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From: gerace@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Jerry Gerace)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 05:05:22 GMT

In article <1565@anagld.analytics.com> sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn) writes:
>Radio Electronics magazine published an article on the magic bullet.  I can't
>remember the date of the issue.  Seems like it was in 1991 though.

Yeh, I seem to remember that also...I DID have the issue, but can't find it.

Anyways (or was it in Pop. Electronics???)...anyways..

The "bullet" is sent at the same frequency as the authorization streams
which are apparently in the FM range (87-108MHz)...so the article recommended
using a trap to block whatever frequency it was (104 maybe???)...

You also block any genuine authorization signals, but if you're using your
own box, then so what.

MPB
From: bnc@portia.si.macsch.com (Brian Casey)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: Any problems with VCR Plus ?
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:18:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation

In article <1992Aug12.065827.1472@proponent.com> Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com> writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.231852.6432@draco.macsch.com> bnc@portia.si.macsch.com  
>(Brian Casey) writes:
>> I've seen a number of posts that mention that the VCR Plus+ adds time to
>> the events that it records.  The original models of VCR Plus+ did have
>> this feature, due apparently to lack of confidence in the accuracy of
>> program start times and lenghts.  However, new model VCR Plus+ units do
>> not have this feature.  If the PlusCode says to record from 6:30 to 7:00,
>> the new models record from 6:30 to 7:00, not from 6:29:30 to 7:01. 
>
>According to Gemstar, the VCR+ is designed to run from start-0:01 to end+0:01.
>
>If there are back-to-back events, it changes the channel at the boundary time.
>-- 
># Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
># monty%roscom@think.com

There are two major versions of the VCR Plus+.  The original version
can be identified by the label "VIP-8" on the back of the unit.  In this
version, recording is done from start - 1 minute to end + 1 minute.

Newer versions of the VCR Plus+ can be identified by the label "VIP-18"
on the back of the unit - at Gemstar, these appear to be known as "Mask 5's",
which signifies the version of the chipset used inside the unit.
[NOTE: the masks are changed periodically to correct errors or to support
new models of VCR's and cable boxes.] On these versions, recording is done
from start (exactly) to end (exactly).  The power on the VCR is turned on 
30 seconds before recording begins, but otherwise everything is done at 
the time specified in the code.

Brian Casey
bnc@macsch.com
From: speers@micro-c.mcds.com (Daniel E. Speers)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 11:27:00 EDT
Organization: Dan's Domain, Randolph, New Jersey

mcohen@vax.clarku.edu writes:

> According to the articles, this "bullet" was used effectively in Brooklyn.

  Understanding that the "bullet" works on pirate cable boxes, how 
do they catch pirated cable in cases where people don't have cable
boxes?  For example, I've lived for many years without a cable box,
the cable people have the cable go right into my television.  I've
never needed a box.
  And what about the connection at the poll?  Is that affected?
When the cable was installed, they said that there was something
on the poll that did the descrambling.


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From: aj008@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Aaron M. Barnes)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Date: 20 Aug 92 04:33:58 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


Will the FM trap work with Zenith PM-1 systems?

This is for educational purposes only,of course!
-- 
Aaron Barnes
aj008@cleveland.freenet.edu
Part 15 will take over broadcasting one frequency at a time!
Howard Phillips for President!
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From: tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 01:33:49 GMT
Organization: Movement to Ban or Re-Regulate the CABLE MONOPOLIES

In article <Bt755K.AF8@solbourne.com> kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski) writes:
>[...]
>The term "bullet" seems to give the press (and general public) these images
>of pirate cable boxes bursting into flames or something, but in reality the
>boxes just stop working.  Then, all the cable company has to do is wait for
>these people to call saying "my cable just went out."

If you had a pirate cable box.... would you call the cable company to tell
them that it just went dead????  

Next question:  If you knew you had a pirate cable box, would you still call
the cable company to tell them it went dead???

(just an opinion, in the form of a question)

       tweek@netcom.com  tweek@tweekco.uucp  WWIVNet 5@5058  4@5056 
          I'd rather get my cable service from the phone company,
                than my phone service from the cable company.


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From: randyh@boise.esd.sgi.com (Randy Heap)
Subject:  Mixing cable and antenna input for VCR recording
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:11:54 GMT

I'm on cable.  Most of what I watch is on cable.   Both
my TV and my VCR are "cable ready" so I don't use 
a cable box.

However, locally there are still some broadcast stations
that are not on my cable that I  occasionally would
like to watch and/or record.

I have a signal switcher that can switch the input signal
to my TV and VCR between the cable and my antenna.
However,  I have to change settings on both the  TV and
the VCR to  change the tunning  between cable  and antenna.  

Just having to switch back and forth is an irritant because
sometimes I forget and the takes me a while to realize that
I have to switch things around. 

