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From: netnews@ulysses.att.com (Steve Bellovin)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Panasonic 4250 VCR ejects tape without playing
Summary: Panasonic 4250 VCR keeps ejecting my copy of Little Mermaid
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:27:38 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill


I have a Panasonic 4250 VCR that is still under warrantee that has one
minor and annoying problem.  Each time I try to play our copy of
"The Little Mermaid" it ejects the tape.

All other tapes from various sources (video rentals, other Disney tapes,
previously recorded programs etc) work just fine.

I do not have anything set up on the timer.
The tape is ejected whether I start with power on or off.

I have tried covering over the record tab with tape.
I have even tried using a small piece of tape to hold down the little
button on the side of the case that allows the "tape guard" to swing up
so that the machine can wind the tape.

The 4250 always tries to wind the tape around the heads when you push in
any tape whether it will play it immediately or not.

I am hesitent to send the machine in for service for this problem.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Lee Begeja  908/582-5777
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: LD 101 by Reference Recordings
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:14:01 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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Piotr Findeisen (find@cs.UAlberta.CA) wrote:

> I know there are two editions of the laser disc "The Video Standard" LD 101
> by Reference Recordings. The discs are said to be the same, but
> the second edition has a more comprehensive booklet.

The discs are the same, except that the first run is likely to be a
Disctronics (now DMI, and no longer in the LD biz) pressing, and the later
discs are PCA (Pioneer Communcations of America).

> My question is:
> Does a booklet printed in 1990 belong to the first or to the second edition?

Without mine handy (I have both editions)...  if the booklet does NOT
contain a history of NTSC, complete with extensive diagrams, you have the
early booklet.  RR will sell you a new book for $8 or so.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:15:42 GMT
Subject: Re: VCR Repair question-any help appreciated.
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.video

In rec.video, ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry) writes:

>The vcr i have has a mechanical problem i was wondering if anyone might give me
>some idea how to fix.
>
>The take up reel,the reel on the right side isn't turning and the tape
>is being spit out that side.
>Is there some sort of gear to check or something?
>It's not missing any belts or anything.

Does it rewind and fast forward OK, all the way to the end of the tape?  If
not, it could be the friction wheel which drives the tape source and takeup
posts has gotten hard and lost its friction, or possibly the belt is slipping.

If the rewind and fast forward are OK, it could be that the load mechanism is
not quite fully completing the cycle due to a tired belt or gooey grease.


Donald Borowski    WA6OMI    Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
"Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
                                       -G.K. Chesterton
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony Wen Hsun Lai)
Subject: Re: 3D proposal for the under-construction HDTV standard
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:48:42 GMT

In article <579@chorus.chorus.fr> mir@chorus.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) writes:
>tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony Wen Hsun Lai) writes:
>: In article <1992Sep25.003831.17660@javelin.sim.es.com> gold@imp.sim.es.com (Bruce Gold) writes:
>: >|> 50 frames per second?  How about 60?  Easier on the eyes.
>: >   For smooth motion perception, human vision gets along nicely with 24
>: >   frames per second.  I offer as evidence, the last 35mm motion picture
>: >   you saw at a movie theater.  For flicker-free viewing, human vision
>: 
>: 24 fps isn't really adequate, and has problems in areas of very rapid
>: motion.  If motion blur is not used, a frame rate on the order of 1000 Hz
>: is necessary to avoid motion artifacts.  If motion blur is used, a frame
>: rate of around 80 Hz is necessary.  
>
>I think that the 60Hz (50Hz here in Europe) frame rate
>is quite enough for smooth motion perception...
[stuff deleted]

Oops, I meant a frame rate of around 80 Hz is necessary for a transparent
standard, not for eliminating motion artifacts.  If one merely wants a
"good" or "adequate" standard, though, the temporal resolution can be
substantially less.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: sargent@westford.ccur.com (Ken Sargent)
Subject: Re: Reusing SVHS/Hi8 tapes
Followup-To: Sender
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp.  Westford, MA
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:38:44 GMT

In article <1992Sep22.091554.7678@ac.dal.ca> bobali@ac.dal.ca writes:
>Reusing SVHS/Hi8 tapes:
>
>Here is an interesting topic for discussion.  After using a SVHS/Hi8 tape for a
>shoot and your editing is done and you want to reuse the SVHS/Hi8 tape, should
>you:
>
>A) Just reuse the tape with the old audio/video still on it.
>B) Blank* the tape with a 0 signal (no A/V at all [black screen]).
>C) Or is the best way to use a bulk eraser.
>
>* Blank: I do not mean blanking for the purpose of tracking signal.
>
>
>        - Bob Ali
>


C) use a bulk eraser..... 

