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From: samir@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Samir Agarwal)
Subject: Re: Experiences with Lewis and Clark (of NYC). Anyone?
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corp. - IC Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:28:57 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.200331.6354@en.ecn.purdue.edu> surge@en.ecn.purdue.edu (PhD-in-Training) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.145219.10149@Warren.MENTORG.COM> samir@samir.Warren.MENTORG.COM (Samir Agarwal) writes:
>>
>>Has anyone out there done business with the "Lewis and Clark" mail order store
>>of NYC? They seem to have very competitive prices. I am wondering if there is
>>a catch somewhere.
>>
>>Any experiences with them. Anyone?
>
>Peering at the mail order ads, I thought that I could afford a
>TR-81....as it turns out, most gray-market mail order houses (esp
>in NYC) "didn't have it in stock."  I finally decided to get the
>TR-7 and Lewis & Clark quoted a tempting price of $650,
>delivered.  I asked the guy, "do you have in stock" twice.  The
>second time he was a little irritated and said "For the second
>time, we have it."  After taking my name but before taking my
>credit card number, he tried to sell me some other model that I
>never heard of (at $100 more).  When I refused, he said, "it will
>take 2 - 3 weeks to deliver the TR-7, will that be a problem?"
>Our conversation ended there.
>

So I took a chance and ordered the TR-81 with Lewis and Clark. After taking 
the order he tried selling me another camcorder that was a 150 bucks more.
Couple of days later he calls me and says by the time they reached my order
they ran out of stock on TR-81s.

This is beginning to look like a pattern at Lewis and Clark.
Be Careful!!!!

 - Samir
-- 
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 "Nothing is so bad that it can't get worse" -- Gattuso's extension to above
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: Jim Cook <J.Cook@ENS.Prime.COM>
Subject: Re: Consumer Electronics Show info?
Reply-To: <J.Cook@ENS.Prime.COM>
Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:33:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.134801.27849@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kazel@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
(mitchell kazel) writes:

>1992 International Consumer Electronics Show
>May 28-31, 1992
>McCormick Place
>Chicago, IL

>Trade/Consumer Days:
>
>Saturday, May 30    NOON - 9 PM
>Sunday, May 31      9 AM - 6 PM
>

I can't make it, but I'd appreciate anyone going there investigating rumors
that Sony will announce an SLV-R7.  It would be an SVHS editting deck, 
hopefully supporting VISCA and RC timecoding.

Thanks,
Jim
<J.CooK@ENS.Prime.COM>
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Laser Disc Clubs?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:07:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr7.150741.2522
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


In article <30088@cbmvax.commodore.com> raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes:
>
> The deal varies from ad to ad. The "two more" deal certainly still
>exists, I believe its the deal offered in the new VIDEO issue. The "four
>more" deal also exists and I am at a loss to understand the logic of
>this.

Perhaps CHLDC is targeting their advertising to the intended audience.
Which magazines carry the 4 LD ads? Is it something where the buyer
might tend to be a little less informed than someone who reads Video?
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: * Mac ----> Pioneer 3090?
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:02:29 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.142624.9898@njitgw.njit.edu> meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman) writes:
>Hi!
>	I just got a Pioneer 3090 a few weeks ago. Voyage seems to have
>a 'Black Box' bundled with Hypercard which controls a LD player with the
>Mac's RS232 port. My questions are:
>
>1) Is this thing WORTH it? What advantages does this thing have over
>   just using the remote controls?

If you check with Voyager, I believe you'll find that the box only
works with the 3070.  In subsequent models Pioneer removed the circuitry
that made it possible for the box to control the player.

-- 
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        Neurobiology Dept., P.O. Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
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From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: NYC Mail Order, not all bad!
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:55:43 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


	For those of you interested in saving on sales taxes, getting highly
competitive prices with no hassle, and getting your merchandise within 4 days
for no additional cost, I recommend J&R Music World.  True they are not 
in NYC proper, they are located in a borough at 59-50 Queens-Midtown Expressway
in Maspeth, NY 11378-9896, phone 1-800-221-8180.  I have had nothing but
good experiences with this outfit.  I order most of my tapes through them and
small electronic goods.  I was even able to bargin over the phone on a LCD
Sony TV (FD-L370) for $269.95.  About the lowest I could find, and they had
it in stock, with all the factory included parts.  The sales people are
attentive and polite and will not bull shit you if they don't know the answer.
The order process is very quick, so they have shipped it out about an hour
after the order is placed, so no time to change your mind.  They also sell
movies (laser discs too) and music CDs,  They have an excellent selection
of music videos.  I'll continue to order through them.

