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From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Subject: Sony CCD-VX3 3-chip
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com ()
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 18:59:58 GMT

Well, I just received the February 1993 issue of Videomaker Magazine
and there it was on the cover: the Sony CCD-VX3 aka Handycam PRO. The
first 3-chip consumer camcorder to be released in the USA. Inside is
a two-page review: I think I'm in love!

Physical dimensions are 6" hi x 4.5" wide x 14" long. Weight is 3 lbs
5 oz w/o battery or tape. Bigger and beefier than my 801 clone but
the same basic scale.

It appears that the transport, including playback controls and RC
time code, is the same as on the 801. 

The lens is internal focus with a large manual focus ring, 12:1
3-speed optical zoom, f/1.6. It is a true zoom, unlike the Minolta 
2-chip unit: focus is maintained throughout the zoom range. From my 
playing with other internal focus Sony units, I expect that the 
autofocus is excellent.

The pickup assembly is 3 1/3" CCD on a dichroic (color splitting)
prism. The specs section shows 410,000 (380,000 active) pixels.
I don't know if that is total or per chip. However, the camera
section is rated at over 500 lines.

The viewfinder has a switchable zebra-patern feature. If you've
never used a good professional camera, you're in for a treat. This
feature causes causes any area that is above NTSC maximum luminecense
(100 IRE) to show in the finder with diaginal lines. This makes
adjusting correct exposure, especially in difficult situation much
easier.

Other consumer camcorder features, including fade, title superimpose
and time lapse are also included.

They compared the VX3 to a EVW-300 industrial camcorder and to a TR200.
They rated the VX3 as having a better picture than the 200 or any
other consumer unit but not as good as the EVW-300. Running video into
the transport, bypassing the camera, they saw "virtually no difference
in noise levels or freq. response" between the VX3 and the EVW-300!

They did report that on their test unit, the reds were oversaturating
compared to the greens and blues. They were not sure if it was just
the one unit.

They also talk about reduced low-light sensitivity due to the prism.
"Still, the CCD-VX3's low light performance rivals one-chip units" I'm
not sure just how to read this.

Are you drooling yet? List price is $3500 which is less than half of
the EVW-300's. Sony has really upped the ante for prosumer equipment.
And yes, this seems to be the replacement for the 801, at almost twice
the price. None the less, I can't wait to get my hands on one.

This all has been paraphrased from the magazine without permission.
I encourage everyone interested to buy the magazine and read the full
article. Also, I have no connection with Videomaker magazine or Sony
except as a customer (and in Sony's case, a happy camper).

-- 
Ted Marshall                             ted@sharebase.com   (408)369-5574
NCR Corp. (ShareBase Div.)             2055A Logic Dr., San Jose, CA 95124
The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: new Sony S-VHS?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 11:50:16 -0600
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
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My buying service claims that the Sony SLV-R5 has been discontinued,
but did not have any info about a replacement (they don't get new
models for usually a month or two after introduction). Does anybody
know anything about the replacement?
Thanks,
Doug
(For that matter, did anyone go to the Winter CES (Consumer Electronics
Show) in Las Vegas last week, who would be willing to post a short
report on new video stuff?)
From: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Figuring BTU/hours for equipment
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:45:41 GMT
Reply-To: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Distribution: usa
Organization: K-FOX 94.5 Classic Rock (KUFX, Gilroy-San Jose, California, USA)

In article <8335@news.duke.edu> klg@panda.mc.duke.edu (Kim Greer -- rjj) writes:
>
>  (just out of curiosity):   Along the same lines, does anyone know an
>approximate BTU/hr value for a "standard" person?  
>
I vaguely recall that for folks sitting in an auditorium, for instance,
the rule-of-thumb value was taken to be 500 BTU/person.  A very active
person might rise to 2000 I would guess, based very roughly on increase
of caloric intake.   

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From: kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: re: Difference between Sony SLV585 and SLV595?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:49:40 GMT

In article <2136@coyote.UUCP> singer@almaden.ibm.com (David Singer) writes:
>What, other than built-in VCR+ decoding, is the difference between the Sony
>SLV585 and SLV595 VCRs?  The box on the 595 is a couple of inches taller than
>the 585...is that just so innocent consumers will think they're getting more
>for their money?
Aside from VCR Plus programming, "revamped" remote control, and 
designs, they are nearly identical.  I would personally spend extra 
bucks and get SLV698 (# ?) which has flying-erase head and editing 
features.

>Also...how long a power failure do the clocks and programming in the Sony 
>VCRs survive?

About 5 hours.

