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From: deastman@VNET.IBM.COM ("Don Eastman")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: CLD-95 Problem!
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:11:27 GMT
Reply-To: deastman@vnet.ibm.com (Don Eastman - IBM, San Jose, CA)

The other day I experienced a problem with my pioneer CLD-95 combi
player.  After completion of playing of a video disk I started to
to play another disk.  The player will not start up.  It is not the
disk, even CD's will not start.  From all appearances everything is
working as it should except the unit will not start to spin the disk.
I have taken it in for repair, under warranty, but I would like to know
ahead of time what the problem might be (Unit not expected back for 3-4
weeks).
I read about the 'static' problem, and tried unplugging the unit, turning
if off then on, and still the problem existed.

When the player was functioning properly and you turned off the unit
you could hear what appeared to be the laser assembly seeking a "home or
preset" position, then the unit turned completely off.  Now there is no
mechanical noise at all when turning the unit off and the "OFF" readout
blinks for about 15 seconds before the player shuts off.

Any ideas as to what the problem might be would be appreciated.

Post your responses if you feel they may be of interest to others or
E-MAIL your responses to me.   DEASTMAN@VNET.IBM.COM

Thanks, Don
From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (Two days and a wake-up...)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: LaserDisk Storage and ROT (FAQ question?)
Date: 28 Aug 92 11:39:19 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <BOV.92Aug28090716@essex.x.co.uk>, bov@x.co.uk (Andy Bovingdon) writes...

} Er, I am new to this game, what are the symptoms of rot?

Colored (mostly red and blue) "snow" on the picture, and "chatter" on the
soundtracks.

} how can I tell If my discs have it?

It they have it, you'll know. :-)

-- 

	"She's my radiation baby.
	 She's my teenage fallout girl."

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Re: S-VHS vs regular video output
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:03:31 GMT

wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:

>In article <1992Sep1.014715.17596@mprgate.mpr.ca> ng@neutron.mpr.ca writes:
>>...However, when I compare the video 1 S-Video 
>>input (of my TV which a Sony XBR Trinitron) which is connected to the S-VHS 
>>ouput of the laser disc player and the video 2 regular video input which is 
>>connected to the regular video output of the same laser disc player, I cannot 
>>see any difference in picture quality. ...
>>
>>Did I do the right comparison? or any types of output from a laser disc player
>>give pretty much the same quality? Can someone explain to me why I didn't
>>get a better image quality from a S-VHS output? 

>I think Bob Niland (rjn@fc.hp.com) has an article with a longer explana-
>tion of this, but basically it depends on which device (TV or LD player)
>has the better comb filter.  Often a high quality monitor such as
>the XBR has a filter equal to (your case) or better than the LD player.
>On my Pioneer rear projector the two images look different but I prefer
>the standard composite video connection rather than the S-Video (not
>S-VHS btw).  I think the consensus from previous net discussions of
>this FAQ is that the S-Video connector on LD players is mostly a marketing
>gimick (except for the $3500 Pioneer LD-S2).
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Why would this be any different?  Just a better converter/filter?


Regards,
Mike palmer
Telephone: (305) 797-2326 (W)   (305) 7546-3146 (H)

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Interlocking two LD players
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 12:39:50 GMT

In article <Aug31.195405.43366@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> mn940044@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Mathew Nieberger) writes:

>In article <1522@seqp4.sequoia.com> cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell) writes:

>>I've wondered why the two sided issue hasn't been addressed better. It
>>seems to me that having two laser assemblies would solve the two sided
>>problem. Only the head assembly would need to be duplicate. The rest of
>>the electronics could be shared.

>  You forgot that the disc must spin down and re-spinup in the opposite 
>direction to read the "TOP" of the disc. If this wasn't the case then
>the disc would be incompatible with the single sided players that only
>spin in one direction. If you are confused on this issue just think of
>the almost outdated Vinyl Records. How would you build a double sided 
>turntable since all info is read from the top with the platter spinning 
>clockwise ( thus leading to a concurrent counter-clockwise spin when looked
>at from below ).

