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From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Any info on the new Sony 3 CCD camcorder?
Date: 28 Dec 92 05:17:48 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <T90534AM.92Dec25161153@cs1.sfc.keio.ac.jp>, t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito) writes:
> 
>  Hi everyone, Merry Christmas from Japan!
> 
>  Yes, what you mention is CCD-VX1. It weighs nearly 2000g with
> S88 NiH battery. Imagine V801 has come with 3CCD. I think I posted
> an article on it before. It doesn't have PCM but has enough AFM
> stereo. I'm having one and enjoying it!   I REALLY recommend it.
>  Also, Panasonic has released palm top size 3CCD SVHS-C corder,
> which has TBC, but I prefer VX1.(Both have 530 horizontal lines
> resolution)

Does the CCD-VX1 record Sony RC date code and frame code?

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From: S650@HECMTL01.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony CCD-TR5 wired remote - Info?
Date: 21 Dec 92 14:32:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

jlm@cnd.hp.com writes
>Q1:  What remote(s) work with the TR5?

I have a SONY TR5 and have always assumed that the remote jack was
for LANC (CONTROL/L) connectors. This would make the TR5 remotely
controllable by VCRs like SONY's SLVR5. But I've never tried to do this!
You can find a lot of information on LANC in the archives of this list.
        Benoit Beaudoin     Internet:S650@HEC.CA
                            BITNET  :S650@HECMTL01
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
From: t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito)
Subject: Re: Laser Disk combi players...
Organization: Department of Environmental Information,Keio University Shonan
	Fujisawa Campus(SFC),Japan.
	<T90534AM.93Jan2234024@cs0.sfc.keio.ac.jp>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:44:24 GMT

 Oops!

In article <T90534AM.93Jan2234024@cs0.sfc.keio.ac.jp>
t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito) writes:

 | I have to mention that 1 bit A/D conversion is superior system
 |to any multi bit A/D conversion system in theory.

 It is same on D/A convesion. LD player has D/A conveter.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Akira Mito(E-Mail:t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp)
  Junior@SFC(Keio Univ. Shownan Fujisawa Campus) 
  Department: Environmental Information (It's so COOL,isn't it?)
  Director of the SFC Hi-Vision Club, and member of SFC TiME, C-music.
From: jk@flamingo.esd.sgi.com (Joe Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Camcorder repair
Date: 21 Dec 1992 22:44:40 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA
Distribution: ba
Reply-To: jk@flamingo.esd.sgi.com (Joe Kennedy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: flamingo.esd.sgi.com

There are two Sony factory repair places in the Bay area.  One is in SAN JOSE,
the other is kind of near SFO.  I have had good experiences at both. 
Both should be easy to find in the phone book.

					jk
From: lchoqu%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Choquette)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi vs. Electrohome VCRs: What's the diff?
Date: 30 Dec 92 00:15:00 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

In article <18968@mindlink.bc.ca> Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Benna)
writes:
 > While on the topic, I'd like a VCR with (at least) the following features:
 >         1) VHS HiFi (not S-VHS)
 >         2) Real time tape-counter display.
 >         3) High Quality Tuner (I presently have a Quasar HiFi VCR and the
 >            tuner on it really sucks).
 >         4) Reasonably fast transition from FF to Play to FF, etc.
 >         5) "Time left on tape" display (if possible).  I understand that
 >            only the SONYs and the JVCs have this feature....

My Christmas present to myself was an RCA that has all these features,
including (5).  I suppose (3) is a matter of opinion, but the quality is at
least as good as the one on my 1984 Hitachi TV, and easier to use.  This VCR
also has stereo and SAP, on-screen programming with a Help button, and slow
motion.  I got it for $300 on sale at a department store.  Send me E-mail if
you want the model number.  For my birthday, maybe I'll get myself a stereo to
connect to it.

Meanwhile, is it possible to connect the audio outputs of the VCR to the
microphone input of an old stereo that doesn't have line inputs?  Do such mike
inputs pick up in stereo?

