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From: Tom Ransom <transom@truevision.com>
Subject: Re: ** Seattle LD Rental Stores ?? Info please **
Organization: Truevision, Inc. Indianapolis, IN
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 16:00:31 GMT

Subject: ** Seattle LD Rental Stores ?? Info please **
From: Lauren C. Howard, lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU
In article <1992Oct8.132441.25621@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Lauren C.
Howard, lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU writes:
>  Please e-mail info on LD Rental stores in Woodinville/Bothel
>area or nearby.  Rent players?  Approx. number of titles?
>Black Stallion?  The Abyss?
>
>  Thanx for your help.  I'll be out there for X-mas.
>
Check out Silver Platters. They have a large collection of CDs, LDs for
sale and rental. They have 3 very large stores in the Seattle Area -
SouthCenter Mall (just east of the Sea-Tac Airport, intersection of I-5
and I-405 south)
Bellevue (corner of 145th and Bel-Red Road) and
the closest to Woodinville/Bothel -
argh, I just forgot the mall's name, but it is on I-5 at about 165th
Street, the Silver platters is on the street that runs N/S just west of
the Mall between the Mall and I-5.

Tom Ransom
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From: kfriedman@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Letterbox extravaganza on TNT!
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:02:56 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <1992Oct14.175536.27541@uhura.neoucom.edu>, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:
> In article <BP.92Oct14133811@hobbes.cs.brown.edu> bp@cs.brown.edu (Boris Putanec) writes:
>>In article <m0meuol-0001XiC@cv.vortex.com> lauren@CV.VORTEX.COM
>>(Lauren Weinstein) writes:
>>
>>   [ About cool Letterboxed movies on TNT ]
>>
>>Are these going to be with comercials or without? I remember when TNT,
>>or was that AMC?, ran Sparticus without any comercials for 3+ hours. I
>>was very impressed.
> 
> That was AMC.  They never have commercial interruptions of their movies.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Speaking of AMC [American Movie Classics]---Those of you whose cable company
does not carry AMC should DEMAND that they do.  As far as I'm concerned, this
cable service is worth the total price of my monthly cable bill.  Not only are
there LETTERBOXED movies being shown more and more [they recently ran
"Sugarland Express" letterboxed---cool!]  but ther is also a great interview
show with film stars hosted by Professor Richard Brown.  Last night they ran an
interview that was done with Anthony Perkins very shortly before his recent
death.  They also show old newsreels, lots of original trailers, etc.
From: eugene@ksr.com (Eugene Yi-jen Pan)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RCA685HF will not play
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:22:14 EDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Kendall Square Research, Waltham, MA


I have an RCA685HF that will not FF, RW, PLAY, or REC.  The tape will move for a
few seconds and then stop.  The tuner works fine, the pass through works fine,
the eject works fine, and loading works fine.  Because all of these electrical
mechanisms work fine, it seems like it might be a mechanical issue.  The
degradation was gradual.  Does a loose belt seem to be a likely candidate.  I
have pulled off the top, but I have no idea where to begin.  Thanks for any
help. 

eugene
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Subject: Which Rear-projection TV to buy?
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:07:06 GMT

Greetings!

  After receiving input from folks here, and doing a bit of looking
around on my own, I'm reconsidering my plans to purchase an LCD
projector.  I'm now considering going with a good-quality
rear-projector.

  I'm interested in experience with these units, as well as any
opinions and suggestions.  I'm looking for something in the 50 to 60
inch diagonal range.  Ideally, I'd like to find a unit that could
handle noninterlaced RGB signals from my Mac, but that's not a
definite requirement.  PIP is a very definite plus.

  The unit that intrigues me most is the new Hitachi:  the 60SX1K
(possibly -2K, the article I read had a different number from the
picture caption).  It's supposed to have 1,000 lines of resolution.
I looked at one of their smaller models at a store today, and was
quite impressed.  One thing that bothered me a bit about it was
that, although the picture was *much* less grainy than the Sony and
Mitsubishi models that were also on display, the color saturation
didn't seem as good.  Comments?

  Finally, any comments on Zenith units?  I certainly wouldn't mind
buying a set made by a US company if I could.

