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From: tdonovan@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Todd C Donovan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Video Toaster
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:47:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: netnews.91424
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1OCT199216554449@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
>What are the professionals impressions of the Toaster?  Is it truly 
>"broadcast quality?"  How does a picture generated by or passed through it 
>look when recorded/played-back on a high resolution VCR (professional or 
>pro-sumer)?  Sure, I've seen the VHS demo and, while I'm impressed by the 
>special effects, the image quality is only "up to" VHS standards.  (Granted, 
>this is enough for wedding videos since most consumers own VHS.)

Its really not that bad. I'm using the Amiga 2500 running Toaster 2.0
along with a traditional switcher and JVC's 22-series SVHS VTRs. All of
my monitors are industrial/commercial grade. There is no noticable difference
between punching camera 1 on the swicther versus camera 1 on the toaster.
The toaster passes its input sources without deterioration. (cameras, VTRs,
everything). Its capability to still store is impressive. What it recalls
looks just like the original image. The character generator output is sharp
and well-defined. The user interface for the character generator isn't
as nice as an iNFiNiT!, but I couldn't afford that anyhow. 

Its really a nice combination of a four channel swicther, an ADO/Abekas DSEG,
a Chyron, and a mild Paintbox all together. 

On playback, the picture looks great, or atleast as good as the cameras
will let it look. The toaster seems to adhere to the RS110a standards nicely,
and just about anything you give it on input 1, it will sync too without
a problem (subcarrier phase wise). I can actually use it to align my main
swicther but putting camera 1 on bars, outputing the toaster to button 8
on my main switcher, and setting up a split screen to align the horizontal
phase and subcarrier phase.

The only problem, and it really isn't a problem, is that there is a noticable
400ns delay, so when using it with a second switcher, everything must be
backtimed and synced.....


Todd Donovan
Operations Manager
University Television
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dyang@mynah.bellcore.com (Danny Yang)
Subject: Extended play of Paramount's Disc on D701
Organization: Morristown Research and Engineering
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 17:04:37 GMT

All the discs I have from Paramount (Godfather I,II,III,
Beverly Hills Cop I,II, War and Peace) indicate
Extended play on the carton. But my Pioneer 701 can't
recogize any chapter information from them.
Is this a problem of my player? or a problem of D701?
Can any other player recognize chapter information form
the above discs? or any other disc from Paramount?


-- 
Kun-Min Yang
Bellcore, MRE2A260
(908)829-4417

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: arnie@col.hp.com (Arnie Berger)
Subject: Re: Help Save My Sony 27" TV
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:14:56 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

gutierrez@mdcbbs.com writes:
> 
> In 1983, I bought my first large screen TV -- a 27" Sony [KV2749RS] Hi-Fi
> and Stereo.  It had nice sound, nice pictures, etc.  Late last year,
> however, the colors suddenly became predominantly green and red.  I called
> a repairman who, for $45 consultation alone, told me that the Sony's colors
> were `shot' and that it can no longer get fixed.  He suggested a new picture
> tube which will cost me roughly $500 (his estimate for the tube alone).
> 
> Of course, I wnt out and got a second opinion from another tv repairman.  
> This time, I was told that for $75 he can open up my console and find out
> if he can look into the `board' and tell me whether it can still be `saved'
> with minor adjustments.  He didn't give me a very good percentage insofar
> as success rate is concerned.  So I politely told him that I'll think it
> over first.


   You bring up a very interesting point. I thought that I was observing
isolated incidents but now I'm becoming convinced that there is a new breed
of service repairman out there. This repairman doesn't actually ever fix
anything. They make all their money on a service call, looking knowledgable,
then trying to convince you that your TV/Hi-Fi/Washing Machine/etc is too
far gone to be worth fixing.

   What a fantastic scam! You think the guy is doing you a favor by saving
you all that money. You willingly give him the $25/$50/$75 and thank him
for helping you make a hard, but good financial decision.

   It happened to me twice. Once with a washing machine. Once with a CD
player. The washing machine was leaking, we called the repair guy. $25 
later he says its too far gone, transmission is shot, buy another one.
I figure, what the hey, I'll take it apart and try to fix it. It cost
me one rubber seal to fix it, $7.50 at a local appliance parts store.

