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From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help wanted:  TR-101 type cameras & New West Electronics
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:41:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1992Jul24.131012.11274@athena.mit.edu>, arnewman@athena.mit.edu (Aaron R Newman) writes:
> (1) Just how good is this Digital Image Stabilizer I've heard so much
> about?  I would like a steady image when I'm recording while walking
> around, but if it makes no big difference, I'd just as soon save a few
> hundred and go with the TR-81.

Well most important - it is NOT a "Digital Image Stabilizer".  DIS does
electronic pixel shifting on the CCD sensor.  The TR101 uses a flexible prism
to mechanically adjust for motion.  It take Theodur and as result I have a
slight hand twitch. The TR101 seems to be able to get rid of the jitters in the
tape that I used to have. 

> (2) I had a long (30 min +) conversation with a salesman at New West
> Electronics in Bellingham, WA last night.  He was quite willing to give
> me a lot of information and advice on the TR-101 and similar cameras.
> He offered me the following:
> 
> 	Sony TR-101:	$1499 (TR-81:  $979.95)
> 	Ricoh R18H:	$1229.95
> 	Yashica KXH3:	$1299
> 
> These prices include FedEx shipping.  The gentleman I spoke to assured
> me that these cameras are identical (except for the TR-81, of course), 
> which I have heard before.  Are they?

They are identical - I own a R18H

> (5) Should I really get a battery discharger?  Is it worth carrying the
> additional weight?  (Yes, I have heard about the combination
> discharger/chargers, but I haven't come across any that will run on 220V
> as is necessary in Europe.

Invest in a Sony BC77 charger - it is small and works on both voltages.  It 
even comes with the 220V adapter.
From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: NiCd battery memory problem
Date: 30 Jul 92 08:35:27 GMT
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix


There are a few products out there that will condition your
battery, i.e. to fully drain your battery so that the memory effect
will be minimized.

Cameras will drain a battery to a point, then stop, although there
may be still some power left in the battery. Conditioners drain
this excess, so that the battery could be charged fully.

Ambico makes a universal type conditioner for around $30, for VHS,
VHS-C and Video8 (might as well use the correct term) batteries.

Sony just released a new DC (car) charger/adapter that is ALSO a
conditioner (DC-S10?) and it sells for around $120. This replaces
the DC-V30 DC charger/adapter. (non conditioning)


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From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: SVHS dub to 8mm problem
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:23:28 GMT
Organization: The Internet

I posted this earlier last week, but did not see any responses.
I was time shifting a movie and initially put it on SVHS at 6 hr speed.
I recopied it to 8mm 2 hr speed to watch it on vaction.  The movie
on 8 mm had a faint rainbow line in the center of the screen (left/right)
running the full picture height (from top to bottom).  It was stable and 
about 1 inch wide, it did not move.  Upon returning home I experimented
with SVHS dubs to 8 mm, and the 6 hour SVHS to 2 hour 8 mm always has this
line.  Two hr SVHS to 2 hr 8 mm is fine.  Anybody notice this dubbing problem
besides me, or is something in the equipment amiss?

Rdemarti@pica.army.mil
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From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Theatrical Trailer ... what is it?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:32:51 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.231628.6693@ac.dal.ca> bobali@ac.dal.ca writes:
>I was just wondering:
>
>What is a "Theatrical Trailer"?

A "trailer" is a preview of an upcoming film that is shown before
the main feature in a theater. When an LD says it has the "Theatrical
trailer" that just means that it has the previews for the film as
well as the film itself.

>I noticed that Dave's Video: The Laser Place in California has two Jaws LDs,
>the Theatrical Trailer one is $5 more than the regular version...
>is it worth $5?
>
>Here is what it says in his catalog:
>
>JAWS ..................................... $34.99
>JAWS (digital) (Letterboxed) (Some music has been rescored/with original
>     Theatrical Trailer) ................. $39.99

If the cheaper edition is the old pressing, then the more expensive
edition is most DEFINITELY worth the extra $5 for the digital sound and
letterboxing. Consider the trailer just icing on the cake.

                                              -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: SONY TR7 Camcorder opinions sought
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:29:35 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1992Jul27.131614.7963@tellab5.tellabs.com>, fayne@tellabs.com (Jeffrey Fayne) writes:
> I am borrowing a Sony CCD-TR7 8mm camcorder from a friend and may
> have the opportunity to purchase it from him. I am curious as to the
> general opinion of this unit and what I should offer him if the
> possibility arises. I don't know much about 8mm camcorders,
> but it appears to be of 1990 vintage and chock-full-of-features.