Example of standard LD prices, if ordering more than one they may discount.
24 hr order 1-800-221-8180

Fantasia  Image clv $36.95  cav $79.95
Dancees with wolves  Image LTX or P+S $46.95
Robin Hood  Warner Brothers LTX $36.95  
Its a M M M M world WB LTX $46.95
etc

          					Rdemarti@pica.army.mil
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke)
Subject: Re: LD & S-VHS recommendations.
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 21:01:50 GMT

In article <11381@weiwei>, gank@Software.Mitel.COM (Kok-Ti Gan) writes:
> 
> I am in the market to purchase a LD player and a S-VHS player. I have looked
> at the Sony's MDP333 & MDP605 LD. Anyone own one of these players and would
> like to make a comment? Any other brands I should look at?
> 

I bought a Sony MDP-333 about 1 month ago and am very happy with it.  It has
3 minor problems which I don't like.  One of these may be characteristic of
all low end players as I've recieved mail from my own query on the issue
indicating that the low end Pioneers also have this "feature" -- noise.  That
is to say, it is fairly noisy when playing discs.  You can hear the disc
whirring around at high speed.  After putting the 333 into my TV stand I
don't notice it when playing movies at normal volumes, but if I'm looking
at still frames on a CAV disc and the room is quiet it can be heard
distinctly.  However, I emphasize that while you are playing a movie it can
not be heard.

Second, and this only concerns playing CDs.  It's a bit cumbersome to get
a CD out of the players platter.  The CD sits in a recess and the only
side of the CD that you can get a finger on is the far side of the CD.  This
means you either have to perform some contortions or put your thumb into
the hole in the CD and index finger onto the far edge of it (can be
tricky if you've got a big thumb!)

Lastly (and also concerning using it as a CD player), it is missing a
"peak search" function for automatically scanning the disc for the loudest
passage -- this is very useful for setting the recording level of a tape
deck when making copies of CDs and I wish the 333 had it.  However, I can
live without it and it does have pretty much every other feaure you could
want in a CD player (and some you don't even need!)

Other then those nits I really like it and highly recommend it to you if
you want to go with a low end player.  Of course, I'd love to have digital
field effects and two sided play, but for the difference in cost I'm
plenty willing to live without them!

Steve
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: What's the deal with TRON on LD?
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 01:47:05 GMT

In article <7970837@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
>In rec.video, jayj@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jay Johannes) writes:
>
>>> (It was said that a letterboxed edition of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
>> 
>> Laserland in Denver has a half dozen copies in stock (and for sale).
>
>Yes, but are they the widescreen editions, or the cropped re-release that
>Disney was rumored to have published after shutting off Bandai.

Now that we've established that this is not the widescreen version,
it is important to note that 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA is not currently
available in the US, even in the P&S version.  If someone wanted it
the Japanese version is the only current source of a NEW disc, though
at $89.95, there is a question of value.  The US Disney version has
been out of print for several years and does not often appear on the
used market (I got one used about 2 years ago for $41; the Japanese
BANDAI letterboxed version was once listed by a dealer for $120 but was 
sold quickly). 

An unfortunate effect of Disney's announced 'limited time availability'
is that when they become scarce, prices on the used market start to go
up.

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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 16:50:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Life time of VCR video tapes?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
From: tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy C Webb)
Subject: Pioneer CLD-1080(B)
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 01:10:13 GMT

   I still haven't bought a laserdisc player yet (still trying to get some $),
but have been looking at old low-end "B" Pioneer models. I was expecting to get
the CLD-980B, but my source has run out of them, and says the lowest model he
has is the 1080. I'm just curious as to the differences between these models
in terms of performance and features. If you happen to have an answer for me,
please email me or post your reply, whichever. Thanks! 
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From: wiljo@freeside.ki.open.de (Wiljo Heinen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Hi8 PAL Cassettes in USA
Date: 9 Apr 92 06:31:33 GMT
Organization: OPeN - The Digital Advantage

jacobs@ipf.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de (Heiko Jacobs  Tel 0721 608 4131) writes:

>>I'll spend four weeks of vacation in the US in May and will be travelling
>>with my Sony Hi8 Camcorder (CCD V600 E). Does anyone know if the appropriate
>>cassettes (Sony E5-60 HME) are available in the US ? Why are my cassettes
>>labelled "PAL" ? Will NTSC cassettes work as well ?
>Yes, they will work, too, only the length differs, 60-PAL-minutes are not
>60-NTSC-minutes. I have read this in a journal, but I didnt find it again, 
>so I dont know, which is longer, PAL or NTSC (but it is reverse than 
>VHS-PAL/NTSC-length-difference).

