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From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Random LD Reading Problem w/Pioneer 1070 LD Player
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:00:29 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

> JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com (Judson West) writes:

> Occasionally, my Pioneer 1070 LD player refuses to properly play a LD.

Since the 1070 is probably three or more years old, this could be an aging
or calibration problem.

It might also be as simple as dust on the laser pickup.  I assume you
have tried the offending discs on other players.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: find@cs.UAlberta.CA (Piotr Findeisen)
Subject: Re: LaserDisk Storage and ROT (FAQ question?)
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:13:26 GMT

davepat@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Dave Patterson) writes:


>Hi!

>I have a bit of a problem brewing now...  I've noticed that many
>of my prized disks seem to be rotting:  Back to the Future III,
>Help! (CAV Criterion), T2 (the Collector's Edition :( :( ),
>Who Framed Roger Rabbit (almost unviewable, now :( ), and the
>list goes on.

Are you sure you know how the laser rot looks like?
I find it rather unlikely that so many disks from your collection
have this problem. Have you tried to play them on another player?

Does the problem show only on CAV disks?
Is the "rot" consistent on the whole affected side or
does it change depending on how deep into the side you are?
Is the snow on the screen white or grey only or is it coloured?

Piotr Findeisen
find@cs.ualberta.ca
From: chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 16:26:20 GMT
Subject: Example of Inexpensive Editing Setup
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: rec.video



In the vein of putting together an inexpensive editing setup...

I've got a TR-81 Hi8 Camcorder, SLV-R5 SVHS VCR, and an RME-100
Editing controller (all from Sony).

Although the RME-100 supports up to 8 inserts at a time, I do every
edit singly. Accuracy is better than you might expect, the hardest
part is positioning the tape in the play deck (TR-81) since it has
no single frame positioning controls.

I'm very impressed with the R5. Solid and easy to work with. The Picture
in a Picture is useful while editing. One of the best *sounding* VCR's
I've ever heard. I picked mine up for $760 (delivered) from Computability.

Wish list:

	Separate outputs for linear and hi-fi audio (does anyone know
	anything about the kits available from Carlson-Strand? (I think)

	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?

	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.


All in all, impressive results for not a lot of money. 

			-- Chan Benson
			HP Fort Collins
			chan@fc.hp.com
From: neff@mandor.metaphor.com (Randall Neff)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Closed Caption
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:10:15 GMT
Reply-To: neff@mandor.metaphor.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA

I am interested in understanding Closed Caption for the Hearing Impared

1. Can someone tell me who is responsible for that Standard, and how can I
   get a copy of it?
2. Have there been any magazine articles that explain CC?
3. Are there any kits, schematics, instructions available to build a 
   decoder?  

Thanks,
Randall Neff
From: raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Coming out of the closet...
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:01:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore

In article <1992Aug26.144827.13591@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:
>In article <1684D772C.TFSTAM01@UKCC.UKY.EDU>, TFSTAM01@UKCC.UKY.EDU writes:
>> 
>>      The only real solution will be when the 16:9 ratio widescreen TV's
>> come on the market (for those that can afford them).  I understand most of
>> them will allow current letterboxed video to expand, to fill the screen.
>>  
>
>Not really.  A 16:9 ratio is not wide enough for any of the wider films
>like Blade Runner that are 2.35:1 (you still lose about 1/3 of the picture.)
>You will still need letterboxing on those titles.  Even the less wide 1.85:1
>films will be a bit cut off unless letterbox is used.  And, of course, for
>Academy ratio you will have black bands on the sides.  Somehow I DOUBT that
>people who do NOT like letterbox now will except an Adacemy ratio film that
>is blown up to fill a 16:9 ratio TV -- the heads of actors will be chopped
>off quite a bit.  So they'll have to live with bands on the sides which 
>they probably won't like and so they'd most likely rather have their old TV
>back!
>
>To those who do not like letterbox because they are bothered by the black
>bands, I ask: what is the difference between those black bands and the
>top and bottom of your TV (and sides for that matter)???  They are all
>borders.
>
>Steve

This one's easy to answer. The casual observer feels that some evil person 
has chopped off image from the top and bottom of the screen. On the other
hand when he/she sees a P/S movie he/she is none the wiser since the screen
is filled with image and any composition problems(if detected) are assigned
to the director. This feeling of something "missing" from a LB movie is
amazingly pervasive. By the way I find total letterboxing of a Panavision
film rather annoying, as my viewing height is reduced tremendously. In this
case letterbxing is merely the best of a number of marginal choices. In
this instance a 16:9 viewing screen would indeed be helpful.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: echeng@violet.uwaterloo.ca (Eddie Cheng)
Subject: head cleaning for VCR
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:17:31 GMT

Hi,

	I am new to this newsgroup. I have a 4 heads VCR and I am wondering
whether I need to clean the 2 heads for recording. According to the instruction
for the head cleaner, I have to put the head cleaing tape in the machine and
push the play button. I assume that will only clean the heads for playing but
not the heads for recording. What should I do?

