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From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: A/V Switcher recommendation wanted
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:41:02 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I'm looking for a switch box to connect a TV, two VCR's, a LD player, a 
camcorder, and cable TV.  There should be RCA and Y/C connecters for at
least one VCR, the LD player, and the TV, and preferably for all of them.
I'd like to be able to dub from any one to any of the others by setting
a few switches.  A couple extra ports would be good too.  Oh, and there
should be an in/out for a digital video enhancer.  Can anyone recommend
any particular models?  I saw a JVC one last year that looked pretty good,
but I'm open to any suggestions.

-Bill 
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From: everett@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Everett Wang)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: U.S. ghost-canceling standard
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:53:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: emx.1k3j9nINNpfi
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Hi Everyone,

	I was reading an article on Jan. issue of ieee spectrum. It is said 
that US has adopted a ghost-cancelation standard invented by David Koo at
Philips and reported the TV equiped with such device will "soon be available".
Do you yuys know any thing about this ? I means the any date that such TV will
be in the market and the TV station to broadcast the reference signal that 
ghost-cancelation device needed. Because I am planning to buy a TV soon and I
like a ghost free TV if I don't have to wait too long. 

	Thanks in advanced.


	Everett
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: non-genlock equip and TBC Generators
Date: 25 Jan 93 13:49:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1993Jan24.161250.371@wizvax.methuen.ma.us>, stephie@wizvax.methuen.ma.us (Stephanie Gilgut) writes:
> If I have multiple cameras and a vcr that are non genlock compatible,
> and feed the output of my passive switch into a TBC, and feed that
> into my recording vcr, will my switching/sync problems go away?

You need a TBC for _each_ input source.

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From: jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re:  SONY.....may they rot in hell !!
Date: 28 Jan 93 18:10:56 GMT
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University

In article <1993Jan27.225730.1302@cmkrnl.com>, jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
> 
> >> I would wholeheartedly purchase another Sony tv set in the future.
> 
> The only way I will buy *any* 27" (or larger) set, from any manufacturer,
> in the future is to ask that it be un-boxed in the store, and then I will play
> selected bits of Reference Recordings' _A Video Standard_ LD on it, checking
> for this and other problems.  
> 


A better option is to buy only from those stores with a liberal return
privilege.  That's what I do and I probably return items 25% of the time.  But
the store doesn't mind because they can sell them in their outlet and turn a
smaller profit--but a profit just the same--and they still make money on me
because I then go and buy from them the item that will eventually make me
happy.

If you can hold off, the best time to do this is right after Thanksgiving
because most store offering return priveleges won't start the clock 'till
Christmas.

You may pay a tiny bit more (but not if you shop the sales) and isn't it worth
it for 30 to 60 days to evaluate the item?

Would the orignal poster have saved him(her?)self the aggravation had he/she
adopted this strategy?
From: pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony TA-E2000ESD Room Equalization
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:40:47 GMT
Organization: The Internet


Mark Bramblett writes:
>
>On the TAE1000ESD you can't set up a custom equalization curve for your
>room, but you can for the other digital sound processing modes. To me that
>is screwy.  Is this possible on the TAE2000ESD?
>

I guess you're talking about being in the Dolby Pro-Logic Surround
mode. You're right about the 1000. The Dolby chip in there was 
analog, and thus you were limited to flat frequency response
when in Dolby.

In the 2000, the Dolby processing is done digitally, and the
other digital signal processing can be applied to dolby, including
compression/expansion. The Pro-logic decoder can be employed
in surround modes 8 and 9 also on the 2000.

Additionally, on the 2000, you can set three different EQ curves,
Front Pair, Front Center, and Rear, to allow you to match
different speakers, and much better match your room.

I just picked up my 2000 last night, but haven't hooked it up
yet, as I must go through catalogging the snake pit of cables
already hooked up to my existing 1000 which I will be disconnecting.

I'm not looking forward to rewiring, but really want to hear the
new unit. One drawback to the 2000 is that I haven't been able
to find a front panel mute button, which is one of the front panel
controls I probably used the most on the 1000.

Question:

Does anyone know if the 2000 has a self-demonstration mode like
the 1000 had? I remember that the mode on the 1000 was not
mentioned in the user's manual, and that I found out about it
in an "Audio" or "Stereo Review" article on the original unit.
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology-Office of Information Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:49:41 EST
From: <DCROWE@GITVM1.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject:    For Sale: Canon A-1 Digital

Canon A-1 Digital, 1.5 years old, with soft case, polarizing filter, extra
battery, a few   hi-8 90 minute tapes. $850.