Finally, does anyone have a copy of a long article on surround sound I saw here
a year or two ago?
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
   . . . . Lee Choquette . . . . . . . . . .The early worm . . . . . . . . .
  . . . .lchoqu@cs.utah.edu . . . . . . . . . gets eaten. . . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: smith@ur-guh.com (Russ Smith)
Subject: Re: Sony TR-101 vs TR-200
Reply-To: smith@ur-guh.com
Organization: Ur-Guh Complex Inc.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:19:30 GMT

>> In summary, I'm going to hold off until after the holidays
>> and see how this unit [Sony TR-101 video camera] pans out.

The most recent issue of Video magazine says the Sony TR-101
video camera is one of their Viva Gold (i.e., top) products for
1992. A Letter-to-the-Editor of the same issue says that the Yashica
clone of the TR-101 has excellent Image Stabilization.

The Nikon VN750 I recently bought (Nikon's TR-101 clone...) has a
stunning difference in image steadiness between Image Stabilization
turned on and turned off; as an old 35mm still photographer the
steadiness at the equivalent of a 450mm telephoto setting was
pleasantly shocking.

> ...His claim was that the effectiveness of the stablizer
> varied with the zoom level...

As an aside, one would -of course- see a difference in image
stabilization at wide and telephoto settings of a lens...a one degree
jitter (say in azimuth) is a significant portion of a telephoto view
(especially if you're cranked all the way out) compared to a wide-angle
view where one degree is insignificant.

From the very biased keyboard of
Russ <Smith@ur-guh.com>
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony CCD-TR81 Hi8 edit switch ?
From: jmbarthol@ualr.edu (John M. Barthol)
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:46:14 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Hi All,

I just purchased A CCD-TR81 camcorder but I have a question about the EDIT
switch.  What exactly does this beast do.  The owners manual said that when
you have the camcorder's output connected to another VCR's inputs and you
wish to edit onto the VCR you must have this switch in the EDIT ON position.
But it goes on to state that if you are copying from the camcorder to the
VCR but not editing to leave it off.  What's the difference?  When you are
editing you are really copying a portion from the camcorder to the VCR.  Can
someone please explain this to me.  Reply by email please.

Thanks in advance,

John Barthol
JMBARTHOL@UALR.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mhl@spirit.ece.cmu.edu (Mikko H. Lipasti)
Subject: Re: New HiFi VCR recommendations? *GOLDSTAR*
Followup-To: mhl@ece.cmu.edu
Summary: Goldstar any good?
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:51:53 GMT

I'm thinking about buying the Goldstar GVH-9000M 4-head HiFi VCR.
For $257 at Sun TV, it seems like an unbeatable bargain.

Does anyone have any insight or experiences to share about this
model or about Goldstar in general?  Consumer Reports gave the
Goldstar GVH-A645 a favorable rating (85 points where the winner
received 90); does anyone know how much these two models have in
common?  It seems unlikely that they would differ very much 
internally, since both have pretty much the same set of features.
CR reports Goldstar's frequency-of-repair as roughly average.

For the price, this VCR seems like a good choice (I was originally
going to spend as much on a non-HiFi VCR).

Any positive or negative comments on Goldstar in general or either
of these two models in particular are welcome!  I'll post a summary
if there is sufficient interest.

Thanks,

Mikko
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:17:54 GMT

>Just imagine, if Kodak floods the market with Photo-CD players and
>other hardware

Could this been said to have been done with 8-track audio cartridges?  Seen
a player for one of them lately?

>TVs.  And it's not really that hard to find something on which to play
>78 RPM records, is it?

I guess that depends if you care what happens to them in the process.  Even
ten years ago very few turntable makers did 78.  Note that I mean "turntable",
not "$29.99 BSR changer with a cardboard cartridge".
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jeremym@ravel.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Subject: Re: Any way to *CREATE* VCR Plus codes??
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:05:23 GMT


Thats not a 1/2 bad idea. I got the source for encode.c and decode.c
and will thry them next time I get to my VCR+ in NY. Thanks all!
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From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Ready to buy a Sony TR-101??
Date: 24 Dec 92 21:33:41 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA

In article <760010@hprnd.rose.hp.com> pvj@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Paul Jacobson) writes:
<
<     I had have read a few notes concerning the new Sony CCD TR-101
<handy cam camera. Apparently Sony has placed an imbargo on the mail
<ordering of this camera. Sony states that they want to hold the fixed price
<of 1599.00 through retail stores, and not allow any mail ordering of this
<camera until mid 1993. From my info gathering I found this to be very true
<with the exception of some grey market activity.

