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From: dna@ampex.com (David Altekruse)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony TAE2000ESD Source Direct
Date: 26 Jan 93 00:12:54 GMT
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA

G. Pirrung writes:

>-->  All DSP settings (Pro-Logic, ambience, equalization, compression/
>-->  expansion) are by-passed in the "Source Direct" mode.  As you state,
>-->  analog signals still go through A/D->D/A, however.  

>I beg to differ. The block diagram in the back of the manual shows a line
>going around all the digital circuitry directly to the front R & L only.
>This is also stated in the front of the manual that the processing
>circuitry is bypassed in this mode. I haven't hooked mine up yet,
>but am relying on what is in the manual :-)

When you connect up your TA-E2000ESD, set the unit to the "Source Direct"
mode, over-drive the analog audio input, and then attempt to explain why
the A/D overload LED comes on and the output goes into severe digital
distortion on peaks.  The "processing circuitry" that the manual refers to
as being by-passed are the DSP functions.  The analog signal is still
going through the A/D->D/A converters.  (But I'd love to be proved wrong!)

- David Altekruse, dna@ampex.com
From: oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: S-VHS tape outlets
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:09:52 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1993Jan20.132020.8265@hemlock.cray.com>, sully@cray.com (Brian Sullivan) writes:
> I just bought an S-VHS VCR, and I'm looking for information on the best
> price for quality S-VHS tapes.  Can anyone provide information regarding
> the cost and quality of the various 120 S-VHS tapes, and a recommendation
> of where to buy them?

I buy from Tape World of Butler, PA. They have given me excellent service and
will match any legitimate price. (At least they have for me.) They carry most
major brands. I prefer Fuji and Maxell, but that's up to you. ST120s run about
$8.00 for Sony. Maxell ST180s are about $15. I have yet to price the new ST200
tapes.

1-800-245-6000 and they are on Eastern time.

R. Kevin Oberman			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Internet: koberman@llnl.gov		(510) 422-6955

Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
From: spero@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Spero Koulouras)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:11:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Wanted: 8mm/Hi8 stereo VCR info/recommendations
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

At our local electoronics supermarket there is a range of Sony
8mm and Hi-8 decks from about $399 to $2000 (rough prices from
memory).  I think the Hi-8 stereo decks started around $550.
From: phil@dynamed.dynamedia.COM (Phil Menzies)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Edit your own videos - buy my editor
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:10:58 PST
Organization: DynaMedia
Reply-To: phil@dynamedia.COM
Distribution: us
X-Mailer: uAccess LITE - Macintosh Release: 1.6v2


           AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO EDIT YOUR VIDEOS

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so that you can show them to your friends without them falling
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     FOR SALE:  Sony RM-E100V    Video Editing Controller

 * Controls a VCR or camcorder (Sony, or any other providing a
      Control L or LANC connection) as a source, and a VCR or a
      Camcorder (Sony and some others, see below) as a recorder.
 * Performs "automatic assemble edits" by commanding the 
      source deck to position the videotape to the "cut-in"
      point while pausing the record deck. Then it "rolls"
      both tapes to cause the scene to be transferred from
      the source deck to the record deck. Finally, at the
      "cut-out" point it pauses the record deck and commands
      the sorce deck to reposition the tape to the next
      "cut-in" point for the next scene.

   Like new in original box

   Only $75  (Lists new for $175).
   
   If you are in the S.F. Bay area, I may be able to drop
      it off to you.
   Otherwise, if you prepay I will pay for shipping, or if
      you prefer C.O.D., you pay for shipping.

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DETAILS:
 * Memory for up to 8 scenes (cut-in and cut-out points) at
      a time. 
 * LCD display window to show the current command as well as
      the edit list memory.
 * Buttons on controller can be used to remotely control
      both connected video decks.
 * Connections to VCRs/Camcorders:
     Connects to source deck using CTRL L plug (Sony)
     Connects to record deck using CTRL L  (Sony)
            or CRTL S  (Sony)
            or Camera Remote (mini-jack)
            (NOTE: according to the manual this mini-jack
             connection can be used to control Panasonic VCRs
             that have "Camera Remote" jacks, and with JVC VCRs
             that have "Camera Pause jacks.
             It MAY be useable with other brands of decks that
             support a remote pause capability.)         
     The following may also be used to control the record
     deck, BUT require optional accessories from Sony:
             Camera Connector (14 pin, K-type)
             VCRs with infrared remote controls
 * NOTE: This controller does not connect to or process the
       video signal itself - you connect the video directly
       from the source deck to the record deck.

