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From: cutler@rtsg.mot.com (Elliot P. Cutler)
Subject: SHARP Projector
Summary: WANTED: SHARP Projector
Keywords: SHARP
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: all
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:14:28 GMT

 I have been looking far and wide for a Sharp Projection TV system.
The small portable kind.  Is there a market anywhere I can find a
used one or one for under the typical $3,000.00 price tag?
						
						Thanks
						Elliot Cutler
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith)
Subject: Burning motion picture film
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:56:44 GMT

Just curious -- I was just reading a detective novel, Robert B. Parker's
1975 Spenser novel _Mortal Stakes_, and suddenly wondered about the
accuracy/plausibility of a scene in it. Spenser has just received the
master print of the pornographic film that's being used to blackmail
the wife of the baseball pitcher who's suspected of shading games ...
well, anyway: 

"I went into the bathroom and stripped the film off the reel into the tub.
I got the package of complimentary matches from the bedside table and
lit the film.  When it had burned up, I turned on the shower and washed
the remnants down the drain."

Well, that set me to thinking.  This is taking place in the book's present,
i.e. 1975, so we aren't talking nitrate film or anything like that. 
The film has sound, and it's a "master print" so it's probably 16 mm,
and I'd assume it's at least half an hour long.  I'm not quite sure just
how you'd "strip it off the reel," BTW.  Anyway, I'm trying to visualize
the whole thing, and a) I'm not sure a whole reel of film would actually
FIT into a bathtub.  b) I'm not sure how easy it is to burn film.  Certainly
when a projector stops, the frame in the gate bubbles, blackens, and burns,
but it's very noticeable that it does NOT set fire to the REST of the film,
and a good thing, too.  Could you just touch a match to a bathtub full of
film and get a sustained fire?

And, finally, if you did, wouldn't the fumes from a bathtubfull of film
smoke you out of the place and call unwanted attention to what you were
doing?

And, finally, what's this "master print" business?  I know the 8 mm home
movies I made were on reversal film, but wouldn't any kind of professional
or semiprofessional operation, where copies were being made for distribution,
have the original shot on a _negative_?

Inquiring minds want to know. After all, you never know when you might
be called upon to dispose of movie film on short notice and I certainly
wouldn't want to look foolish through carelessly trusting Robert Parker.
(What? you mean the scenes where he explains the techniques Spenser
uses to overcome six burly armed men single-handed aren't believable,
either? Well, what about the recipes -- surely the _recipes_ are OK?
:-)   )



-- 
Daniel P. B. Smith
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From: ss@mammoth.berkeley.edu (Srinivasan Seshan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: For Vidiot...
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:16:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Utter Chaos
NNTP-Posting-Host: mammoth.berkeley.edu

I don't know if my e-mail got to you, so I'm sorry to use the bandwidth.

I wanted to find out more about the JVC HR-S8000U.  I have a chance to get
one, without manual or remote, and I was wondering if you could
breifly describe the features available (out of the ordinairy vcr commands).

EG.. does the unit have a jog shuttle?  I didn't see one on the machine, I
thought that they may have put it on the remote (slim).  I'm assuming that
there is a flying erase... etc.  I'm just wondering how good this deck is
as an editing deck.

Ken
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Flagging errors
Date: 6 Sep 92 04:02:42 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <SS.92Sep4195816@mammoth.berkeley.edu> ss@mammoth.berkeley.edu (Srinivasan Seshan) writes:
<
<Some novice questions on this subject:
<can you use an infinite window TBC to correct this? or is there any alternative
<to using the industrial decks?

No, the problem lies in the recording deck not locking the frame correctly.
No outside equipment is going to fix the problem.

<I do a fair amount of editing from a laser source, and I have only seen this
<happen on edits that I make from CLV discs.  All the editing that I have
<ever done from CAV has come out fine.  Is there a reason for this, or have
<I been extremely lucky?

I don't know which deck you are recording to or how you are controlling the
editing.  But, I just suspect that you have been lucky.

<Thanks for the info....  Considering that I'm in the market for a new
<s-deck, this info may give me a good reason (finally) to go to the full
<industrial decks vs. the "pro-sumer" lines.

