played back into the antenna
input of a shortwave receiver later, and any program in the section could be
listened to at will.

Designing a mixer that shifts a multi-MHz slice of shortwave spectrum to, say,
channel 3 is no problem.  I have learned that the VCR looks for the sync pulses
in the video signal; my shortwave stuff wouldn't have that.  I could design
circuitry that would add the sync pulses.  So I assume that the VCR would
happily gobble this up and store it on tape in one form or another.

The problem that I see with this is that the parts of my signal that correspond
to adjacent scan lines on the TV wouldn't bear any relationship to one another
like two adjacent scan lines do (adjacent pieces of the same picture).

The other problem I see is on playback.  First thing I have to do is get rid
of those synch pulses that I added.  Let's say I manage to do this.  The other
problem I see is with playback speed stability.  If the frequency of the output
signal shifts even a little bit it would move the signal I'm listening to out
of the IF bandwidth of my shortwave receiver (which is a *lot* narrower than 
the IF bandwidth of a TV).

I'm looking for any pertinent info on VCR operation.  Are there problems with
this that I've missed?  

Thanks for your help.  Please email replies to kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu.  If
this comes to anything interesting I will post a summary to rec.radio.shortwave,
since this is really an application of VCR to the shortwave hobby.

Kip Ingram

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gregpen@crash.cts.com (Greg Penetrante)
Subject: S-VHS PROFESSIONAL PLAYBACK FOR SALE
Date: 16 Aug 92 00:52:27 GMT
Summary: AG-7510 For Sale
Keywords: AG-7510, SALE, HELP!


***************************
FOR SALE ***
***************************

Panasonic AG-7510

Industrial/Professional S-VHS playback deck.  Used in editing system.

Has all features of AG-7500A, except the record functions.  This is the best
SOUNDING deck that Panasonic had to offer.  Tracked the linear audio heads 
precisely (unlike the AG-7650, 7750 which replaced it).  Humless HiFi sound
which is very quiet and dynamic.
Uses dual direct-drive motors (again, unlike the 7750's cumbersome G-Chassis)
to drive the tape.  Highly reliable.

Uses the 34-pin parallel control scheme.

Complete with instruction manual.

reason for sale: (ugh) we have to move to the AG-7650 system because we now use
VITC time code (aarrgh!) and we will sorely miss this deck, along with its 
exceptional sound quality...)



*** SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY.  I WILL TAKE BEST OFFERS FOR THIS DECK.  WE WILL 
SPLIT THE COSTS OF SHIPPING. NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL PACKAGES ARE NO LONGER HERE
BUT I WILL SHIP IT IN A NEW AG-7750 PACKAGE UPS BLUE, INSURED.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS ACCOUNT OR PHONE:
 619-565-77715

  GREG PENETRANTE
  GP & Associates, San Diego


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: SLV-R5 Problem - Help!
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 21:31:56 GMT

While reading article <1992Aug14.234924.1186@unocal.com>, I noticed that
gary@st.unocal.com (Gary Cattelino) said the following:
 >...Maybe my friends TV has more overscan than mine and thus doesn't show the
 >noise?

Most likely.

I have the TV in my bedroom set for a much lower amount of overscan than my
main set, since at least one of my VCRs produces the artifacts you describe
at the bottom of the screen when playing tapes.  I haven't tried bringing up
the bottom of my screen dramatically and using my SLV-R5 for playback, but
my Mitsubishi HS-413U VCR certainly spits out quite visible artifacts if I have
any I have anything below the second or third row of pixels from the bottom on
the "15 minute" disclaimer on CNN Headline News visible.

As to why these artifacts are present, I'm not sure.  Perhaps Mr. Video can give
us the technical details...
-- 
| William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc.     | Opinions expressed above
| Internet: kucharsk@solbourne.com   Ham: N0OKQ   | are MINE alone, not those
| Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO  80501 | of Solbourne Computer, Inc.
| President, "Just the Ten of Us" Fan Club        | "Dittos from Longmont, CO"
From: CNORRIS@UA1VM.UA.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: (none)
Date: 16 Aug 92 15:13:59 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

tst
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dmm@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Andrew Mathieson Moore)
Subject: Info wanted on RGB signal conversion
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Distribution: us
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:28:18 GMT

I  would like to convert a VGA output (15 pin, 1024 x 768) to an RGB
style monitor, 1024 x 800 (old apollo workstation monitor).  I don't know
what scan rate the apollo uses.  Given that I can find out, would it
be possible (or relatively easy) to build a piece of hardware to convert
the VGA signal to support the monitor?  Has anyone done this before?
What other variables to I have to consider (scan rate, resolution,
voltage levels, etc)?

-drew
 dmm@silver.lcs.mit.edu
From: guest@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (Guest account)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: 60 KHz Hum
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:04:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences

In <12763@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA> mandreol@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA (mandreol) writes:
Don't you mean 60 Hz?
>A couple of weeks back someone had posted something along the lines of having
>a hum when they turned on their stereo which was hooked up to their TV.
>Well, I just so happen to be having the same problem and its driving me nuts!
If it were 60 KHz your dog might object... :-) but not you.
>I can't remeber who it was , but if somemone can tell me I would appreciate
>it and it would save alot of duplicate answers.

>ThanKs.



>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Mario Andreoli                                    NCR Canada Ltd
>Phone: (416)819-4205                              Mississauga, Ontario
>Email: Mario.Andreoli@Canada.NCR.COM                 
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

tim petlock
guest@veronica.cs.wisc.edu
From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:55:49 GMT
Subject: Re: SLV-R5 Problem - Help!
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.video

Look at what you are getting very carefully.  What you might be seeing
is the signal drop-out when the video heads switch.  I see this on all
my VCRs (none of recent vintage, but both Beta and VHS).  It shows up
as a white streak just before the vertical blanking/sync bar, like maybe
only two or three lines above the sync bar.  