The problem with the TR4/5/6/7/9 units was the autofocus system.  It will go 
hunt happy on you in low light.

IMHO these are worth about $300 used.
From: chieu@pta.pyramid.com.au (Chieu Tran)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Yamaha DSP-E200
Date: 27 Jul 92 00:33:01 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation, Sydney

gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green) writes:

>>In article <2A6B0BF1.11753@noiro.acs.uci.edu> harvey@cafws1.eng.uci.edu (Harvey Chen) writes:
>>
>>	I was wondering if the DSP-E200 Pro-logic processor decodes in the
>>digital domain or not.  Also how does this model differ from the Yamaha
>>DSP-E300?  What is Enhanced Pro-logic anyway?  It seems like only Yamaha
>>processors has this.  Thanks!

>OK - heres what Yamaha say about Enhanced Pro-logic.

>"Adding (to) the features of the 'Normal' Dolby Pro Logic, the DSP
>technology simulates the multi-surround speaker systems of the 35mm
>film theater, so widening the surrounded-by-sound field with more
>presence.

How is this different from Kenwood's DSP Logic, which the blurbs say
is "simultaneous Dolby Pro Logic and DSP"?

Also, does anyone know the differences between the Yamaha DSP-A1000 and
the DSP-E1000?  Are they equivalent in every aspect except that the A1000
has seven channels and the E1000 has only five but allows the connection
of a main amplifier?

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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Does "video stablizer" work?
Date: 24 Jul 92 18:14:03 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Jul24.072232.11398@microsoft.com> peterwu@microsoft.com (Peter Wu) writes:
>Many mail order places advertise a $50 box to remove copy protection from
>video tapes (the kind that goes dark and bright and dark ...).
>
>Does anyone know what's in the box and how well it works?
>If it's just a zener diode or something equally simple, I'd rather not
>pay $50 for it.

Usually these contain a timing circuit made of digital logic chips.
They determine where the vertical blank interval is (which is where Macrovision
pulses are added) and clamp them back down to baseline. Yes, they do work
for the most part.



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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Is This Laser Rot?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:19:38 GMT

I just picked up an older used LD from ca. 1981. When I play the disc,
the picture has colored snow all throughout the side (it's CLV, one
sided). I've never seen anything like this before. Casual examination of
the disc reveals no visible debris on the surface nor any visible
contamination of the data layer. Is this what Laser Rot looks like? I've
pretty much decided to keep the disc anyway, due both to its age (and I
assume relative scarcity) as well as the fact that it cost only $10.
Since it's a Pioneer pressing, I may try to get a replacement direct
from Pioneer (fat chance, right? ;-). I'm just curious as to what this
phenomenon I'm seeing is.

Anyone?
From: dav@gtc.com (David L. Markowitz)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: General Comments on NBC's Olympic Coverage
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:15:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Genisco Technology Corp.

oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov writes:

>The triplecast is live from 5AM to 5PM Pacific. Since I was not even remotely
>inclined to pay for live coverage while I'm at work, I can't say anything about
>it.

No, it's 2AM-2PM Pacific.  5-5 is Eastern.
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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: 70mm prints, Dolby SR-D, and what "Spectral Recording" means.
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:47:06 GMT
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <7970947@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:

>> Interestingly, how common in the States these days are 70mm capable
>> theatres?
>
>About 2 per major city (like Denver).  Perhaps 1 in 100 screens.
>
	I guess New York City must be blessed. We had about 4-5
screens showing Batman Returns in Dolby Digital, and we have over
a dozen (I'm almost certain) 70mm screens. But then again, in
Manhattan at least, we pay $7.50 for films, regardless of theater
quality.
	-- Ethan


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From: ying@vehicle.Berkeley.EDU (Ying)
Subject: Which Projection TV ?
Reply-To: ying@vehicle.Berkeley.EDU (Ying)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:18:33 GMT





I am planning to buy a projection TV ( size: about 50"), and 
wonder which brand/model is better.
Thanks

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From: Scott.Weddel@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Scott Weddel)
Subject: Panasonic 1960
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:38:46 GMT


What is the next step up from a Panasonic 1960?

What is 'flagging'?

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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: D3 video
Date: 30 Jul 92 03:56:48 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: na
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <28JUL199215283981@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
<I'm curious: what is D3?  I'm familiar with the D1 and D2 formats.  Is this 
<system based on MII?  What distinguishes it from the other two formats?