What is really strange is that the JVC HR-S8000U consumer decks that I have
do frame lock editing.  At least it appears that way.  Since it can be done
right, I don't know why the deck in question can't be done right.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.production,rec.video,rec.games.video
From: mike@maths.tcd.ie (Mike Rogers)
Subject: Re: Mario Paintbrush for inexpensive titles and cartoon animation?
Organization: none
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:20:39 GMT

In article <1926ukINN5nq@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU>, long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H. Morrow Long) wrote:
>out, nor a dedicated character generator you might want to look
>into getting Mario Paint if you already have an SNES (Super Nintendo)

With 2nd hand Amiga 500s so cheap, I can't see that this wins, given its
limited capabilities.
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: For Vidiot...
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:18:57 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <SS.92Sep8111647@mammoth.berkeley.edu> ss@mammoth.berkeley.edu (Srinivasan Seshan) writes:
<I don't know if my e-mail got to you, so I'm sorry to use the bandwidth.

E-mail was received and answered.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: semele@clintsalt (Semele Halkedis)
Subject: Group for video production jobs?
Reply-To: semele@oscar.bellcore.com (Semele Halkedis)
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 18:39:09 GMT

Is there a newsgroup that might list video production job opportunities?
All the general .jobs newsgroups I've found seem to list only software/ee
jobs (surprise, surprise).  I've seen industry-specific lists, but none
for video.

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Semele

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Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: streeter@cs.unca.edu (Tom Streeter)
Subject: SuperGen info wanted
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:18:18 GMT

The subject sums it up -- I'm considering buying one for our Amiga
(currently running a truly awful Amiga 2300 genlock board) and would be
appreciative of any information you'd be willing to share.  Any praise,
caveats, anecdotes, or other info would be appreciated.

BTW, here's the configuration as it stands:

Amiga 2000 (w/20 mb HD, 1 mb chip RAM, 2mb fast RAM).
ProVideo Post
DVideoIII
DPaintIII 

with the intent to use it as a CG/external key source for an Alta
Centaurus switcher (which, in turn, is part of an S-VHS A/B roll edit
bench).

I just found out our equipment budget has been cut in half, so I'd
*really* be interested in hearing about places with good prices on the
board.

Thanks!

--Tom

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From: boylan@pi.eai.iastate.edu (Terran Boylan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: D-1 Safe Area #'s?
Date: 13 Sep 92 19:52:49 GMT
Organization: Engineering Animation, Inc.

We do a lot of work with 720 X 486 Abekas .yuv files.  We're trying to
incorporate a "safe area" and "title safe area" marker into our software.

Is there an "official" safe region for digital video?  Or do we have to do
it the old fashioned way -- by guess and by golly?

I would like actual pixel values for the region, e.g.:

SAFE AREA:
 Horiz: 50 - 659
 Vert: 20 - 465

TITLE SAFE:
 Horiz: 70 - 639
 Vert: 30 - 455

I know it sounds anal, but we'd like to do it right.

Terran J Boylan
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: merkel@convex.com (Kent Merkel)
Subject: VIDEO TITLER
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:31:19 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


FOR SALE
"VIDEO TITLER" software for IBM-PC machines. Requires one of the
popular VGA/EGA to VIDEO display/overlay boards such as the Truevision
VideoVGA, Video Charley, Willow and others. Comes complete with all
current fonts and utilities. Latest version 4.51    $175.00
Kent Merkel (214)422 2702 home (214)497-4942 work



Newsgroups: rec.video
From: miked@syscon.rn.com (Mike DeMetz)
Subject: Re: Weird problem with VCR... Care to take a stab?
Organization: Syscon Corporate Headquarters - South Bend, IN USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:11:15 GMT

Shutting down completely sounds like it is getting a signal from
the dew sensor. All VCRs have this circuit since moisture on the
heads can cause the tape to stick.
From: jarvis@athena.mit.edu (Jarvis B Jacobs)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Panasonic Hi-Tech 4 VCR - Line mode with remote - possible?
Date: 13 Sep 92 13:17:52 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology


  Question:
   Is it possible to get a Panasonic Hi-Tech 4 VCR to go
   into Line mode without a remote?

  WHY:
   The remote has been lost.  I need the Line mode
    to transfer my 8-mm tapes to VHS.
  
  Any solutions?
  
