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From: system@memalph.UUCP (Woody Harper)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony MDP-333
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:31:42 MST
Organization: Memory Alpha BBS - Phoenix, AZ -

I have a Sony MDP-333 that is having a problem with the door sticking. 
The unit is out of warranty, so I am wondering if anyone out there know 
of a fix that I can do myself. I am handy with delicate tools and 
electronics, and wanted to hear from someone else before opening the unit 
and attempting the fix on my own. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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From: Jay_Tobias@taligent.com (Jay Tobias)
Subject: TR101 Features
Organization: Taligent
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:12:33 GMT

In considering the Sony TR101 Camcorder, several questions have come to mind.

(1) How accurate will editing be when connected to a Sony SLV-R5UC S-VHS
machine?  Both the TR101 and SLV-R5 have LANC, but neither has RC Time Code. 
Can the TR101 do frame-by-frame advance in either direction?

(2) Will the new Sony Camcorders support RC Time Code (the V801 does now)?  Will
RC Time Code be useful if it only works on the source deck (or camera)?

(3) Does Sony offer a sports case like the SPX2 that fits the TR101?

Thanks in advance.  I'll post a summary of the resonses I get.

Jay Tobias
Jay_Tobias@Taligent.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner)
Subject: Re: CD-I to compete with LD?
Keywords: CD-I, LD
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 16:14:46 GMT

In article <27972@castle.ed.ac.uk> sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock) writes:
>Rumour alert.
>A friend of mine met a chap who is experimenting with fractal compression
>who showed him a 486 PC laptop with the whole of Casablanca compressed onto
>a 1.44 meg disc.  The image was small but only because the PC didn't have
>the performance to uncompress the image to a large display, the fellow
>claims that every detail is there and only needs a more powerful computer
>to show it.
>If this is true, and I have no reason to disbelieve it, and this can be got
>to market CD-I will be dead along with all the other compression systems
>used today for video.

I do have reason to disbelieve it. Let's do some calculations:
Let's say "Casablanca" is about 90 minutes long, then there are
90 * 60 * 24 ~ 130000 frames. Every frame has, let's say, 300 * 450 Pixels
( mediocre spatial resolution ) a 2 Bytes ( D1 standard ) ~ 270000 Bytes,
gives a total of ~ 35 Gigabyte or a compression factor of over 24000!!!
This is not possible! I have heard of factors around 100 for single images,
but not many thousands for sequences. "Casablanca" compressed to 1.44 Mega-
bytes has very small single frames with reasonable quality. Further blow up
will add detail, but not detail identical to the detail of the original
frames. At best it looks strange, at worst it gets unwatchable.
								M.H.
From: gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard J. Gaylord)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Help: Macrovision screws up my monitor!
Date: 12 Nov 92 14:24:44 GMT
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Organization: University of Illinois
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Subject: Help: Macrovision screws up my monitor!
From: Bailey Szeto, bszeto@netcom.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:42:49 GMT
In article <1992Nov11.224249.15195@netcom.com> Bailey Szeto,
bszeto@netcom.com writes:
>Hello all!
>  I was wondering if anybody knows about those macrovision eliminators
that
>are advertised in the back of magazines. The reason I'm asking is
because 
>macrovision (or whatever its called nowadays.. the copy protection stuff)
>screws up my monitor. I use Mitsubishi Diamond Scan computer monitor as
my
>TV. Tapes with the copy protection cause the top 1/4" of the screen to be
>distorted. I suspect that my monitor is picking up the macrovision signal
>and is trying to "sync" to it. Any thoughts/comments would be
appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>bszeto@netcom.com
>
=======================
they work perfectly.

the different brand namesyou see in the mags turn out to be the same
unit. the main difference is whether you get one in a plastic case or a
metal case [the plastic case can pop open if you drop it [its adviseable
of course, not to drop the unit]. the price has just dropped in many
catalogs (eg., herrington) to $39.95 which is almost half off the old
price.
From: Jay_Tobias@taligent.com (Jay Tobias)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CCD: 1/2" vs. 1/3"
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:57:38 GMT
Organization: Taligent

A representative of Sony America informed me today that since the TR101 uses
digital signal processing (DSP), it's 1/3" CCD can attain the same image quality
as the TR81, which uses a 1/2" CCD without DSP.  This would imply that a 1/2"
CCD does indeed have a better image quality than a 1/3" CCD, but DSP techinques
can compensate for any deficiencies.  This implied claim, put forth by Sony, has
refute in the experiences of at least one user.

I would be interested in seeing the results of a study, perhaps a review in a
video journal, that compares the image quality of the TR81 and the TR101, if
this study were made independent of Sony's influence.

