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From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Subject: Wedding Videography Today
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com ()
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 21:21:33 GMT

I have received several requests for information on the publication
"Wedding Videography Today" which I mentioned in a recent posting.
Since there seems to be interest, I'm posting.

Wedding Videography Today
1319 Carlsbad Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
(301) 869-6878

Published by Classic Events, Inc.

Subscription rate is US$55 for 1 year (6 issues) within North America.
My experience is that they offer a discount for new subscribers and
will send a sample issue if you call them (though I don't know what
would happen if every reader of this post called them).

The publication is very small for the price. The issue I have in
hand is 36 pages including about 11 pages of ads. However, I do find
it to be worth the cost.

-- 
Ted Marshall                             ted@sharebase.com   (408)369-5574
NCR Corp. (ShareBase Div.)             2055A Logic Dr., San Jose, CA 95124
The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
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From: weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
Subject: A/V Receiver Q, **Yamaha/Nakamichi**
Date: 10 Jan 1993 16:23:40 -0500
Organization: Hahnemann University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: castor.hahnemann.edu

I was just about to purchase either a Yamaha RX-V850 or RX-V1050
Audio/Video receiver when I discovered that (1) neither unit has
a "Loudness" switch; and (2) that the 1050 is (????) discontinued.

Since I will use my receiver for general purpose listening, including
a lot of "soft" music, I am concerned about the seeming lack of a
loudness compensation circuit in these Yamahas (their seperate
components and non-video receivers do have a loudness switch).

The salesman with whom I spoke pointed me to the Nakamichi AV-1 or
AV-2 as an alternative to the Yamahas.

(1) Does anyone have any comments on loudness compensation in these
    Yamaha A/V receivers?

(2) Is anyone familiar with, and able to comment on, these apparently
    new Nakamichi A/V receivers?

Thanks in advance.

-- 

Martin S. Weinhous, Ph.D.		weinhous@radonc.hahnemann.edu
Radiation Oncology, MS-102
Hahnemann University 			office: (215) 762 - 8616
Broad & Vine				fax:    (215) 762 - 7683
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192		home:   (215) 564 - 5986
From: joeo@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Joe Oliverio)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:28:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Repairs in Mountain View Area
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

>/ hpscit:rec.video / amigan@cup.portal.com (Mike - Medwid) / 11:17 am  Jan  2, 1993 / writes:
>I received two warnings about two video repair shops.  One's A/V Repair
>@ 101&Shoreline and one's Alta Video @ Bernardo&Evelyn.  The folks who 
>sent the messages each had bad experiences with these places.  FYI.
>----------

I've done business with an AltaVideo on Ryder St. in Santa Clara. Is this the same one you refer to?

My experiences with them have all been favorable. I have had several decks and 
camcorders repaired there over the last couple of years, both consumer and 
industrial. 

I feel I have always been treated fairly. They recommended and installed new 
heads in my AG-7500A when another service center in the area couldn't, or 
wouldn't, figure out what was wrong. 

Just thought I would put my two cents in.

Joe Oliverio
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Wednesday, 6 Jan 1993 13:02:41 CET
From: P.Long <PLONG@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Bent vertical lines near top of screen
Distribution: usa

I don't know about Macrovision but as Mark Goldberg replied these symptoms
can definitely be caused by mis-match of the time constant of the horizontal
sync circuits.
Most tv-sets built since the advent of the vcr have a preset button (usually
AV/0, 10 or 20) dedicated to switch the different time constant into circuit,
thus allowing the somewhat eratic sync pulses from the vcr to give satisfactory
results on screen, particularly with tearing to the right at the top.
However, it often happens that when feeding rf via the antenna rather than the
prefered direct video socket , a different preset is tuned-in not the av
dedicated one. Hence the time constant is left as for an off-air channel not
the less exact vcrcriteria.
If your vcr is connected via rf, make sure you select the av preset to tune
the rf channel to.

