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From: denton@ssd.comm.mot.com (Perry Denton)
Subject: Re: Video Review
Organization: Motorola LMPS
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:07:50 GMT
Keywords: n

In article <14DEC199215572204@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
>In article <19921214.104230.953@almaden.ibm.com>, DEASTMAN@vnet.ibm.com (Don Eastman) writes...
>>In <14DEC199211462438@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> GREG KIMNACH writes:
>>>It's back.....just got the annual buyer's guide.  Subscription: 8 issues
>>>per year at $15.97.
>>>
>>Is Video Review honoring subscriptions which were still active when they
>>ceased publication?  You did not mention if you purchased this at the
>>news-stand, or Video Review sent it to you because you were a former
>>subscriber.
>
>Sorry!  Yes I got it via mail on saturday, and no they are not honoring the 
>previously-paid subscriptions.  I guess that's because it's new ownership.

Maybe I'm misreading the above message.  They are definitely honoring the
subscriptions that got killed when they went under.  The New Editor has
a long apologetic letter that specifically states in italicized print that
the subscriptions will be extended.

The new magazine is a welcome Christmas bonus.  I'm happy.

Perry
-- 
Perry Denton
Motorola, Inc.
Schaumburg, Illinois
Internet: denton@ssd.comm.mot.com       Phone: (708) 576-4479
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Video tape rewinders
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:26:27 GMT

In article <1h00irINN4h5@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> msiegall@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU writes:
>Do outboard video tape rewinders really "extend the life of my VCR", or
    ^^^^^^^^ :-)
>is the difference not even worth $8 (on sale at Payless)?

This is only anecdotal evidence, but the first thing to go on my college
roommate's moderately expensive tape deck was the rewind/fast-forward
motor.  Bearing in mind that a simple head-cleaning is about $20, I
prefer to play it safe, since the built-in rewind motor has uses other
than simply rewinding tapes to the beginning.

Even if your VCR's rewind mechanism is unbreakable, however, the
separate rewinder is a tremendous convenience.  If you're watching a
double feature, you can pop the first tape in the rewinder while the
second one is queueing up, and not worry about when you're going to
rewind all those tapes.  If you have kids, this is an even greater
convenience.  Well worth $8 in my opinion.

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
From: msiegall@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (MARC SIEGALL)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Video tape rewinders
Date: 19 Dec 92 20:27:07 GMT
Reply-To: msiegall@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: oavax.csuchico.edu

Do outboard video tape rewinders really "extend the life of my VCR", or
is the difference not even worth $8 (on sale at Payless)?
******************************************************************************
Marc Siegall                     MSIEGALL@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Department of Management
California State University      (916) 898-5421
Chico, CA 95929-0031
******************************************************************************
From: mbarnes@bismark.Sun.COM (Mike Barnes - Intelligence Natl Sales Manager Washington DC)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Paramount ProLogic Decoder
Date: 19 Dec 1992 06:08:05 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Vienna, VA. 
NNTP-Posting-Host: bismark.east.sun.com
Summary: Copy of Audio Source


I believe that the Paramount is basically a copy of the Audio Source
Pro Logic unit.  As I understand it, The Paramount and the KLH units
are the same.  They were based on a copy of the Audio Source design. 

Some Price Clubs offerthe Audio Source 4 with speakers for $279.00.
The Audio Source version has been written up in several magazines as
being one of the better available systems.

I recently purchased the unit from the Price Club.  The Audio Source
offers a phantom channel that simulates a middle channel using the left
and right speakers.  This is very useful for people that have projection
TVs or speakers that might be hard to match with a center channel.  

I am pleased with the unit.  While the Price Club offered the system
with three speakers for $279.00, a local audio store offered the docoder
alone for $359.95.

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tomk@cirrus.com (Tom Kao)
Subject: Re: Laser disk rentals in San Jose area?
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.  Fremont, California
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:40:48 GMT

Where to rent laser disks:  


	1) There is a LD rental place that just opened near Lawrence and 
		Oakmead Pkwy.  It's in the same plaza as Togos and 
		St. James.
	
