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From: itsmagic@vnet.ibm.com ("Wayne G. Namerow")
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Crazzzy Eddie (His prices really were insane)
Date: 20 Jan 93 14:12:30 GMT
Organization: The Internet

ph@pencom.com (Patrick Hester) writes:

>As for Eddie, I need at least "He's INSANE", but would prefer to get
>a bit more. In fact, there are two commercials in particular I'd like
>to find. The first is the Crazy Eddie Disco Commercial. Mad Dog (that's
>the guy's name) is on a dance floor and they are playing something like
>"when you're feelin ready, go see Crazy Eddie..."

Can't help you with a tape, but I do have a piece of trivia: The actor in the
Crazy Eddie commercials was a gentleman by the name of Jerry Samuels.
Mr. Samuels is perhaps best known for his popular recording some years back
called 'There coming to take me away.....' He recorded it anonymously as
Napolean X (Or some number).
Another entry for the useless trivia archives...
                                                    -Wayne
From: pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Source of Laser Disc Outer Sleeves?
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:25:07 GMT
Distribution: world
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: cmc@cs.utexas.edu (Chi Ming Cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Radio Shack Outdoor Antenna
Date: 28 Jan 1993 11:41:49 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: grit.cs.utexas.edu


I asked a TV repairman for recommendations on outdoor TV antennae, and he
told me that Radio Shack makes the BEST TV antennae.  I, being a loyal
reader of this group, am very doubtful about the veracity of this claim.
What is the opinion of this group on outdoor antennae?  Any recommendation?

BTW, IMHO Radio Shack sells really lousy indoor TV antennae.

Thanks.

--M.
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Source of Laser Disc Outer Sleeves
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:28:21 GMT

In article <9301201958.AA05162@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL> pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung) writes:
>
>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? 
          ^^^^^
>

Don't know what 'Image variety' means, but I just covered my
lasers with some 2mil jackets, with a self-sealing flap.  They
will hold a 2 disk set too.

Got them from Cabco, in Columbus Ohio.

(614) 267-8468.
$0.32 each in lots of 100 to 500.  $0.30 over 500.  $0.35 for
50 to 100 (min order is 50).


-- 
Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org  bill@bilver.uucp
                - ..!{peora|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Has JVC fixed the "HiFi dropout" problem in new models?
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:06:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: cmkrnl.1993Jan26.040647.1290
Organization: Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego, CA

Does anyone have any experience with recent JVC S-VHS/HiFi VCRs?  Such as the
HR-S6800?  I am wondering if they've fixed the infamous "HiFi dropout" problem
that plagued an earlier series.

	--- 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: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
Subject: Re: Laser projection TV - does it exist?
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 15:34:21 GMT

>- the horizontal resolution would be limited only by the
>  rate at which the laser intensity could be modulated;

Remember that that rate would vary across both vertically and horizontally
because of the changing angle between the beam path and the screen.  I'd bet
that these kinds of optics would be very fussy.

>- no inherent fabrication problems in making large screens
>  (except for making lasers big enough to provide a bright
>  picture)

I would think that lasers by definition would produce a quite bright picture.

>- To get a bright picture on a large screen might require
>  high-power lasers.

Well, that kinda depends on what "high-power" means.  The tube that I have,
(alas, with a toasted PS) from a Xerox 2700 engine is a whopping .6 watts,
if I remember correctly, and the average supermarket-scanner is around .1 or
.2.

>  If the beams ever stopped scanning, you
>  would not want to be in front of a rear-projection system.

The gubberment seems to regulate lasers very tightly, and I honestly don't
think they'd allow even that modest power in Joe-Bob's living room.  Anything
used for a projection system, though, isn't going to be anywhere near strong
enough to peirce the screen, and the screen would likely decollimate the beam
enough that retinal damage wouldn't be a concern.

>- Since a spot of laser light on a screen would have almost
>  no persistence, it might require a high scanning rate to
>  produce a non-flickering picture

Or a screen with persistence, which would get you right back to those nasty
phospors.  I was with some guys at a con once who tried this out -- we painted
a sheet with some sort of flourescent goop and scanned a moderately strong
Argon across it.  The persistence was pretty weak, although that might have
been wavelength-related.

I suspect that the biggest obstacle would be the wavelengths.  You'd have to
come up with cheap lazing media that'd put out the proper wavelengths.

-- 

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jnchou@iastate.edu (Jen-Nai Chou)
Subject: Joggling Still-Image of a 4-Head VCR?
Followup-To: rec.video
Keywords: Still image, VCR
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:20:10 GMT
Expires: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 06:00:00 GMT

Hi, everyone:

    Hope this is not a FAQ.  (BTW, where is FAQ?)