	Does this apply only to the Sony camcorder?  What about the clones?
Sony TR-101 is identical to Yashica KX-H3, Nikon VN-750 and Ricoh R-18H.
Are these being embargoed as well?

	Jan Bielawski
	Computervision, San Diego
	jpb@calmasd.prime.com
Newsgroups: rec.video

I'm totally new to this group and have a very basic question which I'm sure
must have been beaten to death in this group before. If someone could point me
the way to the FAQ, I'd really appreciate it, but until then....

  I've heard that SVHS quality is better than normal VHS. Why ? What are its
  specs ? How does it do it ? Is resolution doubled (i.e. 800+ lines instead of
  the 480+) ? Is it still interleaved ? 

  What about HDTV ? What is its resolution ?

  Is there some comparative chart for the specs for normal TV, SVHS and HDTV ?
  And what about the comparison between NTSC, PAL and SECAM ?

  As you can tell, I'm really looking for a TV primer here...

Thanks in advance for all replies....pleeeease reply....it is Xmas :-)

Joo Beng.

kjb@hpsgrt1.sgp.hp.com
Xref: sparky rec.video:15019 rec.photo:22387
From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:23:54 GMT
Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Organization: COMANDOS Project, Glesga Yoonie

francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) wrote:
[ yet more stuff about Photo-CD crossposted to rec.arts.books ]

You presumably weren't the moron who started this whole thread by
crossposting to rec.arts.books, without even setting followups.

But can't ANY of you goddamn sheep read the headers of the articles
you generate in response?

Stop it.  Right now.

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17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland   TEL: 041 339 8855 x6854 (work)
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From: sbarber@panix.com (Steve Barber)
Subject: Re: Why do they change channel allocations?
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:10:27 GMT

Perhaps this is so obvious it doesn't need to be stated, but I'll state
it anyway for the confused:

The reason why cable programmers fight for low cable channel numbers is
because they believe they will get more viewers that way.  Broadcast
stations have spent lots of advertising money to get you to know what
their numbers are, so you are more likely to tune in to them.  Low
numbers are considered desireable by non-broadcast programmers for a
few reasons: 1) people are used to low numbers and scan them more
frequently, perhaps; 2) not all subscribers have the equipment to
access the higher numbers; 3) even if they have the equipment, not
everyone bothers to figure out how to set their system up to get
all the channels.

So all this rearrangement has a lot to do with the fact that low "channel
numbers" are considered a valuable commodity and that the people willing and
able to pay for them shift constantly.  As other posters have said, the
FCC through the 1992 Cable Act will be playing their own games with
channel number assignments, but nobody knows yet what will happen there.

-- 
Steve Barber                                             sbarber@panix.com
"The direct deed is the most meaningful reflection." - Bill Evans
Nothing I say is legal advice.  It can't be.  I don't know anything.

Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate,alt.news-media,alt.activism
From: ndallen@r-node.gts.org (Nigel Allen)
Subject: Chairman, CEO, President Named at Post-Newsweek Cable
Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:14:01 GMT

Here is a press release from Post-Newsweek Cable.