-------------------------------------------
Phil Menzies  -  DynaMedia, Alameda CA
Internet:        phil@dynamedia.COM
From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VHS Hi-fi Question
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:03:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: cmkrnl.1993Jan26.040333.1288
Organization: Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego, CA

In article <1993Jan25.221111.21690@bnr.ca>, dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer) writes:
> In article <21776@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, matthews@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Thomas W. Matthews) writes:
> |> Are there any VHS Hi-fi tape decks that have separate audio inputs
> |> fo the Hi-fi tracks and the linear tracks?   
> 
> I have looked at a _lot_ of VCRs (even professional ones) and I haven't yet
> seen one that has what you're asking for.  [...]

I concur.  However, if the service manual for the VCR is available, it ought
to be possible to separate the input to the "linear audio recording amp" from
the main audio feed and provide some other signal.  This of course assumes that
the connection is a trace on a PCB or (god forbid) a wire, rather than inside
an IC!

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego CA
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, or hanrahan@eisner.decus.org  Uucp: uunet!cmkrnl!jeh
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: an7689@anon.penet.fi
Subject: VCR Plus+ PlusCodes
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: rec.video
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:45:00 GMT

        
                I  don't  understand.   The Shirriff et  al.   article 
        (hereafter  referred  to  as SWK)  has been out for  over  six 
        months  and there hasn't been any good code based  on it.  The 
        one  set of C code that was posted seems to  have  caused more 
        trouble than anything else.   I  can write cleaner  code  than 
        that on my worst day, and I wouldn't dream of calling myself a 
        professional  programmer.   (Note:   This is *NOT*   a   flame 
        against  the  poster  who,   at least,   made  the  effort  to 
        contribute.)    So  here's my contribution,   in  two  pieces:  
        source code and user's guide. 

            However,  the (slightly altered)  words of Kipling ring in 
        my ears 

            If you can keep your head while all about you
               Are losing theirs . . . you probably don't fully
                    appreciate the situation.

            I don't quite understand why people are so secretive about 
        this code, but I don't want to find out the hard way.  So, the 
        source code contains no more information than  what appears in 
        SWK.  It reverses the process  (encodes  PlusCodes rather than 
        decodes) but, in order to be fully functional,  it requires  a 
        192 element array of integers. The 192 slots correspond to the 
        48 half-hour starting times beginning at  11:30 pm and working 
        backwards to midnight.   The first 48 correspond to a duration 
        of 30 minutes, the next 48 to 60 minutes, and so on for 90 and 
        120  minutes.    They are  used to  store  the  "table number" 
        described on page 230 of SWK.  Let I = index of the particular 
        starting time/duration described two sentences ago.  Then V(I) 
        = "table number" .

            Examples:  SWK reports the 0-th,  1-st,  2-nd,  and 191-st 
        table entries are (6:30 pm,  30 min), (4:00 pm, 30 min), (7:30 
        pm, 30  min) and (11:00 am, 90 min).  Under this scheme, (6:30 
        pm, 30 min)  corresponds to the 11-th element of V, so V(11) = 
        0.  In similar fashion, V(16) = 1, V(9) = 2, and V(122) = 191. 
        I've filled in these values.  The rest are set at  -99,  which 
        is recognized as "missing."

            P.S.  It's FORTRAN.

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: paul@melody.Rational.com (Paul Jasper)
Subject: Re: Problem with CP8 Turbo
Reply-To: paul@rational.com
Organization: Rational
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:28:11 GMT

In article <93025.190846HCAMPBEL@vma.cc.nd.edu>, H Campbell <HCAMPBEL@vma.cc.nd.edu> writes:
> While we have this thread open, I would like to know if anyone else
> has encountered the following problem in the Turbo.
>     I found that if I enter a sequence of 16 or more entries and then
> try to insert a new entry before slot 16, everything shifts up 1
> position until you get to 16.  That is,  14 moves to 15, 15 moves to
> 16, 16 moves to the bit bucket, 17 and above stay the same.  Then if
> if I try to do a second insert below 16, when I press the store key
> the entire unit is locked - no key will work and I have to reset
> the unit (not a lot of fun!)
>    I talked to the factory today, and they claim to have never heard
> of this problem and indicate my unit is probably defective.  It was
> purchased this month and is still under warrenty, but I wonder if
> this is really an obscure firmware bug.