It is a component (I believe) video digital VTR, using 1/2" tape.
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From: willmore@iastate.edu (David Willmore)
Subject: Re: Compression artifacts in NBC Olympic coverage
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:20:59 GMT

graeme@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Graeme Gill) writes:
>monta@image.mit.edu (Peter Monta) writes:
>>[... a few comments about a strange visual distortion ...]

>	Being from Europe the TV signal probably originated as a PAL signal
>and has to be converted to NTSC, wich means both the colour encoding,
>frame rate and number of lines has to be converted to the US standard.
>Simple interpolation and smoothing of the frame rate (50Hz -> 60Hz) usually
>leads to smearing of fast motion, so the "better" standards converters have
>various "smarts" to recognize motion and transcode it specially. I guess the
>motion estimation circuits work on a block basis, and you may be seeing these
>block based motion artifacts. 
>	Graeme Gill

This transcoding combined with the 4x or greater frame rate that they
are running for the slow-mo's would probably combine to produce the
observed offect.  The transcoder might expect to have the incoming
frames to be a full 1/50 of a second.  Since they are 1/200 or less and
the other 3/200 (or so) is lost.  I wouldn't be suprised at all that
this would produce some sort of distortion.  If they summed 1/50 th of a
second of video, the effect may go away?  Just a guess, don't put money
on it. :)

One additional comment.  Has anyone else been humored by the poor
effects used in some of the comercials?  The one where a stadium full of
people put up cards to form pictures.  Several people who were watching
with me remarked that it must have cost a lot to get all of those people
to put those cards.  Sheesh.  These are computer people who *should*
know better.  Just thought that I'd mention it. :)

--David Willmore
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From: mozen@equinox.unr.edu (Paul Mozen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: sharpvision xv120
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:45:42 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada Reno


I am looking at large screen televisions. Does anyone know about the
Sharp Xv120? What kind of picture does it have? Is there a newer
projector with a better picture?  Would I be better off just buying
a 35' direct view TV? 


So  many Questions, so many questions



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From: bladin@wam.umd.edu (Dave Bittner & Ilana J. Getz)
Subject: Sony Battery Mount?
Originator: bladin@rac1.wam.umd.edu
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:46:26 GMT

In placing my order for my (fanfare please) new EVW-300, I asked about the
price of the dual battery adapter. This device is simply two of the
battery cases stacked up, giving you more operating time and the ability
to switch batteries without turning the unit off. The discounted
price on this is (gulp) $300. Highway robbery, if you ask me, but then
Sony is known for putting it to the professional users for accessories.
Anyway, does anyone out there in netland know of a good place to get
a new or used one of these at a fair price? 

I'll post a summary of the responses...please reply via Email.

BTW, if any of you are thinking of purchasing an EVW-300, (Mark?) take a
serious look at the optional 15X lens. It is much nicer than the standard
12X in the combo package, and it only ads about $400 to the price.
Also, keep in mind that other companies make (cheaper) battery charger / power
supply units that work just fine with the EVW-300. Email me for more details...

Thanks!!!

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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Re: LD Clubs : Quality?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:19:47 GMT


In article <1992Jul22.035142.25453@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
>In article <5011@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>>bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
>>: "Can you place me on positive response".   She sounded just a bit
>>: surprised, but said "yes".
>
>>When I asked them to put me on positive response the woman on the 
>>phone said she couldn't do it.  I said that I would cancel my
>>membership, and she *still* said she couldn't switch me
>
>Boy - talk about weird companies.   They didn't say anything to
>me, and went ahead and did it.
>
>To lose a customer over that is pretty foolish IMO.

Doesn't it depend on whether or not you have fulfilled your signup
agreement? If you've completed it, you should be able to get switched to
PR. If you haven't, they refuse to switch you. Of course, as screwed up
as Columbia House is, I wouldn't be surprised if they refused to switch
someone who had already fulfilled their agreement and ended up shooting
themselves in the foot.
From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Another TR81 problem?
Date: 20 Jul 92 12:53:16 GMT
Organization: The Internet

ddrg@csi.on.ca (Duncan Glendinning) writes:
> I've noticed vertical panels, the width of very bright
> objects, originating from the object, and terminating at
> the bottom of the frame, when using shutter speeds above
> 1/2000th of a second.  This behavior is particularly
> noticeable when using the 1/10000th of a second shutter speed.

