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From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Why is "Tron" so hard to find?
Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:12:53 -0700
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: anthrax-fddi.solbourne.com

While reading article <1k3q71INNaaa@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>, I noticed that
bengt@fires1.uucp (Bengt A. Palsson) said the following:
 >Tron has been fed via satellite a number of times in the past weeks. I don't
 >know who feeds it (Disney ?) and for whom the feed is intended. I have never
 >caught the beginning of the movie to find out more details. Seems like
 >someone is trying to generate renewed interest in it before (if) it is 
 >re-released on video. The feed is a "full black" version (i.e. black screens
 >where the local affiliate inserts their commercials).

Tron was recently presented on both WGN superstations (WGN Chicago and KWGN
Denver) in a "packaged" movie format.  (The format is of a "special
presentation" complete with "We will return to Tron in a moment" and "We now
return to Tron" bumpers, ala the "Movie Greats Network.")  I'd like to believe
this means a re-release is imminent (please, letterboxed?), but then again a
few days later "The Poseidon Adventure" was shown in the same format, and it's
been out on a letterboxed LD for a few years now.

The nice thing about both feeds is that although they weren't letterboxed
(except for the credits of "The Poseidon Adventure), the sound was of quite
high quality.  The surround effects during the Tron "discs" sequence were
quite nice...
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: The Last Starfighter on LD
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:07:20 GMT

In article <kazel.111.727810707@uiuc.edu> kazel@uiuc.edu (Mitch Kazel) writes:
>In article <1jpsflINNkcm@hp-col.col.hp.com> dons@col.hp.com (Don Schott) writes:
>>	I want to buy an LD copy of "The Last Starfighter", but
>>I want to get the best available version.  The version that I
>>have found is not in a wide screen or letterbox format.  Does
>>anyone know if there are multiple versions of this on LD?  If
>>so, where can I get them?  
>
>As far as I know . . . that's the only version available.

The only domestic version is from MCA [#40078] and is pan & scan.
This anamorphic widescreen PANAVISION film needs to be released
in a letterboxed version.  There is a Japanese release which is
supposed to be letterboxed but I have not seen it.  Since Universal/MCA
has been working its way through the old catalog to produce LBX
laserdisc releases I would guess this one will eventually make it.


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From: kayshav_dattatri@taligent.com (Kayshav Dattatri)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Spanish(Hispanic) Movie Rental places in Bay Area
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:38:32 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Taligent

I'm trying to locate a place around San Jose, CA to rent some Spanish movies
which I happened to come across on TV. I don't understand (nor speak)
Spanish. Helpful if it has subtitles

Laserdisc or tape is OK.

Any recommendations?

KD
From: wang@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Wang Li)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:09:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Laser Lock on sides 1 & 2 of Beauty & the Beast (WIP)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video


I rented the disc from Blockbuster Video back in Nov when it first came out,
and found similar problem on Side 2 toward the last minute of the side.  I
exchange the disc and had same problem on Side 1 but side 2 was then OK.
From: rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Laser projection TV - does it exist?
Date: 21 Jan 93 03:51:43 GMT
Organization: Harris Allied Broadcast Div., Quincy, IL

Here is a post I saved from ages ago:  I have since lost the author
and mailpath.  Nonetheless:

*******CUT HERE*******

  I did my undergrad thesis on exactly this topic back in '77; two years ago I
saw such a device in operation at a company around Moffet Field in the Silicon
Valley (can't remember the name).  

  While the resolution was spectacular and the color was theoretically-optimal,
there were three significant problems: first, the interference-speckle charac-
teristic of coherent monochromatic light, second, a problem with interlaced
video and zero-decay time pixels (phosphor-equivalents), third, and strangest
of all, a sort of crawling of the image reminiscent of a heavy dose of psyche-
delic drugs.

  The fist problem is straightforward and well-understood.  There may be a 
phase-randomizing technique to defeat it, but I suspect that it will always
occur with monochromtic light sources - it indeed is caused by phase shifts
in such light.