Many thanks!!
--Mike
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: stud1b53@bnr.ca (Anshu Prasad)
Subject: List of Dolby Surround TV Shows
Reply-To: stud1b53@bnr.ca (Vilhelm Boggild)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 18:58:38 GMT

   Thanks for all the responses to my question regarding which
television shows are encoded in Dolby Surround.  Here is a
summary of the responses I received (sorry, I can't confirm it's
accuracy because I don't yet own a pro-logic decoder :-( but I
will soon!):

  Quantum Leap
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  The Simpsons
  Late Night With David Letterman
  Norther Exposure
  Beverly Hills, 90210
  Batman: The Animated Series
  The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  Saturday Night Live
  Hearts Afire
  Dinosaurs
  Seinfeld
  The Arsenio Hall Show
  Baseball Playoff Games (as well as other sporting events)
  HBO/Cinemax movies

   If you know of any more, please post/reply.  I'll update this
list if I hear of other encoded shows.  Thanks again.

-- 
Anshu Prasad                                      stud1b53@bnr.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
-> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of
   my employer, Bell Northern Research Ltd.
From: wilson@mml.ncsl.nist.gov (Ron &)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Antenna Lines
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:38:11 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


I have another antenna question friends.  I want to place an antenna 
outlet in the basement directly below the one in the front room 
upstairs.  So, do I run a separate line from the splitter in the attic, 
or do I tap off the outlet in the front room?

You can email me at wilson@mml.ncsl.nist.gov.

Thanx for your time.

Ron Wilson
From: zba@altair.selu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: 8mm Camcorder and deck wanted
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:04:05 -0600
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

I am looking for a used Sony V5000 and an EVS900.
Any luck of finding one of these for sale?

Brian Acosta
Systems Programmer
Southeastern LA University
(504) 549-3643  --  work
(504) 345-8904  --  home
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Colour shift when dubbing from 8mm to VHS
Date: 6 Oct 92 06:15:15 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1992Oct5.045655.15679@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
<In article <4198@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<>In article <1992Sep30.235526.17947@javelin.sim.es.com> RSIMISTE@130.187.170.178 (ROGER SIMISTER) writes:
<><In <BvEvt6.H9L@comp.vuw.ac.nz> brian@comp.vuw.ac.nz writes:
<><
<
<><>I make recordings with a Sony 8mm camcorder. Playback from the camcorder to a
<><>monitor is fine. But if I copy from the camcorder onto a VHS tape, and play that
<><>back, the colours have shifted, so that all the blue areas are displaced a few
<><>lines downwards and a similar distance to the left.
<
<><Welcome to the wonderful world of VHS. This is a format that uses
<><a cheap trick called "Color Under".
<
<>Oh right, as if 8mm doesn't do color under!  Sorry, but 8mm does the exact
<>same thing and uses 743 kHz for the color.  The correct value for VHS is
<>629.371 kHz (40Fh).  The 688 number you quoted is for Umatic systems.
<
<Hey Mike - that's just a popular press definition of color under.
<
<The color is under the place it is supposed to be.
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I see the big smiley, but the come-back post that I did was in reponse to
the post that seemed to indicate that the poster was putting forth the idea
the 8mm doesn't use "inferior" color under.  I'm saying that 8mm uses the
same "inferior" color under.
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From: kevin@cyber.net (Kevin R. Sanders)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Sync problem on old LD player
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:22:03 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Distribution: na
Organization: The Cyberspace Station

Hello all,

I recently acquired an old Pioneer laser disk player (top loading, model
PLD-1000 I believe).  It works fine for CAV disks, but when I play CLV
disks it will periodically (every 3-5 minutes or so) it will suddenly
lose sync.  When this happens the PLLs all go crazy trying to resync, and
most of the time it will recover (after the main motor has been all over
its speed range a few times).

I am thinking that this occurs because for some reason a track is either
skipped or rescanned, and for CLV disks this could result in a very large
instantaneous change in the sync timing, for which the PLL circuits are
unable to compensate quickly enough.

My question is, what could cause the machine to jump tracks in the first
place, and how would be the best way to troubleshoot this problem?  I have
tried minor adjustments to some PLL gain controlss accessible once the
cabinet is removed, with no effect on the symptom or its frequency of
occurrence.

Thanks for any net.insights!

Kevin Sanders, KD6FKJ                                     kevin@cyber.net
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Re: Copying protected tapes traceable?
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:31:43 GMT
Keywords: Copying

craigs@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Betsy Brett) writes:

>A friend of mine just told me that another friend's father used to rent movies
>and copy them.  Because they were protected, attempting copying them caused
>damage, so the store was able to trace it and charged him for the ruined tapes.
>I speculate that it was really a problem with the VCR and not because of the
>tape, but I am just wondering if it is possible that trying to copy a copy-
>protected tape may end in altering the tape somehow??

No way!  The playback drive may damage the tape mecahanically, but it would
do the same if you just watch the video - or tape it.
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From: n8846069@henson.cc.wwu.edu (BarryB)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: VHS Hi-Fi comments
Keywords: VHS Hi-Fi VCR
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:58:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Oct10.015831.9096
Distribution: na
Organization: Western Washington University

>No, the loss of manual level controls come from "idiotizing" the machines
>themselves.  All of the HiFi machines at the start of their manufacture were
>equipped with *only* level controls, no ALC at all!  With the advent of
>people who complained where they were supposed to keep the levels at, the
>manufacturers did the only thing to stop the complaints...they got rid of
>the controls except for the highest end machines.  And even with those,
>they have ALC switches, just in case (like my Panasonic PV-4990 S-VHS).

Not entirely true.  I have a Toshiba SV-F990 here that has *only*
manual level controls.  No ALC available even if you want it.
Allthough it is Toshiba's top of the line model...

I kinda like it this way.  At least I never get the ALC
turned on by accident.  Sort of forces you carefully
set the level everytime.

-BarryB
From: thou@prism.poly.edu (Tsun-Jen Hou)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Nikon 750 and SONY TR101 ?
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:56:26 GMT
Organization: Polytechnic University, New York

My old camcorder is out of order, Nikon 950, it can still play
back, but can not shot, anybody have similar problem ?
Anyway, I am trying to get tr101 of SONY, but seem like it is
always out of stock. Nikon 750 is same with SONY 101 but with a
higher price tag.
So anybody has comment with Nikon 750 ? And how much should I except
to pay ?
Thanks in advance.
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						Electrical Eng. Dept.
Life is short, play hard.
From: bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:32:50 GMT
Subject: Diagonal lines in tv picture
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.video

I've got diagonal lines in my picture occasionally.  I think it's coming 
from a unity gain 4-way splitter/amp I've got in the cable line to the
TV & VCR's.

Does anyone know if I replaced this Radio Shack 4-way powered splitter
with a better one if the diagonal lines would go away?  

What else could I do to eliminate the diagonal lines?


Regards,

Lee Bollard              
HP Spokane Division
bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com
From: kfriedman@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Top 10 Fav films?
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:15:23 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <1binu7INN8i8@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, boisvert@joseph.WPI.EDU (Brian Richard Boisvert) writes:
> In article <wg2zxk+@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu writes:
>>Okay, my List-Your-Laserdisc didn't work out, so how about your Top 10 Favorite films of all time?  I need (or want) to expand my tiny video library and would value others opinion.
>>
>>> 
> 	Please take this sort of thing to rec.arts.movies or something.  
> rec.video is not the place to clutter with film opinions.
> 
> -- 
> Brian R. Boisvert    Worcester Polytechnic Institute    boisvert@wpi.wpi.edu

  EXCUUUUUUUSE US!  WE WOULDN'T WANT TO "CLUTTER" YOUR SCREEN!  WHAT GOOD IS
"VIDEO" WITHOUT SOMETHING GOOD TO WATCH ON IT!?  CHILL OUT, BRIAN
From: bfc@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Bryan Carpenter)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:57:16 GMT
Subject: Sad/Happy Story of Defective TR81
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
From: yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
Newsgroups: rec.video,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: amiga morphing software
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 11 Oct 92 13:52:13 EST
Organization: Blue Knight Productions

In article <1992Oct4.200227.5813@samba.oit.unc.edu> Curt.Miller@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Curt Miller) writes:
> 	I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with morphing
> software that is avaliable for the Amiga such as: Imagemaster, Mirage,
> or Morph Plus?  Just how convincing are the effects that are obtainable 
> from these packages?  They are briefly reviewed in the Oct. issue of
> AmigaWorld.
	Kurt all packages are good. I suspect that Mirage and Morph Plus
have a little edge over Imagemaster since they were released later. They
are all easy to see and use. The thing is it is up to you to decide which
one is better for you.