Devon G. Crowe
825 Nile Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30202
(404) 894-3500 (work)
(404) 993-2241 (home)
From: sean@cs.tamu.edu (Sean Graves)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Dolby Prologic for non-dolby recordings
Date: 22 Jan 1993 07:56:17 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: photon.tamu.edu

Concerning the use of Dolby Pro-Logic on music (CD's for example).

In article <JDAVIDSO.93Jan18105301@tigger.teknowledge.com> jdavidso@teknowledge.com (Jim Davidson) writes:
>
>I concur.  The center-speaker is really only appropriate for films.
>
>

In some cases, however, music works very nicely under Pro-Logic.  For
example I just put in my Eric Clapton 'Unplugged' CD.  I happened to
have my system set up to do Pro-Logic.  Much to my suprise, I found that
instead of the normal 'mono-like' effect of playing music CD's with
Pro-Logic, I got a beautiful imaging effect.  Eric's voice was centered,
but instruments were all around.  

This recording was taken off of his appearance on MTV's show Unplugged.
Perhaps since they had originally broadcast it in surround, they mastered
the CD the same way.  

Those of you who own this recording should give it a listen with pro-logic
enabled.

Sean


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: winfia@vccnorthb.its.rpi.edu (Anthony Edward Winfield)
Subject: New tech
Keywords: new tech
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:20:55 GMT

	Has anyone seen the new sony compact cd player (and the player/
recorder).  This is a major step in reducing the size of the laser medium.
What is the quality of this compared to the standard CD?  Will LD's follow suit
with this new technology and be smaller?  Will the new players be downward
compatable to the old LD's?  Any thoughts, feelings, or answers on this 
subject?

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: wcl@tinbox.nsc.com (Wesley Lee)
Subject: Re: TR101 and TR805?
Keywords: Difference?
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:41:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.153834.1181@dxcern.cern.ch>, emanuel@dxcern.cern.ch (Emanuel Machado) writes:
|> 
|> 	Hi, When I was in the US this summer, the hot thing by Sony in terms
|> of camcorders was the TR101. I didn't ask whether there was a PAL version
|> for it (unfortunately), but was always curious to buy it.
|> 
|> 	In Europe (Switzerland), the TR-805 appeared recently, which
|> incorporates the same image stabilization equipment as the TR-101. It's
|> basic features are a 10X zoom, Hi8,  HiFi Stereo AFM, 470,000 pixels, 3 lux
|> and lots of other neat things.
|> 
|> 	I would have two questions to anyone:
|> 
|> 	- Is the 805 a PAL version of the 101, or are they actually
|> 	  different? In what ways?
|> 
|> 	- Can one buy the 805 in the US (the 101 is not sold here)? How
|> 	  much would it sell for?
|> 
|> 	Thanks in advance,

I never heard of the TR-805 and I've did quite a bit of looking around since I looking
to buy a camcorder myself.  None of the video mags or video stores have this model.  
From the way you describe the TR-805, it looks its a PAL version of the TR-101.  Of the
TR series, only the TR-101 (here is the US) has the image stablization.

-wcl
|> 
|> 	Emanuel
|> 
|> 
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: st901745@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Alastair M. Bor)
Subject: Sony 696 remote question
Reply-To: st901745@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:51:57 GMT

I just bought a Sony 696 hi-fi VCR and while looking at the remote I
noticed that if you hold the remote so that its facing the VCR and the
jog wheel is towards you, and then you look at the base of the remote
(ie: you are looking at the part of the remote exactly on the other
end of the I/R transmitter) that there seems to be some sort of 
electrical contact. Is there anything that can be accessed through
those two holes? 
-Alastair
From: pka@engin.umich.edu (Payman Khalili)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony 696 remote question
Date: 27 Jan 1993 06:34:00 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: giskard.engin.umich.edu

In article <1993Jan24.215157.27301@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st901745@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>I just bought a Sony 696 hi-fi VCR and while looking at the remote I
>noticed that if you hold the remote so that its facing the VCR and the
>jog wheel is towards you, and then you look at the base of the remote
>(ie: you are looking at the part of the remote exactly on the other
>end of the I/R transmitter) that there seems to be some sort of 
>electrical contact. Is there anything that can be accessed through
>those two holes? 
>-Alastair

I've got a 696 and know exactly which holes you are talking about.  
I have not seen anything in the manual which may in any way suggest that
the holes were placed for a connection of any sort.  

I guess the best thing to do is to open the remote and see what's behind
the holes.  

I'd do it but my VCR is in the shop now.  I've got these really annoying 
popping sounds when I play pre-recorded tapes.  BTW, does your unit make
these popping sounds too?  If so, let me know.  