  The second problem showed up as disappearance of alternate scan lines when
the action moved vertically.  I was mystified by it at the time, but have since
hypothesized that it is a result of intantaneous decay of the image on the
"screen" (whatever that is chosen to be).  This might have the result of the 
image decay being relegated to the optic nerves, which are moving (in image 
space) with the action, thus causing interlaced scanlines to overlap at criti-
cal vertical motion speeds.  On the other hand, it may have been a strange
electronic problem with the system; impossible to tell, since I'm working from
memory.

  The third problem was truly bizarre.  The image appeared to be swimming, 
crawling, billowing, like it was slowly melting.  The company rep said that it
had something to do with the vitreous humor of the eye, but the explanation
didn't fit any physics that I knew at the time.  It was, however, clearly
an effect generated in the human visual system, and therefore perhaps very
difficult to solve.

  The overall effect was quite impressive - a 40 foot wide image with amazing
color and resolution.  But I think that these problems would make it unaccept-
able to the general consumer.  At any rate, the device was for sale, at 
~80,000 dollars per unit.  If anyone really wants, I think I can find the name
of the company...

                                                        Ken
-- 

*******CUT HERE********

Have fun.

Robert


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attractive.  They really do believe the Bill of Rights gave them unleaded
regular for $1.06 a gallon, and they better get it or, by God, they'll get
the bums out of Office."  -- Energy Secretary James Watkins on taxing energy.

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From: cmc@cs.utexas.edu (Chi Ming Cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: zigzig lines of green
Date: 26 Jan 1993 05:14:26 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: grit.cs.utexas.edu


Can someone tell me why my TV displays zigzag lines of green when the
image is dark?  Also, the image brightens when the green lines are
displayed.

Thanks in advance.

--M.
From: blin@soda.berkeley.edu (Bo Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: karaoke effects module and ld player
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:50:41 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu


	My parents have a karaoke effects module hooked up to the AV system
which they use to play VHS karaoke tapes.  I once tried to hook an LD up to
the effects processor and played some karaoke LD's.  I noticed that some LD's
refuse to work with the module and some do.  The LD player (which is a karaoke
model) also has a little problem with the former type since I had to switch
between digital and analog and left/right/stereo to get everything right, since
they refuse to work with the effects module.  The latter works just like the V
HS tapes when I played the analog track, so there's no problem there.  When I
use the effects module, I turn off the LD player's karaoke feature, and vice
versa to make the comparison.
	So does anyone know that the problem is with the two types of LD's?
An overview with what and what is on which track will be greatly appreciated.
I'm deciding between the regular and karaoke LD players right now (the test
LD player was borrowed).  Since the effects module produces much better quality
sound than the LD player's own karaoke processor (a Pioneer model), I would
like to know how many of which type of LD's are on the market so I can decide
if I really need the redundancy of owning a karaoke LD player.

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From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help: Picture adjustments for the KV32XBR95S
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:40:02 PST
Organization: Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego, CA

In article <1993Jan25.160659.7121@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>, wonga@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (Allen Wong ) writes:
> Can anyone give me a quick summary of how to use the setup mode for a
>  Sony KV32XBR95S? [...]
> I am trying to reduce the amount of overscan in the picture 

Risky.  Adjusting the width affects the high voltage (since the HV is generated
in a transformer whose input is the horizontal sweep signal).  Unless you are
equipped to measure the HV (in the tens of kilovolts) after your adjustment,
and to correct it if it's out of spec, I wouldn't do it.  

> and remove a bend in the lower righthand corner.

Depends on the bend.  If vertical lines are bent inward near the top and bottom
of the screen, this is adjustable via the "setup mode".  If horizontal lines
are bent, this is adjustable only by changing the location of magnets glued to
the bell of the picture tube.  Similar magnets are used for convergence
adjustments; the two adjustments interact, and it may not be possible to get
good convergence and a reasonable lack of geometric distortion at the same
time.  (XBR's are infamous for this problem; many people here on rec.video have
mentioned it.) 

> I would really appreciate any help that you can give me.

I'd start by buying the service manual for the set.  

	--- 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: mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Subject: Weird color-distortion problems?
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Distribution: rec
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:42:03 GMT

Greetings!

  I was looking at TV's today, in one of those stores where they
have about a billion of them on the wall all showing the same thing.
One of them (a Sony), was having some color problems.  In large,
saturated regions of color, there were patches of other bizarre
colors.  Examples:  Yellow and blue had grey-white patches.  Reds
had bluish patched in it.  I've seen this same phenomenon at home,
too, when watching some of the cable stations (usually A&E,
actually).