    I bought a SANYO VHR-9410 Hi-Fi VCR a few days ago.  So far, I
am quite satisfied with all the features, except this still image.
On the instruction manual, it explicitly states that after the
pause/still button being pressed, there would be a still image on
the screen.  But, on my TV, this still image is joggling.  Although
the amplitude of this joggling isn't very large, I definitely would
not call it a 'still' image.  (BTW, it is joggling in all three
modes, sp, lp, ep.)

    My questions: Is this normal with all 4-head VCR?  Or, is it 
normal with this particular model?  OR, do I have to exchange it?  
Isn't it supposed to have frozen image on a 4-head VCR?  What model
should I get if I want a frozen still-image?

    Thank you for your answers.

--- Jen-nai Chou    jnchou@iastate.edu    -----------+-----------  < / >
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hmc@nynexst.com (Harry Chang)
Subject: Re: Merits of TR200
Summary: Practical Merits of 8mm vs. Hi8 in camcorder 
Keywords: Camcorder, Sony, Hi8 
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Distribution: rec.video
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 23:39:13 GMT
Expires: March 1993 

A number of good articles in rec.video recently discussed relative
merits between TR71 and TR101/TR200. My impression is that the major
difference between TR71 and TR101/200 is the video format, i.e., 8mm
vs. Hi8. I want to know if anyone has done serious AB test comparing
a 8mm taped program with a Hi8 taped program on the same TV. Is there
really noticeable visual difference? I have seen a 8mm taped program
by a TR71 and it seems to be very good. But, I am concerned with
the fact, someone mentioned in this group, that if you copy a 8mm
tape to a VHS or to another 8mm tape, the resultant tape quality
will be degraded directly with the number of times you copy them.
And, repeated copying with Hi8 should not have such a problem, as
I read from somewhere. Is such statement valid? Is Hi8 really worth
another extra $300? 

Harry Chang
NYNEX S&T, R&D
White Plains, NY 10604
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: hhamouda@unity.ncsu.edu (Hechmi Hamouda)
Subject: Re: German Video in US
Organization: North Carolina State University Project Unity
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:58:08 GMT

Your Freind needs either to purchase a Panasonc AGW1 or similar equipment able to read a PAL tape and output an NTSC signal to be viewed on a US TV, or to have the tapes transferred to NTSC using a specialized service. I have posted and  used the following service for several conversions from PAL to NTSC. I understand that the conversion is made  through a digitized video signal 
and there is almost no quality loss from the  original tape. They also provide, upon request, a nice pamphlet giving the technical details of each color TV broadcasting system used in the word.

  Mailing Address: 
	INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CONVERSION
	520 Harvest Lane
	Raleigh, NC 27606-2217
  Phone:	(919) 233-8689
  Fees:	$25.00 + $5.00 S&H 
	(Price of a High Grade Cassette Included, 2hrs or less)

Delivery:	Mailed back the next day, express shipping at request. 
  Payment: 	Personal Check, Cash or Money Order mailed with tape.


Regards, 

Hechmi.
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: FISHER HI-FI VCR
Date: 24 Jan 93 17:14:09 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1993Jan22.204219.22486@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>, kettyle@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (john.jr.kettyle) writes:
> Question, Who here would buy a piece of equiptment from a store that says
> it is selling poor quality merchandise and you need an extended warranty?
> I would walk to the next store and leave those guys in the dust!

Ditto

I would also wonder who makes the Fisher VCR.  Many manufactures don't build 
their own VCR's and CamCorders.

-- 
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       Future focused on the art of delivering multiplatform computer technology

Jeff Killeen - DECUS U.S. Chapter NLC Chair | Email:killeen@eisner.decus.org
The NLC is the national council for DECUS's Local User Groups - come join us!
From: mowat@slipknot.eng.pyramid.com (Eric Mowat)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Got my stereo mail-order...Need a TV mail order
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:28:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Pyramid Technology
NNTP-Posting-Host: slipknot.eng.pyramid.com

Since I've had such good luck buying my stereo/laserdisc/speakers
mail-order (Computability, New West, Cambridge Sound Works), does
anyone have any good recommendations on reliable mail-order places for
TVs? 

I'd like to know of any personal experiences you might have had.  It
seems a bit more frightening to buy large TVs thru the mail ( >31" ).

E-mail or post.

Thanks!

-- 
----
Eric Mowat   			mowat@pyramid.com
Pyramid Technology Corp.	{sun,hplabs,decwrl,uunet}!pyramid!mowat
Xref: sparky rec.video:16263 rec.photo:24246 rec.arts.books:26079
From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Photo CD .... anyone have the specs? Resolution, etc.?
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:56:46 GMT
Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.video, st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.) writes:
>Here's some questions I'd like to have answered about the Photo CD...
>
>How many pictures can be put on a single CD?