 Chairman, CEO, President Named at Post-Newsweek Cable
 To: Business Desk
 Contact: Guyon Knight of The Washington Post Co., 202-334-6642

   WASHINGTON, Dec. 21  -- The Washington Post Company 
announced today that Howard E. Wall will become chairman
and chief executive officer of Post-Newsweek Cable Inc., a
subsidiary, and Thomas O. Might will become president of
Post-Newsweek Cable, effective Jan. 1, 1993.
   Wall, who has been president of Post-Newsweek Cable since January
1986, will continue to oversee the company's U.S. cable business, but
will relocate to the United Kingdom to manage the company's growing
cable operations there.
   Might, who is currently vice president-advertising/marketing of
The Washington Post newspaper, will assume responsibility for
Post-Newsweek's domestic cable systems.
   In making the announcement, Alan G. Spoon, chief operating officer
of The Washington Post Company, said:  "These promotions put two of
our most talented executives at the helm of a business that will be
increasingly important to the company's future.  Under Howard's
leadership, we plan accelerated growth of cable operations in the
United Kingdom.  Tom Might has the skills to ensure that our domestic
cable operations will continue to grow in a lively environment, with
new technologies on one side and reregulation on the other."
   Post-Newsweek Cable's U.S. systems, with headquarters in Phoenix,
serve over 460,000 subscribers in 15 midwestern, western and southern
states.  In the United Kingdom, Post-Newsweek currently has licenses to
pass 300,000 homes in Scotland and is in the process of building out
the systems.  The company now has 25,000 U.K. subscribers.
   Wall, 62, joined The Washington Post Company in 1982 as vice
president and chief accounting officer.  From 1978 to 1982 he was
executive vice president and chief financial officer of Field
Enterprises Inc.  He was vice president and treasurer of The Dun &
Bradstreet Corp.  from 1971 to 1978.  From 1956 to 1971 Wall held
various financial management positions with General Dynamics Corp.
Wall is a graduate of the University of Utah.  He and his wife,
Deloris, have two grown children.
   Might, 41, joined The Washington Post Company in 1978 as
assistant to the publisher of The Washington Post newspaper.  He was
manager of The Post's Springfield, Va., plant from 1980 to 1981.  In
1982 he became vice president-production of The Post and in 1987 vice
president-production and marketing.  Might was named vice
president-director of advertising in 1991 and vice
president-advertising and marketing in 1992.  Might served in the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1972 to 1976, attaining the rank
of captain.  He received a B.S.  degree in industrial engineering
from Georgia Tech and an M.B.A.  from Harvard Business School.  Might
and his wife, Diane, have three sons.
 -30-
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From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Subject: Universal Sync Restorer for sale
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 01:36:33 GMT

For sale:

Universal Sync Restorer.  Strips & corrects all incoming vertical &
horizontal sync pulses from distorted analogue video formats.  RCA 
type plugs for testing any standard equipment also good for weak signal 
correction $195 firm.  RF i/o unit $225 firm.
From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SMELL LIKE SHHEP
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:59:07 GMT
Organization: Bear, Stearns & Co. - FAST
In-reply-to: bm939@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 30 Dec 92 20:35:50 GMT


In article <1ht176INNrch@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bm939@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jared Scott Miller) writes:

   I'D REALLY LIKE TO FUCK A SHHEEP....ANYONE KNOW A HORNY SHHEP?
   CAN I RUB MY DICK IN ITS WOOL?
   I HATE ALL OF YOU LOSERS! I AM THE BEST THERE EVERE WAS AND EVER WILL BE.
   TALKING ABOUT VHS, I HAV A BETA, A BETA-KAPPA-DELTA SHIRT, SHO
   VE IT UP YOURS, MY DADDY TOLD ME NEVER TO TELL ANYONE THIS
   , BUT I AM UNCIRCUMSIZED, ANYONE UP FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN?
   PURPLE HAZE

Looks like someone left their terminal without logging out again.

Spidey!!!



--
You don't hunt ducks with a turnip! 

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//\\ .. //\\ AKA Spidey!!!                        ...!ctr.columbia.edu!ursa!jmd
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From: long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H. Morrow Long)
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Re: HBO 2-DAY FREE PREVIEW in January
Date: 21 Dec 1992 10:51:02 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cf.cs.yale.edu


In article <2306@hsdndev.UUCP>, nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder) writes:
|> Hello to all of you who are cable-ready HBO-deprived,
|> 
|> Circle your VCR calendars and check your local preview channel because
|> HBO will have a 2-day national(practically all systems are aboard for this one)
|> FREE PREVIEW on :
|> 
|> Sunday,January 23rd and Monday,January 24th. Movies to be shown but not limitted to :
|> My Girl,Addams Family,JFK,Prince of Tides.
|> 
|> Sorry, no Cinemax preview that weekend.
|> 
|> -PPV Mark

A correction:  I pointed out to Mark that Jan 23rd was a Saturday.
		He says that the correct dates should be Sunday the 24th
		and Monday the 25th (of January 93).