A double sided turntable is SO easy compared to a double sided LD
player.   For starters the rotation speed is so much slower you do not
need clamping rings picture this.

Imagine the horizontal line below as a rod with a bearing and the
vertical line as a wheel - an idler, and the == line as the turntable.

		|
		|  < idler
   -------------|                     ||
		|                     ||
		|                     ||
	==============================||   <center spindle	

You'd have three idler assemblies spaced 120 degrees apart around the
disk.

The idlers swing in and touch the turntable, the disk drops onto the
idlers.   The idlers will turn the disk setting upon them in a rotation
opposite of the turntable underneath.

You then swing a tone arm with two stylii in it - much like the two
sided pickups of the Wurlitzer 45 rpm jukeboxes - under the record and
place a light force upwards.  

When the center is reached the idlers swing out, the record drops, and
then it will be rotating the other way.

Gee - do you suppose I could patent this and make a fortune?



Not very likely.  You see it's been done before. 

In the days of 78rpm record albums, long pieces would have their sides
sequenced in two different ways.

For an 8 side set, 4 disks, one way would be to have a disk with part 1
and part 2 on opposite side, and continue through the 4 disks.

That way you turned each disk over.  This would be the ideal sequence
for the above changer.

The other way was for use in standard changers.  The disks would be set
up as   part 1 / part 8,  part 2 / part 7, part 3 / part 6, part 4 /
part 5.

This way you stack the disks, play parts 1 thru 4 and then turn it
over and play parts 5 through 8.   The above changer would not be good
for that.

There was another unit out that actually turned the disks over.
-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill.vermillion@oau.org
                - bill@bilver.uucp 
                - ..!{peora|ge-dab|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Example of Inexpensive Editing Setup
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:07:51 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1340069@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>, chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson) writes:
> 	A jog wheel to control the TR-81. Would a more expensive Sony
> 	editor like the RME-300 give me this or is it just a limitation
> 	of the transport on the TR-81?

Have you tried plugging a RM-95 remote into your TR-81?  It has been awhile but 
I seem to remember the frame button working fine on the RM-95 with the TR-81 I 
had.

BTW - The RM-E80, RM-E300, and RM-E700 all have Jog dials.  The RM-E100 is the 
only Sony US edit controller without a Jog dial.  The RM-E700 also has Shuttle 
ring like your R5.  The RM-E300 has a frame advance button.  I don't know if 
the RM-E80 has a frame advance button.

> 	The ability to manually set the tape counter on the TR-81. When
> 	I'm putting together material from multiple tapes this would make
> 	it possible to just remember where the counter was when I took
> 	the tape out, and then reset it there when I put that tape back
> 	in.

You can do this from the RM-95, RM-E300, and the RM-E700.  I don't know about 
the RM-E80.

BTW does anyone know what advantage the RM-E100 has over the RM-E80?  The
RM-E80 seems to do more than the RM-E100.  The only feature I can see the
RM-E100 has over the RM-E80 is that it can be setup for Control-S or IR control
of the playback VCR.  The RM-E80 requires the playback VCR be Control-L (LANC).
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ccw@prefect.uucp (26554-wood)
Subject: Re: Getting the Best Deal from Columbia LD
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 21:48:27 GMT

[ I lost the attribution.  Somebody said...]

>I've been an CH memember for about 18 months.   Depending on
>what you buy you will find prices can be lower than discount or
>higher.  You have to be careful when figuring out what you
>want, and beware of the "buy one at regular and take a 2nd the
>same or less for $19.95".  You can screw yourself badly if you
>don't take some time with a calculator.

>HOWEVER - there are some real bargains in this months list,
>which came today.

>RED TAG SALE is what it is called. It says "Buy Any Laserdisk
>from this magazine and you can take any number of specially
>reduced red tag laserdisk or VHS videos."