	Thanks in advance.

								   Eddie
From: ajeans@hplred.HP.COM (Albert Jeans)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:03:44 GMT
Subject: Re: Buying a CamCorder in Japan
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

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.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wlopez@vitalink.com (Walter Lopez)
Subject: Panasonic Camcorder PV-22 
Reply-To: wlopez@vitalink.com (Walter Lopez)
Organization: Vitalink Communications
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:35:20 GMT


I just purchased a Panasonic Camcorder PV-22. Have spent about 4 hours
playing with it and stuff. Seems fairly easy to use.

Filmed a softball game at night and I must say it came out great!

Any comments good or bad would be appreciated....thanks!

Walter Lopez
wlopez@vitalink.com
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From: hoffman@cs.pitt.edu (Bob Hoffman)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help with Antenna
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:20:57 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <67528@hydra.gatech.EDU>, russ@prism.gatech.EDU (Russell Shackelford) writes:
|> there's some sort of noise in the picture.... small flickery white
|> thingees that cover the entire width of the screen, but that appear
|> on only about 1/3 or 1/4 of the screen height.... forming a band
|> that slowly rolls upwards off the top and starts again at the 
|> bottom....

This is a symptom of electrical interference.  It can be caused by a
number of things such as a lamp dimmer, a bad fluorescent fixture, a bad
furnace motor, or even a bad insulator or transformer on the pole
outside your house.

Do you have any neighbors who have an antenna similar to yours?  Compare
pictures.  If you both have the noise, then it's likely that it's on
a pole somewhere and the power company should be called.  If not, then
it's probably something in your house.  With the TV on, go around the
house and turn things off until the last thing left running is the TV.
If you still have the noise, then it's outside your house.

If the houses in your area are very close, it could be something in
a neighbor's house, too.

-- 
Bob Hoffman, N3CVL       pitt!hoffman
Pitt Computer Science    hoffman@cs.pitt.edu    FAX: +1 412 624 8854
From: wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Jackie Chan LDs
Keywords: Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Laser
Date: 30 Aug 92 15:32:54 GMT
Reply-To: eprice@sql.sybase.com
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Aug29.232406.21284@cs.uow.edu.au>
risque@cs.uow.edu.au (Peter Castle) writes:

>I want to buy some.  Does anyone know the location of a source -
>possibly in Hong Kong - of chinese LDs ?

From Video Watchdog #12:

Ocean Shores Video
Hang Lung Center, #2103-6
Paterson St.
Hong Kong
5-77-9325

I've never dealt with them myself (but next time I go to Sight & Sound
I want to ask about Hong Kong imports).  While I'm here (I just
started reading this group so I apologize if I subject people to some
FAQs...), I'd like to ask, would LDs from Hong Kong be PAL or NTSC?
If PAL, what possibilities are there for us unforunate Americans?
Does one need a conversion device, a weird LD player (ie, PAL, or one
that can read multiple formats), a weird TV, or what?  Whatever the
answer is, I probably can't afford it, but I'm curious anyway.  BTW, I
read Bob Niland's laserdisc info (thanks, Bob!) but there was not much
on this issue (perhaps a useful addition?).

One more question: are there European sources for LDs?  For French,
German, Italian, Polish, Soviet, etc. releases?  I assume these would
be PAL too...

It seems to me that the fact that US video is incompatible with most
of the rest of the world is very annoying.

Thanks for any help (and feel free to bombard me with copies of the
FAQ if there is one),

-Ed (not Tim), eprice@sql.sybase.com (NOT wildman@athena.mit.edu)
From: WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Frank J. Wancho")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: ProScan via mail order?
Date: 28 Aug 92 03:43:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Is any discount mail order firm offering the ProScan series for sale?
The folks at 1-800-PROSCAN have no idea.  And, there doesn't seem to
be a dealer within 500 miles of home (El Paso)...

--Frank
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: aq456@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Terry Quinn)
Subject: Re: Camcorder advice wanted
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 03:06:56 GMT


> I'm new to the camcorder world, and am preparing to buy a hi-8 camcorder
> in the $1000-$1500 range.
 
> Some questions about the Sony: Is the steady-shot feature really useful 
> most of the time? I've heard that it really gets in the way of panning, and
> that buying a separate steadycam is a better idea. 
 
I have the Nikon equivalent of the TR101.  I don't know who told 
you that the Steady Shot gets in the way of panning, but that is 
not my experience.  The steady shop behaves as if it is damping 
movements or vibrations.  If you initiate a pan at any normal 
panning speed, there is NO noticeable lag or problem that I can 
detect.  I leave mine on all the time. 
 
