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From: bladin@wam.umd.edu (Ilana J. Getz)
Subject: EVW-300 use update...
Originator: bladin@rac1.wam.umd.edu
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:12:50 GMT

On Saturday I shot sideline footage of the Univ of MD Football game
using the EVW-300, Sony's newest 3-chip Hi8 camera. It was a great day
for shooting...lots of sunlight and cool temps.

The camera performed very well... in most cases the 15x lens was good
enough to cover all of the action on the field. In addition, it came in
handy to have a full two hours or tape. I was able to get all the footage
I needed on a single tape, something I could never do shooting Betacam.
Also, four NP-1 batteries provided plenty of juice for the whole day.
A friend of mine, shooting on Betacam, expressed his jealousy at the
light weight of my camera. It did indeed make it easier to shoot the game!

When I viewed the footage, I was impressed with the results. The camera
performed very well. The images were sharp and bright, with none of the
color "bleeding" that can occur when using consumer Hi8 gear. I shot on
Sony HMEX tape, and it held up very well. In over 90 minutes of footage,
I had perhaps 1/2 dozen dropouts, and only one of them was serious enough
to really bother me. Hi8 tape stock has come a long way! 

At any rate, I am taking the footage in to be dubbed to Betacam and used on
the football coaches show, seen locally on Home Team Sports. I am interested
to see what kind of comments my engineering friends have about it!

As always, any comments or questions are welcome...

Dave Bittner -  Steadicam JR dealer - Mac User - Rollerblader -
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From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Interlocking two LD players
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:05:49 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
Organization: Tektronix Color Printers, Wilsonville, Oregon

[]

	"I'd like to find a digital signal on a 2-sided LD player that
	changes state when a side ends, and back again when the next
	side starts.  I would use this signal to "pause" a VCR during
	side changes."

Yarg.  Why would you copy an LD to tape?

  -=- Andrew Klossner  (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
                       (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: Picture quality of LD(vs VCR)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:22:44 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

echen@sword.eng.pyramid.com (Eric Chen) writes:

> But I had observed several demo disk( those disk that shows fragement of
> scenery like flowers, waterfall, oceans, japenese girls dressed in
> traditional suits...)  that showed much much sharper, brighter and
> detailed,colorful pictures on LD.  These demo disks are all made by Japen
> to promote their LD players.

Those demo discs are different because:
 - Subject matter is carefully chosen to avoid video's limitations.
 - Principal photography is done in video.   The 60 field/sec nature of
   NTSC video increases temporal resolution over film (it looks more "alive").
 - Principal photography is done in D-1 or D-2 digital format.
 - A digital editing suite is used to eliminate generation decay
 - The discs are CAV, which buys an extra 3dB or so of s/n.
 - The discs may very be made without the high-frequency roll-off commonly
   used on most discs (to avoid interference between the video and audio
   in the RF modulators of old players).

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: aktan@rodan.acs.syr.edu (My name is Andre...)
Subject: Re: Film vs. tape
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 19:00:27 EDT

In article <oNHqqB2w164w@jab.tucson.az.us> depeche@jab.tucson.az.us (depeche) writes:
>Okay, this may be a kinda stupid question.... but I would like to know if 
>anyone out there can give me a way to adequately describe the difference in 
>picture type between film and tape.  Is there an adjective somewhere buried 
>deep in the heart of Webster that could cover this gap?  Or am I just nuts, 
>are the two (film and tape) types of pictures too similar to warrant an 
>accurate description?  Does ANYONE out there know what the hell I'm 
>talking about?
>

    Yeah, I know what you are talking about.  My personal opinion is that
film produces a much nicer image than video.  Obviously, film resolution
being much higher than that of video attibutes to that.  Also, color is
more accurately represented on film.  For instance, video has problems
capturing green correctly. (ironic considering it's one of the primary
components)  Also, you may have problems if you have an image that has highly
saturated colors.

     Whoops, I'm not answering your question....  Yes... there is a large
difference between a video and film image.  Film is generally considered to
be more aesthetically pleasing to look at too... That's why 99.99% of national
television commercials are shot on film, and then transfered to video for
editing...  I really don't think that there is one single word that can 
descibe the difference, but hey.. I sympathize with you...

