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From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Subject: Re: "HELP" NTSC 3.58 OR 4.76 WHICH ONE DO YOU USE IN USA?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:54:25 GMT


The US uses NTSC 3.58 (NTSC-M is the more correct name). The other number you
mention should probably be 4.43. No one actually broadcasts NTSC 4.43, but some
multistandard VCRs will generate NTSC 4.43 and some multistandard TVs will
receive it. It is a convenience when watching NTSC tapes in a primarily
PAL/SECAM environment as it avoids a manual switch change on some gear.

If you are concerned about tapes, then 'NTSC' is sufficient.

gary
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From: Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu (Rupin Dang)
Newsgroups: rec.video,misc.wanted
Subject: ANYONE IN FRANKFURT?
Date: 20 Aug 92 00:46:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Aug20.004633.28673
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I am looking for someone who lives in Frankfurt to help me get some equipment
and in return, I am willing to pay you handsomely!

I will be passing through Frankfurt and need to acquire some PAL equipment. If
you can find out details about it and then help me receive the stuff at the
airport, that would be great.

Please contact me if you're interested...

Rupin.Dang@dartmouth.edu
(603) 640 4478  (in USA)
From: Tanwei_Chung.ES_AE@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: LD/Kareoke
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:26:50 GMT
Reply-To: tchung.esae@xerox.com
Organization: The Internet

Serge:
I am also looking to buy a karaoke machine for my kids, I am appreciated if you
can forward information received to me.
I talked to some Karaoke special store in Los Angeles, California. The Pioneer
Karaoke machine has "V" in their model, such as CLD-V510, CLD-V705, CLD-V820.
The cheapest price in the mail order store for CLD-V510 is $496 US dollars,
which is $100 cheaper than the local karaoke store.
Since this machine is rather expensive (for a kids toy is expensive), I was
thinking to buy a regular laser disc player and a audio mix to perform the same
effect as a integrated karaoke machine. the LD player Pioneer CLD-980 is only
$229 from some mail order store, and the audio mix is about $50 (I think,
because I saw some ad in the video magazine long times ago, I can not remember
now). But the problem I want to figure out is whether the LD player can output
music only  (in analog mode?) or always music and vacol together (in digital
mode?). if you get some information about this, please tell me too.
Tanwei Chung
e-mail address: tchung.esae@xerox.com
telephone: (310) 333-7099
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR +
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:55:37 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell) writes:
: 
: If enough people purchase VCR+, it won't go away. The fact that some
: manufacturers are now putting it into their VCRs tells me it's probably
: pretty popular. I still don't understand why they don't all put the smarts
: in their remotes, though. A VCR with built in VCR+ does not handle the
: cable box programming problem.

   Just a guess, but maybe there is a contractual agreement with the VCR-Plus
people that only *they* can build the remotes.  After all that is their product
and they wouldn't want the vcr manufacturers to take away all their market.

--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: chriss@sam.amgen.com (Chris Silvester)
Subject: Coming out of the closet...
Organization: Amgen
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 00:04:59 GMT

I'm sorry, but I've watched the comments about how LBX is far superior to PAN
& SCAN too long to not venture my own opinion.  So, for me and anyone else out
there like me, I'm going to say it...I DON'T LIKE THE LBX FORMAT!!!  Glad that's
off my chest.

Seriously though, IMHO having the picture on my TV scrunched by LBX is FAR
more anoying then putting up with an occasional shift in camera angle to
capture pertinent action.  Having my 35" Picture reduced to less than the
equivelent of 20" is very depressing...

I have seen some WIDESCREEN versions of movies, such as E.T. and Robinhood,
that seem to compromise between the two, making the black bars at the top and
bottom not so thick.  Is this what WIDESCREEN is - the compromised version?  I
could live with that...

Anyone else feel this way?

Chris S.
From: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Olympus 2-chip: any good?
Date: 17 Aug 92 11:29:57 GMT
Reply-To: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, MD

In rec.video, JesseWest@cup.portal.com (jesse c newcomb) writes:
>Who's seen the new Olympus 2-chip Hi-8 camera? I hear it has great color
>rendition, way better than any other Hi-8 camera. But that's about all I
>know.

As discussed in other postings, I saw it at last month's Wedding Video
Expo.

In my opinion, this camera is poor.  Low light performance is lousy.
Chroma noise is excessive, even in good light.  There is no focussing
ring - just a rocker switch.  There is no time code.  There is no edit
control interface.

The best hi8 camera, IMHO, is the Sony EVW-300 three chip.