Interesting... I've just bought one and have had problems programming in
the keys from my Pioneer AV Receiver, including one time where the CP8
Turbo locked up displaying ENTER and with the red LED permanently on.
I tried various ways to cancel this, including taking the batteries out
for a short period, but had to resort to "rebooting" it with the reset
button.  It seems very difficult to get the CP8 Turbo to accept keys from
the Pioneer: even when it says it accepted them (usually it says ERROR for
my first few attempts), they often do not work, and some keys I cannot get 
it to accept at all.  The same is true for my Pioneer laser disc's remote.  
I've tried all the combinations of methods suggested in the user manual,
and it works fine with my other (Hitachi) components.

Has anyone else had this problem, or been able to use it with Pioneer
equipment perfectly well?  Should I return the unit for a replacement
and see if that works any better, or should I just take it back for a
complete refund?

Where can I find the phone number for the factory?

-- 
-- Paul Jasper
-- RATIONAL
-- Object-Oriented Products
--
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Subject: Re: Best projection TVs
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:36:34 GMT

Hi!

  sully@cray.com writes that he's looking for a projection TV in the
45" to 60" range.

  Well, I've been looking at rear projectors recently, and I must
say I'm totally blown away by the new Sony KV-53XBR15.  It's 53" as
you can probably tell by the name.  It has wonderful, bright,
saturated picture, and most of the bells and whistles of the XBR^2.
Plus, and this is important, it's only 24.25" deep!  My wrists are
bothering me just now, so I can't type in all the specs, but give it
a look!

--Mike
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kilgore@hup.ucla.edu (Robert Kilgore)
Subject: Sony 27" T.V.
Organization: UCLA Honors and Undergraduate Programs
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:28:43 PST

I bought a Sony 27", model KV27TS27 t.v. a year ago and have had nothing 
but trouble with it.  The t.v. was replaced once already.  The top two 
inches of the screen intermitantly lose one of the color bands and vertical 
lines tend to bend in this same area.  Sony is now offering to replace this 
t.v. again, but this time with a refurbished KV27EXR20 model.

Does anyone have information on the KV27EXR20? 

Should I accept a refurbished model?

Is there any information out there about the track record of the KV27TS27?

Thanks for your assistance.
From: sandrov@sunicar.cern.ch (Sandro Ventura)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Mac Backup and audio (or video) with the same device?
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:39:54 GMT
Organization: CERN
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A78B28A23F010E28@macsandrov.cern.ch>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 26 Jan 93 16:42:58 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16

In article <1993Jan24.123357.4992@spcvxb.spc.edu> Jeff Killeen,
killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
> 8bit digital audio.  While it does have the range of DAT tapes (15Mhz versus
> 20Mhz) it probally is one of the best mediums for "editing" CD's to.  These
  ^^^^^
 better KHz

Then Jeff Killeen, killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu continues:
> course I also wonder if there is a market for it.  My totally uninformed
guess
> is that this technology was developed for 8mm computer backup units - Sony
is
> the only manufacturer for these backup drives. 

Exactly what I wanted: beeing able to perform long hifi recordings, and
having the same device to do the backup of my mac's hard drives. And, why
not, finding myself with a third video gear on my desk (as would be on that
case).
But none of the recorders I could examine had the least "standard" digital
input (no SCSI, not even a simple serial port). 
Will the EV-S900 (or some other model) run to my rescue?
Any other idea?

--
Sandro Ventura             |   ICARUS - Imaging Cosmic And Rare
sandrov@sunicar.cern.ch    |            Underground Signals
                           |        Online Data Acquisition Team
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.lang.japan
From: pjyamamo@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Peter Yamamoto)
Subject: Re: Toshiba Bazooka Wide...
Organization: DCS Covert Operations Squad
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:42:33 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

Hi!

