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From: craigs@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Betsy Brett)
Subject: Copying protected tapes traceable?
Summary: Protected tapes
Keywords: Copying
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:04:05 GMT

A friend of mine just told me that another friend's father used to rent movies
and copy them.  Because they were protected, attempting copying them caused
damage, so the store was able to trace it and charged him for the ruined tapes.
I speculate that it was really a problem with the VCR and not because of the
tape, but I am just wondering if it is possible that trying to copy a copy-
protected tape may end in altering the tape somehow??

-- 
Betsy Brett                          email craigs@garfield.cs.mun.ca
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From: kfriedman@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: SONY XBR SQUARED
Date: 11 Oct 92 21:39:50 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

Re: SONY XBR2
Anybody have some information on the new SONY XBR2 [squared] monitors?  I've
got the model numbers for the 32" versions.  A call to SONY told me that the
main difference between the two 32"ers is that one has an audio package
included[Dolby, DSP, wireless headphones!, etc.] Has anyone seen these in
stores yet?  Also info on the new SONY LD players [updates of the 333] will be
appreciated.I
From: mmaxwell@ucsd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Fischer-Price video cameras
Date: 14 Oct 1992 19:07:58 GMT
Organization: IR/PS at UC San Diego
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: irpsws84.ucsd.edu
Summary: help me find one.

Greetings all.  I'm looking for a camcorder that was made
by Fischer-Price (yes, the kiddie toy company) about
four or five years ago.  It used audio cassettes to record 
in grainy black and white, which could then be played back
through your television.  I'm trying to secure a quantity of
them (@5) but if i can just find one, that would be keen.

Thanks in advance.

-------------------
Matt Maxwell
mmaxwell@ucsd.edu

"He took personality tests
 and stapled them to his lower lip" -- Stan Ridgway

Xref: sparky rec.video:12062 rec.video.releases:3055 rec.arts.movies:29641
From: copold@panam.edu (Steve Copold)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Godfather Aspect Ratio -Text Fixed
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:07:05 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: University of Texas - Pan American
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X-XXDate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 09:06:31 GMT


Does anyone happen to know the original aspect ratio of the Godfather
films? I've never seen, or heard of, a letterboxed or matted version.
Does this mean that they were shot at the older format of 1.37:1 ? If
yes, is this something Coppola did to maintain the atmosphere of the 30's
gangster film's when he set up the composition of the shots?...

Thanks in advance!
Steve Copold
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dna@ampex.com (David Altekruse)
Subject: Re: Sony MDP-455
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:53:23 GMT

In article <h+1z4q+@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu writes:
> Well, I finally replaced my old LD player with Sony MDP-455.  Unlike MDP-333, 
> this one features no-frills "CD-changer-like" drawer, which is more reliable. 

I am very interested in this statement but I don't understand it.  What is
a "no-frills 'CD-changer-like' drawer" compared to what is on the MDP-333?
More to the point, what makes it "more reliable"? 

- David Altekruse, dna@ampex.com
From: cs91eeb@brunel.ac.uk (Erik Bussink)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Looking for Sony SLV-X95 info
Date: 14 Oct 92 09:46:58 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I'm looking for some information about the SONY SLV-X95 or any other
multi-system video from SONY, or other companies.         

				Erik Bussink
				cs91eeb@brunel.ac.uk
-- 
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Brunel University (West London) UK     |o Brunel  o|      ///
Email Internet : cs91eeb@brunel.ac.uk  |o Film    o|     ///
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au (Chung Ming Liu)
Subject: Any good LD and video magazine available ?
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 09:12:31 GMT

Hi,

I'm just hoping, if someone caould recommend a good LD and video magazine from
the US. In Australia, the only general video magazine, we could get from 
newsagents is Video Review, all the other are mainly on camcorders. 

If possible could someone please give me the publish address, phone and fax
no. I would like to subscribe a good magaine with a lot of features on LD
and home theaters stuffs.



Thanks in advance.

Chung Ming Liu
u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au
From: lauren@CV.VORTEX.COM (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Letterbox extravaganza on TNT!
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:34:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: cv.m0meuol-0001XiC
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Greetings.  Just thought I'd drop a note to inform everyone of
the letterboxed films to be shown in November on TNT.  If you've
only seen these movies on television in the past, odds are you've
no idea what you missed!