Peter Long
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From: klg@panda.mc.duke.edu (Kim Greer -- rjj)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Figuring BTU/hours for equipment
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:01:04 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Distribution: usa
Organization: Duke University, Nuclear Medicine


  If one knows the KW used by a particular device, say 0.8 KW for a laser
printer, can this be converted to a reasonably accurate BTU/Hour value?

  (just out of curiosity):   Along the same lines, does anyone know an
approximate BTU/hr value for a "standard" person?  

-- 
Kim L. Greer                       
Duke University Medical Center		 klg@orion.mc.duke.edu
Div. Nuclear Medicine  POB 3949		 voice: 919-681-5894
Durham, NC 27710  		         fax: 919-681-5636
From: cliffp@informix.com (Clifford Porter)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: recommend rear proj. tv
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:18:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

Which is better hitaci or the pioneer 50" rear projection TV?

thanks
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: sweet@adobe.com (Dick Sweet)
Subject: Re: Bent vertical lines near top of screen
Keywords: MacroVision
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:34:00 GMT

As was suggested several times on this group, I combined one of those
macrovision eliminators with an RF modulator (used the plug-in one that
came with the Sony camera) to see if I could watch macrovision tapes on
the old RF input only TV set (Mitsubishi, I believe) at my cabin in the
mountains.  The results were a dismal failure.  The picture looked the
same whether or not I plugged in the battery on the eliminator box.  Since
I didn't have many tools with me, I went and bought a new battery and
that didn't help.  The question is: do I have a defective unit, or is my
TV beyond hope?  I bought the unit from the Herrington catalog, paying
about $40 for it.  I still have the box, and might be able to find the
paperwork :).  Is there some simple way to determine if this thing works
at all?  The TV in question is now 150 miles away, the last hundred
yards of which are covered more deeply in snow than my 4WD can traverse.
I do have a couple of VCRs here and could rent a tape to try to copy.
How does one tell whether a given tape is encoded?  I expected T-2 to
give me problems, but it worked just fine.  On the other hand Citizen Kane
was almost unwatchable.  (I know, rent Kane again :), although if I can't
fix the TV, I might want to known in the rental place what tapes are likely
to be watchable).

Dick Sweet
sweet@adobe.com
...!decwrl!adobe!sweet


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Tape rewinder (Re: Tape snapped at beginning of tape)
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:25:52 GMT

In article <C0Hy89.HMo@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) writes:
>Have you heard of anyone who had to replace worn-out video heads who was  
>using good tape?

No, but I have experienced a burned-out rewind motor (admittedly this
was on an audio deck, not video).

> I don't use rewinders, and I have several VCR's that are  
>more than five years old ...

... suggesting to me that few if any of them has seen five years' worth
of tape-rewinding duty.  You don't play more tapes just because you
have more decks, do you?  I'd suspect rather the decks have shared the
duties that someone else would have loaded entirely on one deck.

>Perhaps it's because I have never played a rental tape in my life.

Also suggesting fewer total tapes rewound.

I suspect the heads have nothing to do with it in reality, so the
goo other people smear on the tapes makes little difference (and
believe me, I've seen some pretty awful gunk on library tapes);
perhaps the thing to worry about would be the goo they drip into the
spindle bearings :-).

BTW, since a year's cable service in my neighborhood (the only way I
can get broadcast TV now) exceeds the cost of a year's worth of tapes
from the library plus the occasional video store rental plus a brand
new VCR, I figure I'm way ahead of the game since my old VCR has
lasted a year and a half so far playing these gooey tapes every day.
And the programming is better too :-).

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
From: lagaipa@mondec.monmouth.edu (Joseph A. La Gaipa)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: CORVUS VHS KARAOKI GROUP BUY OF TAPES, INTERESTED?
Date: 12 Jan 93 01:15:39 GMT
Distribution: usa


I have been considering buying a Corvus Karaoki ($149) which use VHS 
tapes.  The unit comes with 6 tapes and more are available for
$20 each (by mail).  I am considering coordinating a group buy where we 
could buy tapes and then pass them around.  I'm not proposing
illegal copying (don't even know whether that would work) but
I am proposing an alternative to renting (since I haven't been
able to locate those tapes for rental).  I suggest that each
member interested contribute money to buy one tape and then
would receive a list of tapes in our library.  He/she can then
pay shipping to borrow any tapes that have interest (one at a
time, or contribute for two and receive them two at a time).