I'm compiling a list of people who own Sony 595 or 696 VCRs who have
the same annoying popping problem with the HiFi audio.  So, far I have
9 people on my list.  

About the remote, I guess I'll have to check my manual again tonight.

-Payman
From: zchen@phys.ksu.edu (Zheng Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: NTSC to RGB question
Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:08:20 GMT
Organization: Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: kelvin.phys.ksu.edu

In article <1993Jan25.101559.1@cav2.crc.canon.co.jp> johan@cav2.crc.canon.co.jp writes:
>Does anyone know whether it's possible to convert an NTSC signal
>to RGB and connect it directly to a multiscan (non-interlace)
>monitor ?
>
>I'm planning to purchase a multiscan computer monitor with PAL Y/C
>inputs, but I'd like to display NTSC signals as well.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>- Johan
>johan@cav2.crc.canon.co.jp



There is a card called PC Television, which does what you need I believe.
As far as I can remember, your simply insert the card on one extension slot
and run it in the background. You can also watch TV because it has a tuner
built in. The NTSC signal is the standard composite. I think you should be
able to take RF. However, I have no idea about the quality of the image
it displays on your VGA monitor. Any body has every tried?

Zheng


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: sony@camelot.bradley.edu (David Lennie)
Subject: Re: Problem with CP8 Turbo
Organization: Stevie Patrick's Home for the Underpriveleged
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:33:55 GMT

In <C19Cy6.G1z@fulcrum.co.uk> igb@fulcrum.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:

>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.

are you sure you're not just out of memory or something?  it does have
a finite limit, and you will reach that limit long before you program
something into every key on all 8 devices.

other than that, are you sure you aimed the source remote at the CP8
correctly?  sometimes it will say it has learned a sequence when it
actually didn't receive it correctly, and it can be very picky about
where the source remote is placed and aimed.

it seems odd that it would learn some buttons and not others within the
same remote.  i have the Radio Shack equivalent and have never had a
problem teaching it any of a good dozen or so different brands and
models over the years, and never had it learn some keys but not others
on the same remote.

dave lennie
bradley university
peoria, il
From: dd36+@andrew.cmu.edu (Daniel M. Deright)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Mac Backup and audio (or video)
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:29:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.ofNXbNW00WBNQ9znsl
Organization: Junior, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


        The reason you can't find these drives anywhere is because they
are illegal.  The same legislation that provided for SCMS (Serial Copy
Management System) stated that consumer audio and data recording could
not be mixed.  Both of these were done due to HEAVY pressure from the
recording industry (for what real reason, I don't know)



                    
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From: voyager.larc.nasa.gov (Advisor)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: HiFi VCR Conclusions?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:42:07 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Distribution: world
Reply-To: voyager.larc.nasa.gov (Advisor)
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Don't forget to also compare quality of slow motion
-I think you'll find the Toshiba hard to beat


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From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Sony TA-E2000ESD Soure Direct through digital circuitry
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:43:25 GMT

In article <9301251330.AA23970@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL> pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung) writes:
>
>nwnexus!kanefsky@uunet.uu.net (Steve Kanefsky) writes:
>
>>>The question was:  Why do analog signals go through the A/D and D/A
>>>converters when you use source-direct to bypass all DSP functions?
>
>>>My guess is that there's more than just A/D and D/A going on even when
>>>you use source-direct -- i.e. there's still something being done in the
>>>digital domain, and these functions would have to be duplicated with
>>>additional analog circuitry if there were no A/D and D/A conversion.  If
>>>it were just a matter of bypassing the converters, I'm sure Sony would
>>>whave done it.  They even went to the trouble of bypassing the balance
>>>control in source-direct mode.
>
>On what do you base your opinion that the signals go through
>the digital processing in the Source-Direct mode?
>
>In my manual, there is a line shown that loops around all the digital
>circuitry from the input switch to the Front output switch. Besides that
>the manual specifically states that this is the case.

Catch up on the other articles in related threads (search for threads with
"2000" in the subject).  When I wrote the above, I thought we had
irrefutable proof that analog sources went through A/D and D/A.  I
suggested a test in which the analog input level would be turned all the
way up until it overloads the A/D converters in normal mode, followed by a
check to see if the A/D converters were overloaded in source-direct mode
(not by checking the OVER light, but by actually listening for digital
clipping).  Someone did the test and said they heard obvious digital
clipping.  As it turns out, they might have mistaken analog distortion for
digital clipping, because I was not able to produce digital clipping on my
machine with source-direct on.