Planned for November (subject to change--all times Eastern):

Nov 5 -- 8:00PM -- King of Kings ('62)
   12 -- 8:00PM -- Jailhouse Rock ('57)
   19 -- 8:00PM -- 2001 ('68)
   26 -- 8:00PM -- The Time Machine ('60)

Nov 29 ("Letterbox Sunday")
   10:00AM -- The Time Machine ('60)
   12:15PM -- Brainstorm ('83)
    2:30PM -- The Wind and the Lion ('75)
    5:00PM -- Victor/Victoria ('82)
    8:00PM -- How the West Was Won ('63)
   11:15PM -- Westworld ('73)
    1:15AM -- Soylent Green ('73)
    3:15AM -- The Teahouse of the August Moon ('56)

Fans of the bizarre might also want to catch this Friday's (10/16) broadcast
of the previously UNAIRED "Gilligan's Island" pilot on TBS at 8:05PM
Eastern.  This pilot, which was used to sell the show but then never
broadcast, features a different theme and a mix of some familiar actors and
some *unfamilar* ones as well!  Some different characters too--like the High
School teacher and "Bunny".  A couple of short segments from this episode
were later worked into other Gilligan episodes, but the entire pilot has
never been aired before.  This will be followed by the (often aired) "Rescue
From Gilligan's Island".

Enjoy.

--Lauren--
Vortex Technology/Custom Viewer
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Letterbox extravaganza on TNT!
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:07:45 GMT
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL

In article <1992Oct15.161559.407@linus.mitre.org> m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes:

>Lauren Weinstein writes:
>> Greetings.  Just thought I'd drop a note to inform everyone of
>> the letterboxed films to be shown in November on TNT.  

>Is it just me, or does anyone else out there *hate* letterboxed
>films? 

It's just YOU!   It appears that you are the ONLY person complaing out
of approximately 8,000,000 users who can access the net.



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But seriously (as all comedians say after telling a joke that bombed),
I love the letterboxing, but I have also heard complaints about it.

Maybe you need a bigger set :-)

Bill

-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill.vermillion@oau.org
                - bill@bilver.uucp 
                - ..!{peora|ge-dab|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: jayj@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jay Johannes)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:15:33 GMT
Subject: Re: Sony Tr101
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: rec.video

In rec.video, LARIVEE@hsdwl.utc.com (HOT ROD) writes:



    Called Computability and asked for a TR101. It is only being sold retail.


It is even hard to find retail around here.  Reading between the lines
in the Wall Street Journal seems to indicate that Japaneese
manufacturer are holding back on supplies of high end equipment due to
the currently weak dollar. The manufacturer would rather sell in the
far east than eat his margins on the weak dollar and fixed wholesale
prices in dollars.


Hopefully, the dollar strenghtens somewhat after the election (no
matter who wins)
  Jay
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Dolby Surround on TV
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:40:10 GMT
	<1992Oct13.222508.15178@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 13 Oct 92 22:25:08 GMT



jonke> The best surround sound I've heard on TV is from Northern
jonke> Exposure -- the sound crew on that show should recieve an
jonke> award, it's better sound then in most movies

An exellent example of this was a couple weeks ago. Chris was in his
garage working on a motorcycle. There was a radio playing in the
background. The radio was playing through the surround channel, and
did sound very realistic. I felt like I was actually in a big echoey 
garage...

--
 Scott Streeter                             Keeper of the Star Wars Archive
 ss@wpi.wpi.edu                             wpi.wpi.edu        130.215.24.1
From: daver@felix.filenet.com (Dave Richards)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: HDTV Myths (again)
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:47:09 GMT
Reply-To: daver@fritz.filenet.com (Dave Richards)
Organization: Costa Mesa, CA

>In <20406@fritz.filenet.com> daver@felix.filenet.com (Dave Richards) writes:
>>I don't want to get into the argument about how good it is, but I'd like to
>>point out that some films are now being converted to HDTV for editing and
>>special effects, and then written back to film for distribution.  The quality
>>of the result is not noticeably worse than conventional post-production.  A
>>recent example is "Honey, I Blew Up the Baby".
>
In article <jhansen.718646800@convex.convex.com> jhansen@convex.com (James Hansen) writes:
>It's "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid".

You're right, sorry for any confusion.

>My understanding is that HDTV is used for composition and immediate 
>playback on the set, so that a director doesn't have to wait for daily's
>to review a scene.  I would imagine that if HDTV were used for editing,
>it is only for experimentation before film is actually spliced.