From: ajeans@hplred.HPL.HP.COM (Albert Jeans)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:25:44 GMT
Subject: Re: VCR puts saw-toothed edge on tape
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

Open up the VCR, play a tape, and see if you can find the offending guide.
Sometimes, the tapes themselves may be on the wide side.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: stud1b53@bnr.ca (Anshu Prasad)
Subject: Mits U67 SVHS Prices
Reply-To: stud1b53@bnr.ca (Anshu Prasad)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 19:43:42 GMT

  I've found the Mitsubishi U67 for $698 CDN (less than $550 US at
the current exchange rate, I think).  Is this price as good as I
think it is?  How about $400 CDN for the U56 (less than $315 US)?

  BTW, these prices are with full warranty from an authorized (and
fairly reputable) low to mid-fi audio/video dealer, not from a
discount place, not for demo models, and not via mail order.

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Subject: Re: Canon ED-100 portable edit controler
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 23:43:06 GMT

I'm presently using an ED-100 for my editing. It is nice but limited.

It connects to the play deck/camcorder via LANC. The record deck is controlled
by either LANC or IR. In IR mode (which I use), the "timing adjust" is used
to match the internal pre-roll of the record deck. That is, tell the ED-100
how early (before the cut-in point) to un-pause the record deck. It is
adjustable by 2/10 second increments to something like 5 seconds. With
LANC to the record deck, I assume that it does normal pre-roll; I don't know
if the timing adjest affects this.

The display shows the counter hh:mm:ss (RCTC frame numbers are ignored).
It also shows the deck status (play, pause, ff, etc.). You can also step
through the cut-in and cut-out points. If both decks are connected by LANC,
you can switch the display and transport controls between them with a button
push.

The major limitations are the 4 cut limit on memory and the fact that each
cut must begin and end on the second mark (no trimming available; however,
you can always find the cut-in point and set the counter to 00:00:00; I get
pretty close that way).

I suspect that the Videonics Thumbs-Up, which is the same price, may kill the
ED-100 because it seems to do so much more.

Anyway, if you have any specific questions, feel free to write to me. I'll dig
out the instruction book, if necessary.

Hope that helps.

-- 
Ted Marshall                             ted@sharebase.com   (408)369-5574
NCR Corp. (ShareBase Div.)             2055A Logic Dr., San Jose, CA 95124
The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: schindler@csa3.lbl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: dimensions of JVC 30" TV?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 14:06 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
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Keywords: dimensions, size, JVC, TV, 30"
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

The local distributor doesn't have one of the JVC 30 inch televisions in stock
and I'd like to know what the maximum height and width of this model are.
Does anyone have one and could measure it for me quickly?

I am trying to find a screen to fill up the TV section of my entertainment 
center.  The 27" TVs fit very easily and the 32" TVs are just a bit too big.

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From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: digital video camcorders?
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:17:55 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In addition to D-3 (and the other D's for that matter),
hidef video decks are digital.  The one Toshiba(?) had at
CES claimed to be digital and its cartridges looked like
8mm tapes.  The demo they ran wasn't very long (maybe 30
minutes) and there was so much hardware around that it
could have been 90% rigged, but they think they'll be able
to do it in the future.

ab
From: gerardka@pongo.Eng.Sun.COM (Gerard Kam)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Q: What cable type for S-video?
Date: 5 Jan 1993 01:02:35 GMT
Organization: Sunsoft Inc., Los Angeles, CA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: pongo71

In article <1993Jan5.001500.167@actew.oz.au> ins_wayne@actew.oz.au writes:
>  Situation: Having failed to locate an S-Video cable long
>  enough for my projector, I've been digging deeper and found the
>  connectors (no mean feat in itself!)
>
>  Question: anyone got any bright ideas about what kind of cable
>  to use?  Obviously, there are four wires.  We think we can get
>  by with microphone cable.  75 ohm figure-8 coax.  The stock in
>  question is "OFC" (oxygen free cable), so should be of decent
>  quality.  Two cores each, plus shield.  We'd connect the shields
>  together, of course.
>
	I understand your problem.  It took me a while to find some
	10 meter S-video cable; I ended up with some by JVC from
	Henry Radio in Los Angeles.

	I'm amazed that you found connectors.  I was thinking of using
	some Beldon 75 ohm twin coax, but cound not find the connectors.
	The closest was some non-moulded connectors on pre-assembled Sony
	cables.  The box showed the cable as two coax cables in a round
	sleeve.