-- 
                                    Terry Quinn
                                     Germantown Hills, IL
                                      tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu
                                       aq456@cleveland.freenet.edu 
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.arts.movies
From: bates@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Andrew Bates)
Subject: Re: Explain this effect?
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:13:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.050530.7740@ctr.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>
>	Also, in most of the more recent movies, the problem is
>gone, including Return of the Jedi.
>	-- Ethan
>
    Alas, it is still visible.  Check out the TIE Fighters inside the Death
Star on Side 3 CAV of the disc.  You can still see the cutouts.


	Andy Bates.
From: venable@faculty.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (Wallace Venable)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: PAL in USA
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:37:39 GMT
Organization: WVU College of Engineering

>No, sorry not possible, at least for the UK. Video films have to pass the
>British board of flim cesnsors before sale in this country. Sounds a bit
>like wartime doesn't it. Anyway, USA standards of Decency, violence etc
>are considered (by the censor) to be lower 

	Hmmmm.  Some of what I've seen on British telly wouldn't get 
on the air here.	

>We now have a problem with Satellite TV. Certain European countries have
>laws a little less strict than our own. Well actually a lot less strict.

	I saw a German(?) film on cable(?)/sattelite(?) in a small hotel in 
Lowestoft.  I guess the video could be sold in the US, but not in a lot of 
small towns. 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kester@mte.ncsu.edu (Dan Kester)
Subject: VCR repair in Raleigh area
Organization: Mat. Sci. & Eng., NCSU
Distribution: nc
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:13:06 GMT

I've had that feared event happen to me: my VCR needs to be repaired.  Do any
Triangle readers have advice on a good VCR repair place?  Or, more importantly,
any places to avoid? 

Thanks!

Dan Kester
kester@mte.ncsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: LD-players with genlock and TBC?
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:29:36 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

also emailed...

> Are there any LD-players ( consumer or professional ) on the market that
> output fully time base corrected RGB and can be externally synchronized?

You didn't specify a video standard.  There are essentially only two for LD:
  M/NTSC 3.58 525/60
  PAL 4.43 625/50
I'm not aware of any NTSC LD players with RGB out.
Some PAL players with SCART may have RGB.
All LD players have TBC, few have digital TBC.
No consumer players have sync out, much less genlock in.
Some industrial players have genlock.
Your best bet (NTSC) is probably the Pioneer LD-V8000.  It has digital
TBC, full frame store and external sync in/out.
Several rec.video and comp.multimedia readers have LD-V8000's.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: flongo@seles (Frank Longo)
Subject: Pioneer LD player. comments?
Organization: US Card Products Group, Citicorp Treasury
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 13:30:59 GMT

I'm considering the purchase of Pioneer's LD 501 for $739.00.
Any comments on the price or the unit would be helpful and
appreciated. Thanks.

Frank Longo
flongo@bank.citib.com
From: dcm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (D. Chris Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Looking at LD players
Date: 4 Sep 92 06:27:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix

--
 
Hello, I'm relatively new to this newsgroup (so please don't bite if I ask
a FAQ question), and I'm looking into buying an LD player.
 
Right now, I'm looking at either the Pioneer CLD-D501 or the CLD-D701. 
Could anyone mention the pros and cons with these two players?  Are they
mentioned in the text-files by ?Bob? Niland (sorry if I didn't get that
name right)?
 
I plan on buying whatever player at a local retail store (right now, the
looking at the local "the good guys!") because I haven't a credit card and
I'm a little nervous ordering by mail without one.  Is that nervousness
justified in anyone's opinion?
 
I've already got an LD (Image's Project A-ko), and now I need something to
watch it on.
 
Thanks a lot people (is everyone out there a person?),
 
-- 
Chris Miller        Owner of Ca Lic Plates:  "DP WWWA" 

Carmichael, Ca.
Sacramento Public Access Unix:  dcm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dglow@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Low)
Subject: Looking for SLV 494 or 596
Originator: dglow@cayley.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 18:06:45 GMT

I am looking to buy a sony hi-fi VCR, but I do not have
a lot of cash

If you know of anyone who can get me a Hi Fi nice and cheap
(must be Sony) please mail me and let me know...

(I do not care if it is from a store) I would prefer to get
one new if possible....

				Dave Low
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: 60 KHz Hum
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:41:35 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <7970960@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes...
> - Buy a coax isolator (I just saw one advertised in The Perfect Vision
>   for about $60).
> - Build an isolator.  It seems like putting a couple of picofarad caps
>   in series with both sides of the coax might do it.

You can build an isolator by connecting together two 300/75 ohm baluns. Connect
their 300 ohm sides together and connect you coax cables to the 75 ohm sides.