100 I think (it's close to that if not exactly that.)  You can put
four 24 print rolls on one 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?

I asked at a local Ritz camara store.  They send them out to a Lab
and it takes about 2 weeks they said.  I think they said the price
was about $18 for a roll of 24 prints.  And if you do 4 rolls at
once you save a few bucks on each roll.

I don't know if you get prints from this at the same time or if you
just get the Photo-CD.

>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?

The pictures are stored with much more resolution than is needed for
the NTSC video signal.  They are stored with a resolution high enough
to get high quality prints made from the Photo-CD (which they will
do for you.)  One review I read said that the prints he had made from
the Photo-CD came out better than the ones made from the original negative.

I don't think that even HDTV will be able to show you the full picture 
at it's max resolution.

Photo-CD wasn't designed to be a way to show your pictures on TV.  It was
desiged to be a general digital storage format for 35mm pictures.  And
the Photo-CD standard is designed to support multiple storage formats.  I
think there are something like 4 different formats already defined.  As
I recall, there's a low resolution format for catalog use, the standard
consumer 35mm format, a pro format that has about twice the number of
pixels in both the X and Y, and a hi res medical format for things like
X-rays.

I wonder how long it will be before they come out with a do it yourself
print maker that makes prints from your Photo-CD?  Some type of kiosk
that you just drop money into.  That would be neat.  Especially if it
gave you lots of control to frame, edit, adjust colors and exposure,
etc, before you printed it.  Maybe even add titles, borders, or combine
multiple picutres together.

And if they supported something like the Sony MD format disk, you could
save your edited picture when you were done so you could get more prints
later.  A MD could hold about 20 pictures, and it would take about 70 seconds
to write one picture to the disk.  That would be neat!

Curt Welch
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: tommie@pacesetter.com (Tom Levin)
Subject: Re: Pioneer CLD-V720 price?
Keywords: "Abe's of Maine" (any good?)
Organization: Siemens Pacesetter, Inc.
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 21:11:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan18.042855.19956@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ALLAM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Seyed Allameh) writes:
>Damark is selling Pioneer CLD-V720 for $700.(Free S/H) Is this a good price?
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Seyed Allameh

Abe's of Maine (1-800-528-2237) has the CLD-V720 advertised for $549.99.
I'm still waiting to hear from anyone who has ordered from them. Their
prices seem too good to be true.

-tom
-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jimr@mothra.rose.hp.com (Jim Ranlett)
Subject: Re: A Call for information
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:04:29 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.4]

Frank Ricciardi (fvr@broom.bae.bellcore.com) wrote:

: 	I am interested in either a device or a laserdisc that can generate test patterns for a TV. ie. color bars, cross patterns etc. I am also interested in 

May I suggest looking at Reference Recordings laserdisk 
   LD101:  A Video Standard

Available at most finer LD retailers, or directly from Reference Recordings
(415) 355-1892 for ~$60.00


Many on the net, myself included, have 'calibrated' their systems using
this disk.  I say calibrated with a grain of salt in my case.  I have not
tried anything fancy with my midline 27" JVC monitor.  I have not taken the
back panel off to mess with the settings back there.  Using LD101 to
set color, brightness, tint, contrast and detail properly 
was enough to render a tremendous improvement in picture quality.  The booklet
that comes with the disk is very informative as to what patterns are used
to make what adjustment as far as contrast, color, brightness, etc.

Others on the net who have done more extensive adjustments can comment further
as to the disks benefits in setting the more obscure adjustments, but in my
opinion, you cannot go wrong buying this disk.

Highly Recommended.
From: markw@compnews.co.uk (Mark Whitehead)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Super VHS convertor
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:00:59 GMT
Organization: Computer Newspaper Services, Howden, UK.
NNTP-Posting-Host: fennel.compnews.co.uk
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

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?

--
Mark Whitehead, (CNS)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu (Dan "Viper" Baldwin)
Subject: Re: Best projection TVs
Organization: Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:25:21 GMT

In article <MJKOBB.93Jan20203634@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
|> Hi!
|> 
|>   sully@cray.com writes that he's looking for a projection TV in the
|> 45" to 60" range.
|> 
|>   Well, I've been looking at rear projectors recently, and I must
|> say I'm totally blown away by the new Sony KV-53XBR15.  It's 53" as
|> you can probably tell by the name.  It has wonderful, bright,
|> saturated picture, and most of the bells and whistles of the XBR^2.
|> Plus, and this is important, it's only 24.25" deep!  My wrists are
|> bothering me just now, so I can't type in all the specs, but give it
|> a look!
|> 
|> --Mike

	Well, I have owned one of these 53XBR15 for about 2 months
now, and I am still very impressed. If any one wants to know any
details just let me know.