The real problem though is VCR recording.   Because of the
input switching and the cable vs. antenna switching 
requirement, I cannot easily set my VCR to record a
program from the antenna.  If I'm there to set the right
switches, there's no problem.  But if I want to record
two programs, one from cable and one from the antenna
when I won't be around to flip the  selection switches,
I can't do it.  It's surprising how often this problem
seems to arise for me.

My question is, is there any clean way to handle this
problem  that doesn't require one VCR for the cable
and another for the antenna?


Randy H


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From: ferguson@andy.bgsu.edu (Douglas Ferguson)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 02:16:51 GMT

tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield) writes:
> 
> If you had a pirate cable box.... would you call the cable company to tell
> them that it just went dead????  
> 
> Next question:  If you knew you had a pirate cable box, would you still call
> the cable company to tell them it went dead???
> 
People with pirate boxes associate their piracy with the pay-channel
they're stealing, not ALL the channels.  When the whole box goes dead,
they assume the box is OK but that -- once again -- cable is dead
(the industry does have this nasty record of outages).  So, they
call to complain.  Except that:  they're the only ones calling, and
the cable company has them by the .. uh .. terminals.

If you think that only a stupid person would call to complain about
a cable outage when they have a pirate box, you have an inflated opinion
of your own intelligence.  Hundreds of people called a NY cable system
after "the bullet" knocked out their service.

-- 
     Dr. Douglas Ferguson, BGSU, Bowling Green, Ohio  (419) 372-6007      
Internet: ferguson@andy.bgsu.edu          *  Views expressed are not those 
  Bitnet: ferguson@bgsuopie               *  of BGSU.  Trust me!   
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From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:34:31 GMT

While reading article <17AUG92.21452707@vax.clarku.edu>, I noticed that
mcohen@vax.clarku.edu said the following:
>1:  How does this "bullet" function?  I can think of no means for a data 
>packet to selectively "deactivate" the functions of one particular node (box), 
>especially if the address isn't known.  If this is a "function" of the cable 
>box (a particular data packet to perform this function), why are cable 
>companies waiting until now to use it?  And isn't there a "reset" button on 
>the cable boxes (to purge memories, like erasing preselected stations on 
>electronically-tuned radios) that would make this rather moot?

Most cable "bullets" function on one of the premise that most pirate cable
boxes either have identical addresses (one cloned chip) or a "test" chip
inside.  The "bullet" consists of sending commands down the line to either
disable all cable boxes with ID number XXXX (where XXXX is the address of the
cloned chip) or to disable all cable boxes with the test chip.  There may also
be a mode to shut down all cable boxes, followed by authorization streams sent
for only those boxes the cable company has a record of.

The term "bullet" seems to give the press (and general public) these images
of pirate cable boxes bursting into flames or something, but in reality the
boxes just stop working.  Then, all the cable company has to do is wait for
these people to call saying "my cable just went out."
-- 
| William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc.     | Opinions expressed above
| Internet: kucharsk@solbourne.com   Ham: N0OKQ   | are MINE alone, not those
| Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO  80501 | of Solbourne Computer, Inc.
| President, "Just the Ten of Us" Fan Club        | "Dittos from Longmont, CO"
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From: fsi@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (furrokh.s.irani)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production
Subject: WANTED: PAL info
Keywords: PAL, video tape
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:36:46 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: AT&T


Can anyone please tell me where (address or telephone number) I can
buy video tapes recorded in PAL format? My primary interest is in
operas.

Thanks. Please e-mail responses.

-Furrokh S. Irani
From: mbarnes@finally.East.Sun.COM ( Intelligence Natl Sales Manager Washington DC)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony TR-101
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:13:00 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Vienna, VA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: finally.east.sun.com


I recently purchased the TR-101.  The only negative is that the layout of the buttons are
confusing and requires some practice to use.   The "steady shot" system works so well that I
usually leave it in at all times.  The last video camera that I owned was the original Olympus
8mm and the old Sony V3.  The TR-101 is much nicer than either of these cameras. 

The focusing sysetms is sometimes better and sometimes worse than what I am used to.  The
camera focuses quickly.  It doesn't hunt in and out as my old systems did for the correct
focus. However, in some situations, it quickly locks in "out of focus".  

The focusing system for the 101 acts very much like a TTL SLR in that it works much better in
daylight than in the dark.  

The TR-101 has an amazing zoom.  Combined with the "steady shot" this is one of the best travel
cameras available.
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony SLV-R5U Owners... Help me!
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:31:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bsvpwv.AGr
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


In article <1992Aug10.205719.15633@sequent.com> coryc@sequent.com (Cory Carpenter) writes:
>
>So, can anyone verify that the R5 has the ability to command a
>LANC-connected camcorder to play, rewind, FF, etc.?  Or am I really
>looking for a separate edit controller, and wasting my time trying to
>explain to the sales droids how a 1-bit serial bus works... .