>What is surprising are the "red tag" items.

>They include "Aliens" Specail LBX edition, $69.95, Golden Age
>of Looney Tunes, Vols I & II for $69.95.  The Al Jolson
>collection (list of $149.95) for $99.95..

And the great thing about the red-tag specials is that if the sale price
is above $29.95, then they do count for your enrollment selection.

Here's what I got from them:

Enrollment    List    Paid
selections:
Star Wars              $70    $1.50
Empire strikes Back    $70   $1.50
Return of the Jedi     $70   $1.50

"enrollment Bonus"
Cleopatera              $80   $14.95 (this is a guess.  I do remember it was
                                       deeply discounted.)

I was then committed to buy three films.  I bought:

Brazil                  $40   $40
Jungle Feaver (special) $40   $20 [ since this is a sale price, it didn't
                                    count towards my obligation ]
2001                    $35   $35
Dr. Zhivago             $50   $35

Committment completed.  I spent around $175 (didn't include shipping and
handling in these totals, and got $455 (list price) in movies.  So I am
doing a lot better than 15% off of list price...

And I have a Pioneer LD Player.  Sony TV, though.

I haven't decoded the pressing locations, though.  Unlike CD and record
clubs, the packages show no indication that they are from Columbia
House.

>It looks like they are trying to be more competitive.

True, true, true!

>Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill.vermillion@oau.org


Chris Wood     Bellcore     ...!bellcore!prefect!ccw
                         or ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: william@bcarh472.bnr.ca (William Moss)
Subject: Re: Availability of movies
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 00:15:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.144820.5567@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, raismana@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Neal A Raisman) writes:
|>   I am hoping someone might be able to help me locate copies of some VHS
|>   videos I have been seeking for too long. 

|>     The others are French films starring Louis de Funes.  De Funes is
|>   either loved or hated and I admit to de classe enjoyment of this
|>   very slapstick comedian.  
I'm looking for these, too. I have an off-air copy of 'Les Aventures du Rabbi
Jacob',
but the cable blitzed in the middle of it, so I'd really like a proper copy.

I've asked the local Videoshoppers to search for it. They just called to say
that they've already tried 15 sources in Canada, to no avail. They said
they'll try the US next, and they'll get get back to me in a couple more 
weeks. Sounds like they might not have much luck.
-- 
===========================================================================
William G. Moss                      disclaimer: not the views of BNR or NT
Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa  +1 613 763 8108 WILLIAM@BNR.CA  
===========================================================================
From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Brazil (WS) LD
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:26:30 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In article <19835@fritz.filenet.com>, daver@felix.filenet.com (Dave Richards) writes:
> 
> That would be my guess.  The only reason for a "letterboxed" (actually mat-
> ted) version would be to jump on the letterbox bandwagon.  Unnecessary in my
> opinion.
> 

Lets hope the jump on the bandwagon-ing continues!  I for one want to see
it in the proper aspect ratio, be it 1.66:1 or whatever.  I don't think you
can make any judgements on a films cinematography unless you are seeing it
with the framing that the director and camera-people were shooting with
(they try to minimize the impact of going to a different aspect ratio, but
doing so is still not what they really framed in.)

Steve
Organization: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Date: Friday, 4 Sep 1992 02:51:41 EST
From: <CHUNTER@UMAB.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject:    Re: VCR +


In article <19822@fritz.filenet.com>,
felix!fritz!daver@hplabs.hpl.hp.com  (Dave Richards) wrote:

> It was my understanding that in the early years of Betamax, Sony did not
> (would not?) allow any other manufacturers to produce VCRs using the
> format.  On the other hand, the VHS format had three manufacturers be-
> hind it from the beginning.  That may explain why the VHS format became
> dominant in spite of its (reportedly) poorer quality.  I don't think you
> have to be an expert in economics to understand why competition is good
> for the consumer.

