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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Laser disc defect question
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:43:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL

In article <jm602s1066.2985@sycom.mi.org> jm602s1066@sycom.mi.org (James Mallory) writes:

>jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:

>>that a brand new disc may have a defect.  How commonly do these white line
>>defects occur on laser discs?  Should I expect to see one or two such
>>problems on every disc I buy?  Should I return the disc (i.e. if I do can
>>I expect to get one in return that does not have any visible defects?)

>Are you trying to tell me that on a 2 hr+ movie...you have about 1 second of
>several small white lines on the screen?  I could answer this simply...

>Nothing's Perfect!

But they can be.  I have many discs that have absolutely no flaws in
them.  I also have some with a glitches.  Depending on the movie &/or
where they occur - I would get an exchange.

The nothing's perfect attitude is why so much stuff in video really is
pretty bad.   You lower the cost & quality to the absolute limit the
consumer will tolerate.  Maximize the profit!!!



-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.uucp 
                - ..!{peora|ge-dab|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: ph274rr@prism.gatech.EDU (James)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony F401, Panasonic PV21, Panasonic PV41
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:27:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: hydra.54801
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Does anybody on the net have the Sony F401? What are good points and bad
ones about it? I am also considering to buy a Panasonic PV21 or PV41. Any
ideal on these two? What is the lowest price to buy one? Where is the best 
place to purchase one?

Any comments are appreciated.

Jian
-- 
Jian Ouyang
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Internet: ph274rr@prism.gatech.edu
From: yuanj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Buy a VCR via Mail Order?
Date: 16 Apr 92 02:20:14 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

Would recommend a reliable mail order place for me to buy VCR's ? 

I don't know if there is a survey like the one that circulates in the
rec.photos group.

Thanks in advance!

J. Y.
University of Cincinnati
From: kgr@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (kenneth.g.rehor)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RS232 controlled VCRs
Keywords: RS232 VCR
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:08:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

I'm looking for VCR (non-broadcast quality S-VHS and Hi-8)
that has an integral RS232 serial port. I recently saw an S-VHS
recorder from JVC, but nobody at the local JVC sales office
seems to know about it (they only know about broadcast quality
stuff).

A friend of mine suggested using a Sony CI-1000 ("V-box") with
a Sony VCR equipped with a Control-S interface, but I don't know
how well this would work. A call to the local Sony sales office
proved futile.

Anybody have any experience with this?

ken.rehor@att.com
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From: lr27@prism.gatech.EDU (REUTER,LAURIE B)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production,comp.graphics.visualization,comp.multimedia
Subject: Code for laserdisc recording?
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:27:28 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I'm using a Sony LVR-5000A laser video disc system to record computer
generated images (from an SGI) and I'm getting pretty tired of
recording in a manual mode, pressing the record button for each frame.
Before I leap into hacking driver code to automate this process, I
thought I'd poll the experts.  Does anyone have some C code to do this
that they would be willing to share?  Is there some public domain code
that I am unaware of?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

-- Laurie

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From: gaf@uucs1.UUCP (Guy Finney)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Output of various character generators
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:58:24 GMT
Organization: UUCS inc., Phoenix, Az


I'm not a regular reader of this newsgroup, but it seemed like the
right place to get a straight answer (or perhaps several!).

I'm involved with a charity which holds an auction on TV as one of its
fund raising activities.  I do all the computer work for them, and wanted
to drive some kind of character generator from our Unix system to
continuously scroll the current high bids across the screen.

The local TV station which airs the auction (KPHO, in Phoenix) agreed to
let this happen, but only if I used the same kind of CG they use in-house,
something called a Vidifont II.  I thought this was a bit silly; why did I
have to round up that particular model - why couldn't I use a Chyron or
some other vendor's equipment?

Are their engineers just being anal-retentive, or is there some good reason
why you can't plug anyone's pro-quality CG into their system?
-- 
Guy Finney					"Ah, this is obviously some
UUCS inc.   Phoenix, Az				new usage of the word 'safe'
...!ncar!noao!asuvax!anasaz!uucs1!gaf		I was previously unaware of."
...!sun!sunburn!gtx!uucs1!gaf			   -- Arthur Dent
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: alt@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (art.l.todesco)
Subject: Camcording in Europe
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 16:51:01 GMT
Keywords: Camcorder Europe

When I visited England and France in the late 70s, many of the bigger
cathedrals would allow picture taking if you buy (a donation, I guess) a photo
permit.  The smaller churches usually didn't care.

Art Todesco
att!ihlpf!alt
From: set@cis.ksu.edu (Toaster Man)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Toaster Card for Macintosh?
Date: 13 Apr 1992 19:00:28 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
NNTP-Posting-Host: harry.cis.ksu.edu

In article <1992Apr13.050120.23346@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Jeremiah.Blatz@dartmouth.edu (Jeremiah Blatz) writes:
>I can't be totally certain of this, because I can't seem to find the
>magazine it was in, but I swear I read in MacUser that NewTek was
>planning on releasing a Mac Video Toaster. Can anyone confirm this?