You are looking for a separate edit controller.
From: kirjner@tucker.berkeley.edu (Carlos Kirjner)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Multi standard TV/video FAQ??
Date: 15 Aug 1992 23:21:48 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kirjner@tucker.berkeley.edu (Carlos Kirjner)
NNTP-Posting-Host: tucker.berkeley.edu

Could anybody PLEASE mail me (or direct me to a site
from where I could FTP ) the FAQ files on Multi-standard 
video equipment and the World TV standards FAQ??

Many thanks,


Carlos Kirjner                       INTERNET: kirjner@kuhn.Berkeley.EDU
EECS UC-Berkeley                               kirjner@diva.Berkeley.EDU
Address: 207-10 Cory Hall. Dept of EECS. Univ. of California at Berkeley
         Berkeley CA 94720. USA.                   phone:+(510)-642 4257
From: jdavidso@teknowledge.com (Jim Davidson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Dolby Digital for home?
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:45:59 GMT
Distribution: rec.video
Organization: Cimflex Teknowledge Corporation, Knowledge Systems Division

There was an article in our local paper today (SJ Mercury News) about the new
Dolby digital process for film sound (SR-D, I believe it's called).  Most
rec.video readers probably already familar with the technology: 6 tracks,
digital, encoded between the sprocket holes.  It was used on "Batman Returns",
and "Honey I Blew up the Kid", and will appear on more films going forward.

The interesting part was that the technology may be adapted for home use.
There's a chip involved, made be a local Silicon Valley company called Zoran
(sp?), which would be incorporated directly in certain consumer electronic
products.

Now, the article was somewhat garbled, not surprisingly.  A big part of the
Dolby process is the means of physically encoding the sound tracks onto the
film, which is obviously irrelevant for home use.  So, it's not clear exactly
what would be made available for consumers.

I assume it's some kind of discrete six-track digital sound encoding, which
could somehow be adapted for tape/LD.

Anyway, the article indicated that it could start appearing in new products
within the next two years.  I'm skeptical.  But, you might want to keep this
in mind when shopping for your next surround-sound receiver.

-Jim
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca (Witold Owoc)
Subject: The reason for warped tapes ?
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 15:36:14 GMT
Reply-To: (Witold Owoc) <wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Organization: The University of Calgary, AB, Canada

Our Sony VHS VCR just returned from an adjustment and head cleaning.
But... one of tapes being played in it (a rather new Disney) exhibited
high noise so I popped it out and checked: the lower edge became warped
(elongated and slighly damaged - looks like a flounce).
When I had brought the unit to a shop I had took with me a tape (top
Sony), with the same type of damage, and had showed to a guy - but he
had just exchanged it for another one (had said bad tape batch).

Now I assume that I can only convince them to look at the problem
when I am able to name it using proper technical terms, so
 What type of misalignment causes such damage ?
 How to check for such misalignment ?

Thank you in advance for any help,
                                  Witold Owoc <wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca>

P.S. It is SLV-R5US. And after closer examination 1/4 of the tape stock
     we own is (slightly) damaged - including top Fuji and S-VHS Sony.
     Some are camera originals... :-(
__
#disclaimer "my.private.views"
From: robe@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.g.egan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Lighting a video room?
Date: 21 Aug 92 12:53:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <1708m3INN40t@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU>, long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H. Morrow Long) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Aug19.212456.29504@uwm.edu>, wls@cray.csd.uwm.edu
>  (Bill Stapleton) asks:
> |> Slightly off the beaten path, what kind of lighting do you like in your
> |> "home theatre" room? .................................................
> |> ........................................... So what do others use?  Wall
> |> sconce fixtures, floor standing or table lights?  In back of, beside, or
> |> in front of the seating area?  Pointed down, bounced off the ceiling
> |> or walls?  I have the glare problem in my office with my screen, and I've
> |> never arrived at a fully pleasing solution, so I could use the advice.
> |> You can e-mail and I'll summarize.
> 
> According to Joe Kane and "The Perfect Vision" you should view in
> a darkened room with the only light source being behind the TV/monitor/
> rear projection unit/front project screen.  I believe Joe, in one 
> issue of TPV, specified exactly how much light that should be
> (footlamberts? candles?) and what its color temperature should be
> ( 6500 degrees white to match the monitor?).
> 
Jim Millick suggested a 10 to 20 W fluorescent bulb of the daylight,
6500 degrees K variety. You would have to get it at lighting specialty
stores, you can't readily pick this up at the local hardware store. I have
mine mounted on the rear of the TV stand reflecting off the wall. My wife
thought it was silly to put a light behind the TV. Now she has to have that 
light on before she watches any TV. Visitors have also commented on how much 
more pleasant it is to watch tv this way. 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tsui@ils.nwu.edu
Subject: Re: Sony SLV-R5U Owners... Help me!
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:19:11 GMT