What do folks think of the plan?  Any interested parties?  I have
first interest in the 50's/60's tapes.

      
       Joseph A. LaGaipa, Director of Computer Services
                          Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N.J. 07764
                         at (908) 229-8410 (home)
                            (908) 571-3551 (work) 
          Internet   lagaipa@monmouth.edu

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: cagan%ceres.cs.yale.edu@CS.Yale.EDU (Leigh Cagan)
Subject: Anything good around 23"???
Originator: cagan@ceres.CS.Yale.Edu
Reply-To: cagan%ceres.cs.yale.edu@CS.Yale.EDU (Leigh Cagan)
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:30:52 GMT


Does anyone know if there is a 22"-23" color set available today, 
preferably of reasonably high quality?  I've seen lots of 20" and 
lots of 27" sets, the former being smaller and the latter larger than 
I'd like.  And the 25" stuff seems somewhat dated in terms of features 
and user-adjustability.  I understand most people will want the biggest 
screen they can get up to some price point, but there seems to be this 
huge hole in the market, right where I'd like to buy.  

Any suggestions or pointers, posted to the net or sent by email 
would be most appreciated.  

Thanks in advance.  



Newsgroups: rec.video
From: robbo@hprpcd.rose.hp.com (Dave Robinson)
Subject: Re: NTSC -> PAL
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:34:19 GMT
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

	The following company offers such a service:

	RVT
	1911 Douglas Boulevard #85
	Roseville
	CA 95661.
	(916) 773-3705

	They offer a two hour conversion for $25. This includes the conversion,
	Tape, and return mail all within 24 hours. You have to add CA tax if
	you live in CA. You can also ask for bulk rates. They can do 8 and Hi-8
	PAL also.
	

	Regards

	Dave
From: jsurace@cco.caltech.edu (Jason A. Surace)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Old-Style Sep. Cameras and Video Decks (need pinout!)
Date: 9 Jan 1993 20:25:59 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
Summary: need the pinouts for an old JVC video camera.
Keywords: camera panasonic video head



  I have recently aquired an old JVC video camera, made around 1980.
Its one of the ones with a 9 or 10 pin connector that plugged into
a portable VHS deck that you wore over your shoulder. It must have been
fairly standardized, since I've also seen pin and signal compatible
Sonys. Unfortunately, I don't have the portable deck, so does anyone
know what the pinout on this connector is? I'd like to hook it up
to my current VCR, so does it have any sort of composite output, or
is it separated (possibly in some bizarre way)? I know that converters
for these used to be available, that supplied the neccessary power
and gave a composite video output, but I haven't seen one in awhile.
I figure that they must still be around, since I think a lot of these
old video heads wind up being used for security and surveillance.
Anyone know where I can get a converter, and at what price?


                                       - Jason Surace
                                     jsurace@cco.caltech.edu
                                     jason@ipac.caltech.edu



Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: Anybody want to sell me a JVC HR-S7000U or HR-S8000U?
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:03:37
Distribution: na

"ab" == Allen B <ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu> writes:

ab> In article <1993Jan5.161938.9818@bnr.ca> dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer)
ab> writes:
> I've had my HR-S7000U for 4 years now and I want to get a second VCR.
> Nothing on the market has the same features - for example:

ab> Some of these are neat, but my Sony SLV-R5UC has nearly all of
ab> them.  The only one I really miss that it doesn't is the outlet on
ab> the back.  That would be really handy. :-(


I have an S8000U (that was stolen, bounced around pawn shops for a
year, then recovered) *and* a SLV-R5UC (bought to replace the 8000).