  Anybody know what causes this?  Is it in the set, or some sort of
signal degradation casued by too much splitting and amplifying?

Thanks!
--Mike
From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Schmuck wants a VCR
Date: 27 Jan 1993 14:27:01 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: grit.cs.utexas.edu


In article <C1ItCp.FFF@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
>Let me tell you what I want.
>I want a good picture.  I'm rarely impressed with the quality of VCR
>pictures.  SVHS would be nice, but I probably wont pay that much.
>
>Reliability.  Enuf said.
>
>Naturally, I would like to record, but I don't care about editing.
>
>VCR+  I don't want to pay for it.  I think I can manage to program the
>thing myself.
>
>I'm cheap.  I'd rather not spend more than $400, but may be convinced
>to spend up to $450.

What he said (mostly), except that I want S-VHS and will spend more
to get it. I have a Mitsubishi U-70 that's about 5 years old and I
would like to replace it. Are there any good cheap S-VHS decks?
I've heard lots of bad things about the JVCs. How about the
Panasonic that J&R sells for $500 (the 4266?)? Anybody have one?
Is the Mitsubishi U67 available at a discount? Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Doug












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From: st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Photo CD .... anyone have the specs? Resolution, etc.?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 11:23 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: elroy.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1jn92mINNiq7@lucille.cs.ubc.ca>, photo@cs.ubc.ca (Photo-swap central) writes...

>We just viewed some photo-CD images on our SGI's here (24bit 1280x1024).
>The highest resolution form of the  images are much to large for our screen,
>but we viewed a small portion of the picture, and the resolution was 
>EXCELENT.

Here's some questions I'd like to have answered about the Photo CD...

How many pictures can be put on a single CD?

What does it cost to get x number of pictures "developed" and how
long does it take to process it?  Can you take them to your local
drug store or do you have the mail the film in yourself?

From the television commercials, they always show the Photos on the
television set ... so, the pictures are stored with MUCH more
resolution than that of a standard television set?
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Cheap 8mmex
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:06:09 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1993Jan20.110515.17020@walter.cray.com>, cmfb@cray.com (Chris Bone) writes:
> Does anyone have any experiance with the cheaper end of the 8mm camcorder 
> market? I am thinking of say the Sony TR9/TR5 or FX301. Apart from features,

All the older (now out of production) TR4/5/6/7/9 Sony CamCorders have poor 
TTL autofocus systems.

-- 
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DECUS is for folks who are responsible for delivering computing technology.
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From: atc@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: PAL Laser Disks - source wanted.
Date: 28 Jan 93 08:54:16 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Hi,
I am looking for a source of PAL laserdisks, I guess there must be some
available from England or perhaps Australia?

Does anybody know whether PAL discs are availble still and how many there are?

I take it the picture is somewhat better due to the higher standards of PAL.
Anyone got any comments on the difference between PAL and NTSC, in terms of
quality, especially on laserdisk.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Andrew Chambers
Computer Services
University of Waikato
New Zealand

ATC@WAIKATO.AC.NZ
From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: S-VHS tape outlets
Date: 22 Jan 93 05:10:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

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 get mine from Smile Photo in NYC.  You can find an ad in the back of
Popular Photography.  I bought Fuji ST-160's for $10 each.  They were
going for $19 at the 'discount' video superstore.

They have a pretty good variety, as well as some pro-quality tapes.

-Bill
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From: pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Source of Laser Disc Outer Sleeves
Date: 20 Jan 93 19:58:45 GMT
Organization: The Internet


I know this is probably a dead horse by now, but my gift horse
has deserted me.....

Does any one know of good sources for Laser Disc Outer Sleeves
a'la the Image variety? 

I used to be able to purchase them from Barr Digital in bulk for a
very good price. When I called them last week, I was informed that
they didn't carry them any more. They couldn't explain why, and neither
Jan nor David were there to offer any explanation.

If you don't wish to clutter net space, you can e-mail me direct.