   The CD player was the same thing. It was one of the original Sony 
Walkmen. It stopped working so I brought it in to the local "Factory
Authorized Repair" shop. The kept it for a week and charged me $45 to
figure out what's wrong. I was told that the microprocessor was shot and
it was a $200 repair. I'd be better off buying a new one. Again, I had
nothing to lose so I took it apart and right there in front was a bad
solder joint to the laser diode. Also, I noticed that the goop that they
put on the screws to keep them in place was still intact. Therefore, this
repair shop never removed the PC board to look at the microprocessor. 

   Anyway, my point is that you should not accept what these guys are
telling you until you satisfied yourself that someone who is both honest
and competent has given you good information. I'd call Sony and ask them 
who would they recommend.


                                                           Arnie


    
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From: copold@panam.edu (Steve Copold)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Godfather Request Correction
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:08:09 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: University of Texas - Pan American
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X-XXDate: Tue, 6 Oct 92 17:07:36 GMT

CORRECTED COPY:

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
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jeff@jlk.b11.ingr.com (Jeff Kilpatrick)
Subject: Help on some terms
Reply-To: jeff@jlk.b11.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:58:43 GMT

  Now that I've been looking around at PTV and CRT sets, I have a few questions
about some terms.  1)  What is a comb filter?  2)  What is a 'black' screen (I've
seen Pioneer rant and rave about theirs and I also see the term in CRT sets) 3) 
Why do you need a 'flat' tube?  4) I can't think of the term, but it allows you
to view movies as they were intended; the picture is blank against the top and
bottom of the screen and supposedly you see the entire scene.  What is this
called and is it on every set and are there any advantages/disadvantages?  Thanks.
From: rene@cvette.asd.sgi.com (Rene St. Pierre)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: 8mm Sony CCD-F55 for sale
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:27:36 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

I have an 8mm Sony camcorder for sale. It is a CCD-F55 model with wireless
remote and digital superimposer. I've only had it for a year and recorded
only four tapes with it. I really like this camera but I need a different
model for the underwater housing that I want. I'm asking $500. I'm located
in the San Jose bay area. If you want more information, leave me e-mail or
call me at (415) 390-1095.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: find@cs.UAlberta.CA (Piotr Findeisen)
Subject: LD 101 by Reference Recordings
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:17:51 GMT



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.

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

Piotr Findeisen
find@cs.ualberta.ca
From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR Clean Record (Edits)
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:36:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpspkla.44480006
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.

In rec.video, tpappas@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:

>Hello Rec.Video net users,
>I was wondering if someone could explain why some VCR's can record cleanly
>when put in pause from record mode and then unpaused. And, why some VCR's
>can start recording over pre taped material cleanly with no glitches?

Question 1:  My machine does this fairly cleanly, because when you put it
in pause, it actually backs up the tape just a bit.  If it didn't do this,
there could be a bit of blank tape at the pause which would cause a glitch.

Question 2:  I think you are refering to the rainbow color effects which
move down and then totally off the screen on the newly recorded material.
This is due to how the tape gets erased (or not erased).  Lesser machines
have a full width erase head for the tape as it comes out of the cassette.
In addition, there is an audio track erase head right before the linear
record/play head.  The problem is that when the previously recorded tape
is loaded, there are a few inches of tape between the full width erase
head and the video drum.  These few inches of tape are just recorded
over without any erasure, except for the partial erase which occurs when
the new material is recorded.  You see the effects of the partial erasure
as the rainbow pattern flickering on the screen.  Fancier machines have
erase heads on the video drum right before the video record/play heads.
These are called flying erase heads.  With these, there is no longer the
several inches of unerased tape getting recorded over, and thus no
rainbows.


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: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Colour shift when dubbing from 8mm to VHS
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 04:56:55 GMT

In article <4198@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <1992Sep30.235526.17947@javelin.sim.es.com> RSIMISTE@130.187.170.178 (ROGER SIMISTER) writes:
><In <BvEvt6.H9L@comp.vuw.ac.nz> brian@comp.vuw.ac.nz writes:
><

><>I make recordings with a Sony 8mm camcorder. Playback from the camcorder to a
><>monitor is fine. But if I copy from the camcorder onto a VHS tape, and play that
><>back, the colours have shifted, so that all the blue areas are displaced a few
><>lines downwards and a similar distance to the left.

><Welcome to the wonderful world of VHS. This is a format that uses
><a cheap trick called "Color Under".