I wasn't aware that the manual stated specifically that the converters
were bypassed, other than the block diagram (which I wasn't certain I was
interpreting correctly and which could be inaccurate anyway).  What page
is it on?  Regardless, I think the latest evidence, which is presented in
another thread, answers the question once and for all.  The converters
*are* bypassed. 

--
Steve Kanefsky
From: hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Sony TA-E2000ESD Source Direct
Keywords: Dolby prologic
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:17:40 GMT
Organization: Saab Missiles AB, RLD-Gbg, Sweden

gregr@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Gregory S Rogers) writes:


...
>bit by saying turn it to MAX.  Actually the best process is to use a steady 
>tone from a CD test record for instance, (or a sinewave generator if you know 
>what you are doing), and then advance the input level until the OVERload 
>indicator lights.  Then advance the input level JUST a LITTLE bit more until
>you hear the distortion. The OVER indicator lights about 1 dB prior to the 
>actual A/D overload point.  You must be in the source direct OFF mode.

Also, "mild" digital clipping isn't that easy to hear.
Sinewaves will just get a little "flattened" at the top/bottom.

One will have to overload quite a bit before things *SOUNDS*
extreme.
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: PAL Tapes ??
Date: 23 Jan 93 04:26:01 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: na
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <vince.9.727632891@bme.ri.ccf.org> vince@bme.ri.ccf.org (Geoff Vince) writes:
<I have recently moved to the U.S from England and brought a number of VCR 
<tapes with me.  Although I understand these cannot be played on my U.S. VCR (
<Panasonic S-VHS) as they're in PAL format, I would like to know if I 
<can record over them?  I realize that as they are not S-VHS tapes I will not 
<be able to record in S-VHS, although they may be useful for general use.  I 
<know I could put them in and try it, but not being much of  mechanical wiz I 
<didn't look forward to untangling the tape from the machine if it didn't 
<work.

Never fear, they will work just fine.  The listed value on the tape will
actually record at 2/3 that value in a NTSC machine, i.e., a E-180 = T-120.
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From: mcilwain@eng.auburn.edu (Frank H. McIlwain)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Home Theater Advice
Keywords: JVC  Infinity
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:40:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1993Jan25.205151.1255
Organization: Auburn University, AL


I need some opinions on the following home theater system:

JVC RX-807VTN           (A/V Receiver)
Infinity Reference Five (Mains)
Infinity Video One      (Center)
Infinity Reference E-L  (Rear)
JVC HR-DX62U            (Hi-Fi 4-head VCR)
Pioneer CLD-D301 or 501 (Laser Disk Player)
JVC AV-31BP3            (31" TV)

Any comments (good/bad) on any of the above components would be greatly
appreciated.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kaplanr@knish.shearson.com (Roger Kaplan)
Subject: Re: Macrovision hilarity--get THIS!
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:28:15 GMT

In article <trussell.726786645@cwis> trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell) writes:
>jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
>
>>Got me to thinking . . .
>
>>Does anyone know of any video stores that purchased just one copy of a movie
>>and then duplicated a bunch to meet their rental needs?
>
>    Not specifically, but yes, it's been done.  They also get the Laserdisc
>versions to make VHS copies, because that doesn't come out much worse than
>the crappy transfer pressings that half the companies do to duplicate
>their tapes.
>
>    This is supposedly why Disney isn't releasing the LD of _Beauty & the
>Beast_ until late fall.  They don't want people in foreign markets using
>it to create rental copies.
>

When I was in Kusadasi(?), Turkey, several years ago I went to a "record store".
They had the only record player in town, and one copy of each record.
You chose the records you wanted, and came back several hours later
to pick up the freshly-recorded cassettes!


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From: kimon@thing.ece.cmu.edu (Kimon Michaels)
Subject: American HDTV 
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:41:01 GMT


The January issue of IEEE Spectrum stated that although an HDTV standard
has not been selected, a framework for introducing HDTV has been adopted.
NTSC television stations will be given a second channel on which to broadcast
HDTV programs. This dual channel system will be used for 15 years. After
15 years, television statitions will have to give up one channel, and only 
HDTV signals will (presumably) be broadcast.

IEEE Spectrum is the monthly magazine of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.

Kimon Michaels
Dept. of ECE
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: chrism@col.hp.com (Chris Magnuson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: HELP!  Need Monopod Source
Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:53:51 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcsrc13.col.hp.com

 I need a mail order source for a good quality monopod for my Sony TR-81
clone.  My requirements are lightweight and not $500!

 If you can help, please send me some e-mail.  A phone number and/or price 
estimate would help too.

Thanks!
Chris Magnuson
chrism@col.hp.com