HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Organization: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Date: Saturday, 12 Sep 1992 02:43:50 EST
From: <CHUNTER@UMAB.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject:    Re: What's NTSC 4.43?

In articel <BuFK1A.Fv@fc.hp.com>
sdd.hp.com!hp-col!fc.hp.com!rjn@hplabs.hpl.hp.com  (Bob Niland)
writes:

> This is used occasionally in production, but is more common in semi-multi-
> standard video equipment, since 4.43 is the subcarrier frequency for PAL,
> as I recall.   Unless the NTSC 4.43 device says "NTSC and NTSC 4.43" or
> "NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43" it will not handle an "ordinary" NTSC signal.
> I know someone who has been burned by this, so beware.

No need to be burned.  I come from Scotland and am only in the US for a few
more years.  Back home, I have (amongst other things) a Sony PAL/SECAM/NTSC
4.43 72" video projector and a Pioneer LD110 NTSC 3.58 LaserDisc player.  I
knew that the LD player was not directly compatible with the projector before
I bought it, so I also invested in a SONY CFC100 NTSC color subcarrier
converter.  This nifty gizmo will turn a NTSC 3.58 signal into NTSC 4.43 (so
I can play my LDs in color) and turns a NTSC 4.43 signal into NTSC 3.58 (a
feature I haven't worked out a use for, yet).

Colin Hunter



Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Subject: T@ CAV?
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Distribution: rec
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 02:44:22 GMT

Greetings!

  I was going to purchase the letterboxed edition of T2 today, but I
thought that this would be a good movie to have in CAV for the fx.
Has anybody heard when/if a CAV version (preferably with "making of"
materials) will be released?

  Also, was there ever any definitive answer on the Hunt for Red
October?

Thanks!
--Mike
Xref: sparky rec.video:11068 rec.video.production:1419
From: kranburg@hlunx3.uto.dec.com (Otto van Kranenburg)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production
Subject: Can I (Europe) buy edit equipment inthe US ?
Date: 9 Sep 92 10:39:10 GMT
Reply-To: kranburg@hlunx3.uto.dec.com (Otto van Kranenburg)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

Hi All,

I'm new to this conference and a novice to video-editing.

I own a Sony F455E camera and now like to enter into the editing process.
I don't intend to do very complicated things, just some simple editing and some
titling.

I've read a lot of notes in this conference and have been attracted by the
Videonics DirectED Plus. Another choice might be one of the Sony units like
the RME-300 or RME-700. 

With th current (low) dollar rate, it might be attractive to buy in the US.
The DirectED Plus for instance sells overhere (Holland) for $800 and the Sony
RME700 for $1040. I have seen someone mentioning a USA price for the DirectED
as low as $350, don't know about the Sony units (can anybody fill me in on 
those ?).

Of course I know about the differences between the TV systems in the USA (NTSC)
and Europe (PAL), which make "normal" TV's, camera's or VCR's non-usable on the
other side of the Atlantic. I've further noticed that none of the Sony camera's
sold in the US are sold overhere (and the other way around), for sure for the
reason mentioned above.

However none of the notes in this conference have been discussing possible 
difference between editing machines in the US and Europe. Also the Sony models
for the US and Europe seem to be the same, so this made me wonder whether or
not editing machines are different too.

Is there anybody who can made some statements about this ?

Thanks,
Otto

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: singg@alf.uib.no (Kurt George Gjerde)
Subject: Laserdisc vs. VCR
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 13:30:40 GMT



   L a s e r d i s c   v s .   V C R
   ---------------------------------


   I'm thinking of buying a Laserdisc player (I already have a VCR), and
   would like to hear other people's opinions (and get some facts right)...


      - Is the max. playing time per side 30 minutes ?  (so you have to
        disc-jockey 2 or 3 times during a film) ??

      - What is CX encoding(/decoding) ??

      - What is CAV ??
 
      - What is CLV ??

      - What's the difference between Widescreen and Letterbox ??

      - What's the average price for a film ??

      - Is the picture quality (resolution,color,etc.) better than VHS ??

           If it is: how close is it to SuperVHS (SVHS) ??

      - Are the discs easily damaged ??

      
   Question to European readers:

      The Pioneer 1450 can play both PAL and NTSC discs on PAL TVs, but
      can you copy NTSC discs to PAL video with it??


   Whould you recomend a Laserdisc player ? 

   Or, should I wait for something better (HDTV...) ??