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH)
Subject: Re: Two questions - Matrix switcher, Sharp projector
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: rec
Date:  8 Sep 1992 09:56 EST  

In article <MJKOBB.92Sep7214902@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes...
>Greetings!
> 
>  I'm looking to expand my video system a bit in the next year or
>so, and I've got two questions:
> 
>  1)  I'd like to get a matrix switcher, preferably one that can do
>video and audio separately.  I seem to remember that Sony made one
>of these (I believe I saw one once), but I don't know model or
>prices.  The big problem is that I'd really like one that has
>S-video capability, and some form of storable presets would be nice
>too.  What am I looking at, pricewise, for an 8x8 unit?

Vidicraft makes a 4x4 switcher which has Y/C (and RCA) jacks and an RS-232 
interface.  It will switch audio and video seperately.  I've had a non-Y/C 
unit for about four years and have been satisfied with its performance for 
the most part.  (It has a three-prong plug which caused an audible ground-
loop problem--this was solved with a "3-to-2" plug adaptor.  My only real 
gripe is that, with its 4Mhz bw, it's barely adequate for switching a laser 
source and an absolute no-no for ED, since it has a 6.3Mhz bw.)

The model "number" for the Y/C switcher is "pro-swither."  Sorry, I haven't 
any specs for this unit, but I'll assume the bw is sufficient for 400-line 
sources.  Write or call Vidicraft for details. 

Greg
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Noise on VCR playback
Date: 4 Sep 92 05:24:54 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <_rxyvsb@rpi.edu> ncc1701@acm.rpi.edu writes:
<Hi, all,
<
<I got myself a wierd problem... On some videotapes that I record on,
<I get a noise bar about 1/3 the way down the screen that pretty much
<stays there.  It's really thin (about 2-3% of screen height) but it's
<also really annoying.  There doesn't seem to be much correlation
<between which videotapes are affected and which aren't, other than
<with some it's worse, and some it's not nearly as noticible.
<
<Is this a dirty video head?  Or something else?
<
<And speaking of heads, here's a real dumb question:  On the drum,
<what part is really the active head?  The space between the bands?
<The metal bands themselves?  Or are the bands and spaces irrelevant?

You didn't mention if you adjusted the tracking control.
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From: chen@speed.uucp (Lilei Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Problem using TR-81 as VCR
Keywords: TR-81
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:52:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Sep14.235249.6610
Distribution: rec
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

I own a Sony-TR-81 Hi-8 camcorder.  I seem to have problem using TR-81 as
VCR.  Copying from TR-81(hi-8) to S-VHS seems to bring almost no quality loss,
at least not visible.  But when copying from S-VHS to TR-81(hi-8), the quality
loss is VERY obvious.  There is a lot of noise in video signals.   I am
wondering if anyone else on the net has encountered such problems with their
TR-81.   Please post your response or send me to chen@das.harvard.edu.
Thanks.

Lilei Chen
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: marks@keinstr.uucp (Mike Marks)
Subject: Re: Please tell me more about Phillips TVs...
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:33:51 GMT

wilsobr@mist.cs.orst.edu (Brian Wilson) writes:

>    Hello! I am contemplating buying a friends phillips top of the series
>27" tv. There are no dealers in the immediate vicinity, so I would like to 
>turn to the net for help. How do they perform? Are owners out there 
>satisfied with their phillips tvs? Have you ever had any problems which are
>common in phillips tvs? Last but not least, how is the warranty and service
>for phillips in general?

We have had our 27" Philips set for almost three years.  I'm reasonably
happy with the picture, but I suspect I'll be even happier with it
when I get the time to open it up & set the gray scale with
A Video Standard.  The convergence is also a bit off at the bottom of the
screen, but again that's something I should be able to tweak.

As for the reliability, it's hard to say.  We noticed after less than a
year that we had to really turn up the brightness to get a decent 
picture.  Two weeks before the 1-year labor warranty was up, we
had the factory service guy out.  He took one look and immediately
concluded that the picture tube had gone bad.  The replacement cost
me nothing, but I do question why a tube could go bad in less than
one year.  To be fair, the set was moved by "professional" movers
during that year, so they may have damaged it.

About a month after the tube was replaced, the picture suddenly became a
solid green.  Again the service guy came out; this time the problem
was a blown transistor (the green drive).  Although it was out of
warranty at this time, they did not charge me because it was so
close to the time.  They did make a strong push for the service
contract, though.  I declined, and haven't had any problems since.