	2) Laser Force in Sunnyvale on El Camino.  Near Matilda.
		Next to Rooster T. Feathers (comedy club)

	3) Laserland in Cupertino/SJ.  It's on Sunnyvale-Saratogo Ave.
		Somewhere between Stevenson and Prospect.

	4) Laser Tower (2/3 chinese stuff) in Milpitas.
		Near corner of 237 and Abbott Ave.  
		Actually, there is another place accross Abbott 
		from Laser Tower.

	5) Asparagus Video (Fremont) On Mission Blvd. Between 880 and 680.
		In the same plaza as Lucky's.

	6) Tune Town (I think) Again, Fremont, next to Asparagus Video.


	Well, this is all I know.

		TK

-- 
*************    T. Kao		Cirrus Logic  *************************
*************    tomk@cirrus.com              *************************
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dave@imax.imax.com (Dave Martindale)
Subject: Re: Why do you need an S-Video TV to get S-VHS resolution???????????????
Organization: Imax Corporation, Mississauga Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:18:33 GMT

starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
>
>Something I've always been confused on is why you need an S-Video TV or 
>monitor to get S-VHS resolution? NTSC standard is 525 lines with about
>480 usable lines of resolution. An S-VHS vcr only pumps out 410 - 420 lines.

First, you're confusing vertical and horizontal resolution.  Yes, the
signal has about 480 visible scanlines, so usable vertical resolution
is the same for all video recorders, and nobody bothers to quote it.
(Vertical resolution isn't actually 480 lines, due to something called
the Kell factor, but the important fact is that all recorders are the
same).

Horizontal resolution depends on video bandwidth, which does vary, and
that's what VCR and TV resolution figures are specifying.

>So what's the deal. I know that the S-Video hookup is different in many
>ways, but certainly an S-VHS VCR can pump out 420 lines of resolution
>through NTSC inputs?????

Yes, an S-VHS VCR should provide full luminance resolution into a good
TV through the normal "video" input.  There are two reasons S-video
outputs and inputs are better: (1) it avoids mixing and then separating
luminance and chrominance, avoiding some potential crosstalk, and (2)
some TVs have crummy luminance/chrominance decoding, resulting in
unnecessary loss of luminance detail, while the S-video input bypasses
the decoder.

Normal VHS recorders don't benefit from S-video connections because
their luminance bandwidth is so low there isn't much potential for
crosstalk, nor any luminance detail to lose in the decoding process.

	Dave
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kega@nobeltech.se (Kent Gabrin)
Subject: Re: Hi8 digital stereo camcorder
Organization: NobelTech AB
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:51:51 GMT

In article <1gkcmiINNt86@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> as719@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jun Guo) writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>   I want to buy a Hi8 camcorder with digital stereo. I have only
>seen one Olympus. I'd like to know more.
>
>   And is Hi8 digital stereo as good as CD?

  No, as far as I remember Hi8 digital stereo is an 8 bit Nonlinear 32
KHz sampling frequency with the analouge input compressed like the dbx
noise reduction system. The only vendor I have seen using this
technique is SONY.

Kent Gabrin   NobelTech Systems    ! My thinking is not as great as
S-175 88 Jaerfaella      Sweden    ! Oliver Berendinus Bumble /Will Try
KEGA@nobeltech.se ! Owner of JVC SVHS HR-S5000 EH (PAL NICAM)
From: lon@edsi.plexus.COM (Lon Ponschock)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Antennas for UHF/VHF
Summary: request for info on antennas
Keywords: antennas
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:59:14 GMT
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI


	What is the best single or combination UHF/VHF antenna to get as 
an upgrade?  Since I hooked up a VCR (inexpensive), I'm getting a 
fair amount of signal loss on UHF and am not in a deep fringe 
area.

	No cable.  No dish.  My needs are simple.:-)

Send mail or post.  I read here regularly.