The SLV has the worst remote in the known universe.  It's also a pain
in the ass to program.  If you add a program, you have to have a
writable tape in the unit since the R5UC puts itself in
timer-sleep-mode as soon as you finish entering the program!  Totally
fucking annoying, especially when reinputting a bunch of programs
after an extended power failure.

My only complaint about the S8000U is that if I record vhs-ep on the
Sony, I get quite a few dropouts on hifi playback on the JVC.  (linear
plays just fine).

Anybody know of a trustworthy place in the south bay (Mountain View)
to get my S8000U looked at/repaired (the thieves ripped out the RF
input)?


--
J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311 (DoD# 0378)
"It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
of content.  It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard
From: stanley@skyking.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR PLUS code conflicts in TV Guide
Date: 7 Jan 1993 01:58:51 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University, College of Oceanography
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: skyking.oce.orst.edu
Keywords: vcr+

In article <4695@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>Get a VCR that doesn't lose track of time right after the power goes out.
>Mine at least lasts for 1/2 hour (or more).

Right. A wonderful solution. You think I should spend another $800 to
replace my VCR so the clock won't need resetting instead of spending $60
for a VCR+ that solves that problem and makes things simpler to boot.

You ought to run for Congress. You would fit right in.
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Bent vertical lines near top of screen
Date: 5 Jan 93 05:17:58 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1993Jan4.215551.18008@netcom.com> kehcheng@netcom.com (Keh-Cheng Chu) writes:
<The following problem began to appear after I upgraded my system
<(JVC H-something-62 VCR and Sony TS27 TV set):
<
<When playing some video rental tapes, the top 5% of the screen suffers
<a gradual horizontal shift to the right.  Thus any vertical line near
<the top appears bent, and it becomes almost horizontal at the very top.
<And when this happens, it's not just the picture itself - the on-screen
<display from the TV set (e.g., the channel number, etc.) is also deformed.
<
<So far I've noticed this problem with some of the tapes I rented and
<some of my Walt Disney tapes.  Tapes recorded on the JVC deck or on
<my old Sharp deck show no such deformation.  I have tried every adjustment
<available, including turning the auto tracking feature off and switching
<to manual.  None had any effect on the problem.
<
<I would appreciate very much hearing from people with similar experience
<and how they solve it.

You are a victim of the anti-copy signal called Macrovision.

Get a Macrovision eliminator box.
-- 
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Vidiot  ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!vidiot!brown
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                                   brown@wi.extrel.com
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Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: Columbia House Laserdisc Club coming to Canada!!!
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: can
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:52:31 GMT

I just got off the phone with a customer service representative of
the Columbia House Video Club who told me that laserdiscs will be
available through the club within the next six months.

The plan is to initially offer laserdiscs to current members of the
video club. This should happen within six months.  Then, if the demand
is sufficient, to set up a separate Columbia House Laserdisc Club, as
in the States.  She seemed a bit sketchy on details so I didn't press
the point as to whether discs will be part of the introductory offer.
I'll phone them again in three months or so. Perhaps more details will
be available then. I'll keep y'all posted.

In the meantime you can bug them at (416) 299-8181 if you live in the
Toronto area or want to pay long-distance charges. A recent ad for the
Columbia House Video Club gives a 1-800 number, 1-800-354-6100 (ask for
Dept. WG3). Maybe you can bug them there too. Let's PUSH THEM!!
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From: nicolas@stam.nl (Nico Veenkamp)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Video cassette mail-order store wanted in USA
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:26:32 GMT
Organization: Stam Tijdschriften bv, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

In <1993Jan4.191529.8391@infodev.cam.ac.uk> reh10@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.E. Hunt) writes:
>I live in England and am having difficulty obtaining some films I want to see
>on video. Since I have a VHS video recorder which can play-back NTSC videos on
>my (PAL) television set, the ideal solution would be for me to find a video
>outlet in the USA somewhere which is prepared to mail video tapes overseas.
>Obviously I need somewhere that has a very large range of tapes available, and
>that has a comprehensive catalogue of their mail-order tapes which they could
>send me.