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: spinaa@rpi.edu (Matt Garretson)
Subject: Re: Sony SLV-696HF Problems 
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:23:49 GMT

I bought an SLV-696HF a few weeks ago and have had the same problem with
the HiFi audio track. I posted here and received messages from three 
people who had experienced the same thing with the 696. They seem to have
had success in eliminating the problem by using manual tracking instead
of auto tracking.  I tried this and have reduced the frequency of the
clicking, but it still happens occasionally. I guess you, like me, have
been unable to eliminate the problem just by adjusting the tracking.

I haven't noticed the "wavy" line problem with mine, but then again I haven't
watched many prerecorded tapes on it yet.

You mentioned that you were "on your third unit". I'm curious as to how you
went about exchanging. Did the store handle the exchange, or did you have to
go directly to Sony? 

-Matt
Newsgroups: rec.video,misc.consumers
From: bwcarlso@mtu.edu (Brent Carlson)
Subject: Re: Tape rewinder (Re: Tape snapped at beginning of tape)
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:29:57 GMT

karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <C0HuDw.6qy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
>>I have heard recommendation of using the rewinder instead the VCR to
>>rewind tapes.  The reason is to reduce wear on my expensive VCR head
>>mechanism.
>
>My impression is the heads will be nowhere near the tape when you
>rewind it.  I thought the reason was supposed to be to save wear on
>other parts, e.g. motors.
>
>
In some VCRs the tape is in contact with the heads anytime the tape is
in the machine, including during rewinding and fast-forward.  I have done
repairs on a few VCRs and only 2 of them did not have the tape in
contact with the heads during rewinding.
Xref: sparky rec.video:15521 alt.sources.d:1662
From: franke@karnak.llnl.gov (Norman Franke, III)
Newsgroups: rec.video,alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: HERE IS VCR Plus source code
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:34:44 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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X-XXDate: Wed, 6 Jan 93 21:36:05 GMT

In article <145248@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Norman Franke,
franke@karnak.llnl.gov writes:
>I'm sorry, but I was away and my site purged the original posting of the
>code. Could some kind person please mail it to me?

Thanks! I got it!

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From: sl@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Stuart Lea)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Help with video - I think it's on the way out !
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:03:39 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre


Problem:
Video will not review (ie rewind whilst seeing what's on the screen) it just
freeze frames then stops after about 4 seconds. I guess that the end of tape
detector cuts in as the tape is not working.

It also gets very wobbly towards the end of a tape. The sound has a wonderful
vibrato effect :<, and noise bars appear on the screen.

Is this simple to fix ? Is the motor trying to tell me that it's soon going
on an extended holiday to motor heaven ?

Thanks in advance,

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Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 05:18:43 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:

>>Gee Greg, doesn't it bother you renting those same "2" beta movies
>>everytime? :-) hehehehe

>I know that's a funny, but in reality there are many VCR owners
>- we are in the minority but there are plenty of us - who don't
>rent movies.

Count me in your crowd, Bill.  Why would I pay from one to three bux
to rent a movie on shitty media to be viewed on inferior display
technology when I can to any of my local discount second run theaters
and watch the real thing for from 50 cents to $1.10?

>Of course I go WAY back with VCRs.    There weren't any rentals
>or pre-recorded tapes when I got mine - 16 years ago next
>month.   And I remember when "Magnetic Video" licensed  50
>titles from 20th Century because they thought people would
>like to use VCRs for more things than taping off the air.

Likewise.  I bought Old Reliable, a Sony Betamax, in 1980.  The SVHS
unit I finally capitulated and bought approximates the quality of 
this 12 year old machine.  Certainly not any better.

Alas, Old Reliable finally expired last year.  General rot of all
the rubber rollers.  Sooo.  Anyone have an old Beta recorder gathering
dust you'd like to get rid of?  Remember now, it's "obsolete junk" so I 
can't pay very much.

John
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: edge@well.sf.ca.us (Christopher L. Seguine)
Subject: Dual Time Base Corrector For Sale!
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:26:42 GMT


Kitchen Sync Dual Channel TBC Card for Sale!
    *2 TBCs on one card
    *works in Amiga or IBM
    * Strobe, Freeze, proc amp, etc.
    * SVHS/Composite
Includes:
   Genlock Option (Sync 2 external reference)
   SVHS Option   (SVHS out)

Selling because I upgraded to PVW-2650s... (Built in TBCs)

Price   $1400

Hardly used, all manuals, etc...

Newsgroups: rec.video.production,comp.sys.amiga.multimedia,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
Subject: IS VideoToaster Programmable?
Organization: University of Central Florida
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:11:36 GMT

I have an application where I would like to warp a video
image-stream to compensate for distortion caused by imaging 
optics.  The images are constantly changing, but the warping
would be fixed.