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: albcraj@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (Craig Albert)
Subject: lubrication?
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Public Macs, Academic Computing, Yale University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:26:27 GMT

What is the recommended lubricant for the moving metal and plactic parts in
a VCR?  The play function on mine seems to be inhibited by some friction.

Craig Albert
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Interlace on big screen
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 17:16:44 GMT

cue@apple.com (Eddy Cue) writes:

>I am getting some severe interlace in some scenes on my 50" Mitsubshi when
>viewing a laser disc from my Pioneer 3090. The equipment is connected via a
>Super-Video cable. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I have a 40" mitsubshi rear projection and I don't get any noise or
distortion - are you sure the problem isn't in the disc, player or cables?

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kimp@nuge103.its.rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: Re: List your laserdisc titles
Reply-To: kimp@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:03:07 GMT

In article <daz.718253734@murillo>, daz@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Dazza Primm) writes:
|> kimp@nuge102.its.rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
|> 
|> >And the followings are CLV on letterbox:
|> >  7. Amadeus: Widescreen Edition
|> 
|> When was this released? Is it from the USA, or Japan?
|> 
|> Daz.
|> 
|> --
|>   Darren (Dazza) Primm, Dept EE Eng, Melb Uni, Parkville, 3052, Australia
|>  "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish, sometimes."
|>    Internet: daz@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au  [dazza@ecr.mu.oz.au]  IRC: Family
|> 
I am not sure, but I have it!
From: nate@ghidrah.Central.Sun.COM (Nate McConnell FE/SSE Grand Rapids, MI)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: VCR tuners
Date: 30 Sep 92 11:23:47 GMT
Reply-To: nate@ghidrah.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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I've had this question since I got my VCRs.  I have three of them now and this is a
problem on all of them.  I'll just he Sony HS 860d as the example.  

This unit claims to be able to receive ~108 channels, I have cable and I can 
get about 50 channels.  The problem is that I cannot tune in anything over channel
38.  What is the deal here?  How can I get 108 channels if I cannot tune anything over
38?

The on my other VCRs I can only have about 14 channels programed but again I cannot
program anything in that is over 38.  Please ease my mind with some help.

Also, please email as I don't often read this group.

thanks,
nate
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: LD players and CDs
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:36:35 GMT
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	When LD players play a CD, do they make use of the error
correction bits? Thanks,
	-- Ethan


purgamentum init, exit purgamentum
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From: copold@panam.edu (Steve Copold)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Godfather Movies' Aspect Ratio
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:52:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: ut-emx.81196
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: University of Texas - Pan American
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X-XXDate: Tue, 6 Oct 92 16:51:45 GMT

Does anyone happen to know the original aspect ratio of the Godfather
films? I
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
the shots in the movies?...

Thanks in advance!
Steve Copold
From: bryan@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Bryan Olson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: 8mm Palmcorder recommendations wanted
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:34:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: tekgen.1357
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

In article <1af1g2INN31m@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech) writes:
>
>I'm interested in purchasing an 8mm palmcorder for home/recreational use in
>the price range of $600-700.                                               
>                  Does anyone have any experience with this model of a 
>similiar 8mm palmcorder model in this price range that they could recommend
>or tell me to stay away from?  Any model with the standard features, good   
>quality and reliability                                                     

Me too. I'd like to add, how low can you go without giving up basic 
functionality such as a decent autofocusing mechinism? If someone had some
recommendations on some specific models, that would be great. From my 
perspective, you guys deal mostly with higher end stuff than I hope to pay
for, but you are my best shot for getting good info.

Thanks,
	Bryan Olson
	bryan@tekgen.bv.tek.com
From: teoallan@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Allan TEO)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:18:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Sony Gold ME Hi-8 Tape Problem
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: rec.video

Sony makes the tape material in ThaiLand... They have 
MASSIVE QC problems with the SONY brand tapes.. Everyone
is better off getting TDK or FUJI double coated tapes...

Regds 
Allan
From: 0004861036@MCIMAIL.COM (James Millick)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Film Frame Rate and Photography on Mohicans
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:42:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

|>Subject: Re: 3D proposal for the under-construction HDTV 
standard
|>Message-ID: <1992Sep29.155508.28674@javelin.sim.es.com>

	Bruce writes,

|>I notice from Adam Mirowski's response that I made a 
typographical |>error in my second HDTV proposal message.  In the 
line below, with |>the leading !!! NTSC2 should read HDTV2.  My 
mistake.  My |>apologies.  And my thanks to Mr.  Mirowski for 
drawing my attention |>to it.

|>|> 50 frames per second?  How about 60?  Easier on the eyes.
|>   For smooth motion perception, human vision gets along nicely 
|>with 24 frames per second.  I offer as evidence, the last 35mm 
|>motion picture you saw at a movie theater.