BTW, our local cable system (Storer Cable of Southern Connecticut)
is unscrambling DISNEY from Dec 25th to Dec 30th (of 92).  I don't know
if this is just a local preview or not.

						- Morrow
From: jnl@fourthwave.com
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Looking for Technical Publications on CATV
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 21:26:09 EST
Organization: 4th Wave
Reply-To: jnl@fourthwave.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

Could someone provide the names and contact information on trade
publications for cable television. Emphasis is on the technical aspects
of CATV design, products and industry issues. Already aware of CableWorld
and Cable Vision. Are there others?

Please e-mail direct.

-------------------------------------
John Latta    4th Wave      Alexandria, VA
     (703) 360-4800     FAX (703) 360-2311
jnl@fourthwave.com
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: rlm@sei.cmu.edu (Richard Murphy)
Subject: Re: Sharing FM and TV Cable
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:40:23 EST


In article <4620@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
|> The subject had changed a little bit, but it is illegal to connect an antenna
|> to cable, PERIOD.  The thing would radiate onto aircraft frequencies.
|> -- 
Thanks, folks.  This last posting has cleared up the subject for me
completely.  There is NO way I will hook up a rig that connects commercial
cable to an FM antenna, even if I thought it could have been done...looks like
plan B is in effect...snake a second lead-in for the fm...
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv,sci.electronics,rec.video.satellite
From: mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell)
Subject: Re: Public Access Cable TV
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Vanderbilt University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:20:00 GMT

In article <1hljedINNdqr@uwm.edu>, ddean@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Dorothy Dean) writes...
>I have been reading the messages on this newsgroup for about a month and
>haven't seen anything on public access cable tv.  IS there a newsgroup that
>I missed that handles that topic?  Anyone have any recommendations?

Here's my recommendation.  If there isn't one, start one.  And echo it over 
the FidoNet so that access centers that don't have the ability to use the 
Internet can use it.  I'm about to suggest this to Andrew Blau who is the 
current NFLCP/ACM chair and works for EFF.  Any support I can get for this 
idea would be welcome.  Send notes of encouragement to Andrew at 
"BLAU@EFF.ORG" and thanks.

+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
| Elliott Mitchell
|  Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
|  Nashville, Tenn. Home of the Grand Ole Opry
|  IN: mitcheec@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu | BN: MITCHEEC@VUCTRVAX
Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
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From: rsopicki@pro-amber.cts.com (Randy Sopicki)
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SMELL LIKE SHHEP
Organization: ProLine [pro-amber] -- Spring Valley, Ca
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 20:16:43 PST

When are folks going to grow up??

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Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
From: fybush@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Fybush)
Subject: Re: Why do they change channel allocations?
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:03:55 GMT

The deals that are made to move channel allocations can be enormous
sometimes.  My TCI system in Waltham MA recently moved WFXT, the
local Fox affiliate, from 22 to 6, as part of a systemwide deal between
corporate TCI nationwide and Fox.  I forget just how much money changed
hands, but it was substantial.

When the Cable Bill's provisions become law, it will be interesting to
see how many broadcasters:

1) decide to go with must-carry rather than charge a retransmission fee
after the cable company threatens to move them from channel 4 to
channel 63.

2) offer to waive the retransmission fee in exchange for a low
channel position.

As for me, I'd rather my local network affiliates (VHF 4, 5 and 7) were
back up on 17, 21, and 20 where they used to be on cable...rather than
on cable 4, 5 and 7, where they're subject to much ghosting!

(The cable co. actually repeats 4 5 and 7 on cable channels 58, 59, and 60...
and the addressable converters are really tuning "58," "59," and "60" when
they're displaying "4," "5," and "7.")

Scott Fybush -- REPLY TO fybush@world.std.com