my 0.0001 $ worth:
	a) I don't know, hether the HME type tapes are available in the
	   states. But itmight be important to get them and not the MP type
           ones
	b) For Hi8 (V8):  120 NTSC minutes ~= 85 PAL Minutes
	   (it's different in VHS: T120 ~= E160 )
	c) HI 8 MP/NTSC are not so good in quality as Hi 8 MP/PAL
	   (you'll notice the difference on a PAL recorder, I tried it)
	d) I didn't see the Hi 8/ME tapes in the stats, but maybe I'm just 
	   blind.

cheers
	Wiljo
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From: synth@dreamtime.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Some questions on VCR features
Date: 7 Apr 92 05:04:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SynthMuzik Productions Ltd.:  The Danes Call It Quality

I'm presently hunting for an SVHS deck for dubbing and editing, and have
scratched my head over a couple of features I've stumbled across.  Any 
help here would be most appreciated:

1. Twin Flying Erase Heads vs. Single Flying Erase Head

	What's the difference?  Is one setup preferable to the other?

2. "Rapid Start" or "Quick-Response" Tape Travel Mechanism (Stop --> Play)

	I've noticed that top-of-the-line models actually take *longer* to
	go from Stop to Play than the next model down -- for instance, the
	Mitsubishi HS-U65 boasts a Stop-To-Play time of 0.3 seconds, while
	the HS-U82 takes 0.7 seconds.  The JVC HR-S6700U also takes longer
	than its next-sibling-down, the HR-S4700U.  From looking at this
	trend I would think that there's a good reason to stay away from
	these so-called "Rapid Start" features.  Are there inherent problems
	with accuracy or reliability when a machine has this feature?

3. Auto Head Cleaner
	
	Is this an important feature, or a gimmick?

4. Zero Frame Editing

	Is this just single-frame editing?  If not, what is it?


Thanks in advance!


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From: set@cis.ksu.edu (Toaster Man)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Good single frame rec.
Date: 6 Apr 1992 16:31:29 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: harry.cis.ksu.edu
Originator: set@cis.ksu.edu

I have a video toaster for my amiga computer with a TBC and im looking for a good single frame recorder.   Any suggsestion,prices etc welcome..

-steve tietze

Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson)
Subject: Descramblers and the Zenith PZ-1
Originator: tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 23:26:42 GMT

My standard cable tv descrambler is a Zenith PZ-1.  I would like to
replace this with my own decoder, but none of the places listed in the
back of Radio Electronics sell a replacement decoder.  One company
that sells kits tells me that the "universal descrambler" described
in the May 1990 article will work.

Questions:
  1) Does anyone know of a nice (ie, tuner/remote/etc...) descrambler
     that works with this system?
  2) Does anyone have any experience with the "Universal Descrambler"?
     The article says that the sync must be manually adjusted.  Does it
     have to be done before every viewing?  Will it sometimes lose
     sync and have to be readjusted *during* a program? This seems like
     more trouble than it's worth.

disclaimer:  I have absolutely no intention of descrambling a channel I
  don't pay for.

  Thanks-
    Tom

-- 
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                         I put this moment--
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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: ddebry@itchy.dsd.es.com (David DeBry)
Subject: Re: Disney Channel Free Preview (4/10 - 4/13)
Reply-To: David DeBry <ddebry@dsd.es.com>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 01:47:14 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.194332.25197@nmt.edu>, jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu (Jon Marlan) writes:
|> 
|> The subject line says it all.  A few good things to watch for:
|>
|> SERIES:
|> 
|> "Avonlea" -- (ACE Award winning drama two nights in a row:
|>              Mon. 9pm MST -- guest stars Christopher Lloyd)


	In this episode, Dr. Emmett Brown goes back into the past
yet again with his faithful companions Marty McFly and Einstein to
rescue Anne Shirley from falling in the river, much to the shagrin
of Gilbert Blythe.



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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
Subject: Re: -=[ Tell Me Where To Buy A Universal Descrambler ]=-
Organization: SAR Systems Development & Processing, JPL
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:47:03 GMT

In article <johnr.702785601@mik.uky.edu> johnr@mik.uky.edu (john s roberts) writes:
>I am looking for a Cable Television Descrambler which will descramble
>all the channels available (pay and non-pay).  I and many other people
>are interested in purchasing a descrambler for various reasons.  Some
>of us think that the cable company charges too much money to rent a
>box and thus would rather purchase one, while some of us do not have
>boxes with MTS stereo capability and therefore would like to purchase
>a descrambler with quality MTS stereo capability.

The Radio Electronics kit doesn't touch the audio signal. If you're going
to try to use it because you want MTS stereo, you'll need some other unit that
decodes the MTS signal for you. You will need an external tuner device
anyway, since this kit works on baseband (composite, demodulated, non-RF)
video. Typically you would use a stereo VCR as the tuner, and feed its video
output into the kit's input.