Thanks in advance,
Jerry Pirrung (pirrung@nadc.nadc.navy.mil)
From: pka@engin.umich.edu (Payman Khalili)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony SLV-696HF Problems
Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:39:48 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ptrans.engin.umich.edu

In article <snd.727974498@dynastar> snd@dynastar (Stefanos Damianakis) writes:
>sorry but i missed the original post, what was the defect in the 696?
>does the 595 have the same problem?

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).  

It is really annoying.  Kinda defeats the purpose of having HiFi VCR.
I don't know if the 595 has the problem too.  

However, I would suspect that it does.  I understand that the 595 and
the 696 are basically the same machine but the 696 has the flying erase
head in addition.

Any 595 owners out there?

-Payman
From: ee89awb@brunel.ac.uk (Andrew W Bartie)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Super VHS convertor
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:17:20 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

In article <1k41pbINNk5s@cardamom.compnews.co.uk> markw@compnews.co.uk (Mark Whitehead) writes:
>Does anyone know where i can get my hands on a super VHS cable.
>I have a Y oblique C Super VHS output , I want to convert it to the scrat on my TV (scart) which is fully RGB compatable. I had a quote from JVC which was 170 pounds. This sounds expensive to me, or is it about right?

GBP 170 sounds about right for an S-Video to RGB Convertor which is 
what you need if your TV does not have an S-Video socket. (A small,
round 4 pin socket located somewhere on the back panel).

I think convertors start at something like GBP 90. Made by Sony
I think (Sony UK Customer Support 0635 - 873 322)

You could use a SCART (or whatever) to SCART lead, which is better
than RF, but not as good as S-video. Prices start from GBP 10.

If you want an S-video to S-video lead, try somehere like Tandy, or
any good independent video dealer. Also Dixons / Currys have a
mail order service for accessories like this, I believe you ask for
an order form at any of their stores.

Hope this helps.

Andrew Bartie
Electrical Engineering Student  email ee89awb@brunel.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: geometric distortion in SONY TVs
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 28 Jan 93 05:47:42 GMT

> By the way, if you can markedly improve a 27" XBR's geometric
> (pincushion) distortion, while preserving horizontal and vertical
> linearity and convergence, Sony would probably like to hear from
> you -- assuming that they'll admit that there's a problem.  There
> have been many complaints in rec.video from folks with 27" (and
> larger) XBR's and EXR's who have tried -- repeatedly and
> unsuccessfully -- to get Sony to fix this aspect of their sets.
>
> (And btw, Sony fans, I've seen Zenith 27" sets without this problem
> -- so it's >OT inherent in the screen size.)

So, why do SONY TVs in particular suffer from this problem?  Could
it be due to the shape of the picture tube?  SONYs are cut from a
cylinder rather than a sphere.  

Also, how severe is this problem in the new XBR^2 sets?
From: gerald.b.ross@um.cc.umich.edu (Gerald Ross)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony Trinitron, Sony HF595 VCR, 60 Cycle Hum
Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:27:00 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan - College of Literature, Science, and TheArts
Reply-To: gerald.b.ross@um.cc.umich.edu (Gerald Ross)
NNTP-Posting-Host: his0f33.hosp.med.umich.edu
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.14 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers

Hardware:
        Sony HF595 Hi Fi Stereo VCR
        Sony 27" Stereo TV
        Yamaha RX750 Receiver
        Direct Cable From Local Cable Co.

Connection:
        Cable to VCR
        VCR to TV (via that 3 wire connector)
        TV to Reciever (RCA Cables to LD/TV input on Reciever)

Problem:
        Ocassionally I get a 60 cycle hum when I listen
        to the TV audio thru my reciever. I tried replacing
        the RCA cable but the problem is still there.
        This TV/VCR combo is less than a month old. The reciever
        is appr. 9 months old.

        Any Help?

==============================================================
=
= Gerald Ross
=
=     ...It's 1993.  So where's my jetpack?
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mcilwain@eng.auburn.edu (Frank H. McIlwain)
Subject: Infinity / JVC
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:05:34 GMT


I am just trying to get some comments on Infinity speakers:

Infinity Reference Fives
Infinity Video One
Infinity Reference E-L

Has anyone had any experience with these speakers?

Also, has anyone had any experience with JVC receivers?

JVC RX-807 or JVC RX-707

Frank
e-mail - mcilwain@eng.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video