   /|/| /||)|/  /~ /\| |\|)[~|)/~   |   Everyone's entitled to MY opinion.
  / | |/ ||\|\  \_|\/|_|/|)[_|\\_|  |      goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil
========Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein=======
From: rdemarti@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ralph DeMartino, CCAC-LAD)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Using Ear/headphones with camcorder RCA audio jacks.
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:41:06 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Subject:  RCA audio to headphones for camera

Michael Regoli asks:
>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.

Yes, but the volume would be too low to be of any worth.
You really have to boost the signal with a small audio amp.

I had to build my own miniture stereo amp for this purpose.  I could not
find anyone that made a small unit for traveling purposes.  What you need
is a small battery operated low voltage audio amp to bring the 500 millivolt
AC signal up to about 500 milliwatts.  I wound up using a LM386N IC which
is a low voltage stereo audio amp and built the circuit myself.  The parts
were cheep and the circuit is a basic one from Radio Shack books or any
linear IC project book.  The hardest part was making it very small and
making a shielded case for it.  While I was at it I also made a provision
for miniture microphone inputs so I could plug the thing into airline
music jacks (the hollow tube kind) and convert the signal to something
my walkman stereo headphones could hear.  It worked much better than the
airline sets.

If you want to make the thing a little bigger, you could find a small
mini cassette recorder that has a microphone input and headphone output
and just use the amp for the camera.  This would be a way to go if you are
not into building circuits yourself. I almost went this way but the extra
$50 to $100 was too much to spend and I didn't need a mini recorder.

A company does make a airline amp so you can use walkman headphones with
the airline air tube stereo, and it could probably be modified to take
the camera input.  This device is about $50 and I figured it was too much
of a cost to risk taking it apart and still not getting want was needed.

A small LCD TV with monitor inputs would work, and most allow personal
headphones to plug in.  My Sony FDL-370 allows this, but with the batteries
it is not a carry on a shoulder for long device.  For table use it is
perfect though.                                  rdemarti@pica.army.mil
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Pioneer LaserDisc
Date: 19 Aug 92 11:16:23 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745

ccheng@mips.com writes:

>Would somebody please suggest me a good place for ordering the Pioneer LD players?

Sevice Merchandise is closing out the 92 model Pioneer LCD-M90 ?.  They
were selling it for $488 (that's the saleout price -- they were at $5XX).

The real killer is that the 93 model (due in the stores next week) is $398.

I assume the 93 model of the same is a "more advanced unit" even though the
price is less (all I know is the 93 model has 2 trays -- one for the LD and
another for the CD's)

I would be interested in hearing from others about this new model.
-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: cc977@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Novak)
Subject: Any advice on purchasing a handheld/LCD color TV?
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 00:14:44 GMT


Hello,

I'm interested in puchasing a small hand held color TV for 
recreational use (like taking to work for lunch hour, etc.)

I haven't been able to locate any information in the library, and
I hate to rely on sales pitches.  Anyone have experience good or
with these little gizmos?

I'm leaning towards a Casio TV470 for $119, which seems pretty
damn reasonable.  I'd like to know what kind of real-world
battery life I can expect, and quality of both VHF and UHF
reception, or any problems with interference or other product
recomendations.

Any insight you could give me would be greatly appreciated, as
I am basically a video neophite.

Thanks in advance,
Mike Novak
cc977@cleveland.freenet.edu
(personal replies preferable)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 21 Aug 92 11:53:54 CDT


In article <1992Aug19.133312.3566@devildog.att.com> smith@acpy01.att.com (Bob Smith (CXNIXPT1)) writes:

> * On the Sunday evening of a free preview weekend, pull the input cable from
>   your box. Connect it again the next evening. You should still be getting
>   the premium station for free. I once got the Movie Channel for 1 1/2 months
>   before it was turned off. Try it with the Disney Channel's preview next week -
>  I think it ends on Friday - anyone know for sure?


   This is a good idea until they decide to keep the "normal" channel
 its shown on scrambled and show it on a "free/blank" channel!  Then
 that little sceme wont work.

   Daniel Baehr


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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: aaronb@suhana.analog.ingr.com (Aaron B.)
Subject: Re: Cable-compatible line amps?
Reply-To: aaronb@suhana.analog.ingr.com
Organization: Home Office Enterprise
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 00:46:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.232840.297@ginger.hnrc.tufts.edu>, jerry@ginger.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
|> In article <sbarnhar-140892151615@morril6t-4.micro.umn.edu>, sbarnhar@mailbox.mail.umn.edu (Dr. Barnhart) writes:
|> > Could I  just get one those Radio Shaft amps or get one somewhere else?  Do
|> > the R-S amps (or any others) have any kind of isolation so I'm not  getting
|> > signal reflection across my in-house cable network? Is that even important?
|> > Do the R-S amps cover a broad enough bandwidth?
|> 
|> I'm using a RS adjustable amplifier (15-1113 $22.95) and am happy.  If it isn't
|> good enough (another poster reported that with a very weak inputs his RS
|> amplifier--model unspecified--amplified the noise with the signal) you can
|> always bring it back.
|> 
|> P.S. All RS are not created equal.  The 15-1113 was much better (for me) than
|> the $12.95 model 15-1118.  The 15-1113 claims a bandwidth of 50-890 MHz.