-----
Kurt.
----- 

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: NTSC to PAL signal conversion?
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:03:10 GMT

otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

>Then there is the Sharp AN-2000SC, which is sold as an accessory to their
>LCD video projectors.  Price is in the $500 range, but I'm not even sure

I have tried to call Sharp and I am put on hold for an interminable
amount of time.  Does anyone know the name of a distributor of the 
AN-2000SC?  Phone number and price would be appreciated.
thanks

--
John Patrick Lestrade, PhD        
cnesta::lestrade
lestrade@ra.msstate.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: Seeking info on a 10 year old video disk player
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:02:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: >
>>  <HELP!  Can somebody tell me anything about this beast?

Sent standard article LD#16.

> You just wasted $5 on a piece of junk.  CED discs are no longer made.
> I hope you like your boat anchor :-)

I would pay $5 for a working CED player.  The going rate is $50.  The discs
may no longer be made, but there are still a number of titles available on
CED that have not turned up on LD, according to CED afficionadoes.  Stashes
of CED media turn up from time to time.

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.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: sslok@srv.PacBell.COM (Sam Lok)
Subject: how to get rid of crawling edges
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:35:40 GMT

I have a Sony 32XBR-51 and am experiencing this annoying crawling edge
effect on most diagonal lines.  Scenes with mini-blinds and stairs
become very annoying.  This effect was not very visible, or non-existance,
on my old Sony 19".  Is it the TV?  Or is there something I can do
to correct it?

Thanx!
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
Subject: Re: Film vs. tape
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 04:31:24 GMT

To make this a short message, film has higher resolution than any
type of current video.

By the way, the scanned images of Photo CD is higher than current
video standards, and when shown on HDTV monitors, will deliver
higher resolution.

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: scweddel@nyx.cs.du.edu (scott weddel)
Subject: Mits U-84?
Summary: Is there a U84 on the way?
Keywords: SVHS, VCR, U82
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 15:06:23 GMT


I've been told by a couple of salesmen that the U84 should be available
soon to replace the Mitsubishi U82.  I was told to wait a couple weeks for
information to be available, after which I returned to the store and was
told be a third salemen that there is no U84.

After two+ years on the market, isn't the U82 due to be replaced?

Should I just go ahead and buy the U82?  How does the U82 stack up against
the Panasonic AG1960 for editing work?

Scott Weddel   strider   Apple /// aficionado   eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu
   Sterling Rider        ^^^  Amiga too!  ^^^   UNLincoln Nebraska USA
From: EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: FILM TO NTSC TAPE TRANSFER
Date: 9 Sep 1992 04:57:47 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Could someone from the US or Canada explain how movies are transferred to NTSC
videotape?.  Film runs at 24fps and NTSC tape at 30fps.

PAL tape runs at 25fps so, in the UK and other PAL countries, movies are
usually just speeded-up to the required 25fps rate.  But what happens when
movies are put onto US tape ?  Are certain frames on the film shown for two
frames of the video or what ?

If anyone has the answer please post to the net, as I'm sure it will be
of general interest.

(Just sketching on a bit of paper, I can see that if every fourth frame
on the film was duplicated twice on the VT, then that would work.  Is
this what happens in reality, or is there some smarter process ?)

Thanks.

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From: randy@cardinals.ctron.com (Randy Manchester)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Buying camcorders mail-order
Keywords: camcorder mail order
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:50:10 GMT
Organization: Cabletron Systems Inc.

I'm looking to buy my first camcorder.  I've looked at several different
brands and models and have decided on a Sony TR-101.  I've seen it
advertised in local Camera and department stores.  I also see it advertised
in Camcorder magazines for about $400 - $500 dollars less!

Well, i've called most of the mail order houses, most of which are in
New York.  Most say they are "temporarily out of stock", then they quickly
try to talk me into another brand that they say is "exactly the same", in
this case it was a Nikon.  Others have a really low price advertised but
when I ask them to quote a price it is $300 - $400 more than the price
printed in their advertisement.  When I asked them why the quoted price
is so much higher than the advertised price they get really snotty!  
This sounds alot like false advertising to me.

I'd really like to hear from anyone who has bought video gear mail order.
What were your experiences like?  Did you get the price advertised in the
mail order ad., or did you end up paying more.  What about taking alternate
brands?  I don't like the idea of being baited then switched which is
obviously what they are doing.  Has anyone else taken the substitute brand
and been satisfied with it?

If I can save $400 - $500 by buying mail order then that's the way I'll go.
But if all I'll save is $100 or so then I'd rather go to a local store
who will give me some courtesy and service after the sale!