 - Andre

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: olin@cheme.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson)
Subject: Re: How accurate is your VCR's clock?
Reply-To: olin@cheme.tn.cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell University School of Chemical Engineering
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:33:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.201304.18646@wuecl.wustl.edu>, jab3@cec2.wustl.edu (John Alonzo Breen) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.182149.3023@tc.cornell.edu> olin@cheme.tn.cornell.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Sep10.180615.14585@wuecl.wustl.edu>, jab3@cec2.wustl.edu (John Alonzo Breen) writes:
>>>I'm curious to find out how accurate the clocks of various VCRs are.
>>
>>I have a Magnavox VCR - the clock has been accurate to approximately one
>>minute every two months ever since I bought it (three years). 
>
>I assume that you're implying that it does drift some though.  I'm
>surprised, because I was under the assumption that they would use the
>60Hz line frequency (at least in the US), which I've been told is
>quite accurate (at least over a 24-hour period).
>-- 
>John A. Breen                   |
>jab3@cec1.wustl.edu             | This space unintentionally left blank

Yes, there appears to be a slight drift. At least, the VCR clock and the
Microwave clock don't keep exactly the same time (difficult to get in
synch, though).

steve

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Subject: Re: Letterbox versus P&S
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:36:48 GMT

>>>>> On Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:20:26 GMT, rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) said:

> ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se (Pat Fargo 6266) writes: I just purchased
> Black Rain, and of my 40 inch vertical screen, there is a 20 inch
> strip of picture.  Sure, the broad scenes are better, but the rest
> of the movie looks like their heads are sliced off.  Do all of you
> really love this effect?  I have seen the Black Rain P&S, and the
> feeling of being in the movie is enormously improved from letterbox.

rjn> "Black Rain" on LD is a lose-lose proposition.  It was shot in
rjn> the Super35 (full 1.37:1 silent aperture) format, and the
rjn> letterbox LD was reportedly supposed to have been a 1.85:1
rjn> extraction, but was done at 2.4:1 instead.  Consequently BOTH the
rjn> LBX and the P&S editions are unsatisfactory.

rjn> If you want to start a productive debate about LBX vs P&S, and/or
rjn> matted vs open-matte, you need to pick another title.

I good example of popular movies that would be good for comparison.
Any Star Wars, or Star Trek flicks. Recently the new Raider of the
Lost Ark LBX LD. BIG improvement of the P&S.... Letterbox, to me, is
far superior. Hell, I don't even see the black bands anymore...


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                        Scott Streeter
                        ss@wpi.wpi.edu
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Columbia House Typos, was Re: Image lowers prices on 400-500 titles to $19.98!
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 20:04:16 GMT

In article <34905@cbmvax.commodore.com> raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes:
>
>Well how about the flyer from CHLDC's RED TAG sale this month. The following
>selections have no RED TAG attached yet are priced as follows:
>
>	1.) Total Recall - priced at 22.95 , lists at 39.95
>	2.) Silence of the Lambs - priced at 19.95, lists at 29.95
>
>As mentioned earlier, Columbia is offering the LBX Romancing the Stone for
>34.98 instead of 59.98. I understand that in this case it's not just a typo,
>but rather that CH is actually shipping the LBX version at that price. Does
>anybody know if the above 2 titles are related to Image/Pioneer list price
>reductions, or are they just CH typos? Thanx.

According to CH the SILENCE OF THE LAMBS $19.95 is a typo.  They
honored it but only through Customer Service and only as a credit to
my credit card account several days after the full charge was sent throuogh.
As if to punish me :-) my copy of SOTL arrived with a beat-up and torn
jacket (inside the shrink wrap!).  CH is shipping a replacement simul-
taneously with sending me a prepaid postage return sticker.

-- 
                 "So many windows, So little time"

Bill Cruce, N.E. Ohio Univ. Coll. of Medicine, Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
VOICE: 216-325-2511,  FAX: 216-325-0522,  INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
From: dpunjabi@nyx.cs.du.edu (DINESH PUNJABI)
Subject: How good is "Electronics Wholesalers" mail order in NJ
Keywords: Mitsubishi HSU-57 VCR
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 19:34:35 GMT

I am in the process of buying a Mitsubishi VCR. I called the Mitsubishi 
automated dealer locator service. They list Sam Man's electronics to be
an authorized dealer but not Electronic Wholesalers even though they 
have the same mailing address. 

Is Electronic Wholesalers an authorized Mitsubishi dealer ??

Your EMAIL responses will be highly appreciated.

Rgds

Dinesh


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
Subject: Columbia LD Mag Error
Organization:  University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
Date: 11 SEP 92 10:57:26    

My first real order from the Columbia LD Club and already a problem. 
Apparently in the big Red Tag Sale LD magazine, they listed the wrong
order code for the 2001 LBX version.  If anyone (else) ordered #0002501
last month, be prepared to receive the P&S version of this flick. 