Your understanding is incorrect.  Sony wanted other manufacturers to join
the Betamax camp from the very beginning and was even negotiating with
Matsushita for their support while JVC was developing VHS.  The very first
Betamaxes were only by Sony because they developed the format and so could
go from prototype to full-scale manufacturing the quickest.  What they
*didn't* do (and what may have been a fatal mistake) was to make VCRs for
other companies to stick their name on.  Sony used to have a policy
whereby the only way to get a piece of Sony equipment was to make sure
the name "Sony" was on the front.  JVC had no such qualms about selling
their equipment under somebody else's name so any company that wanted to
could sell VHS VCRs with their name on them, even although they were designed
and built by JVC (with a little minor cosmetic restyling to differentiate them
from the "honest" JVC VCRs).  Thus, in the early days any company could get
on the VCR bandwagon immediately by slapping their name on JVC product,
whereas Betamax licensees had to show some originality and actually design
and make their own machines (horrors!).  This marketing blunder meant that
many more shops carried (JVC-disguised) VHS VCRs than Sony Betamaxes,
giving a false impression about the number of companies making VCRs in
the two formats, and the rest, as they say, is history.........
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kaplanr@shearson.com (Roger Kaplan)
Subject: Yamaha e-200 mailorder?
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:27:20 GMT

Does anyone know where I can get the Yamaha E-200 mailorder?  Camera
World of Oregon and Colonel Video, two net favorites, don't
carry it.

Also, what is a good price? A local dealer quoted $425.


--
Roger Kaplan          | "There are two types of people in this world... 
Lehman Brothers       |  Those that think there are two types of people,
kaplanr@shearson.com  |  and those that know better."
 ..uunet!roses!kaplanr|    -- Tom Robbins, "Still Life with Woodpecker"
From: stanford@don.waisman.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Two questions
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:30:19 GMT
Organization: Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison


        I am hoping that someone out there may be able to help me with a
couple of video questions.
        The first one is pretty easy (I think).  I recently bought a Sony
TR81 camcorder with a LANC (aka Control L, marked "remote" on the unit)
connector that can provide control of the camera for editing if connected
to a VCR that provides the appropriate output.  I also have a Mitsubishi
HS61 S-VHS deck that has a connector marked "edit" on the back.  In the
Mitsubishi manual it describes how to use the edit connection to control
another Mitsubishi deck with the same connector.  Now the easy question.
Has anyone any idea whether there is any semblance of compatability between
the edit connector on the Mitsubishi and the LANC on the camcorder?
        Now the tougher problem.  A friend (without net access) has a
Panasonic PV1742 MTS HIFI VCR (serial # F6SA30216, manufactured in 1986,
if that information is useful) that has a malfunction that he has traced
to the power supply.  He called Panasonic, which referred him to his local
service center, which told him the parts were no longer available.  So, the
question is, can anyone point him in the right direction for a power supply
for his deck?  It is a switching supply and the part number is VEPS0163.
On the board is a transformer (which may be the root of the problem) that
is a Mitsubishi ETS29K251A.  Any help in locating either of these parts
would be greatly appreciated.
        Thanks in advance for any information that anyone might provide.
E-mail, to the address listed below, would be greatly appreciated.
                                        Larry Stanford
                                        STANFORD@WAISMAN.WISC.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: frodo@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Frank Wagner)
Subject: What's NTSC 4.43 ?
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:49:03 GMT

Here in Germany they (Blaupunkt, Panasonic) are selling VCRs which
can "replay NTSC-tapes on PAL-TVs" and below the VHS-symbol there
stands PAL NTSC4.43.
But as far as I know the US uses NTSC 3.58.
So what's this all about ???
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.arts.movies
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Explain this effect?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 03:51:40 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.220601.1697@ctr.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <1992Sep2.212017.6778@ncar.ucar.edu> gary@colossus.cgd.ucar.edu (Gary Strand) writes:
>>
>>  What's the explanation for it, and why don't I see it (for example) during
>>  episodes of the Star Trek:The Next Generation? Does it have something to do
>>  with the transfer from the original film to videotape? An inquiring mind
>>  wants to know!
>>
>	The main explanation is that Star Wars was made in 1977,
>Star Trek in the late 60s. ST:TNG is late 80s/early 90s, 1.5+
>million per episode, and the techniques are much better.