Jay_Tobias@Taligent.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Re: CD-I to compete with LD?
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:55:35 GMT

In <mtoomey.37.721334503@hestia.fcs.uga.edu> mtoomey@hestia.fcs.uga.edu (MARK EDWARD TOOMEY) writes:
>We watched a demo this past spring of the Phillips CD-I, targeting our 
>multimedia education folks. There were still serious limitations of the 
>video compression (JPEG with MPEG on the horizon) but from what the rep 
>said, Phillips is committed to offering full-length movies with S-VHS 
>quality perhaps in sets of 2 - 5" CDs per movie. If realized, this may 
>indeed be a serious contender but I think I'll wait and see.

I've had several opportunities to screw around with CD-I software over the
last few months, and the video quality has always been lousy -- either
equivalent or worse than standard VHS.  My impression is that to get any
kind of S-VHS quality video on a CD-I disc, you're going to have to change
the way video is formatted (unless there is already a "high-quality" video
format for CD-I that isn't being used on the CD-I software I've seen so
far.)  That would mean, I imagine, that you'd need to upgrade/replace your
current CD-I machine with something newer.

In other words, S-VHS quality CD-I == CD-II (i.e., something else.)

If someone out there has technical info on this aspect of CD-I, I'd be
interested in hearing it.

                        MIKE ROKYO'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE QUESTIONS:

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                            computer industry. Could you tell the American
                            people what the heck they should do when their PC
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From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR index search
Date: 8 Nov 92 22:54:21 GMT
Organization: None for me, thanks . . . I'm driving.

Stupid question time.  How does the VHS indexing system work?  Where does
the data go on the tape, and is the mechanism standardized across different
brands of VCR?  (I.e., will index marks made with a Sony deck be recognized
by a Mits?)

--
Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Little Shop LD
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:27:52 GMT
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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	I'm having a wierd thing happen with this disc. I have
the CLD-D701 player, which takes a CLV and freeze-frames it using
a digital buffer.

	Well, whenever I do a freeze-frame, the tint shifts.
Throughout the movie things are tinted somewhat green --
particularly noticable with skin tones -- but when I freeze it it
tints towards the red. Why would the picture be different when
frozen?

	I've never noticed this before.

	Thanks,
	-- Ethan


"President Bush - a man who has said 'Change' more times than
Madonna has said 'Yes'.

	-- Jeff Greenfield, ABC News
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: pvh@apple.com (Pete Helme)
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi 40" tube announced
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:42:48 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: rec.video

The Perfect Vision has claimed that the only set that can be easily tuned
down to 6500K is the ProScans.  There are adjustments for that easily
available on the back of the set.  I don't think anyone has a 6500K NTSC
standard setting available from any menu yet (wonder what temperature
'Accruate' is on the new Mitsus?).  Wouldn't be bright enough in the stores
I guess.

Of course now getting the equipment that will measure color temperature and
gray scale parameters is something else again.  Don't do this at home kids.

pete helme
pvh@apple.com
From: kho@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (kelvin.ho)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Q's on LD player
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:20:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <1992Nov6.221619.26418@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, leejun@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu (Jun H Lee) writes:
> Hi, Netters:
> 
> I'd like to know if the LaserDisk Player which can be used
> as CD player, Karaorche, and of course LD player is
> available. If so, also price range and any recommendation
> will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks very much.

Hah, after having asked so much questions from the net, finally
there is a question that I happen to have $0.02 to contribute.

Pioneer has a whole family of Karaoke combi-players which plays
LDs, CDs, CVDs, etc. They have built-in Karaoke features such as
echoing, and mixing.

Pioneer CLD V-520 very old
        CLD V-720 one-sided  ~$450
        CLD V-820 two-sided  ~$570
        CLD V-920 ?

In fact, if you're a really Karaoke fan, buy a LD/CD player (without Karaoke
features) and buy a separate Karaoke mixer. You could then hook up VCRs, tape
decks, etc. to the Karaoke mixer this way. A stand-alone Karaoke mixer may have
a better quality than the built-in one.

Sony and Panasonic (and Yamaha) also make such Karaoke combi-players, but seems
that the most popular ones are Pioneers'.

Kelvin
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: Jay_Tobias@taligent.com (Jay Tobias)
Subject: Re: S-VHS Deck Questions & Recommendations?
Organization: Taligent
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:53:17 GMT

In article <1340075@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>,... writes:
> [...]
> Timecode. So you need a TC generator and something like a Future Video
> controller. Figure another $1500 to $2000. At that point, you're 
> probably better off getting a Panasonic AG-1960 as your record deck.
> 
> 			-- Chan

It looks like you can get a camcorder that plays RC time code over its LANC
connection (e.g., the V801 for $800), and use that in conjunction with a
Videonics Thumbs Up (retail price $200) which supports S-VHS, LANC, and RC time
code.  This would be a lot cheaper way to get frame-accurate edits to the
SLV-R5.  