Try the one from MCM electronics or Dalbani.  They have a much better
bandwidth.  But I don't know if it's better than RS.

Aaron B

aaronb@suhana.analog.ingr.com
From: tbd@neuro.duke.edu (Tristan Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:39:02 GMT



Well, this thread has been extremely informative, but I now have
a question:
I don't use a cable box; my cable comes out of the wall and goes 
straight into the VCR.  Does that mean the cable co. has a
descrambler box somewhere else that they can set? That's
what I've always figured, but I'm not sure.

Tristan
-- 
e-mail: tbd@neuro.duke.edu
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center

"grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! oot piffoo blaboo..." -- Opus
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: brc@halcyon.com (Brian Cartmell)
Subject: 106.5 Data Signal
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service +1 206 382 MAIL (382-6245)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:40:08 GMT

Has anyone been able to decode this signal that the cable companies use
to authorize cable boxes?

Brian

Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: dedek@meaddata.com (Mike Dedek)
Subject: Re: LandLord's Cable TV
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:44:23 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1730@hsdndev.UUCP>, nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder 432-4219) writes:
|> My landlord is thinking about waging a small war against our local
|> cable company - CableVision Systems,Inc which serves the city of Boston
|> and an adjacent town of Brookline where I presently live.
|> 
|> Here is the text of the proposal to the tenants of my 16-unit building
|> and 4 or 5 adjacent building on the same block owned by the same guy.
|> I estimated that that the total number of units is about 80 to 90.
|> 
<text deleted>
|> 
|> This sounds like my landlord is trying to get wireless cable co. to
|> come in before the telephone companies begin to get into the act and will
|> drive CableVision out of business. I think somewhere in this letter
|> I smell a profit or some sort of a deal for my landlord in this whole
|> 'new tenant-vision' thing. The reason I believe,it's wireless cable is because
|> my landlord wouldn't invest into an expensive satellite equipment that he
|> would have to place on top of the 4-story brownstone buildings.
|> 
|> Does my landlord have a right to stop me from subscribing to CableVision
|> or any other cable co.(telephone) if the majority of the gullible tenants
|> vote to go with wireless/profit-for-landlord-making cable venture? A call
|> to my town's cable monitoring comittee and/or BBB(Better Business Bureau)
|> is in order.
|> 
|> -Mark

Well, I lived in a complex with wireless cable.  The apartment is a national
chain called Oxford.  The cable company was called Maxtel.  We were not 
allowed to get another cable company to install in our apartment, however, I
don't know if that was the apartment's rule or the fact that a cable company
wouldn't install all the stuff just for one apartment (and the tenants never
banded together).

At any rate, MAXTEL SUCKS!!  They wanted $15/month for 15 channel cable.  I
lived for 2 years with no cable, got 10 stations on my antenna (actually 5 
x 2 major cities, PBS, CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC).  This sounds a lot like what your
apartment is planning.  Now, it could be your apartment is nice and won't screw
you like these guys, but I'd watch out for it, and if you hear the name Maxtel,
beware!

-Mike Dedek
From: tmetro@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Thomas Metro)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: DMX
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:59:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

In article <1992Aug17.193215.6659@novell.com> larrow@novell.com (Les Arrow) writes:
>Could someone explain DMX: what it does for a cable subscriber, and if 
>practically all companies use it?
I'd like to know the answer to that also. It sounds related to MTS - how
is it different?

Here are a few other CATV buzzwords that I'd like to know more about:
"Base Band" - I've noticed that both the Scientific Atlanta and Jerrold
top of the line converters/descramblers mention this "feature."
"Drop Field" - something related to scrambling technology.

 -Tom


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From: sampson@nosc.mil (Charles H. Sampson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,rec.video
Subject: Re: Any problems with VCR Plus ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 23:58:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation

In article <1992Aug13.160215.231@ddsw1.mcs.com> dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (David W. Tamkin) writes:
>
>But when the two events are on different cable channels, the VCR+ stops the
>VCR, changes the cable channel, and restarts the record.  Thus a few seconds
>are missed and the system does extra work.  [Sorry, flamers, this is just a
>peeve, not the end of my life.]
>
     This is peripheral to the main point of this thread, but my Sony VCR
(model 585) does the same thing, even if the events are on the same channel.
It stops 20 seconds before the boundary time and starts up again on the bound-
ary time.  This is the first VCR I've had that does this, including a first
generation RCA.