This is certainly normal on older VCR's.  Possibly newer VCR's use the
dropout compensator circuitry to mask it.  In any case, this point is so
close to the bottom of the picture that it is lost in the overscan on
MOST TV's.  I have older TV's with vertical hold controls, so I can look
at this any time I want.


Donald Borowski    WA6OMI    Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
"Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
                                       -G.K. Chesterton
From: dschuetz@is-next.umd.edu (David Schuetz)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Yet Another Pioneer 3090 Problem!
Date: 22 Aug 92 17:23:31 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Ctr., Univ. of MD, College Park, MD 20742
Originator: dschuetz@is-next.umd.edu

Okay.  I've had my Pioneer 3090 LD Player for close to a year now
(bought it middle October, last year).  A few weeks ago, it decided it
didn't want to switch sides.  After I power-cycled it a couple times,
it worked again.  Now, I've moved to Virgina, and hooked it up to my
neat new 27" EXR TV (1ove that service mode!!), and used it for about
two weeks, with no problems at all.  This morning, I set up some
surround speakers, and put in Fantasia.  Garbage.  I could hear the
music, but I had to turn the stereo up all the way.  Put in a CD, and
it was even worse--couldn't hear anything.  When I had the TV on
broadcast, I could hear everything fine (really loud, too!).  I even
connected the LD directly to the stereo, bypassing the TV, and it
still was screwed up.  It sounds to me like the output amp's shot.  I
can't get anything from the headphone jack in the front of the player,
either.

My question is this: Have any other 3090 owners had similar problems?
I'm going to leave it be for a while, maybe check it again this
afternoon or tomorrow, and if it is still screwed up, I'm going to
find myself a local "authorized dealer."  It should (I believe) still
be under warranty.  But if anyone else has had a similar loss-of-sound
experience, I'd be interested to hear it....


david.

dschuetz@is-next.umd.edu
From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Getting the Best Deal from Columbia LD
Date: 18 Aug 92 02:48:53 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

In article <34412@cbmvax.commodore.com>, raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes...

>I agree with most of your except the comment about the non-LBX versions of
>the Star Wars Trilogy - I have a copy of the catalog as well as a half-dozen
>flyers, and I have only seen the LBX versions listed. I believe you will find
>if you compare catalog numbers, the enrollment flyer offers the LBX versions.
>In any case your advice to get a copy of the catalog before enrolling is
>good. Enjoy your disks!

Perhaps these people have multiple versions of ads/flyers.  I just rechecked
mine (3 weeks old) and my flyer had the non-LBX versions on it.  Wouldn't
surprise me if Columbia flips them from mailing to mailing.  In fact the 
person who enrolled me, also ordered Star Wars but used the number from
the flyer and received the non-LBX version.

BTW: Does CHLDC ever carry any of the Disney LDs?  I've only seen two 
catalogs and their children's sections are quite limited.

Dana Bunner
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: laser lock on particular player?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 04:52:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.174139.12674@cbfsb.cb.att.com> tzung@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (tzung-i.lin) writes:
>A friend of mine brought his ALIENS special edition to my place,
>he has no problem playing it on his 1080, but my player (also 1080)
>won't play side 6!  I mean laser lock on side 6 on the scene where
>they fly the landing craft re-enter the the plant. 
>
>What's the problem? Is it just my player or something else?

It's probably the disc really at fault, but your player may simply
be more sensitive to the disc pressing problems than his.

The Aliens CAV set is known to have laser-lock problems. Take a GOOD
look at data side 6 and see if it has little "ripples" in the plastic
surface. If it does, you may want to exchange it and see if you can
get a set without this problem. Since it actually does play on your
friend's machine it may not be worth the trouble to replace it.

My 3080 had trouble with side 4 on several copies. The player would lock,
and if you let it sit it would sometimes manage to move forward after a few
seconds, or perhaps it would go silent, or lose track of the white flags
if you hit the "still" button. Upon close examination of the data side
giving me trouble it was fairly easy to see little ripples in the plastic.

The solution is to keep taking it back until you get a copy that plays
all the way through. I've seen this problem mentioned in some of the LD
newsletters, and I think J&R Frogg wrote that it took one of them 6 tries
to get a good set.

                                         -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: datri@egsner.cirr.com (Anthony Datri)
Subject: Re: Opinions on Panasonic Gaoo systems needed + surround sound
Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Dallas, Tx.
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 05:55:25 GMT

I recently displayed that frame on my Panasonic 27" that cost $700 in 1989.
Even the minimal contrast setting displayed a bent line.xs
From: mikep@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: still camera of whose images to computer
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:47:06 GMT
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD)


	
	I hear that many people have had great success with the
	CANNON Zap-Shot.... and the Amiga (although probably any
	platform : Mac/Clone etc. should work).

	The Zap-Shot records images to a small floppy diskette, and
	I believe it has a video out for display.

	-Mike-
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: LD/Kareoke
Date: 20 Aug 92 10:45:39 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745

Tanwei_Chung.ES_AE@XEROX.COM writes:

>effect as a integrated karaoke machine. the LD player Pioneer CLD-980 is only
>$229 from some mail order store, and the audio mix is about $50 (I think,

Tell me about the CLD-980 -- does this just lack the features
over the more expensive players -- and the video/audio quality 
is basically the same?

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: rec.video