Well I only live about 1/2 hour away from NewTek and been thier several times
as far as I know THIER will be no board made for the mac.  Also they said
if they ever made one for the mac or ibm it would be really expensive for 
either computer since they have to emulate the custom Amiga chips that they
take advantage of.  Also the So called Video Toaster Workstation that is
basically just a amiga 2000 with a toaster in it.  I think thier is something that you can so called controll the toaster workstation from your mac but WHY?
I dont want to start a flame war but really fokes if you want a toaster get
a amiga.  Im sure in the future they might make something for the mac like
the toaster but its gonna costs $$$$ and you have to wait..


I will be visiting NewTek again next weekend and see if their have been any
changes in the mac -toaster product but i really dought it.


-Steve Tietze

Amiga owner.. -toaster ,040, lots of ram etc..
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: sheasby@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael Sheasby)
Subject: Technical snippet of interest to all Toaster users
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:19:03 GMT


I had a frightening problem with my toaster the other day, and the
solution was good enough to mention to all:   

Having used the toaster exclusively as a lightwave dongle up until
now, I was dismayed to discover that incoming video (which had been
run through a For-A) suffered from a loss of sync halfway down the
picture... the top half of the picture was fine, but at the halfway
mark some weird noise came into the system which made the bottom half
of the frame jump and jitter. This occurred on all 'safe' signals...
ie stuff out of a TBC, out of a camera, off cable television, etc.
Nobody in Toronto had the faintest clue... I was playing with ground
loops, delay lines, and just about everything.    
Newtek was incredible about it.. the toll-free tech support number gave
me a guy who immediately identified the problem and told me exactly what
to do to fix it. Kudos to NewTek for a job well done.
The fix involves adjusting a pot accessible from the right side of the
board... it apparently drives a tuneable oscillator that gets the
toaster's video in phase with the incoming video. It is located immediately
above the 'r' in the words 'video toaster'. The problem went away
immediately.

I mention this because I noticed that doing fine tweaking on the pot
improved the image even after sync was found. If you are a tad unhappy
with your toaster output, try adjusting this pot very slightly.
Remember where it started from though, since if you get it too far out
of whack you'll get told 'video toaster not responding' until you get
it back in line.

just FYI

--Mike.
.
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Question about Comet/CG & NuVista+
From: petersop@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:17:07 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

Does anyone out there use AT&T Comet/CG in conjunction with the 
NuVista+ board?. I'd be interested to hear any comments on how well it works 
and what the output to tape looks like- a subjective measure to be 
sure, but opinions are welcome.  E-mail, post, or telephone. Thanks.

Phil Peterson
Sonoma State Univ.
Rohnert Park, Calif.
(707) 664-2202
From: am949@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Fields)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: My New Videonics Titlemaker
Date: 13 Apr 92 06:23:35 GMT
Reply-To: am949@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Fields)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


It's finally here.  

After having been promised for an October of '91 release, the Videonics
Titlemaker, boasting broadcast quality resolution and over a million
colors, has finally arrived.  And I have to admit, I'm impressed.

For the price ($399.00) there is nothing that even comes close to matching
it's quality.  It has several decent resident fonts, a modicum of control
over outline and shadow, and a plethora of backgrounds.  Also, it includes
many nice wipe-style on and off transitions as well as a very smooth fader.

If there is a problem with the Titlemaker, it's in the amount of fonts.
They provide you with 12 that more or less look alike.  Also, the only way 
to change the size of any particular font is to select the icon that either
doubles the width, doubles the height, or doubles both.  Any of these choices
causes the characters to take on jagged edges such that I wouldn't want to
use them.  Perhaps I'm just being picky, though.

The manual states that the machine is capable of retaining just over 8000
characters in memory.  Assuming you squeeze 100 characters onto each page
(not likely), you'd still be able to store 80 pages before having to erase
something.  

As far as ins and outs are concerned, the Titlemaker gives you the choice
of using Y/C or composite.  Also, there is a mono audio pass through that
is pretty useless for any serious use.

All in all, I think the Titlemaker is a major breakthrough in terms of 
character generating for home videos.  Now, decent titles are available
and affordable for all video enthusiasts. 