Hopefully Sony will support RC time code playback on more of its camcorders
soon.  The TR-101 records it, but it does not play it back over LANC :-(.

Jay
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: steinarb@idt.unit.no (Steinar Bang)
Subject: Re: Terminator and T2 on VHS
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Date: 10 Nov 92 13:54:27

>>>>> u0f98@seq1.cc.keele.ac.uk (The Dominator) writes:

> Looks like you've done much better than us in Britain. All we got here
> was a tin box that looks like a baking tray with normal P&S tapes of T1
> and T2, The Making of T2 which has been on TV anyway and a special
> effects booklet. And the T2 tape is the cut up 15-cert version anyway.

Shit! Faen! Merde! Scheisse! That's the version I've just ordered from
Mr. Benson's...

(Fade out into incoherent mumbling...:-)

- Steinar

PS Since my Blaupunkt VHS can playback NTSC tapes I might have ordered
the US version. Does anyone know if I'll keep the VHS-HiFi sound?
From: craigw@fnal.fnal.gov (Craig Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Does SP/EP/SLP affect Hi-Fi Quality?
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:04:55 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Fermilab - Batavia, IL
NNTP-Posting-Host: fnpm02.fnal.gov

Well the subject says it all. Finally got my own Sony 585HF HI-FI and can't
recall what a friend of mine (who has since moved far away) said on this
subject. Please reply by email.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: pvh@apple.com (Pete Helme)
Subject: Re: So, should I buy an expensive TV now, or wait for HDTV?
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:59:50 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: rec.video

Go for a rear projection now.  You probably won't see any HDTV hardware for
3-5 years and lots of software for another 2-3 years beyond that.  

If you want NTSC widescreen ProScan (Thomson) will be announcing a few sets
this month or next in the $5000 range.  I think it will be around 34"
diagonal.  See November Video for a few details.

name: Pete Helme
work: Apple Computer, Inc.
mail: pvh@apple.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: GGV-141 (was LD-101)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:33:18 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

carl thomsen (carlt@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE) wrote:

>> GGV-141 is $121 and requires test equipment, in case you were wondering.

> Is this disc (Pioneer GGV-141) available to the general public?

I presume that you can order it from Pioneer's service dept., just as you 
can order LD player service manuals (which I routinely do, and which you 
will need if you want to have a chance of using GGV-141 for anything).

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: hoffman@cs.pitt.edu (Bob Hoffman)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: battery/AC-powered video lights
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:19:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Oct27.014807.17006@tandem.com>, danp@tandem.com (Dan Phan) writes:
|> Now wouldn't it be nice to have a video light which can take
|> either a battery or a line cord to a AC wall outlet?

I have one.  I bought it used at a hamfest this summer.  It has two
interchangeable 100 watt bulbs -- one 12v, one 120v.  The cord
terminates in a standard AC plug, but you also get an adapter to go to a
12v cigarette-lighter plug.  Of course, at this power, you also need
a battery belt to run it.  If you're interested, I'll look up the
manufacturer and model.

-- 
Bob Hoffman, N3CVL       pitt!hoffman
Pitt Computer Science    hoffman@cs.pitt.edu    FAX: +1 412 624 8854
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Cures for tape eating VCR?
Organization: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:06:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.213255.12891@mic.ucla.edu>, ashabana@agsm.ucla.edu (Ahmed Shabana) writes:
|> O Netlanders
|> 
|> Has anyone fond a fix without taking it to the shop or making major
|> repairs yourself? I assume it is a fairly common problem. For what

I had the same problem, and decided to poke around a little. In my old
RCA Selectavision, there is one rubber wheel that drives either of the
take-up reels, simply by contact. This rubber wheel had dried up with age
and wasn't gripping the contact on the take-up reel, so the VCR would 
feed the tape over the heads, but the takeup reel wouldn't bother putting
it back into the cassette, thus making lunch out of the tape. 

I got daring, and put some Black Plastic Rubber (available in a tube at
your local hardware) in as even a layer as I could make around the perimeter
of this dried up rubber roller. Now it's got a brand new coating of soft
grippy rubber around it, and the VCR has been working like a charm ever
since.

I've also replaced some tired old rubber bands that connect pulleys, and
I did it with the good 'ole Shop Rite variety of rubber bands. I wonder
what a technician would've charged for that service??? The rubber bands 
set me back 69 cents, but I've still got about a hundred left....