Thanks.

lon
-- 
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   Posed to the Net:'Kukla, Fran & Ollie' which one is which?
   Answer: Tom Servo is Kukla, Crooow is Ollie and Joel is Fran.
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From: phil@dynamed.dynamedia.COM (Phil Menzies)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: For sale: The ultimate camcorder battery charger
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 14:06:43 PST
Organization: DynaMedia
Reply-To: phil@dynamedia.COM
Distribution: us
X-Mailer: uAccess LITE - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

Stop worrying about the consequences of recharging
partially-used NiCad camcorder batteries. Don't stay up
all night anymore just to switch batteries in your
charger when the first is charged. No more worries about
frying your batteries by leaving them charging too long.
And you don't have to guess how much charge is left in
them.

    For sale:  THE ULTIMATE CAMCORDER BATTERY CHARGER
                  AND CONDITIONER

    Sima PowerMax Plus 2

  * Holds two camcorder (8mm or compact VHS) batteries
  * Automatically discharges one, then discharges the
        second while charging the first. When the second
        battery is discharged it begins charging. When
        both are fully charged the unit shuts off.
  * An LED display shows the battery's level of charge
  * Comes with adapters for several types of camcorder
        batteries (I used it with Sony 8mm batteries.)
        Can charge 6v, 7.2v & 9.6v batteries.
  * Extra long power cord

Suggested retail price $124.95,
     typical mailorder $89.95+shipping

Yours, in like new condition, for $65

I will pay shipping if you prepay, or if you prefer C.O.D.
you pay for shipping.  (I may be able to drop it off if 
you are in the S.F. Bay area.)

Call me at (510) 814-8833  or reply by mail message.

-------------------------------------------
Phil Menzies  -  DynaMedia, Alameda CA
Internet:        phil@dynamedia.COM
From: jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jimmy Kung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: D O E S   A M E R I C A   S A Y   Y E S   T O   J A P A N ?
Date: 17 Dec 1992 00:16:21 -0600
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <Bz9wnI.8J3@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> you write:
>NOTE: This is a rather long but fascinating paper on how Japan Inc. functions
>For a former free-trader like myself, it has shaken some of my beliefs to the
>very core. It will open your eyes a little, it will disturb you, and it will
>quite possibly lead you to ask some serious questions about the future of the
>United States of America as a world-leader. Reading this, IMHO, is well worth
>the effort.

This really wasn't the right area for this.

BTW, After reading it, if alot of people in the US didn't
understand alot of these practices, then they were really
foolish.  At the same time, the author seems to use alot of
half-truths, for example foreign ownership.  It's true that it's
very difficult to buy companies, but the example of Mazda selling
Ford cars makes me laugh, because Mazda is ~35% owned by Ford,
and the Miata was a design by Ford, which they sold to Mazada
because they thought it wouldn't sell.

I don't really want to get into a big discussion, but while the
article makes alot of excellent points, it's general tone and
half-truths IMHO renders the article worthless.  Many economists
and political scientists have written much better essays on the
topic than they overheated "story".  Search those papers out
(email me if you want some sources) and ignore this thing.

jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca      |  "It's better than bad,it's good!"
                           |             - Log(tm) by Blammo!
From: ce398@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Richmeyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Should I buy a Sony SLV-696?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 19:54:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I'm interested in getting  a hifi vcr that has good editing
features for my camcorder.  I saw the slv-696 in a Crutchfield
catalog.   Does anyone have any personal experiencess with the
696?   Any recommendations other than the 696?  For whatever its
worth, I have the Sony FX-510 camcorder.  Thanks in advance!

  Joe

PS Are those $50  transfers units for old 8mm/slides to new 8mm
    any godd?

-- 
Joseph Richmeyer
ce398@cleveland.freenet.edu   or rambo!jr9283@texbell.sbc.com

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production
From: rbattle@hydra.unm.edu (Ron M Battle STUDENT)
Subject: Which one: HR-S6800,PV-S4280,HS-U67 ??
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 07:58:37 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: usa


I know this has been asked numerous times but please give me your input
so I can make a decision! The prices are similar, features are similar,
but which one would you buy for editing?
1) JVC HR-S6800  S-VHS deck
2) Mitsubishi HS-U67 S-VHS deck
3) Panasonic PV-S4280 S-VHS deck

Thanx!