	I'm afraid Bruce is being too optimistic here. According to Dr. 
Vetter of Todd-AO, there is plenty of evidence that 24/48 Hz is 
too low for film, this has been know since at least the 50's, when 
Mike Todd wanted to move everything up to 30/60. The movie people 
are cheap on technology. The side affects of 24/48 Hz are 
headaches, strobing of certain images, etc. In addition to not 
having enough resolution to begin to replace 35mm film, it 
disappoints me that we didn't get a higher frame rate in HDTV. 
With the politics involved, we'll probably get what my friend 
Clark calls a "By-product of a Mongolian cluster-f____."

*******************


Jeff writes:

|>_Last of the Mohicans_ 35mm release prints are anamorphic 
(aspect |>ratio of 2.40)

|>Panavision credit is:  Cameras and Lenses by Panavision

	I know, I keep thinking of calling them and asking why they 
aren't consistent with what they're labeling films.

|>The question is: was LotM photographed with spherical or 
anamorphic |>lenses?

	This is an easy one, anamorphic.

To ID ANAMORPHIC PROJECTION in the theater, look for oval reel 
change marks in the upper right hand corner every twenty minutes.

To ID ANAMORPHIC PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY (they don't necessarily go 
hand in hand, e.g., Super 35 and anamorphic release prints) look 
for round objects outside the focal plane (in the background) that 
appear oval. Lights work very well for this. LotM doesn't have 
many lights in the background, look also for the horizontal 
streching of source lights, LETHAL WEAPON III is a good example. 
You can also look for horizontally exaggerated film grain, but 
that takes a little more of a refined eye.

Jim Millick
Video Reviewer
The Perfect Vision

P.S. Madeleine looks good no matter how you shoot her ;-)

From: doug@hparc0.aus.hp.com (Doug Parsons)
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 21:10:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Vancouve Cable companies...
Organization: HP Australasian Response Centre (Melbourne)
Newsgroups: rec.video
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wfrey@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Warren Frey) writes:
: Hi. I realize this should be on rec.video.cable-tv, but I don't have 
: access to that group. What I'm wondering is what cable companies service 
: the Vancouver and more specifically Burnaby area (in B.C., Canada of 
: course). Also, what scrambling systems are used by those companies? I 
: will be moving there soon and wish to know if my VCR will be enslaved by 
: an evil Cable Black Box (tm) in order for me to get premium channels.
: 

Although I don't live in Van anymore, I grew up there and go back twice a 
year.  I don't know specifically Burnaby, but in general you usually
subscribe to Rogers Cable service, and you get about 40-50 channels.  These
consist of the standard CBC, BCTV, CHEK-TV (Van. Island), KVOS (in 
Bellingham, Washington), ABC, NBC, CBUFT (french, of course), PBS, CKVU
("U"TV, local to Vancouver), and then you get about 10 community/local
channels (ie. text news, weather, tv-guide, stock, etc.), and then there are
the MTV, CCN, (oops, not MTV but Much Music), etc.  

The remaining numbers are the pay-tv channels.  They require a descrambler
that you rent from the cable company.  I don't know what type of scrambling
they employ, but you will need the black box to watch them.

doug "Australians get a whole FIVE channels of tv" inmtv.

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: LD 101 by Reference Recordings
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 04:58:30 GMT

In article <Bvo07D.4sq@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
>Piotr Findeisen (find@cs.UAlberta.CA) wrote:
>
>> I know there are two editions of the laser disc "The Video Standard" LD 101
>> by Reference Recordings. The discs are said to be the same, but
>> the second edition has a more comprehensive booklet.
>
>The discs are the same, except that the first run is likely to be a
>Disctronics (now DMI, and no longer in the LD biz) pressing, and the later
>discs are PCA (Pioneer Communcations of America).
>
>> My question is:
>> Does a booklet printed in 1990 belong to the first or to the second edition?
>
>Without mine handy (I have both editions)...  if the booklet does NOT
>contain a history of NTSC, complete with extensive diagrams, you have the
>early booklet.  RR will sell you a new book for $8 or so.

I believe RR began issuing the second booklet even while they still
were selling the Disctronics pressing.  How to tell the books apart:

1) 8.5" x 11", Gray color (good for gray color card :-), date 1989, 16pp.

2) 11" x 11", Sky Blue color, date 1990, 40pp. And essential!  Worth more
than $8 even without the disc (you could probably order one from RR).
It was actually released in January 1991.  Hey its worth buying a backup
copy (my first one is practically falling apart from use).
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From: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Need comments on the Pioneer CLD 990.
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:20:56 GMT
Reply-To: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Organization: Columbia University


Hi,

I'm currently looking for a low end LD player, and one of the stores
around here has the Pioneer CLD 990 on sale for $299. Is this a good
price? I'm pretty new in this LD field so I'd appreciate it if anybody
could give me some pointers (I've somehow 'lost' the Bob Niland
article on LD players) and comments on the particular machine. Thanks.