Dave Hukill responds:
>I've had the same type of behavior from both my Sonys (V101 and TR81).
>Odd as it may seem, I've never seen it on my Sony V9. Anyone care to comment
>on why it show up on Hi8, and not on regular-8? Is it the different
>imaging chips used, or something inherent to Hi8? Anyone with a Canon have

I had my Chinon reg 8 mm palmcorder, display a vertical white line once
when playing back the tape I made in a glass sculpture store in Venice Italy.
These stores like to use small quartz halogen spot lights to better show 
a more true color in their products at night.  My camera  was set on:
auto white balance, normal shutter (probably 1/250 th?) and normal gain.
The image was not washed out by the bright spot, just that white vertical
line that tracked the spot as the camera moved.  
	My manual says that extremely bright light sources may do this to
the CCD imager and If the light is bright to the point of possible damage that
a message will appear in the viewfinder, a sun symbol I think.  I have seen
this vertical line on some NASA test pictures, and they went on to say it
is a characteristic of CCD cameras in general.  I do not know why your camera
would be more prone to show the lines at higher shutter speeds though.  My
camera has a considerable darker image at the higher shutter speeds of
1/500 and 1/1000.  My understanding is that these higher speeds should be less
prone to over exposing the CCD array.  I very rarely use the high speeds,
and do not see a need myself.  I don't generally tape fast moving objects
and have had good results of jugglers and magic shows with the slower shutter
speed.  I rather have the brighter image myself.
From: robl@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Rob Laddish)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:29:32 GMT
Subject: Re: Blue Lasers
Organization: Hackers Headquarters
Newsgroups: rec.video

There is an article in the latest EE times (July 27) about this. It states
that it currently runs at 77 kelvin, and that it might take several years for
one that will operate at room temperature.

I wouldn't hold my breath!

The new laser, at room temperature, is estimated to emit wavelengths at 467nm
versus current red laser wavelengths at about 1 micron. I would imagine that
this would allow them to double both the number of tracks and sectors on a CD.
Hopefully the increased data densities would allow higher data throughput on
CD ROM drives. The article states that storage would be "tripled".

Rob
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From: palmerc@abulafia.b21.ingr.com (Christopher M. Palmer)
Subject: Sony Control L (or is it S?) Specifications
Organization: Intergraph
 
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:06:07 GMT

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From: perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: MACROVISION on all tapes?
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:51:30 GMT
Organization: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York

In article <3641@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
> In article <1992Jul14.143113.1@nettst.cua.edu> ramsey@nettst.cua.edu writes:
> <In article <walshm.711134775@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, walshm@craft.
> <camp.clarkson.edu (Matt 'MTM' Walsh) writes:
> <
> <> Last night I rented Terminator 1 from a video store.  Intrigued by the
> <> idea of macrovision, I copied the tape (erasing it afterwords, of course)
> <> to see what Macrovision does.  To my suprise the copy looked the same as the
> <> original.  HOWEVER this tape AND others at this store ALL have a tendenacy to
> <> continuously fade in and out; the picture keeps going dim and bright.
> <> I emphasize:  this is on the ORIGINAL tapes I rent from there.

Fading in and out is a characteristic of Macrovision copying.  If the
tapes from that store have that effect I would say that the store is
renting pirated tapes.  Don't laugh, I've rented several obviously
pirated tapes from a local video store in Brooklyn (which I don't
patronize anymore; not because I want to boycott them for being
pirates, but because the quality of their tapes sucks).  I've rented a
few tapes which were clearly marked "HiFi" which had no HiFi track that
my machine could detect.

Note that I am not accusing the abovementioned stores of pirating
tapes.  It is a well known scam for people to copy rented tapes and
return the copy to the store.  But the store should still be
responsible for ensuring that they don't rent you a bad tape even if
it's not their fault.  I heard of a court case where someone rented a
cartoon for their kids which had porno material recorded in the middle
of it.  The judge ruled that the video store was responsible for the
content of the tape even if it had been altered by a previous renter.

Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
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From: yzhang@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yinong Zhang)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: VHS-C, a dead end?
Date: 26 Jul 92 04:15:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB

Hi, 

   I was at a camcorder store today and was impressed by Panasonic PV-42.
The salesman told me that VHS-C format is a dead end and it will be out of
market very soon. Is this true? I know that VHS-C tape is only 30 min long.
Is it the only major disadvantage?
    
    Do you know anything about PV-42?

Thanks,

Chang


    
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