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wkmpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (W. Keith McManus)
Subject: Re: Hi8mm vcr that doew RC time code, know of any?
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:40:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.211502.15671@cs.rochester.edu>, ray@cs.rochester.edu
(Ray Frank) wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for a Hi8mm vcr that puts down an RC time code.  We need this
> so we can get to an exact frame without too much difficulty.  I talked to
> a Sony rep and he says that Sony does not make such an animal.  The 
> closest they come to such a vcr is their EV3000 that puts down a time
> stamp on each frame but this only gets you to within one second of the
> recording.
> Does such a VCR exist or does it only exist in the VHS formatt at this
> time?

Also EVO-9850 SMPTE timecode, frame accurate. Not cheap either: $6000.00
list

W. Keith McManus
=================================================
Rochester Institute of Technology
Applied Photography Department - Photojournalism
Rochester, New York

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     AOL: KeithRIT
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Correction: CHLC Join us and get 3 LDs again
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:48:57 GMT

In article <l_c2cf+@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
>Apprently, I misread the fineprint.  It said "You must buy 2 more 
>LDs at $29.99 or higher again."  So don't cancel your membership.  
>CHLC is trying to rip you off!

Those bastards. The nerve of them offering you 5 films for $63 plus s&h.

Michael


-- 
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 kaufman        | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
  @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
                | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die.     Roy Batty 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: smw@sage.cgd.ucar.edu (Steve Welch)
Subject: Re: This group is worthless (cable signal amplifiers)
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 06:21:34 GMT

[flame on]

I don't remember seeing your original posts, but if I did, you probably phrased your request too exactly.

If you had asked for personal experiences with CATV amplifiers and not
qualified your request too heavily, I probably would have responded,
unless I was under some deadline that night.

I often won't respond to a request for information when it is qualified too
heavily, though.  Like, for instance when someone asks
what is the best foo?  Who knows what the best foo is, unless you've bought
all possible foos and compared them with foo test instruments?

Another thing that will stop me from putting out the effort to respond to
a request for information that I possess is the person who only wants answers
from "someone who has actually done exactly foo, no speculators need respond".
This just pisses me off.  Sorry to waste your valuable time forcing you to
read my free advice.

[flame off]  Sorry if this is off base wrt your original request.

I've used several Radio Shack amplifiers over the years for distribution of 
VHF/UHF TV and CATV signals in my last two homes.  I am currently at the "end
of the line" from my cable company, and the signal out here is usually
piss poor, and aa little on the low side, amplitude-wise.  I currently amplify
the CATV input to my house for distribution to about five fairly long coax runs
in my large house.  I am currently using a 15-1113A VHF/UHF amp with an 
adjustable gain (supposedly 10-20 dB, actually closer to 15-25 dB in VHF High
band).  I recently installed this unit to replace a 15-1112 amplifier I
has become suspicious of.  I had run the 15-1112 without any lightening
protection for almost a year, and also I was having a bit of a problem with EMI
(from electronic fluorescent ballasts, not all this computer equipment,
interestingly enough), and I was hoping the metal case of the 15-1113a would
help (it may have, I didn't compare very carefully).
 
The 15-1112 worked fine when I first installed it, but it only amplifies up
to about 400 mhz, as I recall.  The gain was definitely falling off at 300 MHz
(about cable channel 36), and Jones was/is expanding its channels up to
39 at the time I got the urge to upgrade to the 15-1113 unit, which amplifies
up to 800 MHz or so.

Neither of these two amps have very good noise figures, BTW.  I read in Radio 
Electronics magazine recently in Don Lancasters column that Radio Shlock
has some new products that are a lot quieter.  You might want to check them out.
I believe the unit was the 15-1107 CATV distribution amp.

Static and nearby lightning strikes will degrade any of these products over
time, so protect them with good gas-tube type arrestors.