On the up side, their customer service staff were very friendly and didn't
hesitate to begin the exchange for the correct version.

How disappointing!

Dana Bunner
University of Wisconsin-Madison
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: Cablevision lies
Date: 7 Sep 92 18:00:37 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1992Sep6.161148.25025@ultb.isc.rit.edu> rxv9839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
<Re: why cable cos would care about additional outlets/TV's hooked up
<About two years ago the FCC substantially increased their fines for signal
<leakage.  They now stand at $25,000 per occurance.  Lets say the FCC drops
<in and checks the leakage on cable system "x".  They find 25 "customers"
<who hooked up their own drops and/or outlets and leak above the allowable
<level.  They can legally fine that system $625,000, EVEN IF THE SYSTEM HAD
<CHECKED THAT AREA TWO WEEKS AGO AND NO LEAKAGE EXISTED AND *ALL* THE LEAKAGE
<WAS DUE TO ILLEGAL HOOKUPS.  Will the FCC really do this?  YES!  They will
<probably not levy the maximum fine and they will take into account the past
<record of performance of that system incontrolling their leaks.  No previous
<problems could be just a warning, but a fine is likely.  The more grevious
<the previous problems the higher the fines.  The FCC also has and HAS used
<the power to require the cable system to shut off problem channels or all
<channels if the situation requires.  If you ran a cable company, would you
<allow your customers to hook up additional outlets?  The potential problems
<are very different from telephone.  In additiona cable does not have the
<central office control (ability to disconnect)if a customer line is generating
<interference back into the system.

I have a surprise for you....TCI deregulated connections a few years ago.
Customers are allowed to do their own connections and connect as many sets
as they see fit.  If they cause problems they will be billed for the service
trip.  If they call service and there isn't anything wrong, then they will
be charged for the service trip.

It is really great to connect three TVs, two VCRs and two FM tuners, all for
the same low :-) price.
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Newsgroups: uiuc.consumers,rec.video.cable-tv,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
Subject: Re: Cablevision lies
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 13:39:42 GMT

In article <yJFqqB3w165w@micro-c.mcds.com> speers@micro-c.mcds.com (Daniel E. Speers) writes:
>   As I understand it, the signal from the tap is already strong
>enough for several TV sets.  So NO additional power is required.
>When you tell the Cable co that you want 3 TV hookups, they come
>in with three BOXes, put on the one tap (if it wasn't already done),
>and take your wallet (three times).

That is true...or that is the way it should be (power level at the tap,
not the triple charge).  If the signal level of the incoming primary
feed is so low that adding a second (or third) set reduced the level
that much that the picture quality suffered, then either the signal
level is not sufficent to begin with or the TV sets you have are
junk.  I suspect the cable level would the prime suspect unless
all the TV's were fairly old.

Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,misc.consumers,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers)
Subject: Re: Cable TV Consumer Protection Act of 1992
Organization: CERN, European Research Center for High Energy Physics
Distribution: WORLD
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:19:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.000740.14723@news2.cis.umn.edu> grad@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Jonathan Grad) writes:

   Perhaps we should look at your chosen field and determine whether
   your company is being too greedy.  Maybe the government should fix
   your salary (let's say at 30% of its current level). After all, you
   don't need all that much money to get by.

Sorry, they beat you to it...  Ok, they haven't frozen my salary, they
just made it illegal for me to go on strike, or even join a union...

                                Bill
From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: Cable descrambler vs. channel selector
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:46:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: seas.1992Sep4.204625.10397
Organization: School of Engineering and applied science; S.M.U.; Dallas, Tx

In article <4980@news.duke.edu> alan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin) writes:
>I've seen many comments about cable companies forcing their subscribers
>to use channel selectors when wishing to view premium channels, thereby
>making a cable ready TV useless (almost).
>
>As I understand, these descrambler/selectors run as follows...
>
>CATV from wall to cable box.  Cable box will then pass selected channel
>to TV as channel 3.  The selected channel will be descrambled or not
>based on the authorization the box receives from the cable company.
>This set up requires someone with a cable ready TV to do one of the
>following things:
>  * Use the cable box for everything and sacrifice the cable readiness
>    of the TV
>  * Use an A/B switch to use the box for premium channels and the TV's
>    tuner for everything else
>  * Scrap the box and premiums along with it.
>
>WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED?  WHY NOT A "DIFFERENT" BOX?
>
>If there is reason that this would not work, please holler...
>Why not simply have a box which was a descrambler ONLY, but not
>a channel selector?  Such a box might work as follows:  CATV from
>wall to cable box.  Cable box will descramble all appropriate channels
>(PPV, etc.) according to authorization and then pass a full array of
>channels out to the TV.  In such a case, the cable ready tuner on the
>TV does everything and the cable box will work more as a behind the
>scenes filter.  Of course, this also makes using a VCR a hell of a lot
>easier since, again, the VCR's tuner will be able to do everything.
>
>1) Does such a box exist?