In article <Bsvpx6.AHo@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
>
>In article <1992Aug11.135650.22029@ils.nwu.edu> tsui@ils.nwu.edu writes:
>>Has anyone used the R5 with an editting controller?  I'm looking around for
one
>>and would like to get some feedback on any products that are good.  I'm
>>seriously thinking about the FutureVideo controller  but would like to stick
to
>>Sony stuff.
>
>I don't know what Sony has to offer other than the RM-100/300 (or
>whatever they are). I have the FutureVideo, and I can hook it up to my
>computer and have true EDL-based editing. To my knowledge, the Sony
>controllers won't do this. Also, the FV controller will work with the
>Panasonic AG1960 deck, which is a MUCH better deck when used as the
>source VTR (the protocol used by the Panasonic has frame-level
>resolution; the LANC protocol only goes down to the nearest second).
>With the FV controller, you have that additional upgrade path. With the
>Sony, you do not.
>
>My system has the 1960 as the source and the R5 as the record deck, and
>it works reasonably well with the FV controller and my computer.
>
>

so is it more important to have the source deck be more accurate?  This is
interesting and will probably affect my next purchase.  I plan on keeping my R5
as the record deck because the 1960 doesn't seem to have video insert.  How's
the accuracy on your system?

much thanks for the info.


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Wrong VHS Tape Speed
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:56:45 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
Keywords: ep vs sp

In article <7311@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu> jwu@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (John T. Wu) writes:
>
>Question:  I recently recorded a tv program with my hitachi
>vcr using the timer.  When I tried to watch what I had recorded
>the player automatically switches from ep to sp and all I see
>is the equivalent of fast forward scan (e.g. fast picture
>and no audio).  I have tried everything I can think of to 
>fix it including recording a brief segment at the beginning
>in ep mode to force the rest of the tape to ep.  Doing this
>I get a shaky, but normal speed picture, but no audio.
>
>Does anyone know why this happens?  More importantly, anyone
>have any ideas on how to fix it?


Sounds like the control track on the tape got farkled.
Inspect the tape and check that the edge isn't creased.
Then clean the stationary heads; perhaps the control head has
some dirt on it and it's interfering with tape speed detection.



-- 
_______________________________Mike Schuster________________________________
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Subject: 8mm HiFi: Adaptor for RCA Jack -> Earphones?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:23:27 GMT

I've got a question:  Can you get simple audio out of the camcorder by
converting one of the audio-out RCA jack to a miniplug?  I've got both
a left and a right audio out (stereo), but thought how convenient it
would be to convert the female RCA jack to a female mini-plug jack.  
(The camera is a Nikon VN320--a Sony TR71.)

Am I too goofy to ask if this is doable?  

--
michael regoli
mr@cica.indiana.edu
regoli@iubacs.BITNET
..{ames, rutgers}!iuvax!cica!mr
From: kuchar@buast7.bu.edu (Tom Kuchar)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: st:tng blue corners?
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:50:10 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <1992Aug17.845.16635@dosgate> "james kewageshig" <james.kewageshig@canrem.com> writes:
>
>...has anyone else noticed that the end credits
>for Star Trek: The Next Generation has a blue tint near the top and
>bottom left corners, but not in the other two ??  I thought this was
>my TV, but then I saw the same thing on another TV...  you might have
>to look carefully because the background is a starscape so its mostly
>black, but even with my well-adjusted TV, I see it.   ANYONE?

I've noticed this on my set, too. I have 35" tube, so I thought it
was a convergence problem, and not part of the broadcast signal.



-- 
Tom Kuchar			  
kuchar@buast7.bu.edu		  -or-                      kuchar@plh.af.mil
Department of Astronomy		                     Phillips Laboratory/GPOB
Boston Univerity		                                  Hanscom AFB
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: aieta@ils.nwu.edu (Michael Aieta)
Subject: 2001 LBX - MGM/UA ML102233 - transfer glitch?
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:56:48 GMT


Before I try and replace the copy I just received of MGM/UA's LBX
release of 2001:a space odyssey,  I was wondering if anyone else noticed
a glitch in the scene about half way through the first side, 2 seconds
or so after the bone toss which switches to the 'skylab' floating down 
towards the bottom of the screen.  The 'skylab' floats smoothly for a 
second, but then it jerks back up a few lines before floating back down
smoothly again.


If someone could please check it out and let me know if it's just my disk,
or a universal problem with the transfer,  I would greatly appreciate it.

I don't remember this being on the non-lbx releases.

Thanks.

-Michael Aieta



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