The VideoToaster seems to have the raw horsepower to perform
the desired warpings, but can the Toaster be "programmed"
to produce a user-defined image warping?  

An inquiry to NewTek a year ago said that a set of tools to 
do this was planned for the future.  Are these tools available
yet?  Has anyone used them?

Reply via e-mail if possible.  Thanks.
--
Thomas Clarke
Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central FL
12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826
(407)658-5030, FAX: (407)658-5059, clarke@acme.ucf.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber)
Subject: Re: A/B roll audio switching
Organization: MCNC Center for Communications -- CONCERT Network
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:31:30 GMT

In article <67200007@hpscit.sc.hp.com> joeo@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Joe Oliverio) writes:
>Does anyone know makes and models of audio mixers that can be controlled from
>an edit controller? Preferably through an RS-422, 9 pin type control?
>
>This would be used in an A/B roll system to allow the audio to switch with the
>video. 

We have a Soundcraft audio mixing board in our suite at MCNC that
does "audio for video" editing, i.e. the kind of automatic fading and 
cross-fading that you're referring to.

There was a discussion on this list a few months back of various
mixers that do this kind of thing.  I believe that you're looking at
mixers starting somewhere around $2k for this capability.  I didn't
save any of the messages, but maybe someone out there did, or
remembers some of the mixers mentioned.

Scott


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Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Andrew Lindh)
Subject: Almost single frame recording on a VCR
Organization: The University of Hartford
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:29:31 GMT
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My betamax will do 2 frame recording but I can not get it down
to a single frame. I remember hearing something about you need
two frames to keep the color correct?? Is this true?

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Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus)
Subject: Video duplication houses
Organization: Taligent, a little subsidiary of two really big companies.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:13:46 GMT

I would greatly appreciate receiving e-mail about video reproduction
houses that readers have direct experience with.  I'm planning to run
off 50-100 copies of a tape onto VHS cassette.  Thanks very much in
advance!
--
-- Christophe

"Bad analogy!  No biscuit!"
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: German TV "Deutsche Welle" now in USA
From: axgolinski@ualr.edu
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:17:30 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

On the 1st of November the German television "Deutsche Welle TV" started it's
transmission to North and South America.
The station now broadcasts for 14 hours via satellite. For viewers in Europe
this is more than double the viewing time, which until now, amounted to six
hours.
In North and South America, those who are intersted and who have their own
satellite antenna, can now, for the first time, find out immediately, what is
going on in Germany and the rest of Europe, on a daily basis. The program
travels in the direction of North and South America via satellite, the
INTELSAT-K satellite and can still be viewed in Europe on the usual frequency
of the EUTELSAT II-F1. INTELSAT-K is a KU-Band satellite, which is not very
common yet among direct broadcasters but will become soon. In order to make
direct broadcasting possible for individuals, the 14-hour program is also sent
via the new SATCOM C-4, a high power satellite, which only requires a
a dish size of between 1 metre and 1.50 metres in the traditional C-Band.
Parts of the program, that is sent in German, English and Spanish, is able to
be viewed via domestic television stations and cable networks. This was already
the case with PBS stations or ME/U with "Sports Report" and other programs. In
the meantime, there is a definite agreement with the MindExtension University
- The Education Network (ME/U). The station is taking over the German and
English Jourmal (Daily News) as well as another three and a half hours of
DW television programs. There are many promising  talks in progress with other
partners in the USA, Canada and Latin America.
Deutsche Welle has also been broadcasting to Africa, Asia and Australia since
the 28th of September 1992 for two hours a day via two INTELSAT satellites, in
order to make German television accessible there, with the help of local
television stations.

A  FREE monthly program guide of Deutsche Welle TV can be recieved by
writing to this address:

Deutsche Welle
Postfach 10 04 44
"W"-5000 Koeln 1

Germany

If you have any questions about the program, or technical questions write
to the same address or call the Washington office of Deutsche Welle:
(202) 393 7427

Andreas Golinski (AXGOLINSKI@ualr.edu)
 

Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: bbs.drdave@tsoft.net (Dave Arias)
Subject: Music Video
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:14:27 GMT

I am making a music video for a band at my high school, and I was 
wondering if anyone could tell me a simple way to play their tape and do 
a lipsync so everything would look o.k. I have access to lots of video 
equipment and some audio. I thought about transfering the music to a 3/4 
inch SP tape and editing in a 1Khz tone each second for five seconds 
before the music starts, but will I pick up any noise from the video not 
having a signal, or is that only when playing back an audio-only tape?
If that will occurr, can I do something similar using a reel-to-reel 
machine? I would like to go down as few generations as possible.
        Thanks,
                Dr. Dave

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