This information woud be very helpful for me too. I am in the same situation.
So could you send this info to me too, please.


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gross@ssd.kodak.com (Dan Gross)
Subject: New VCR -> Old TV Interference???
Reply-To: gross@eksignal.kodak.com
Organization: Ektron, a division of Eastman Kodak, Co.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 19:17:26 GMT



	This may seem stupid, but I would appreciate a response.  I just 
bought an RCA "Home Theater" hi-fi 4-header (w/ VCR+, Universal remote,etc...
it's the HF680, if I remember right...) fairly cheap (IS $350 cheap?).   I've
got 2 TV's at home: a 12" RCA, about 5-6 years old, and an old (late-70's???)
console TV (23"-25", not sure), that I picked up for free a couple of years 
back (sitting on a curb w/ a "Take me, I work!" sign on it.  Other than a 
little magnet misalignment, it works fine...).  I noticed that when I play 
tapes through the 12", they come out beautiful, but on the console TV I get 
what looks like interference.  Not "snow", but a loss of clarity that especially
shows in dark areas on the screen (kinda "blotchy").  It's not a tracking 
problem either, the picture just  isn't as clear as the regular broadcast 
picture.  I noticed this when I tried taping something off the console TV 
then re-playing it.  The picture was noticibly different on tape when played 
on the console TV, but looked fine on the 12".   I'm going to try playing 
the tapes on a "newish" 19" tonight. BTW, this output effect happens with 
good-quality pre-records (A played-only-once-before "Fantasia").
	What I'm wondering is what would cause this?  Is this a problem with 
the VCR?  The TV? The TV being too "old"?  I know this is kinda vague, but 
any answers, suggestions, etc are greatly appreciated.  TIA.  Please E-mail
any flames.  The whole net doesn't need to be told how little I know about 
VCR's and TV's.  I've already made that point clear!

						--Dan Gross



	
-- 
Dan Gross              		716-726-7831           gross@eksignal.kodak.com
Signal Processing Dept.		"I'll always be a wordman,
Eastman Kodak EP Bldg 3, 1 fl     better than a birdman." - J. D. Morrison
Rochester NY 14653-5908         Kodak doesn't even WANT my opinion....
From: long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H. Morrow Long)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony TR71 or FX510 - Help me decide!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:23:48 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cf.cs.yale.edu


In article <1icck1INN6hq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech) writes:
|> 
|> Last night I purchased the Sony TR71 after a long and hard debate over the 
|> TR71 and the FX510 Handycam.  But I'm still fighting over the decision.  
|> (Why did Sony have to make such similiar cameras?!?!?  It would have been
|> easier if there was only one choice!)  The main differences come down to:
|>  
|> Size - TR71 is about 4X4X6 inches     FX510 is about 4X4X10 inches
|> Weight - 1.4lbs 			1.9lbs
|> Lux	 2 lux				1 lux
|> Feature  Mosaic graphic digitization	Superimposed graphics
|>  
|> I think the final decision was based more on size.  The TR71 is just so
|> small and compact.  The FX510 did not really feel heavier, and was just
|> as comfortable to hold, but may be slightly more difficult to carry around.
|> I was also torn between the two graphic features.  I really like the 
|> superimposed graphics.  The mosaic feature is ok, nothing special.  Probably
|> would be good in transistions.  My question would be does anyone really
|> like the superimpose feature, and use it quite often?  Both of these cameras
|> are the same price.  Does anyone have a recommendation for either?  Would
|> or is the reliability factor in favor of either?  How about latest technology?
|> Would any of you choose one over the other, and why?  Any replies greatly
|> appreciated (I have two weeks to take back the TR71).  Thanx!!!

You could'a had a Hi-8!

Why get a regular 8 camcorder when you can get a Hi-8 camcorder for
just a few hundred $$$ more (a Sony TR-81, 101 or 200, or a Canon)?

					- Morrow

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