This box does exist for certain types of cable companies.  This type of
set is hard to administer due to the way per-channel scrambling occurs
(ie it would be easy to decramble ALL channels or NO channels with this
method, however combinations thereof are more difficult


>2) Are cable companies using it?

I have yet to see that, however I could be wrong.
A

>3) Can I demand such a box from my cable company?

You can't get them from the cableco, however, you can build your own from
Radio Electronics or other similiar electronic rags.

>
>-- 
>Alan M. Gallatin <alan@acpub.duke.edu>
>Duke University School of Law; Durham NC

David L. Leon
dleon@seas.smu.edu
(NeXTmail preferred)
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From: beh10@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Barry Holsinger)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,misc.consumers,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: Cable TV Consumer Protection Act of 1992
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:12:08 GMT
Reply-To: beh10@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Barry Holsinger)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <BuMI3u.1qF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
>Now, I wonder: what is it about this bill that has the cable companies
>SCARED OUT OF THEIR MINDS to such a degree that they feel it is
>necessary to launch a nationwide campaign to get this bill struck down?
>Even with NO additional information, their reaction is enough to tell me
>that this bill SHOULD be passed. They claim that the bill will raise
>cable rates. Pardon me if I'm a bit skeptical; since when has any cable
>company balked at raising their rates? They do it so often and to such a
>high degree, it's obvious they enjoy it (and the added PROFIT that comes
>along with it).
>

I think this question deserves an answer!

Well?  Anybody? Anybody?  


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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: jennings@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Tim Jennings)
Subject: Re: Movies on Showtime pulled after one showing
Reply-To: jennings@chdasic.sps.mot.com
Organization: Motorola SPS ASIC, Chandler, AZ
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 04:31:47 GMT

In article 715619064@mwunix, sbayles@mwunix.mitre.org (Scott Bayles) writes:
> There was a movie on late-night Showtime last week that was pretty riskee'.
> It is scheduled to be on a few times this month. However, at the scheduled
> time Tuesday night for this movie, a completely different unadvertised
> movie came on. Why do they do this?? Is it possibly because they received
> some complaints?? If so, does anyone know a number for Showtime where I can
> counter-complain??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 


Well?....What was the name of the movie????

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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,misc.consumers,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: grad@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Jonathan Grad)
Subject: Re: Cable TV Consumer Protection Act of 1992
Organization: University of Minnesota, Radiology Department
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 00:13:51 GMT

In article <BuF4L5.5vF@cmptrc.lonestar.org> andy@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Andy Hart) writes:
>  Thanks for the info, Eric.   It all sounds pretty good, but the 
>  part about the cable company deciding standards for what can be tranmitted
>  (family values) raises the hair on my neck a little bit.
>
>  Call your senator and congressman to voice support.
Gee.  What does it take to get people to understand.  Give government
the right to regulate cable tv and we ultimately give them the right
to regulate its contents (as we already have with broadcast tv/radio).
The hair on your neck should be standing on end and what is worse is
that you have only yourself to thank.
Call your congressperson and tell him/her to take an eleven and a half
month vacation.  I call it damage control.
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From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Cable TV Consumer Protection Act of 1992
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:01:17 GMT
Organization: Green Hills and Cows


In article <BuKn5z.M7M@portal.hq.videocart.com> kdenning@portal.hq.videocart.com (Karl Denninger) writes:

>Not true.  The monopoly exists in many cases because local governments grant
>"exclusive" franchises to a single company.  This, taken to extreme in an
>area, leads to monopoly and no choice.

Here there is not only an explicit monopoly, but the cable company pays
a "franchise fee" to the city, which as others have pointed out is
around 5% of the gross take. But get this: the cable company is allowed
to simply pass that fee through to the customer and show it as a
separate charge IN ADDITION to the published rate.

In other words, we, the citizens of San Jose pay for the privilege of
being restricted to one lousy, high-priced, technically inferior cable
system. And we pay directly to the city coffers with TCI acting as
collection agent.

If there ever was an evil empire, TCI has got to be it.
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