Dan Baldwin	baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu
From: cmc@cs.utexas.edu (Chi Ming Cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: 8mm VCR vs S-VHS
Date: 27 Jan 1993 07:23:00 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: grit.cs.utexas.edu


I am trying to get a better VCR and I am considering an 8 mm VCR or
a S-VHS VCR.  Which format is preferable?  I think S-VHS tapes are hard
to find, but 8 mm tapes are readily available.  What is the resolution
of 8 mm VCRs?

Thanks in advance.

--M.
From: johan@cav2.crc.canon.co.jp
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Y/C to RGB conversion question
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:41:55 GMT
Organization: Canon Research Center, Canon Inc., Kanagawa, JAPAN
X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cav2

Hello,
Is there anybody out there who can tell me how to do a Y/C(PAL) to RGB
conversion ? Are there such circuits described in electronics journals
as Wireless World or similar ? I looked at the circuit diagram of my
TV-set, and apparently, the Y/C to RGB conversion takes place in an ASIC.

Thanks in advance

- Johan
johan@cav2.crc.canon.co.jp
From: ehanson@umbc.edu (Mr. Erik Hanson)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RF -> A/V? (was Re: Device that accepts A/V inputs and Generates RF Output)
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:59:18 -0500
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc5.umbc.edu

In article <9301141153.aa11291@FSAC3.PICA.ARMY.MIL> smozeson@PICA.ARMY.MIL ("Steven L. Mozeson", FSAC-SID) writes:
>Radio Shack sells such a device in the $35 price range.  You also
>might use a broken VCR; it seems these days everybody has at least
>one.

Can this device be used for the reverse? I've got one of those Rabbit
VCR multiplier things (the output is a coax cable) and would like to
hook it to the A/V inputs of my new TV so that I don't have to get
up and flip the switch on the Rabbit to watch the VCR.


Seeya!
Erk
From: pirrung@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Sony TAE-S2000ESD Demo Mode
Date: 23 Jan 93 05:20:18 GMT
Organization: The Internet


It works!!!

If you have a Sony 1000 or 2000, simultaneously press the dimmer and
Video 1 buttons on the front panel to get a demonstration of
everything the beast can do.

Beware of the dolby mode it leaves you in, though!!!
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ethan@cs.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Toshiba 2772B 27" TV
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:08:56 GMT


	Has anyone had problems with this model of Toshiba TV? In
particular, my guess is that the TV's speakers aren't properly
shielded and it is distorting the color on the screen. As well,
the tube is green-tinted and the audio quality is very very poor
(when playing music/singing it sounds like the person who did the
mix should be shot).

	Thanks,
	-- Ethan


-- 
"I got an A in psychology. I proved my professor didn't exist."
	-- Judy Tenuta
From: ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha)
Subject: What causes GHOSTING?
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 05:48:59 GMT


	I need help tracking down what is causing ghosting on my system
when I copy from one vcr to another.  Would the problem most likely
originate from the player, or the recorder?

	Do cables have anything to do with the problem?  (Type, location,
path <ie: passes near power lines, etc..>

	Also, some recommendations on how to solve ghosting problems would
be helpful.

I'm playing off an older Sony 4 head HiFi PLAY ONLY VHS.  (No auto-tracking)
and recording with a Mitsubishi U55 4 head HiFi.  I'm using plain RCA cables
for the Audio, but have a shielded, gold plated, Monster cable for the
video cable.

Thanks.

-- 
 "I love the smell of napalm in the morning.  It smells like..  VICTORY."

			--++ Neo Jion Press ++--
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: kong@leland.Stanford.EDU (Kong Kritayakirana)
Subject: Laserdisc Mailorder
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:15:16 GMT

Hi Netters:

Does anybody know a good place to mailorder LDs for a good, discounted
price? Please email me. Your help is appreciated.

Kong Kritayakirana (kong@leland.stanford.edu)

Organization: Junior, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.video
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:54:23 -0500 
From: "Daniel M. Deright" <dd36+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Laserdisc Mailorder


     Try calling LaserCraze for their catalog  (617) 338-9820.  I just
got their new one, and it has new releases, soon to be releases, oldies,
cartoons, imports, just about everything.  They also offer free shipping
and usually between 10-30% of list price!

                                -soda


                    
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From: rbattle@hydra.unm.edu (Ron M Battle STUDENT)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Any 2-disc auto-reverse RS-232 laser players??
Date: 25 Jan 1993 05:39:56 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.unm.edu


Are there any laser players out there that have:
 1. RS-232 serial port for control
 2. Two disc drawer
 3. Auto-reverse (can play the other side without manually flipping)

Thanx for your help!


Newsgroups: rec.video