        -------------------               -------------------
        |                 +-------*-------+                 |
 75 ohm-+                 |  300 ohm leads|                 +-  75 ohm out
   in   |                 +-------*-------+                 |
        __________________|               |_________________|

For audio ground problems RS sell a set of leads with an isolation transformer
builtin. It is in the automotive sound section of their catalog.

gary
From: hang@thebe.rutgers.edu (Hang Jia)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Where is SONY SLV-696 manufactured?
Keywords: VCR
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:44:45 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Hi. Guys! The title says it all!
The reason I was asking is that one local retailer (in NY) told me
Sony 696 is assembled by two different plants, one is in Japan and 
another is in Taiwan. The funny thins is they are identical and
he charge them for different prices. I check with big name stores,
such WIZ and TOPS and found theirs were  made of Japan. 
I was wondering the set sold at Oregon Camera World  at $399 a piece.
where is it manufactured!  I know it should have same quality, except
human factors.  Just curious to know whether there is indeed a one
which is made in Taiwan, or the dealer trying to trick me. 
As matter of fact, this is just a theoretical question since
I purchased one already at a price slightly higher than $399.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: raismana@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Neal A Raisman)
Subject: Availability of movies
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 14:48:20 GMT

  I am hoping someone might be able to help me locate copies of some VHS
  videos I have been seeking for too long.  They are foreign made films
  which I know have been avaliable elsewhere but I have nbot been able to         get them at all or in the wrong format.
    The first is a Canadian film titled "Lies My Father Told Me"
    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 am also wondering if there is an outlet for PAL films that have been
  converted to VHS so I might get many other foreign films I am seeking.
    Thanks in advance for the help. 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: bverreau@netcom.COM (stargazer)
Subject: Re: Interlocking two LD players
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 07:31:19 GMT
Organization: 1800 rpm
Summary: it's all done with mirrors
Reply-To: bverreau@netcom.COM (stargazer)

In article <1525@seqp4.sequoia.com> cantrell@seqp4 (Paul Cantrell) writes:

> As several people have pointed out to me via email, the "other" side is
> being spun backward, so my simple solution wouldn't work. You either need
> to stop and reverse the spin, or be able to read the disk backward and
> electronically shuffle the data into the correct order.

So how about keeping the disc stationary and reflecting the laser
off rotating mirrors?  [Still seems like a lot of trouble to get
rid of the side change delay.]

Bernie Verreau					bverreau@netcom.COM
Netcom - Online Communication Services		Redwood City, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.cable-tv
From: idelson@bms.com (Ira Idelson)
Subject: Re: Mail-Order List (comments?)
Reply-To: idelson@bms.com
Organization: Bristol-Myers Squibb PRI
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:53:32 GMT

In article 25663@colorado.edu, barrett@.cs.Colorado.EDU (Dave Barrett) writes:
>I'm planning on buying a VCR mail order, and am concerned about getting burned
>by an unreputable firm.  
>
>I went to the library, and composed a list of mail order houses, and checked 
>to see how many of them listed in the Aug-92 issue of Video were advertising 
>4, 2 and 1 years ago.  I'm considering the Mitsubishi HSU-57 VCR, so I called 
>Mitsubishi to find out which ones are officially listed with them.  
>
>It greatly speeded up calling and recording prices to have this list on-line, 
>so I thought it would help others if I posted it.  
>
>Have you had good or bad experiences with any of these mail-order firms?
>
(List of mail order firms deleted)

I, too, am considering buying a VCR mail order. I copied names and prices out of a library magazine also and made some phone calls.

One of the games that seems to be played is offering a machine at a great price and then charging a lot of money for a "U.S. Warranty".

One firm (can't remember name offhand but I could check my list tonight when I go home) was offering a JVC 940 for $359 +~$20 S&H. Our local VCR giant has them for $499 but the salesman said I could have it for $429 so the Factory Direct price looked like a good one.

I aske the person on the phone about the warranty +This unit come with a warranty and if I have any problems I just take it to any authorized JVC dealer in my area?"

"That's right sir"

"Okay, I'll take it"

After establishing the method of payment I proceeded to give them my credit card info.
After I gave them the Discover # the person says "We also have the JVC 940xxx(don't remember last 3 numbers) today for $429."

"What's the difference?"

"The 940xxx comes with a U.S. warranty which means you can take it to any dealer in the U.s. For the other one you have to send it overseas for service"

I thought I'd already established that point but I guess not "I don't want it. Cancel my order"

"How 'bout if I let you have it for $399 today only"

"No. $359."

"I can't do that sir"

"Then I can't buy this machine from you. Cancel my order"

I don't know what other games might be played but be careful to make sure you get a U.S. warranty with the machine. If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is!

Ira Idelson





From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:05:57 GMT
Subject: Re: PAL in USA
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.