I may be wrong about this, but I think the problem is brought on by the
film-to-video transfer. This same problem is also visible in films like
"The Empire Strikes Back" and "Enemy Mine".

The "cutout regions" around the ships are a slightly different shade of
black than the background, but in a theater this is very hard to see. When
the film is transferred to video, the black levels affected and this very
slight discrepancy becomes much more visible.

ST:TNG, with the effects being done in the video realm, should be able to
avoid problems like this.

                                          -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: Aspect Ratio of LBX "Backdraft" LD?
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 03:26:07 GMT

In article <16851ECE9.JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com> JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com (Judson West) writes:
>Can anyone comment on what the aspect ratio is of the LBX version of
>"Backdraft" on LD?
 
2.03:1 on my monitor (adjusted to almost no overscan).

-- 
                 "So many windows, So little time"

Bill Cruce, N.E. Ohio Univ. Coll. of Medicine, Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
VOICE: 216-325-2511,  FAX: 216-325-0522,  INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu
From: WANGPHI@cpmail-nz.cis.columbia.edu (Philip Wang)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: S-VHS vs regular video output
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:25:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

>  Yes, you did right comparison. The result shows that Y/C signal
> separater in your LDP and display have same ability.
>
>   Akira Mito(E-Mail:t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp)


This is interesting. I have a TV which does not have a S-Video input.
I always wnat to replace it with a TV which has a S-Video input to
utilize my Sony MDP-333's S-video output and LD's high resolution.

Now according those messages about S-video and regular video output
is of the same quality, I really doesn't need to purchase a S-video
ready TV set as soon as my old TV has about 450 line resolution.

Is it correct?

------------------------------------
Philip Wang,  System Analyst
Information System Division
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner)
Subject: LD-players with genlock and TBC?
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 15:26:33 GMT

Are there any LD-players ( consumer or professional ) on the market that
output fully time base corrected RGB and can be externally synchronized?
Please respond with e-mail to "hafner@ifi.unizh.ch".
Thanks!
								M.H.
From: kachun@astro.as.arizona.edu (Ka Chun Yu)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Buying a CamCorder in Japan
Date: 30 Aug 92 21:52:36 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <153000013@hplred.HP.COM> ajeans@hplred.HP.COM (Albert Jeans) writes:
>I have a friend who got a TR81 from Japan and it seems to work fine here. It's
>just that the manual and all the buttons and displays are in Japanese. I doubt
>the price is lower there.

You could probably get it lower by buying it in Hong Kong--although you still
end up with Japanese instructions.


--
*Ka Chun Yu                 * "Deputy dog dog a ding dang depa depa deputy     *
*kachun@as.arizona.edu      *  dog dog a ding dang depa depa . . ."            *
*                           *                         --"Don't Let's Start"    *
From: deastman@vnet.ibm.com ("Don Eastman")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Pioneer CLD-95 combi Player
Date: 29 Aug 92 06:14:43 GMT
Reply-To: deastman@vnet.ibm.com (Don Eastman - IBM, San Jose, C

Sorry if this note gets appended twice, but it appears that the first note
didn't reach the net.  Maybe just sloooow...


I was in Laserland today (Sunnyvale, CA.) and they are having a Pioneer
authorized sale, selling the CLD-95 for $1699 through Sunday 8/30.  They
will not quote prices over the phone but I thought I would post this
information for those who live in the Bay Area and are contemplating the
purchase of this unit.  Retail is $1999.00 and seldom reduced.
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