Thanks!
Randy Manchester
randy@cardinals.ctron.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: NTSC to PAL signal conversion?
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:46:08 GMT

wwitt@adara.intel.com () writes:


>I am looking for a box that will convert an NTSC video signal to PAL
>(The reverse would be interesting, too, but is not as important right now).

Aiwa has just come out with a new deck MG 110 (the 110 is correct the MG
is perhaps missing another letter)  It costs $450-$495 and I hear it
will do very good conversions.  I want a SECAM-L version and I have not
been able to find that in the same price range. :-(   
I hear Aiwa is coming out with another box in october which might do
secam.  If anybody can help me, please do it. 

--
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cnesta::lestrade
lestrade@ra.msstate.edu
From: ss@mammoth.berkeley.edu (Srinivasan Seshan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Best price on jvc 6800?
Date: 8 Sep 92 11:10:32
Organization: Utter Chaos
NNTP-Posting-Host: mammoth.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: kmiller@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu's message of Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:31:19 GMT



   What's the best price on the net for the JVC 6700 SVHS vcr?  I have read
   many things about it, and it sounds like a good machine.  I haven't been
   able to find a store in my area that caries it, so I thought I'd post here.


   Thanks in advance for any responses.
						   --Ken

   ~r .sig

6700 or 6800.  Best price (mail order prices) that I have found for these
two are: $589 - 6700; $619 - 6800.  Be sure to check out the 6800, though.
For editing this machine really is a toy.  It has that R.A assemble edit,
but it loses manual audio record level control, and that new jog/shuttle
is a real pice of garbage.

Ken Tsai
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Seeking info on a 10 year old video disk player
Date: 5 Sep 92 17:01:57 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <BRIANH.92Sep4092220@pdx031.intel.com> brianh@pdx031.intel.com (Brian Holscher) writes:
<I bought for $5.00 a working (I think) Sears CED Video Disk Player.
<The model number is (get this): 934.54780150
<
<I want to know if it plays standard laser disks or something else.  I have
<no manual or any other information.  I did rent a laser disk to try out.
<However, I noticed that a round disk would not turn the unit on.  It looks
<like it takes some sort of cartridge or caddy that you put the disk in
<first.  
<
<HELP!  Can somebody tell me anything about this beast?

You just wasted $5 on a piece of junk.  CED discs are no longer made.

I hope you like your boat anchor :-)
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: Britt.Brooks@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Britt Brooks)
Subject: SuperBeta VCR's ---
Followup-To: rec.video 
Keywords: Beta, VCR
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:16:29 GMT

I was just curious if the Super Beta VCR's are still being made.
I haven't seen them in the stores for a while.  Are there still
a bunch of mail order places that carry them?


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From: russ@prism.gatech.EDU (Russell Shackelford)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help with Antenna
Date: 6 Sep 92 00:55:30 GMT
 <3979@vidiot.UUCP>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

> In article <67528@hydra.gatech.EDU> russ@prism.gatech.EDU (Russell Shackelford
> <I've just put up an antenna with a rotor and am pleased... except
> <for one thing...
> <
> 
> Someone is generating 60 Hz noise spikes.  It could even be you.  Very
> tough to track down and fix.


ok, maybe I can find it and maybe I can't.  In the event that I can't,
is there some way to filter or otherwise correct for it?

thanks again,
russ








Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jsparkes@bnr.ca (Jeff Sparkes)
Subject: simple VCR+ question
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:28:28 GMT

I have a small VCR+ question:

Does it allow for slop time around the start/end of a program?  Or am
I going to have sync my VCR clock with an atomic clock somewhere? The
local station that shows Star Trek has no conception of "correct
time".  They've been up to five minutes off.
--
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  - paraphrased from the owners manual of my Integra.
From: jlzhong@vision.csl.uiuc.edu (Jialin Zhong)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: HELP! How to Control JVC BR-S600U or BR-S605U
Date: 10 Sep 1992 18:30:41 GMT
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NNTP-Posting-Host: vision.csl.uiuc.edu

I need help on how to control JVC VCR BR-S600U (or BR-S605U) from a PC.
The thing I want to do is very simple. To put it in a simple way, I want
to move the control panel of the VCR to the PC screen so that I can view
a tape forward, backward at different speed by push bottons on a PC screen. 
It is desirable that I can control the viewing to the frame accuracy. 
I do not need video editing, nor audio functions controlled on the PC. 
I was told that for S605U, I can add a video control card (RS232C ?) to the 
VCR to do it. I also saw a system that uses S600U which is much cheaper 
than S605U. Anyone has any experience on similar thing? Your advice will
be appreciated. BTW, anyone knows how to generate and use time code to
achieve frame accuracy?