Nope.  If a video tap is used on the set, it's regular old NTSC video. (at
least right now.)  It would not be cost-effective to use HDTV equipment
merely as feedback for the director.  There are also editing systems
where the film is transferred to video (again NTSC), and the editor makes
all the scene decisions by viewing that, then a EDL (Edit-Decision_List)
is generated which is used as a guide for cutting the film together.  That
system has been in use for a few years, and is NOT what I was describing.

What I said before goes.  I was at the Sony Hi-def studios while they were
working on the above-mentioned film.  They shot on film, scanned it in the
HD video format, did special effects compositing and other manipulating on
computer workstations, then wrote the result back onto film in three passes,
one for each primary color.  That film got spliced together and became the
master from which distribution prints were made (I don't recall if it was a
negative or positive.)  I don't know if this was done for the whole film,
or merely the scenes with special effects, but at any rate I saw this pro-
cedure with my own eyes.  Now if you'd like to suggest that I was hallu-
cinating, or I need glasses, well, all I can say is I don't think so.

Dave

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: u-mwong%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael Wong)
Subject: New line of Pioneer Elite Rear Projection Monitors?
Date: 9 Oct 92 22:45:36 MDT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
Distribution: usa


   I haven't seen my local Pioneer Elite dealer lately, but I've heard that
the PRO-95 is discontinued.  I've been told that there is a PRO-96 that
will replace it.  Does anybody know what enhancements/features/looks this 
new model has?  Does this new model cost the same as the PRO-95?  Is there
something that can be done to an existing PRO-95 that would make it a
PRO-96, if major improvements have been made?

   Also, I've heard of this PRO-106 model.  What does that have and how
BIG is it?  What does it list for?

   I'd appreciate any info anybody might have on these Pioneer Elite
rear projection monitors!

-Mike
----------
Michael Wong 
u-mwong@peruvian.utah.edu
University of Utah
From: daver@felix.filenet.com (Dave Richards)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Copying a Laserdisc to SuperVHS?
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:04:44 GMT
Reply-To: daver@fritz.filenet.com (Dave Richards)
Organization: Costa Mesa, CA

>In article <4256@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>>If you own the laserdisc, it is NOT against the law to make a copy for
>>yourself.

In article <6031@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> bates@spica.ucsb.edu (Bates) writes:
>    Could you please tell me how you know this?

I'm not Vidiot, but I'll answer it anyway.  The ruling that made this legal
was actually a case involving computer sofware (and no, I can't quote the
case number).   Some software producer apparently sued someone that had made
working copies of software to avoid wear-and-tear (and possible destruction)
of the original.  The court found that this copying constituted "fair use" of
copyrighted material.  Since there is no substantial difference between com-
puter software and entertainment software (no legal distinction is made), the
ruling applies equally well to both areas.

> the warning says, 'Any unauthorized copying...is prohibited',

It's probably worded like that for scare value, but it really is true.  "Un-
authorized" copying IS prohibited.   But copying for your own use has, in
effect, been "authorized" by the Supreme Court.

Dave
From: bew4568@zeus.tamu.edu (Bruce E.)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony MDP-333 drawer opening problems
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:04:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.7OCT199214040939
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Oct07.172214.9159@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, gihan@bnr.ca writes...
>In article <BvIK8L.6sM@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, emartins@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
>(Eduardo Martins) writes:
>|>This is a well-known problem with the MDP-333's. I took mine to the dealer
>|>I bought it from and it was fixed, under warranty.
>|>
>|>-- 
> 
>I have had mine since last May. So far no problems. When did the this
>problem start
>with your player?
> 
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Gihan R. Karunaratne    
>Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4H7 
>e-mail: gihan@BNR.CA (INTERNET)
> 
>"All flesh is grass"
>                -- Isiah
>Smoke a friend today.
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Mine didn't start sticking till I'd had it for a year.

I haven't heard about any specific fixes, just rumors about spring replacement
or door replacement.  And lots of requests for the fix when I find out what
it is.

Bruce
From: LARIVEE@hsdwl.utc.com (HOT ROD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VIDEOTECH Digest V92 #900
Date: 8 Oct 92 14:01:15 GMT
Organization: The Internet

On the subject of the HDTV and 35mm motion picture.