-- 
---
Steve Welch    <smw@sage.cgd.ucar.edu>    Voice: 303-530-2661
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO  USA
also: Complex Systems Research, Niwot, CO   Fax: 303-581-9820
From: malis@star-trek.bbn.com (Andy Malis)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Looking for recommendations on 19"/20" TVs
Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:27:27 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: archive.bbn.com


My 12-year-old Sony is on its last legs, and it's time for a
replacement (just in time for the XMas sales).  Because of
existing space constaints, I'm looking for at 19" and 20" TVs.
It's a bit of a shallow shelf, so lack of depth is a definite
feature.  For that reason, I'm currently looking at the Toshiba
CF2055A, which is 20" and only 17 1/2 inches deep.

However, any recommendations (or warnings) will be gladly
accepted.

Thanks,
Andy

+--------------------+-------------------------+
| Andrew G. Malis    | Internet:malis@bbn.com  |
| BBN Communications | UUCP: harvard!bbn!malis |
| Cambridge, MA  USA | +1 617 873 3419         |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Mail order help PLEASE!
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:21:28 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1g7plaINN2ja@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU>, long-morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long) writes:
|> 
|> In article <57236@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>, dcrocker@cisco.com (Dan Crocker) writes:
|> |> Any comments about any of the following mail order places:
|> 	...
|> |> -Mibro Company
|> 
|> I ordered my SVHS camcorder thru them in '88.  They did a bit of B&S
|> over the phone but the order was sent very promptly by UPS.
|> 
|> I had thought that I would need to pay no state sales tax by buying mail
|> order from NYC until I received a letter from my state (CT) tax department
|> which wanted their cut (they call it an import/duty/??? fee?).
|> 
|> Mibro or the credit card company must have provided NY with a receipt
|> of the transaction that was then forwarded to CT under a reciprocal
|> agreement between NY and CT.

Yes try one farther away, like New West in Seattle, WA.
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Why do you need an S-Video TV to get S-VHS resolution???????????????
Date: 14 Dec 92 04:20:38 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1ged03INNj8s@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
<
<Something I've always been confused on is why you need an S-Video TV or 
<monitor to get S-VHS resolution? NTSC standard is 525 lines with about
<480 usable lines of resolution. An S-VHS vcr only pumps out 410 - 420 lines.

Wrong lines.

<So what's the deal. I know that the S-Video hookup is different in many
<ways, but certainly an S-VHS VCR can pump out 420 lines of resolution
<through NTSC inputs?????

You are confusing scan lines with lines of resolution.  Yes, the number of
scan lines is fixed and will not change (except with a new format like HDTV).
Lines of resolution has to do with the maximum number of VERTICAL lines that
can be drawn on the screen and still be seen (before they turn gray).  This
basicially is the same as sharpness.  The sharper the image the more lines
that can be drawn on the screen.

Normal VHS is about 240 lines, broadcast TV is 330 lines and S-VHS is 400+
lines.  But, recording a TV broadcast will not get you 400+ lines, but it will
get you the complete picture, or 330 lines.  Not the 240 you would get with
VHS.

And no, you don't need a S-video TV/monitor to enjoy the improved resolution.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tandri@eecg.toronto.edu (Sudarsan Tandri)
Subject: VHS Copy Protection??
Organization: University of Toronto
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:06:11 GMT


Is there some sort of copy protection on VHS tapes?

						--Sudarsan
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: fontana@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Letterboxing home video
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:32:31 GMT

In article <4547@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

><Why the @#^&@!!# would I want to letterbox home video?
><
><   1) To experiment with shooting video in more cinematic aspect
><      ratios, such as 1:1.85 and 1:2.33.

>I hope you mean 1.85: and 2.33:1.  Otherwise you will have tall and narrow
>videos, i.e., the black bars on the sides.

Pardon my ignorance.  I've often seen aperture plates for 35mm
labeled simply 1.85 and 2.33, or simply FLAT and SCOPE.  I originally
wrote just these, then decided to express them as a ratio and messed up,
as you've pointed out along with about a dozen others by email.  I think
the majority of readers knew what I meant and let it slide.

As a matter of fact, I WOULD like to work with film.  But unless I
somehow end up with a large sum of money, it's financially impossible.
Sure video is crummy.  But it's something to play with.


Mark
Newsgroups: rec.video