Farul Ghazali. (Columbia University, Class of '95)
206 Ruggles Hall, 1116 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027.
"... then you die, she dies, everybody dies!"  
"Sounds reasonable to me!"                     - Heavy Metal the Movie.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: CAV variable frame rate? (was Re: CAV vs CLV)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:17:35 GMT

In article <summer.717719859@mamura> summer@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield) writes:
>According to an article in a local newsletter recently, CAV discs can be played
>at any frame rate, i.e. they are not restricted to 25/50 frames/sec PAL and
>30/60 frames/sec NTSC.

Not true.

>The article claimed (on the basis of stopwatch trials with a computer
>controlled LD player playing a defined number of frames from a CAV disc)
>that some Criterion CAV titles actually ran at 24 frames/sec.

Heh :-). It seems whoever did this test doesn't realize that the frame
numbers don't necessarily correspond to actual video frames. The frame number
is encoded in the vertical interval of the video frame, and could probably
be anything the disc producer wanted it to be.

>This is the frame rate used for film, of course. The implication of this
>is that CAV discs may be mastered direct frame-for-frame from the original
>film, the reduced processing resulting in better picture quality.

Nope. The actual video signal encoded on the disc is going to be 30 fps
or 25 fps (depending on NTSC or PAL). When the film frames are placed
on the disc (in NTSC using 3-2 pulldown), the frame numbers can be
set up so that they "match" the film frames, even though the disc
actually contains full-speed video. That is, the same frame number may be
attached to more than one frame (like 1.5 or even 2 frames). 

Video-sourced material on CAV generally has the frame numbers running
at 30fps on NTSC. Film-sourced material will have the numbers going at
24fps. For mixed media like "A Video Standard", the speed of the frame
numbers actually changes depending on whether the source for the current
scene was was film or video.

I suspect if they wanted, the people who master the discs could actually
get the numbers to be random, repeated, or even backwards (though it
would probably wreak havoc with the "search" mode on most players :-)

>The article claimed that "most" modern TVs would have no problem with this
>since they sync automatically to the incoming frame rate. Personally,
>I don't belive this

The part about syncing to a frame rate is probably true for multistandard
TV's and *might* be true for regular sets. I'm not sure about this, though.
It doesn't really matter with regard to CAV LD's though.

>It also means that if I stuck in an NTSC disc
>running at 24 frames/sec, I would probably be surprised to find that
>I had to select the channel I normally use for watching PAL to get
>it to sync properly.

NTSC LD's are always NTSC video at the NTSC frame rate. The numbering
on CAV frames is arbitrary, just like the time encoding on CLV discs
and the TOC time on discs with TOC.

>Can any body out there confirm or deny any of this?

I hope this helps. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me...

                                          -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: csplr@trentu.ca (Peter L. Rukavina)
Subject: How much can I expect from an 'old' TV antenna?
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Distribution: na 
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:12:37 GMT

I, perhaps anachronistically, still think the idea of _paying_ for TV is
silly (or at least beyond my means).  That said, I'd rather have more
than the one broadcast channel my TV picks up with an old set of rabbit
ears.

Peterborough, Ontario is 150 km north-east of Toronto (many broadcast
stations) and 300 km west of Ottawa.  We are also across Lake Ontario
from Rochester, New York (all major US networks).  Can I reasonably
expect to come up with some antenna configuration, based in my third
floor, downtown apartment, which will allow me to pick any/all of these
stations or would doing so require some huge/expensive/cablesque array
in the suburbs?
From: d_luk@pavo.concordia.ca (LUK, DEREK)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: LD and stuff
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:31:00 GMT

Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the Sony MDP999 and the 
Panasonic LX1000, and ultimately, which I can find absolutely nothing about,
the Pioneer LS2. Apparntly, at the moment, the D701 is the choice for me as 
I'll interface it like a glove with Pioneer's VSX901 ProLogic amp. What I'm 
really screwy about is getting screwed by Pioneer after purchasing the "top"
D701. Before the summer started, I was ready and bold to get the 3090, only
to find out the day after, tho whole line of 990, 1090, 2090, and 3090 was
replaced by the 301, 501, and 701. Now, why would Pioneer make a 901 amp if
there weren't going to be a CLD-D901 surfacing in the future? If anyone can
understand what I'm talking about, I'd like to know. If Pioneer was really
making a 901 coming out early '93, it would be worth the wait...

How's the Sony MDP999 compared with the D701? And why did Video magazine choose
the Panasonic LX1000 compared with the other LDs? Does anyone actually have
a Pioneer LS2?

I B out...
Newsgroups: rec.video