This wasn't meant to be a comprehensive review, so if there's anything specific
you'd like to know about the titlemaker, I'll be happy to answer to the best
of my ability.  Just email me.
From: set@cis.ksu.edu (Toaster Man)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Looking for a good single frame recorder
Date: 6 Apr 1992 19:23:03 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: harry.cis.ksu.edu
Originator: set@cis.ksu.edu

I recently bought a video Toaster for the amiga, with a TBC.  IM looking for a good single frame rec..
any suggeston,prices etc. welcome.


steve tietze

Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: gutierre@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez)
Subject: Re: New Mac/PC "Video Machine"
Organization: NASA Science Internet Network Operations
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 00:14:00 GMT

kdarling@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
> At the upcoming COMDEX, Munich-based multimedia manufacturer FAST Electronic
> is making the U.S. debut of its "Video Machine", which is an add-in board
> with software, for video editing, titling and special effects.

> It includes an extensive effects library of over 100 digital video effects,
> such as slides, curtain effects, panning, scrolling, fades, splits, strobes,
> continuously adjustable zoom and shrink, and negative and blue box effects.
							    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Does this mean Chromakey???


    r.
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: bwe@navaho.uucp (25612-elliott)
Subject: Hi8 Video Purchases
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: us
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 20:18:21 GMT


I attempted to reply the news posting and our mail system
did not recognize the host machine. This is a second attempt
to communicate even if it is via the front door.

This is in response to the recent question about Hi8. 

I am a recent convert (VHS) to Hi8, I own a SONY CCD-V5000 
(Hi8 PRO) and a Yashica KD-H701u.

From my experience the money and differnce in features,
I would recommend the Yashica for first time buyer. You can 
save a few bucks and the quality of the picture is the same. 

By the way I purchased my Yashica from United Video & 
Camera Inc. (800-448-3738) and
it came with a three year warranty from Kyocera free. Call me
if you have any questions (800-458-4826).

Brad Elliott
A Pro-sumer Hi8
email bcr!navaho!bwe
From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Toaster Card for Macintosh?
Date: 7 Apr 92 08:39:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: enea.1992Apr7.083958.7002
Organization: Enea Data AB

jeffries@iastate.edu (Anthony G Jeffries) writes:
- 
- 
- There are Mac emulator boards for the Amiga.  However, I don't know the
- exact specs of these boards, but I would say you're better off to buy just
- the Amiga and forget about Mac emulation.  From what I have heard, these
- boards aren't going to give you a very high powered Mac anyway.  I understand
- that my Mac Plus, as lowly as it is, is just as good if not better than the
- Mac emulators on the Amiga.  Also, it seems to me that not too many Amiga 
- owners care to emulate a Mac in the first place.
- 

About the power:

  Aa Amiga 3000 (68030, 25MHz) give you about the same power as an IIsi.
  The problem is that you can't use the newer ROMS with the emulator
  and such things like Colour Quickdraw just aren't there.

  System 7 compatibility is promised but not delivered.

  Having a monochrome 640*480 screen on a 15" monitor beats a Plus.

-- 
=============================================================================
 Tommy Petersson              tope@enea.se              Enea Data AB, Sweden
=============================================================================
From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Camcording in Europe
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:29:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44602

In article <167C3203F.PA113718@utkvm1.utk.edu> PA113718@utkvm1.utk.edu writes:
> I have read that certain museums and churches in Europe
> do not permit flash photos to be taken (e.g., the Sistine
> Chapel), but does anyone here know whether palm-size
> video cameras (without lights) are permitted in most such
> locations?

I don't know the answer, but I can't help asking another
question: If they do allow still-film cameras without
flash and camcorders are questionable, where does that
leave my still-video camera (which has a flash you can
turn off)? 

I ask because I've taken video pictures without the flash
where I should have used it but couldn't and touched them
up later.  I've never done that sort of thing with film, but
I'd guess you'd need more equipment than the average
person has around the house.  Not that I don't anyway, but
it's not photography related. :-)  

ab
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: dmwick@descartes.waterloo.edu (Dale Wick)
Subject: Re: Camcording in Europe
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:06:21 GMT

In article <44602@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
>In article <167C3203F.PA113718@utkvm1.utk.edu> PA113718@utkvm1.utk.edu writes:
>> I have read that certain museums and churches in Europe
>> do not permit flash photos to be taken (e.g., the Sistine
>> Chapel), but does anyone here know whether palm-size
>> video cameras (without lights) are permitted in most such
>> locations?
>
>I don't know the answer, but I can't help asking another
>question: If they do allow still-film cameras without
>flash and camcorders are questionable, where does that
>leave my still-video camera (which has a flash you can
>turn off)? 
>
>I ask because I've taken video pictures without the flash
>where I should have used it but couldn't and touched them
>up later.  I've never done that sort of thing with film, but
>I'd guess you'd need more equipment than the average
>person has around the house.  Not that I don't anyway, but
>it's not photography related. :-)  
>
>ab

	Altohugh I don't want to claim to be an expert on such topics, I
know that in my experience they don't like flash pictures because either 1)
they're afraid of making the paint fade prematurely, 2)they are afraid of
loosing the sanctity of the church, or 3) they hired a professional
photographer (for reasons 1 or 2 or money) which they want to redistribute.