				Charlie
From: feiges@jomby.cs.wisc.edu (Howard Feiges)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: DMX ripoff....
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:05:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

Hello people - its feiges here

Well, the cable guy came today - and installed cable for me today.....  

TCI was offering a money-back-guarantee for DMX service for one month - so
my roomats and I said - "why not" - with the understanding that we would
jsut cancel it for one month

I have had it for an hour - already I love it - I got that "good remote" that
tells you the artist and the title and all that...

really cool  -  everyonce in a while - I hear a "knock" come out of my 
stereo when DMX is palaying - what is this.... is this a flaw in DMX or is
it my reciever........   anyone else get this???

what distrubs me is that I read that the charge for DMX is $5 a month in
a few of the previous articles.....  TCI here in madison charges like $12 -
and then an additional $4 for the remote......

so, anyways, now I am interested in purchasing a DMX converter myself and
not giving those bastards at TCI another cent........  if the DMX box 
WITH the good remote  costs less than $100 - I might be interested in
buying it..... does anyone know where I can get this????   What can I do 
about the charges being more here than elsewhere (probably noithing I bet)

Please mail me info -  and thnax...  

email to:

feiges@jomby.cs.wisc.edu

thanx once again.........

feiges

TPK
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: rslugg@med.unc.edu (Robert Slugg)
Subject: Re: What's this ""bullet"" thing?
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 03:09:17 GMT

One night on the tube this comedian gets up on stage and says, "Don't you
just hate the cable companies and their lousy service?" Lots of applause.
The he follows up with, "But you can't call and complain about something
you're stealing in the first place."  About a half dozen guys in the room
lost it, and the rest sort of sat there.  Guess which six guys were
probably watching non-authorized cable at home?
From: giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: 59u = CATV ??
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:26:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.



Just a quick no-brainer question:

I'd like to have a cable connection downstairs in the den. While
poking around the living room and the den (I just moved in recently) I
noticed that both rooms had an old style antenna jack: 2 terminal
screws.

When I took the jack out of the wall I saw that it was hooked up with
coax cable labled "59 U".  The living room jack continues down to an
identical jack in the den, but the den jack has some terminating
resistors soldered to it as well.

Question:  I am assuming that this "59 U" coax was originally
installed for a roof antenna, but can it be used for a cable-tv signal
as well ( I think 59 U is a 75 ohm cable) ??

Adv-thanks-ance,

Jeff
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From: miller@FS1.cam.nist.gov (Bruce R. Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: A bit of "Good" news
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:25:47 GMT
Organization: NIST - Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory


In article <1992Aug9.201d9@f8.n154.z1.fidonet.org>, Jack Decker writes:
> In article <2921867338@ARTEMIS.cam.nist.gov> dated 3 Aug 92 21:48:58 GMT,
> miller@FS1.cam.nist.gov (Bruce R. Miller) wrote:
>  > So, if we can just get the stereo fixed, and trade in 3 `christian'
>  > stations for 2 good ones, we wont be too bad off.
>  > It seems there's hope.
> 
> Those "Christian" stations are there because some folks want to see them.  
[etc...]

Yeah, sure.  First off, have a sense of humor ok?

Still, one has to wonder what stations are there because the viewers
want them, and how many because the stations pay to be there.  At least
one of the "christian" stations is practially the same as QVC (or
whatever it's called).  Ie.  "Send money", only difference is that the
products are a bit more, shall we say, "ephemeral".

Spare me the economics lesson that these stations wouldnt be able to
afford to pay to be shown if they didn't actually sell "products" which
still means that there are people watching them.

In any case, I wouldn't care if they were there or not!  Its just that
the standard line when you ask for, say, Sci-Fi channel is "we dont have
enough capacity".  So, like a good, responsible, customer, I express my
opinion about how they could recover some capacity. OK?
 
> If you have 40 channels and don't like the three religious ones, just be happy
> that you have 37 other channels to watch.  There's an awful lot of cable
> subscribers in rural areas that only wish they had 37 channels to choose from!

Well, if you subtract the other 6 channels that really aren't channels
as such, now we're down to 31.  Yep, it's not really all that bad and
certainly could be worse.  And it's not their fault that theres only a
few of those 31 that I personally want to watch.  
But just cause somebody has it worse, doesn't mean I have it good.

To end on a positive note, though.  I called the cable co. and
complemented their decision to descramble.  I also asked if this would
make the non-local cable stations come in in stereo, or if they had
plans to do so.  Another first: the person I spoke to knew both that
they weren't currently being sent in stereo, and that the original
signals were in stereo.  She said they had to decide how to allocate
resourses.  An honest answer! Previously, they pled ignorance, or
claimed that the originals were not stereo.
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