In case anybody else is interested here is the "correct" answer (with
regards to the Toshiba Bazooka Wide) I received...

It is IDTV (16:9), has zoom, etc.
I think the listed prioce was Yen640000.

> From: kimp@stu.rpi.edu
> Subject: Toshiba Bazooka Wide?
> To: pjyamamo@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:30:59 -0500
> 
> I am not sure about Toshiba's Bazooka Wide Television, but it could 
> be one of the IDTVs (Improved Definition TV).  IDTVs have about the 
> same aspect ratio (16:9 or 1.78:1, as opposed to 4:3 or 1.375:1 for 
> TV) as HDTV (High Definition TV).  Some IDTVs are "upgradable" to 
> HDTV when it becomes available (such as Philips).  IDTVs have line-
> doubler, which doubles the resolution of video source.  In addition, 
> they feature "zoom" function, which zooms in and out for letterboxed 
> movies.  Furthermore, for some camcorders with widescreen mode (16:9 
> anamorphic), IDTVs can "unsqueeze" the image that would appear 
> "squeezed" on normal TVs.  First batch of IDTVs should cost $5000 to 
> $7000 and will be available this year.

Thanks to all who answered,
Peter
From: lrs@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Larry Schwarcz)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:27:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Function of EDIT switch?
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

>What does the EDIT switch on VCRs actually do?

Well, I'm not a technician or anything close to that, but, it's my
understanding that VCR's usually have circuitry that will optimize
the picture.  Filters and the such.  Well, if you're copying from
one VCR to another, it's better to not run the signal through two
filters (one filter in the source VCR and another in the target VCR)
if you can have the signal not go through any filters.  If you
have the EDIT switch enabled on both VCR's, your copy should be
a better copy.

Also, not all brands call it the 'EDIT' switch.  My Sony calls it
EDIT, but, my Mitsubishi calls it something like Video I.P. (which
stands for Intellegent Picture).  It has three positions:  OFF, ON
and DUB.  DUB is the Sony equivalent of EDIT.

        Later...
           Larry Schwarcz
           lrs@cup.hp.com

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg)
Subject: Re: Sony SLV-696HF Problems
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 23:32:50 GMT

In article <1k1mn4INNcs5@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> pka@engin.umich.edu (Payman Khalili) writes:

>Well, the problem with the 696 is that you can hear a really annoying 
>popping sound in the stereo soundtrack.  On my machine, I get pops in 
>the left or right channel, and sometimes, the machine just goes into
>mono sound mode instantaneously (after a pop).  

Has it yet been established that this popping sound is a problem
exclusively with the Sony 696/595, or of the hi-fi format in general?
I don't know -- I havn't had any experience with hi-fi VCR's
until recently.  

I still think it could be a dropout problem.  Not all hi-fi tapes I've
tried have this popping (some have more than their share, mind you), and 
saying that those tapes don't give you problems on other, non-hi-fi 
machines means nothing.

Please keep us posted if Sony admits to any error on their part, particularly
if they offer to fix/replace defective units.

-- 
Dennis P. Hilgenberg
syd@ecn.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito)
Subject: Re: HELP!!  Someone who lives in Japan!  (Japanese mail-order?)
Organization: Department of Environmental Information,Keio University Shonan
	Fujisawa Campus(SFC),Japan.
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 05:13:14 GMT

 Ah, many requests...

In article <1993Jan28.212528.10660@ac.dal.ca>
tominatr@ac.dal.ca writes:

 | Does anyone know if there are any mail order places in Japan
 | that deliver to Canada or the U.S.?

 I'm afraid NO. So sorry......

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Akira Mito(E-Mail:t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp)
  Junior@SFC(Keio Univ. Shownan Fujisawa Campus) 
  Department: Environmental Information
  Director of the SFC Hi-Vision Club, and member of SFC TiME, C-music.
From: shiv@cs.man.ac.uk (Shiv Sikand)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Help wanted with cabling multiple rooms in a house
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:52:22 GMT

Hi,

My Dad is building a house in India and wants to be able to pipe
video, satellite, cable, regular PAL broadcasts and 2 channels of
audio to any room in the house from a central location which will
contain the necessary multiplexer.