>Oh right, as if 8mm doesn't do color under!  Sorry, but 8mm does the exact
>same thing and uses 743 kHz for the color.  The correct value for VHS is
>629.371 kHz (40Fh).  The 688 number you quoted is for Umatic systems.

Hey Mike - that's just a popular press definition of color under.

The color is under the place it is supposed to be.


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From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Cable "silver bullets"
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:01:09 GMT
Organization: NC Microproducts, Inc.

In article <90722@netnews.upenn.edu> george@mech.seas.upenn.edu writes:
}:
}:I hope the cable companies drop the broadcast stations alltogether. 
}
}they would loose a significant portion of their subscribers.

Would they?  Let's see...let the cable systems scramble the local channels
that want reimbursment, then pass the fee directly to those customers that
want the channel, for whom those channels would be unscrambled.

Now, how can anybody complain about this?  Those cable subscribers who
already have an antenna for local signal reception don't have to pay
for something they already have.  Local cable companies can pass the
cost of local channels to those subscribers who want them.  Local TV
stations get money ONLY for those subscribers who receive their channels
over the cable.

Let's see who bitches the most about this plan.  Cable, consumer groups
or Local TV.


Lance

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: singg@alf.uib.no (Kurt George Gjerde)
Subject: ** Barr LDDB -> PC **
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 10:35:48 GMT

I have made a browse/view/search program for the
Barr Digital LaserDisc Database for IBM PCs.

The database contains over 7000 LD titles!

You'll need (hardware):

    IBM PC (or compatible)
    Harddisk
    Color display (CGA, EGA, VGA, ...)
    Mouse


Let me know if anyone is interested!!

(I can upload it to the site with the database, if anyone's 
interested).


Kurt.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: cue@apple.com (Eddy Cue)
Subject: Re: Interlace on big screen
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:36:57 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: rec.video

In article <44480007@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>, you wrote:
> 
> Huh?  All regular NTSC receivers are always fully interlaced (I'm not counting
> the fancy ones with video memory and progressive scan).
> 
> Do you really mean strobing, or some sort of vertical jitter?
> 
> 
My terminology was not quite correct. I know that most NTSC receivers are
interlaced. What I am seeing is interlace effects (jitter) on certain
shots? This only happens when I use the LD-3090 player. The player is
connected via Super-video. The question is this normal for big screens and
ld players? If not, any ideas.

Eddy Cue
cue@apple.com
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: LD catalog
Keywords: LD
Date: 6 Oct 92 05:06:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

In article <BvoCtM.IzE@rahul.net> sihong@rahul.net (Si-Hong Tong) writes:
>Does anybody know if any complete LD catalag(US movies) like
>
>the Japanese imported LD catalog available? The only one I
>
>have seen is L.M.'s 1993 video digest(??) which is too general.

Not in color and not as glossy as the Japanese catalog, but very thorough
is:  LASER VIDEO FILE, single copy $4.95 available from many dealers.

subscription: $9.95 for two issues (one year), $17.95 for two years.

Laser Video File, P.O. Box 828, Westwood, NJ 07675.
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From: sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (sorgatz)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cable "silver bullets"
Date: 1 Oct 92 00:57:12 GMT
Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.

In article <em5PRB1w165w@entropy.mcds.com> morpheus@entropy.mcds.com (morpheus) writes:
>And then those of us who are in rural areas (or can't get decent reception
>for whatever reason) lose all the broadcast stations.  For instance, if I
>disconnect my cable and use an antenna (on the roof) I get 2.5 channels (2
>half-decent, one barely watchable).  With cable I get all the broadcast
>channels I could want and then some (ie, 3 FOX affiliates, etc...).  And I
>live in f'king New Jersey! What do you do if you live in Montana or
>someplace?  I'd pay a buck or two extra a month to keep these channels.
>I'd rather go on the way I'm paying now, of course...

 Oh snivel, whimper, whine! You can't keep what you've got, not at the same
price. The bastards at the network/guild levels know that we've been "running
off to cable" and they want BLOOD! I say fuck em! I'd rather never watch TV
again than spend one penny keeping those slimeballs alive. If you want to see
that crap, YOU PAY FOR IT! Don't ask everybody else subsidize your pedestrian
tastes, because that's exactly what this amounts to. Dabbling in socialism
is like stepping in dog shit; by the time you can smell how bad it is, it's
almost impossible to wipe it all off! Ask anyone from the former "Soviet
Union"...