In summary, the set looks good; the service was excellent (the guy
actually came within 1 hr of the time he said he would!); but
I suspect a quality control problem with that picture tube.  The service
did make up for it, plus Philips gives you a whole year (vs 90 days for
most others) parts AND labor warranty.  The tube warranty is three
years.

Hope this helps.
______________________________
Mike Marks
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production
From: Curt.Miller@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Curt Miller)
Subject: Teleprompter problem
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:33:24 GMT

	I have a problem with a teleprompter.  At the Univ. I attend
we are running a teleprompter system based on the Commodore C-64 computer.
This system is unreliable at best, and with the dwindling 8-bit support
by Commodore the system should be replaced.  We are looking at going
with a IBM PC based system.  I was wondering if anyone is aware of
any commercial products in this area, or better yet, if you have
a homebrew system that is functional, please let me know.  I was
encouraged to come up with an inexpensive proposal (since we are a
state institution with a LIMITED budget)  Right now, the system
we have has a remote box which allows the news anchors to control
the scroll speed of the text, to stop and start it, and to go
back to the top of the story.  Please reply to this post by 
mail as I don't always get a chance to read news daily.  Thanks.

Kurt Miller   		University of Wisconsin Platteville
UCSKJM@UWPLATT.BITNET
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From: EDGLOWE@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU ("Gregg F. Lowe")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Macrovision
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:45:33 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


In message-ID: <1992Sep12.020805.13569@panix.com>
panix!schuster@nyu.edu  (Michael Schuster) writes:

>I've posted about this before but perhaps this would be a good time to
>bring it up again. The pros on CompuServe's CE Forum said during a
>discussion of Macrovision that with the schematic you can modify any
>VCR to ignore Macrovision. You do this by clipping the capacitor which
>forms the time constant for the AGC circuit, effectively disabling the
>AGC. Yes, you won't get automatic level control, but the video signals
>fed to most comsumer VCR's are so compressed anyway that there wouldn't
>be much danger.

There's a lower tech method to beat this system that has worked approximately
98% of the times I've tried it.  Now, please understand, I AM IN NO WAY
ENCOURAGING/ENDORSING THE ILLEGAL COPYING OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS, I'm only
passing along some information related to this discussion.  Actually, a year
or so ago someone challenged me by saying it could not be done...

EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
1 VCP with A/V output
1 VCR with A/V input
2 sets of A/V cables
1 monitor with A/V input AND Monitor A/V output (as opposed to signal output)

PROCEDURE:
Connect player output to monitor via A/V cables (NOT RF!)
Connect recorder input to MONITOR A/V OUTPUT via A/V cables
play tape into/record through monitor (tada...!)

I'm more of an applications person than an engineer so I won't pretend I
completely understand *how* it works, but it does.  What I think happens
is that the monitor takes the signal and creates a display from it.  By
using the Monitor A/V output, the signal you are recording is generated
from the *display*... in other words, it's not the same signal that was
sent into the monitor.

I've used this AS A DEMONSTRATION TECHNIQUE many times.  There have been a
couple times where the resulting recording had a problem in playback where
the image would jump around quite a bit.  I found that this could be
eliminated by externally syncing both the player and recorder.  Maybe
some of the engineering types out there can explain in better detail what
happens to the signal if it's used in this configuration..?

Please, no flaming, I have a headache.


 Gregg F. Lowe

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From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony KVXBR55 (High Frequency Noise)
Date: 12 Sep 1992 18:52:25 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: manx.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: sony, tv, noise, problem

I had this problem several years ago on my NEC, and finally
found a competent tech who determined that it was a bad cap,
which he then replaced and it's been fine ever since (even
survived some rough handling by United Van Lines in 1986).
The secret, of course, is finding a competent tech. Most
of them aren't (even (especially?) the factory trained ones).
Doug
For what it's worth, the cap was part of the flyback transformer,
and so 'whistled' at that frequency. Very hard to track down,
unless you really know what you're doing.
From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Laserdisc vs. VCR
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:16:14 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Otto J. Makela writes:
> 
> >       - Are [laser] discs easily damaged ??
> 
> Not worse than CDs, though they are a bit clumsier to handle.


I've seen some pretty trashed CD's from the local library which play OK on my
equipment, but I wouldn't commit the same kind of horrors on LD's. My
experience has been that LD's are very susceptible to damage, particularly as
far as the video end is concerned. They should be handled just like LPs were
(remember those?).

Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics