HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: rec.video

>>... but I did find one
>>place where several small white horizontal lines appear and scroll up the
>>screen.  It lasts about one second or so and then dissapears.  
------
If the lines are strictly white, fairly distinct, and last for only 1 or
2 seconds, then this is a defect that is EMBEDDED in the disc, not
on the surface. It also may not be visible with the nekkid eye.

I have a large collection of discs and I expect to see this defect occur
at least once on any new disc that I purchase. I find it very annoying
that I (we) should have to put up with this crap, but the laser disc
store that I buy from says that the studios do not consider this to
be a defect and WILL NOT TAKE THEM BACK. The implication is that *all*
laserdiscs are well known to have "minor" flaws, and something that only
lasts 2 seconds is not considered a warranteed defect.

The store owner could not give me a guideline as to when one decides
the defect is severe enough to warrant replacement. He *did* make it
clear to me that he felt my expectations were too high regarding
laserdisc quality. We have since come to a mutual agreement regarding
our business arrangement: if I aggree to pay $2.00 to cover his costs of 
return postage to the manufacturer, then he will tolerate my pickiness.
I have yet to try this arrangement out.

I had recently purchased the new MGM/Warner release of 2001, and I
found that it had the scrolling white lines in at least a dozen places
throughout the film. My solution was to shell out another $30 and
trade the MGM for the Criterion version. That was one of the best $30 I have 
ever spent! ($60 total) The print is *much* cleaner and practically no defects.

I am willing to pay more for quality. Unfortunately, we are rarely given
a choice.

Evan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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                        {  if a way can be found to make it complex
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wasg@sicilia.cs.rice.edu (Eric Salituro)
Subject: Re: More 3070/B units available at VideoScope
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:03:02 GMT

klein@napali.Eng.Sun.COM (Mike Klein) writes:

>I dropped in at VideoScope in Palo Alto CA yesterday and found three
>stacks of 3070/B LD players, around 16 I would guess.  Some of the
>boxes looked somewhat crunched though so be careful.

>Their number is (415) 493-0500.

I just got mine a couple of days ago.

First a caveat on the prices. The net.quote was something like $375.
That is the cash price. If you put it on a card, it is $390. I got
mine shipped via UPS Ground in about a week for $402. The person I
talked to on the phone was very courteous.

So far, I'm pretty happy with the player. The remote doesn't work, so
I'm going to have to get it replaced, but Pioneer has a 90-day refurb
warrantee, so it should be no problem.

I would recommend this player to anyone who wants to get an
inexpensive combi-player with a lot of features, and who doesn't want
to worry about the problems with the '90 series.

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Subject: Re: Columbia LD Club
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:57:13 GMT


In article <ku8niiINN1f9@news.bbn.com> levin@star-trek.bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes:
>tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) writes:
>
>|BTW, to those of you already in the club, do they ever accept orders
>|over the phone?
>
>Yes.  It's an 800 number staffed for long hours.  You can do
>everything you would do on the return card.

Can you do more, like check whether or not a title is in stock? Or is it
simply a matter of saving a few days (the time it would take the
postcard to reach Indiana)?

Newsgroups: rec.video,soc.culture.indian,misc.consumers,misc.wanted
From: hpatel@cs.ulowell.edu (Himanshu D. Patel)
Subject: PAL/SECAM Camcorders - VCR (HELP!)
Keywords: Help, Price List, Opinions, etc..
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:12:51 GMT

Hello Friends,

		I need your help in finding the best possible consumer
camcorder and vcr. Mainly I would like to know how to choose either a camcorder
or vcr. Since I'm planning to take them to India. Where I think we have SECAM
Video systems. I have many general questions like What is the difference 
between 2 Lux camcorder and 4 Lux camcorder.  Which is better?  Sort of general
knowledge questions. I don't want to do lot of editing with it, so I don't 
need Prosumer equipment.

		For the fellows in USA, Would you please direct me to a good 
dealer? Being in Middle Class, I would want to have lowest possible price.

		I appreciate your help. 

Himanshu

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From: Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu (Rupin Dang)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: WILL PAY $700! RM-450 WANTED!
Date: 8 Apr 92 01:27:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Apr8.012754.23857
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I am looking for a used Sony RM-450 Editing Controller and my company is
willing to pay $700 for it. This controller is normally used with a 3/4" Umatic
High band editing set-up.

Do contact me if you have one to offer.
Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu
(603) 640 5896
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: Surround Sound on TV Broadcasts
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 00:10:55 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.


>Have you tried the TCI box with your stuff?  Just because a converter box is
>RF won't make it not pass MTS,

I didn't mean to imply that.  I was decrying both RF output and the lack
of MTS.  When I had a TCI box, even the stations that broadcast MTS came out
of the TCI box as mono.

-- 


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From: mdd@cbnewse.cb.att.com (michael.d.derousse)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: JVC 2650 color problem
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:16:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


I have a question concerning a video problem I have
noticed with my TV.  I own a JVC AV-2650S stereo 26"
monitor/receiver which I purchased as a floor model
from Highland about one year ago.  I've noticed that
I am having a hard time adjusting the color and tint
controls to produce a good picture.  It appears to
me that there is too much RED in the picture even
though the color setting is 2 marks below the midway
setting.  Even images that should be a dark color,
seem to have a very slight (ALMOST unnoticable) redish
tint to them.  When bright red images are displayed,
they tend to bleed in the right (not left) direction.
However, when I turn down the color even more, the
overall color seems dull.  The tint setting doesn't
do much more than make the picture more green
or purple.

Does anyone have any idea, what may be wrong?  Is
picture tube to blame, or is there some internal
adjustments that need to be made?  It is still under
warranty, but I would rather not bring it in, if
there is something simple which I can do myself.
Please help!

Also, does anyone have any idea what the setting
for PICTURE does?  I've tried both extremes with
no noticable difference.

Thanks,
Mike DeRousse
mdd@ihlpt.att.com
From: DE@PHOENIX.SCH.SYMBOLICS.COM (Doug Evans)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Star Trek TNG
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:35:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


    Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 10:38:49 EDT
    From: Ralph DeMartino (CCAC-LAD) <rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL>

	    Yes, I too have noticed a decrease in sound quality and Picture
    quality.  It is broadcast on chennal 11 here in the NYC area.  WPIX I 
    believe.  My cable company passes all MTS and Surround stereo sound, but
    it is still not as good as some HiFi VHS tapes I have.  The bass is lacking,
    there must be a cut off below 150 Hz or so.  In particular the picture
    this season seems much more grainy than the beginning of last season.  Only
    ST seems to be grainy, as most other programs on this channel seem much
    more clear.

I have been unhappy with the picture quality of STTNG over KCOP ch 13
here in LA.  I thought it was my cable system that was at fault.  But
then I caught the downlink on a friend's satellite system and it was just
as grainy.  Other programs were crystal clear, but STTNG was just as
bad as it was over channel 13.  I think something has to be wrong with
the uplink or the downlink.  I remember (and have tapes of) first season
episodes that were very clean, but things seem to have gone downhill
since then.
From: dondd@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Don Dillon)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 21:50:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Looking for...
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD). - Santa Rosa, Ca.
Newsgroups: rec.video

>
>    I've got one for sale, if you want it.  It doesn't work quite right,
>though; the rewind doesn't work very well, so you have to flip the disc over
>and fast-forward it.  You can imagine how much I got fined at Blockbuster
>before I figured out how to get it to work!
>
>	Andy Bates.
>----------

Does this have dual-digital flying erase heads with digital tracking
azimuth corection?  Gee, maybe we could trade or something?


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Xref: sparky rec.video:6014 sci.electronics:8195
From: andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Consumer Electronics Shows info needed
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:44:33 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

I am looking for information and dates for the Consumer Electronic
Shows.  I know they are held twice a year, but I need the dates and
locations, and any other info you might have.

Thanks
-- 
Andrew Patrick, Ph.D.       Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, CANADA
andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.CA
            "Making computers do the things they do on television."
            "Making television do the things that computers do."
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Future HDTV Digiital VCRs?
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:16:48 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

In article 18618@tc.fluke.COM, mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney) writes:
>km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes:
>
>>I haven't seen much discussion of this. Presuming that one of the
>>digital HDTV systems now being tested prevails, what is the expectation
>>for future high end consumer VCRs?
>
>Not much in the near future.  All near-term commercial HDTV plans are
>for broadcast.  I would expect fiber optic cables to be next, and any
>kind of consumer playback/recording medium to be last.  The reason is
>that digital HDTV, with video compression, still has a bandwidth on
>the order of 20 Mbit/second!  It will be difficult to come up with a
>cheap, consumer, recording medium that stores 9000 Mbytes per hour.
>(And consider the number of hours in a typical video collection!)
>
>

The digital broadcast HDTV systems being tested run in a standard 6MHZ
channel (after compression) and are hoped to give good results through
adverse reception conditions. Current SVHS already gives >4MHZ,
although I suppose with considerably higher noise than a good broadcast
signal.  Still, does the gap seem that great? Broadcast HDTV is still
several years away, SVHS is a few years old, and I would think that
with routine improvements in tape and head design might be good enough
to handle the compressed data by the time broadcast HDTV is deployed.



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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help, need device to insert sync signal
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:54:10 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <rriisINN93s@agate.berkeley.edu> lchiu@ocf.berkeley.edu (Lawrence Chiu) writes:
<I have a video source that has no sync (neither horizontal nor vertical).
<On most TV's, the picture rolls.  Is there a device to insert a sync so 
<that this will not happen?  I mean, besides a time-base corrector.  No
<than a couple hundred dollars.

All video sources have sync, both vertical and horizontal, of some sort.  If
it isn't NTSC compatible video, then the video will not work correctly on
NTSC TVs.
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From: oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Life time of VCR video tapes?
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:33:32 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.135552.4694@primerd.prime.com>, mguyott@eriador.prime.com (M. Guyott) writes:
> 
> I subscribe to one of the video tape each month clubs (Columbia House,
> Star Trek Series) and I am wondering how long I can expect these tapes
> to last before age begins to destroy them.  Are there any estimates
> of longevity for these tapes?  Will I some day be able to purchase a
> laser disc player and copy these tapes onto laser disc before the tapes
> are no longer any good?

There was an article late last year in either Video or Video Review on Sony
research into tape life. There are a lot of issues involving storage and
handling, but the bottom line was that with reasonable care you should expect
about 15 years of good (not perfect) life from quality tape. The usual caveats:
Keep the tape all on one reel (not in the middle), store is a temperate, dry
place. Store on edge and not flat. It looks like an annual FF to end and REWIND
is a good idea, too. This repacks the tape and cuts down on print through. It
also evens out the packing on the tape which should reduce streching.

I recommend you get down to your library and read the article. It was featured
on the cover, so it should not be hard to find. I suffer brain fade and may
have forgotten some details, even important ones.

You will not be able to buy a laser disc player to record laser disc. But you
might be able to by a laser disc recorder. :-) But I would not hold my breath.
CD recorders appear pretty close, but I don't know of any close-in video LD
recorders. Maybe someone else knows about something.

R. Kevin Oberman			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Internet: oberman1@llnl.gov		(510) 422-6955

Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
From: schauser@boing.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Klaus Erik Schauser)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony TR 51
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:38:43
Organization: /home/auspex/b/threadid/schauser/.organization
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: boing.cs.berkeley.edu

Does anybody on the net have the TR 51?  If so, what are your
experiences?  The main advantage that I see is that it weights only
1.3 lb, while the TR 81 weights 2.1 lb.  What is the best place to
purchase one?

Thanks for your comments,

Klaus
From: jimmy@info.com (Jim Gottlieb)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: 8mm decks so expensive! (was Re: TR81 shortcomings)
Date: 16 Apr 1992 02:13:36 -0700
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: network.ucsd.edu

In article <a4AP021Mc0i700@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> iggy@uts.amdahl.com (Igor Braslavsky) writes:
>and Sony knows if you really
>get hooked on this baby you will be willing to shell out all
>sorts of money for nice accessories,
>
>Of course, a marketing ploy to get you to buy the Sony SLV-R5
>S-VHS VCR which offers excellent stills, and only for $800.
>There is no need to run out and grab an $1800 Hi8 VCR from Sony.

Any idea why their Hi8 deck is so expensive?  I would think that they
would be pricing it cheaply to try to convince people to use 8mm
instead of (S)-VHS.

It's time for me to buy a new home deck, and now that I'm hooked on my
TR-81 (well, really a TR-705), I'd love to have a Hi8 home deck, but
the price is ridiculous.

In Japan, Sony sells the EV-BS3000, even better than their
top-of-the-line U.S. Hi8 deck, but priced at only about $1000.  I would
buy it except that I wouldn't be able to use it to record off the air
in the U.S.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: Laser disc defect question
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:21:33 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.

>>>that a brand new disc may have a defect.  How commonly do these white line
>>>defects occur on laser discs?  Should I expect to see one or two such
>>>problems on every disc I buy?


Tell us what kind of player you've got, and the duration of the lines.
If the line changes position with *every* frame, and cycles from top to bottom
in <1 second, and you've got a 3090, welcome to the club.  If the line stays
in place for more than one frame, then you've probably got either a mastering
defect (nothing you can do about that) or a bad disc.
-- 


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From: kev@osf.org (Kevin Till)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Need phone number for "New West Electronic".
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:52:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Open Software Foundation

New West electronics 1-800-488-8877.
-- 
Kevin T. Till	
System Engineering
Open Software Foundation
From: bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: new Sony MDP-333 LD player
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:50:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck

Oh, BOY! WOW! UNBELIEVABLE!!  I watched, or should I say EXPERIENCED my
first movie last night on my new MDP-333 (Mo Better Blues) and all I can say
is.. WOW!  I can't believe that I've been watching VHS rental tapes through
a small Sony TV all these years...

Now, back to rec.video...

mike
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                                coffee, anyone?
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Laser Disc Clubs?
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:22:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr9.142200.20021
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


In article <1992Apr6.204002.15388@gtc.com> dav@gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) writes:
>
>Of course, this "deal" gives one the impression that their regular
>shipping charge is $1.50/title.  It isn't.  It is $3.19 for the first
>title and $1.99 for each additional shipped together.  This way they
>generate more income.  So far as I can find this is also not documented
>anywhere.

Another potential "gotcha" in CHLDC's deal is the phrase "regular club
price." To fulfill your membership agreement, you have to purchase 2 (or
4) LDs at "regular club prices." Looking in the catalog, there are LDs
ranging in price from $24.95 to $100 and more. It seems reasonable to
assume that anything in their catalog not marked as "sale" or "special"
would have to be a REGULAR price, doesn't it? I'm sure more than one
person has been tempted to purchase one or more $24.95 titles as part of
their membership agreement. However, due to some clever wording on CH's
part, the $24.95 LDs are not "regular" club prices. Regular club prices
range from $29.95 to $79.95, so anything outside that range is
apparently an IRregular price and thus does not fulfill your
obligations. No doubt they're hoping that some people will blunder into
the trap of ordering a couple of LDs which won't count. :-(

If you can avoid pitfalls such as the above and if you get lucky enough
to avoid backorder delays on the titles you want, it can still be a good
deal, but these folks are just a little bit sneakier than I would like
to deal with otherwise.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: negative remarks on TR-81?
Reply-To: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Organization: Stonehenge; netaccess via Intel, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:18:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.095329.2600@spcvxb.spc.edu>, killeen@spcvxb (Jeff Killeen) writes:
| This seems to be true of many Sony units.  The TR5/7/81, V99, and
| GV8 all have this problem.  Their 8mm VCR's I have used (EV-C3,
| EV-S900, DT1) do _not_ have this problem - they clean have
| FF/REV/PAUSE.  My guess is Sony has decided not put the electronics
| in the hand held stuff to do this cleanly.

I suppose it is because they use the half-size video heads in the
small camcorders.  You don't have a full picture wrapped around the
head, so you can't get a clear freeze or scan.  It's inherent in the
physical layout, not the electronics, and more heads won't fix it
either.

Just another video guy,
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From: C7BF043@TOE.TOWSON.EDU (MIKE KASZUBSKI)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Life span of videotapes
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:43:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

A few months back either "Video Review" or "V.I.D.E.O." magazine had an article
on the life expectancy of videotapes.  (I believe in was in the October or
november '91 issues)

Sony conducted testing in order to try to determine how long the tape would last.
On their professional grade tape, they predicted between 10-15 years,
depending on the conditions under which the tape was stored.  As for VHS/Beta
tape, their findings were inconclusive because the tape hasn't been around that
long.  Their reccomendations were to make back up copies from the masters of
every 3 years and to play the dubbed copies.  This is mainly for valuable
material (ie: home videos etc.) 
If anyone needs the exact issue number I'll look through my back issues and find d it.

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.arts.movies
From: teh1@cec1.wustl.edu (Trent E. Hemmings)
Subject: Comments on _Critic's Choice Video_ ?
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 15:47:02 GMT

I just recieved a catalog from _Critic's Choice Video_ .

They've got a couple of tapes that I'd like to order, 
and their prices seem to beat the local BlockBuster/Suncoasts.

Before I hand out my credit card number, has anyone had
any problems with this place?

BTW, the catalog arrived out of the blue.... wonder who's 
mailing list they bought my name off of?????


Thanx 

Trent.

(teh1@cec2.wustl.edu)


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