Jialin
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: LD-players with genlock and TBC?
Date: 4 Sep 92 05:35:08 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <Bu0DpA.Ktn@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
<brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<
<>> <Your best bet (NTSC) is probably the Pioneer LD-V8000.  It has digital
<>> <TBC, full frame store and external sync in/out.
<
<: You may be mistaking the labeled connector "sync" as meaning sync out, but I
<: can pretty much bet that it is sync in.
<
<Selden Ball's review of the LD-V8000 claimed that it had separate "sync"
<input and output connectors.  I can check the data sheet, but I've
<personally never seen an 8000.

In this case it is probably sync loop-through.  The idea of separate connectors
is to keep from having to find a T-connector.  My 3/4" Umatic decks have
video loop-through, but the sync inputs aren't.

I can think of no reason for a LD player to generate sync.  If someone wants
to lock onto the LD video, the video output signal itself can be used.  But,
starting and stopping the discs will cause sync glitch problems.

Not a good idea to lock onto the LD player.  I'll admit that I have done
just that with my 3070, but I know that I will get glitches and expect them.
But in pro-situations, it would be totally unexceptable.  If I want to mix
video from the LD player with other video, I have to run the output of the LD
through my framestore TBC.

I'd be real interested to know if the sync connectors are NOT loop-through.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hbrosen@shum.huji.ac.il
Subject: seeking advice on camcorders
Reply-To: hbrosen@shum.huji.ac.il ()
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Date: 8 Sep 92 11:24:29 GMT

Hi,
 I am new to the field of video cameras and would like some advice on
choosing the right camcorder.
 I would like to buy one with the following properties:

1. It is to be used quite a lot in traveling, therefore it should be small 
and light, and easy to handle and operate.
2. Autofocus speed is an issue.
3. The video quality is of importance, but I don't need a real professional
quality.
4. Audio quality is of no great importance, but for example the zooming
motor shouldnt be heard (as I had in an older camcorder).


  I would appreciate any pointers to any camcorder or a list of some
to consider. Also, If I overlooked some important point or feature 
to consider please tell me.

Please reply to adiro@math.tau.ac.il or adiro@taurus.bitnet or
to the above "reply-to".

  Thank you

   Adi
From: depeche@jab.tucson.az.us (depeche)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Film vs. tape
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 07:50:59 PDT
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ

Okay, this may be a kinda stupid question.... but I would like to know if 
anyone out there can give me a way to adequately describe the difference in 
picture type between film and tape.  Is there an adjective somewhere buried 
deep in the heart of Webster that could cover this gap?  Or am I just nuts, 
are the two (film and tape) types of pictures too similar to warrant an 
accurate description?  Does ANYONE out there know what the hell I'm 
talking about?

Thanks in advance, 
Depeche
John Kunz
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: yehuda@ilx129 (Yizraeli Yehuda)
Subject: try of the test
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:25:25 GMT
Organization: Intel
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott R Violet)
Subject: Tape warping on VCR's (VHS)
Originator: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 01:28:18 GMT


HI,
	This has been anoying me for quite some time, so I figure I
will ask away.  I have a Fujitsu U-52 that works beautifully for me,
but this problems seems to happen a lot, especially with video
rentals.  What usually happens is that I rent a tape, come home and
watch it and at the top of the screen it will sort of bend.  I don't
exactly know how to explain it, but if you've seen it you'll know what
I'm talking about.  So, what exactly causes this problem?  It never
happens with brand new tapes, but happens a lot with older tapes.  My
main question is it a problem with the VCR?  Any comments would be
great.
Thanks in advance,
-- 

		-Scott Violet (xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: marks@keinstr.UUCP (Mike Marks)
Subject: Source for Kloss Novabeam Parts
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:18:19 GMT

Greetings,

I just wanted to let all of the Kloss Novabeam owners out there
know that I have found a source for parts, including those
unusual projection tubes.  The source is:

    AmPro Video Corp.
    5 Wheeling Ave.
    Woburn, MA  01801
    (617) 932-4800

Apparently they are the ones who bought Kloss when it went
out of business.  I called them up today, & the receptionist was
very helpful with my questions about parts availability.  The
tubes for the Novabeam 100 are $380 apiece and always in stock, 
for those who are interested.  She also told me that they would 
allow $1500 in trade if I traded my Novabeam for their new $6495 
VideoBeam 1000 (see Perfect Vision for the review, sometime in 1991).
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to pass on that one for now.
Hope this helps other Novabeam owners looking for parts.
_________________________________________________________
Mike Marks