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From: td@babar.inria.fr (Thierry Despeyroux)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: HiFi vs Dolby Stereo
Date: 2 Oct 92 08:05:11 GMT
Reply-To: Thierry.Despeyroux@sophia.inria.fr
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)

|> In article <gekZoae00Uh_E8NIkt@andrew.cmu.edu> am45+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alexander L. Macdonald) writes:
|> <What's the difference between HiFi VCR's and older Dolby Stereo VCR's???

My father has an Akai VCR with the "dolby stereo" label. In fact it is
"surround", with two little amps, and the possibility to adjust the
delay. You can use these two amps for the front channels if your TV set
is only mono, or for the rear channels to get a complete system.

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From: EDGLOWE@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU ("Gregg F. Lowe")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RE: Edit Controllers
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:11:26 GMT
Organization: The Internet



In Message-ID: <1992Sep25.163948.8032@cs.brown.edu>
brunix!brunix!lmb@uunet.uu.net  (Lars M Bishop) writes:

>Hello,
>   I am at a university that is putting together a professional
>video editing unit.  We have a Betacam deck, and are getting another
>deck (pro-betacam, s-vhs, or umatic).  Does anyone out there know of
>editing controllers that can communicate with two VTRs of different
>formats?  Specifically, we are looking at SMPTE-based editing.

Interactive Media Technologies makes a machine just for this purpose.  It's
name is the IMTX 8000.  It can be controlled from either a Mac (via RS-422)
or a IBM-PC (via RS-232C).  It allows for a multiple (max = 13) input sources
and multiple outputs.  I got a "hands on" demo of this device last February
at the AECT convention in Washington, DC. I was impressed by its versatility
and capabilities.  Of course, that was the version with all the optional
bells and whistles and with their tech/sales reps singing its praises in
my ears.  If I remember correctly, the price tag of the basic unit was
around $8,000.  There were lots of "optional" boards you also had to buy
if you actually wanted it to work.  I think the maxed-out version cost
around $19,000 (but it would do everything except roll you out of bed in
the morning).

If you're interested, they're out of Scottsdale, Arizona. The phone # is:
1-800-289-4689.


 Gregg F. Lowe

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From: garyj@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Gary Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR Clean Record (Edits)
Summary: editing
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:22:41 GMT

In article <28469@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>, ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel) writes:
> In article <1992Oct1.153508.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>, tpappas@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
> |> Hello Rec.Video net users,
> |> I was wondering if someone could explain why some VCR's can record cleanly
> |> when put in pause from record mode and then unpaused. And, why some VCR's
> |> can start recording over pre taped material cleanly with no glitches?
> 
> It has to do with the decks motion mechanism, For example; the RCA
> 685 does not creep forward when pause pressed and does a mini-jog back
> when re-started. Most top of the line and near top of the line units
> have this feature. Its Great, no glitches when cutting out commercials,
> etc. 

Gee, all this time I thought it was the result of the flying erase heads
that the top models come with!!
From: fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Fussy - Display Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: TR-101 Clones
Date: 6 Oct 1992 00:49:18 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: hairball

There is no difference between the clones (Nikon, Yashica, Ricoh) save for
graphics.  I think the graphics on the Nikon look best.  I bought the Yashica
from United Camera and Video for $1148, though shipping was a bit of a gouge
at 5% of the total bill.  Also, I asked for the manufacturer's extended
warranty and instead got a 5-year extension through a third party agency.
No doubt United makes a profit from selling this warranty, but I didn't
pursue getting it changed to the mfg's warranty.  The extanesion I got looks
pretty shaky and I hope I never need to use it.  Sigh.  These are the pitfalls
of going through mail order.

Otherwise, I am very happy with the purchase.  The price is hard to beat.
The only significant difference that I can tell between my Yashica KHX3
and a TR-101 (other than the graphics) is that the hand strap does not have
a place for the lense cap to clip onto when it is off the lense.  I had to
sew on a small auxillary strap for this purpose.  I actually like the Yashica
strap better because it is very easy to adjust since you don't have to undo
the two snaps as on the Sony and Nikon.

I suppose the Yashica won't have the resale value of a Sony due to lack of
brand recognition (plus the graphics are really sorry on the Yashica), but
this wasn't a factor for me since I plan on keeping it until it turns to dust.


Tom Fussy