>...	I think that what we are looking for is like the project
>in Radio Electronics that many people have been discussing on this
>group, however we would like one that is already assembled and does
>not require an adjustment each time you change channels.

I vaguely recall hearing about some place selling assembled units, but the
price seemed out of line so I didn't save the info. ($150 or so; you can
buy many other commercial units for less than that...) At any rate, the
Universal unit will almost always require readjustment when you change
channels, so there really isn't anything available that does what you want.
-- 
  -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
From: SASJXS2@mvs.sas.com (JohnThe Rock Stone)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Questionable Cable Rate Increases
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:05:00 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
X-Bytes: 606


 
Current rates (after tax) for Austin CableVision (Austin, TX):
 
                  $12.50 (13 channels)
                  $21.90 (42 channels)
                  $33.84 (42 channels + HBO)
 
How does this compare with the rest of the nation?
 
My bill just increased from $31.77 to $33.84.
 
A *MEAGER* 6.5% jump for lowly subscriber's.
 
It must be justified because "their" costs increased 16%.   ;-)
 
Inflation was only 3-4%, so how could "their" costs increase 16%?
 
If their costs really went up 16%, how can they afford to only
pass on 6.5% of it to us?
 
Any any suggestions besides cutting HBO?
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: johnr@mik.uky.edu (john s roberts)
Subject: -=[ Tell Me Where To Buy A Universal Descrambler ]=-
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 02:13:21 GMT
X-Bytes: 

I am looking for a Cable Television Descrambler which will descramble
all the channels available (pay and non-pay).  I and many other people
are interested in purchasing a descrambler for various reasons.  Some
of us think that the cable company charges too much money to rent a
box and thus would rather purchase one, while some of us do not have
boxes with MTS stereo capability and therefore would like to purchase
a descrambler with quality MTS stereo capability.

If you have any ideas/information/advice which would benefit us please
send me a note (preferred) or post to this group.  I have a list of
about 20 people who are interested in this information, and I am sure 
there are ten times that who are just not aware of my mailing list.
Some people have suggested looking in the back of Popular Science/
Mechanics magazines for dealers, but I have not had any success with
that route.  I think that what we are looking for is like the project
in Radio Electronics that many people have been discussing on this
group, however we would like one that is already assembled and does
not require an adjustment each time you change channels.

Thank you very much for your efforts/information.  Many people will
benefit from the few minutes it takes you to send me a note.  If there 
are any other users reading this who would like to subscribe to my
mailing list, please drop me a note and I will add you.  Hopefully
we will have some information in a week or so.

John S. Roberts, Jr.
johnr@mik.uky.edu
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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu (Jon Marlan)
Subject: Disney Channel Free Preview (4/10 - 4/13)
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 19:43:32 GMT


The subject line says it all.  A few good things to watch for:

MOVIES:

"If the Shoe Fits" -- starring Rob Lowe and Jennifer Grey
                      (Sat. 10pm MST)

"Not Quite Human II" -- starring Alan Thicke, Jay Underwood
                        (Sun. 5pm MST)

"The Brave Little Toaster" -- (cartoon - Sun. 8pm MST)


SPECIALS:                

"Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute" -- (Fri. 10:35pm MST)

"James Taylor: Going Home" -- (Sun. 10pm MST)


SERIES:

"Avonlea" -- (ACE Award winning drama two nights in a row:
             Sun. 7pm MST -- guest stars Christopher Reeve
             Mon. 9pm MST -- guest stars Christopher Lloyd)


Enjoy.


Jon
From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: Showtime 2
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 15:07:28 EST
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
Reply-To: phil@phunt.MV.COM
Distribution: usa
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1992Mar30.223308.26481@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> (rec.video.cable-tv), kimes@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Kit Kimes) writes:
] Our cable system (Jones Intercable) just started running Showtime 2
] on an unadvertised channel.  It is quite separated from the other
] premium channels and is up in the 'extended channel service' range
] the comes with enhanced basic service.  I found it purely by accident.
] 
] Does anyone know if this is going to be a non-premium channel, or is
] the cable company just experimenting before they start scrambling and
] advertising it?  It seems to carry most of the same movies that the
] other premium channels carry.  Over the weekend, we got 'Scenes from
] a Mall', 'Steel Magnolias' and 'Delta Force' (?).
] 

Showtime 2 and HBO 2 and HBO 3 and CineMax 2 are test channels for regional
distribution of the movie servies.

They have been on satellite since August 1991 (Well Showtime 2 hasn't
been there that long, the others have).



Phil

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