	Personally I've only ever had to give up my camera in actual
museums (for the money reason, though 1 and 2 do have their points), even
if I promised to not take flash photos.  At actual churches I've taken
tripod photos, and other similar tricks.  I haven't extensively
experimented with low light video cameras, though I'm sure that they would
be accepted if they didn't have a built in light, or you agreed to leave
the light with them.

	I've often been told not to use my camera, and as long as I "hide"
it in my bag, they won't complain.  I sure that in such situations if I
were to take out my camera they might ask me to leave.  I suspect that the
tour guide/usher/security guard might understand if you asked them nicely.
I think that the lesson to be learned is that other than in a meuseum, if
they don't want you to take pictures, and you are willing to keep your
camera equipment put away, you can keep it.  In art galleries I've had my
bag checked by a security guard, and been asked to leave it outside the
exhibit areas.  If they are funded by selling books, I can understand it.

			Dale
--
Dale Wick	(Student at University of Waterloo, Canada)
dmwick@descartes.uwaterloo.ca		"The Amiga" 
sometimes: u190@cs.cciw.ca			-- words to live by.
CIS: [76545,2566]			
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From: gutierre@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez)
Subject: SONY EDV-7500 mods???
Organization: NASA Science Internet Network Operations
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 03:57:46 GMT

I am wondering if anybody has done or knows of a place that has done
any mods to the Sony EDV-7500 or any other ED-Beta machines, specifically:

	* - B-I speed on ED Beta mode.  An old NEC ED-Beta machine released
	    in Japan only did do ED-BI speed.  That machine didn't last
	    long on the market, unfortunately, and I didn't save the copy
	    of "Newtype" (a cartoon magazine) that it appeared in.

	* - Direct Color:  Anybody heard of or thought of doing direct
	    color on an ED Beta machine?  I know that the transport itself
	    is not stable enough to support direct color, but, since there
	    are plenty of TBC's around nowadays, just drive the transport
	    off the advance sync of your Personal TBC, and it should be
	    stable enough for direct color.  Tell me if I am missing
	    something here ...  Hell, how about 3.58 feedback???

Anyway, just some musings here ...


    rob.

Newsgroups: rec.video.production
From: kdarling@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
Subject: New Mac/PC "Video Machine"
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 19:36:51 GMT

[Edited from a news release I ran across on CIS.  I have no connection 
nor have I called yet to find out the price.  Anyone heard of them?]

At the upcoming COMDEX, Munich-based multimedia manufacturer FAST Electronic
is making the U.S. debut of its "Video Machine", which is an add-in board
with software, for video editing, titling and special effects.

Video Machine runs on any Mac II with the Apple 13" color monitor and at
least 4 MB main memory. It also runs on IBM/AT and compatibles with 16-bit
slot or PS/2 systems with MCA/640KB memory under DOS 3.3+ or Windows 3.0+.

Video Machine is able to cut and mix live video.  It requires no extra
hardware such as TBCs or editing decks.  The video output and both inputs
accommodate FBAS and S-Video signals.  It can mix PAL and NTSC sources.

It includes an extensive effects library of over 100 digital video effects,
such as slides, curtain effects, panning, scrolling, fades, splits, strobes,
continuously adjustable zoom and shrink, and negative and blue box effects.

Contact: Anne Sauer, Fast Electronic, 508-655-FAST, or Fax: 508-650- 0447
From: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Looking for a good single frame recorder
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:55:28 GMT
Reply-To: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, MD

I don't do this type of recording, but I know what a few other use.
In SVHS, there's the Panasonic AG-7750.  It requires a single frame
controller.  They als have a new SVHS model out with an RS-232 interface
that may be what's needed for this work.  JVC has just relesed it BRS-422U,
which accepts various interface cards and may do the job.  They also
have a BRS-605U which is an open-architecture machine.  The Sony CVD-1000
is an open architecture Hi8 machine for around $2000 which is sold by
their computer peripherals division.

For more serious recording, consider the Betacam SP or M-II format.
Panasonic has supposedly reduced the price of its M-II line to be in
line with 3/4" prices.  I have seen several companies using M-II successfully
for this work.
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From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: rec.video.production
Subject: Re: Sony Video Titler/Sketcher
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:22:00 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <17438@oasys.dt.navy.mil> goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)  
writes:
> The device is called the XVT-33 Video sketch/titler.

I saw this but didn't play with it.  Can it do any sort of
digitizing?  I have an older Sony titler/sketch thing
that isn't all that great, but has a small scanner with it. 
I got it mostly for goofing around with, but it works
pretty well for scanning small logos that wouldn't shoot
well with a camera. 

ab
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