Note: I won't be held responsible if anyone tries this and ruins their VCR.
      This is simply what I did on my own, and not the advice of a pro.
-- 
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Scott Ferguson                        Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
Project Engineer                      New Jersey
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"Always bark at a dog."
From: rao@kodak.com (Arun Rao)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: CD-I to compete with LD?
Keywords: CD-I, LD
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:28:07 GMT
Reply-To: rao@kodak.com (Arun Rao)
Organization: Image Processing Algorithms Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co.

In article <1992Nov11.161446.2677@ifi.unizh.ch>, hafner@ifi.unizh.ch (Michel Hafner) writes:
|> In article <27972@castle.ed.ac.uk> sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock) writes:
|> >Rumour alert.
|> >A friend of mine met a chap who is experimenting with fractal compression
|> >who showed him a 486 PC laptop with the whole of Casablanca compressed onto
|> >a 1.44 meg disc.  The image was small but only because the PC didn't have
|> >the performance to uncompress the image to a large display, the fellow
|> >claims that every detail is there and only needs a more powerful computer
|> >to show it.
|> >If this is true, and I have no reason to disbelieve it, and this can be got
|> >to market CD-I will be dead along with all the other compression systems
|> >used today for video.
|> 
|> I do have reason to disbelieve it. Let's do some calculations:
|> Let's say "Casablanca" is about 90 minutes long, then there are
|> 90 * 60 * 24 ~ 130000 frames. Every frame has, let's say, 300 * 450 Pixels
|> ( mediocre spatial resolution ) a 2 Bytes ( D1 standard ) ~ 270000 Bytes,
|> gives a total of ~ 35 Gigabyte or a compression factor of over 24000!!!
|> This is not possible! I have heard of factors around 100 for single images,
|> but not many thousands for sequences. "Casablanca" compressed to 1.44 Mega-
|> bytes has very small single frames with reasonable quality. Further blow up
|> will add detail, but not detail identical to the detail of the original
|> frames. At best it looks strange, at worst it gets unwatchable.
|> 								M.H.


	... but fractal compression is another story altogether, if we're
	to believe researchers.  Compression ratios of 10,000:1 are routinely
	claimed for fractal techniques, but I have not heard of anyone doing
	anything quite so, well, *practical* with them.

	-Arun


Arun Rao, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Recognition & Information Processing Group
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, NY 14650-1816
From: dna@ampex.com (David Altekruse)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Do projection IDTVs exist?
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:17:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA

Peter Wu writes:
> I would like to buy a large screen TV, but I notice several problems with
> project TVs:
> 1: huge pitch size compared to say, even a bottom-of-the-line .58mm pitch
>    VGA monitor. It looks as though it's out of focus.
> 2: all seems to have convergence problem (color on sharp edges)
> 3: visible scan lines
>
>Does anyone make a projection IDTV?
>
   Current front and rear projectors all use individual red, green, and blue
   CRT's with solid phosphores and no shadow mask.  That is, there are no dots 
   so the term "pitch size" does not apply.  Rear projectors use Fresnel 
   lenses to increase brightness and this can result in an apparant lowering 
   of resolution.  Perhaps this is what you are seeing?  On a front projector 
   you can walk right up to a flat no-gain screen and you'll not see any dots. 

   Naturally, a poorly converged large screen is more noticable at any given
   viewing distance than is a small screen.  But I agree, most rear projectors 
   at your local TV store are badly in need of convergence.  This is something 
   that usually can and should be adjusted once the set is delivered.  
   Projectors have a static center convergence adjustment that can be set by 
   the user.  A complete dynamic convergence across the entire screen is 
   usually a field service adjustment.

   Yes, there are IDTV projection sets.  Runco model 800 was reviewed in
   "Perfect Vision" awhile back.  There are also IDTV converters awhich can
   be used with data-grade front projectors.  All of the IDTV converters 
   introduce various artifacts to the picture.  Again, "Perfect Vision" 
   reviewed a number of them a few months back.  I understand RCA/ProScan
   has an IDTV rear projector.

-  David Altekruse, dna@ampex.com
   
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From: johnm@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (John Mosbarger)
Subject: Re: Need info on 8mm vcr
Organization: HP Cardiology Business Unit - McMinnville, OR
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Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:14:47 GMT

Tim Russell (trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu) wrote:
:     My Christmas wish book from Service Merchandise also shows a nice-looking
: new RCA unit, supposedly available 12/1/92.  It has three heads, flying erase
: head, VCR+ programming, on-screen, 181-channel cable ready, 8 event 1 year.
: Price is $500.

[.....]

:    Tim Russell                 Omaha, NE              trussell@unomaha.edu
:       "Who can doubt that pleasure is the only goal of a reasoned life?"
:                                                    -- Epicurus

     Does anyone have any experience with the Memorex units that are being
sold by Radio Shack?  Does Memorex actually make them?  The local RCA store
here has one of the VCR's ordered mentioned by Tim, but no delivery date was
mentioned.

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