I don't get the point. I've worked as a MPMO for 17 years and all 
the talk about hdtv and lines of resolution. One pointed out 800
lines of resolution, was it verticle or horizontal or both?  Its just 
that Ive seen so much variations between between projection setups,
so many variables, the condition of a test like this would give 
all kinds of results. How is film transfered to tape? 
Then that medium if tested would determine the lines of resolution
by the projection set up that was used? Also 70mm film would would
go the same route , from lenses to the type of screen it was displayed
on. The visual interpretation as I see is film still has a home.
Lines of resolution are only part of the whole ball of wax.
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo
From: dave@imax.imax.com (Dave Martindale)
Subject: Re: "multi-purpose" CD players (audio AND video)
Organization: Imax Corporation, Mississauga Canada
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:16:47 GMT

dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves) writes:
>
>As a follow-up, how much of a delta would it be for a *manufacturer*
>(e.g. Pioneer) to add PhotoCD to a laser disc player? Given that they 
>can already read 5" discs and output NTSC, it would seem to be a fairly
>small upgrade to handle PhotoCDs ... .

Displaying a PhotoCD image requires a frame buffer - you read the data
at the CD rate, probably requiring several seconds to read a frame,
but display it 30 times a second.  Inexpensive multi-standard players
have no image memory - both CD play and video playback happen in real time,
with data coming off the disc and being converted into the output signal.

Some more expensive consumer LD players have a one-field memory; these
could conceivably display PhotoCD with the addition of more software.
But vertical resolution is only half NTSC - about 240 pixels vertical.

You'd need a full frame store for full vertical resolution.
From: davida@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (David Andersen)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:27:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Sony 27" TV Recommendations?
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

I own a KV29XBR55 and would like to know if there is a service mode
available on this set.  If so, how do you access it?  Does it require
getting into the back of the set or is it available via the remote?
From: WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Frank J. Wancho")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSUBSCRIBING
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:59:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: WSMR-SIM.WANCHO.12821146188.BABYL
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Linda,

Here are the instructions to unsubscribe from the Videotech Digest
(I-VIDTEK):

You may delete yourself from the list by sending the following
command:

      SIGNOFF I-VIDTEK

to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD if you are on BITNET.  You can send that in an
interactive if your system supports them (e.g., the CMS TELL command),
or in the body of a mail message (*not* the subject line).  If you are
not on BITNET, use the address LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU.

--Frank Wancho  <VIDEOTECH-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dyang@mynah.bellcore.com (Danny Yang)
Subject: LBX Lethal Weapon I
Organization: Morristown Research and Engineering
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 14:43:22 GMT

Both CHLC catelog 92V06-L-346 and J&R Music World
Winter 92 catelog list Lethal Weapon as LBX, 
but not on their other catelogs.
I know Lethal Weapon II is in LBX, 
is there a LBX version for Lethal Weapon I?


-- 
Kun-Min Yang
Bellcore, MRE2A260
(908)829-4417
From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Problem with 8mm rewinder
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:07:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: CCAC1.9210151707.aa15263
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I have not reached a final solution to this problem and am in contact
with the company who made the rewinder, but I want you to know just
in case so you can reach your own conclusions.

I bought a SIMA HQ 8mm rewinder in the hope that using the rewinder would
save wear and tear on the palmcorder.  This is what I noticed.

All was pretty OK if I used a new tape out of the box and made a tape in
my palmcorder.  I would then rewind it on the rewinder.  So after doing
this type of procedure for a year I noticed that I was getting a few tapes
with lots of rolling dropouts.  Like one every 10 to 20 seconds.  At first
I thought it was the cameras fault.  But to help dislodge any dirt from
new tapes I fast forwarded and reversed a couple of tapes before recording 
on them.  The rolling problem got worse.  I had the camera cleaned and 
checked anyway, but continued to experiment.  I reached the conclusion
that the rewinder was minutely damaging the edges of the tape causing the
rolling picture problem.  It seems that the rewinder has rather sharp
tape positioning rollers on top and bottom and if there is a slight 
missalignment, it causes the tape to rub these edges randomly resulting
in tape edge damage.  If the damage happens after making a recording it
does not cause so bad a picture glitch.  If it happens before a recording
is made you have a major roll.  So if you are experiencing these type
of problems and use a rewinder, I would like to hear from you.
Send to rdemarti@pica.army.mil, I will post my conclusions after I figure
out what is best.  Meanwhile SIMA will get the rewinder back for warrenty
service to see if the design can be modified.  In the meantime I will
only rewind my precious tapes on the camera.  Thought you'd like to know.
RD.
From: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM (Dan Goodwin - Sun SSE)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Surround Sound questions
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:54:20 GMT
Reply-To: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: hoops.west.sun.com

You'll notice a lot of noise when you are not using a source recorded
with Dolby surround.  I somtimes will use the "matrix" setting when the
source is not Dolbyized.
Newsgroups: rec.video