It would be better if all these signals excluding the audio could be
multiplexed onto a single RF signal, but I am open to all suggestions!

I don't know much about existing standards for video interconnect, so
I would be greatful for any help.


Thanks in advance.

--
---------------------------------------------------
+ Shiv Sikand                                     +
+ AMULET Research, Department of Computer Science +
+ The University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL +
+ shiv@cs.man.ac.uk, +44-61-275-6149              +
+          ! I speak only for myself !   	  +
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From: RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Robert Roxby)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
Subject: Catalog of Instrctnl Videos?
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:46:40 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

I'm looking for instructional videos on various things.
I was wondering if there is a source for such things.
Thanks for any info.
Bob
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: eric@telebit.com (Eric Smith)
Subject: Picture tube information wanted
X-Disclaimer: Everything I write is false.
Organization: Telebit Corporation
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:39:44 GMT

I recently posted a query about picture tubes to sci.electronics, and it has
now occured to me that perhaps more of the people who are knowledgable about
picture tubes hang out on rec.video.

What I'd like to find out is what the numbering system is for CRTs, and where
I can get reference information on them.  The specific ones I'm currently
curious about are:

	19VLUP22	19VNJP22	19VLTP22	19VJTP22

Thanks!
Eric
From: oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Problem with CP8 Turbo
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:42:45 GMT

In article <C19Cy6.G1z@fulcrum.co.uk>, igb@fulcrum.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
> 
> Several people on this group advised me that the Memorex CP8 Turbo was
> the Universal Remote to have.  I have bought one at last --- I couldn't
> find one in the UK, but I got one from Fry's in Palo Alto.  It seems to
> have lost one segment of the LCD on its journey home, but that's not
> important.  I've taught it all the equipment at home, with one notable
> failure.  
> 
> It has managed to learn PART of the command set for an Aiwa XDS-260 DAT
> machine.  The track access buttons work, but play, record and so on
> don't.  This is a pain, as I was hoping to use the scheduler on the CP8
> to record program off the radio rather than the brute force approach of
> using a mains timeclock.
> 

I have had similar problems with my Turbo. I would suggest that you try
relearning the commands that don't work. Try varying the distance between the
units and the time you depress the button on the sending unit. (This is
especially important because it will result in the command being sent just once
by the Turbo instead of being endlessly repeated.)

So far I've been able to teach my Turbo everything I wanted to, so I suspect
you will get it after some tinkering. The manual also talks about this to some
extent.

Good luck!

R. Kevin Oberman			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Internet: koberman@llnl.gov		(510) 422-6955

Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kettyle@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (john.jr.kettyle)
Subject: Re: FISHER HI-FI VCR
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:42:19 GMT

From article <C15zGA.L4K@apollo.hp.com>, by rehrauer@apollo.hp.com (Steve Rehrauer):
> In article <ETOBHAG.93Jan20165232@etn.etnxb.eua.ericsson.se> etobhag@etnxb.eua.ericsson.se (Boerge Haga 2634) writes:
>>In article <C15s31.LA@boi.hp.com> jmcvey@boi.hp.com ( John McVey         x3638 ) writes:
>>   I have a Fisher mono VCR and have had to repair it twice.  I would
>>   stay away from Fisher on a new purchase.
>>
>>I'll second this. My parents have had a Fisher VCR for some years
>>now, and it has been nothing but trouble with it.
> 
> Well, as a counterpoint my circa 1986 Fisher HiFi unit has been virtually
> trouble free.  About 2 years ago I paid about $80 to have a capstan assembly
> rebuilt (at least, that's what the shop said -- symptoms were that it would
> squeal on rewind & sometimes not rewind at all -- and the price included a
> head-cleaning).  I'll happily admit that for once in my life :-) I might
> just be the lucky exception, though.

I have a 859 and a 960 ? HiFi Vcrs and have had no problems except in the 
960 where I am starting to see the squeeling problems. These are both 
1985-1986 models. Chalk it up to luck? :-)

John Kettyle, Jr.


Question, Who here would buy a piece of equiptment from a store that says
it is selling poor quality merchandise and you need an extended warranty?
I would walk to the next store and leave those guys in the dust!
Newsgroups: rec.video