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From: d_luk@pavo.concordia.ca (LUK, DEREK)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: hdtv cont'd
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:18:00 GMT

posting is not from me but from a very respected user - who will be 
giving me a more "official" report from its source (news article?). 
And *no* this isn't made up stuff either. It's hard to hear something 
like this coming from a person who owns 100% all Japanese products 
(car, a/v equipment, camera, music CDs...), but can't do a thing 
about it... USDTV may, change that fact, however...
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

117/150: NewsFlash, HDTV is dead.
Name: THE AVANTE GUARDIAN #79
Date: 04:19 10/10/92

Avante Guardian in on a -- HDTV is dead, long live the new flesh -- 
Tangent
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

-- HDTV Newsflash --

For those that were awaiting the arrival of HDTV:  It is now 
(c)Officially    
                                               Dead.

And I don't blame the American's or the British one bit.  HDTV was a 
Japanese High Definition Television, that was designed to be the next 
phase in TV. Which effectively would mean that the Japanese would have 
control of the Western Hemisphere's TV market.  The American's have 
developed the superior "Digital TV" and along with the British, both 
nations/empires have shut the door on HDTV in their market-place.  You 
will see HDTV's hit the market, but investing in these would be 
throwing your $ away.  U.S Digital TV, is the next (c)Official TV 
upgrade.  Unanomously agreed, to be superior to HDTV, and the heir 
apparent.  (c)Officially the U.S simply states that the reason for 
shutting the door on HDTV, was that Digital Technology was agreed, 
-including by the Japanese- to be superior.  Truthfully, you and I know 
that the real reason for closing the door on HDTV, was political and 
economic self preservation. 

In this case, there is little room to condemn the U.S for its decision, 
even by the ardent left anti-American rhetoricalists.  U.S backs its 
own interest, -while- maintaining a superior product, at the same time. 

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From: AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: HDTV Demo at SMPTE Conference
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:10:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9210160703.AA23267
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is holding
its 134th Technical Conference and Equipment Exhibition in Toronto,
Canada (Home of the Blue Jays) November 10 - 13, 1992.  During the
Conference there will be all-day HDTV demonstrations, both the
european Vision 1250 and the North American/Japanese 1125/60 groups
will demonstrate their latest technology.  There will also be Film-Tape
and Tape-Film transfers and examples of the latest HDTV productions.

As I get time I will post the info on the 117 technical papers and the
workshops that will be held during the conference.


W. Mark Ritchie                    |    Tel: (519) 888-4070
Media Librarian                    |    Fax: (519) 888-6197
Audio-Visual Centre                |
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From: cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Copying protected tapes traceable?
Keywords: Copying
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:31:42 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Oct8.195201.18886@netcom.com> fiedler@netcom.com (Dragon (David Fiedler)) writes:
>From: fiedler@netcom.com (Dragon (David Fiedler))
>Subject: Re: Copying protected tapes traceable?
>Keywords: Copying
>Date: 8 Oct 92 19:52:01 GMT
>>In article <1992Oct6.160405.4650@cs.mun.ca> craigs@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Betsy Brett) writes:
>>>A friend of mine just told me that another friend's father used to rent movies
>>>and copy them.  Because they were protected, attempting copying them caused
>>>damage, so the store was able to trace it and charged him for the ruined tapes.
>>>I speculate that it was really a problem with the VCR and not because of the
>>>tape, but I am just wondering if it is possible that trying to copy a copy-
>>>protected tape may end in altering the tape somehow??
>
>This rumor was spread because a popular way for no-class people to steal
>tapes is to copy the tape, open the cassette shell, and replace the
>original with the copy. After being caught at this, most people are
>ashamed to admit it, so this other story was cooked up. At least, that's
>what my guess is.
>-- 

Seems like it would be easier to try to peel the label off the original
tape intact and paste it to the copy.

Chuck

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From: AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: SMPTE Technical Program
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:55:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9210160704.AA23339
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

During the SMPTE 134th Technical Conference and Equipment Exhibition,
10-13 November, 1992, in Toronto,
there will be a large number of technical papers presented.  Here is
the list of sessions, I will list the paper titles later for each day
and session.

Tuesday, 10 November, Morning
  Opening Session

Tuesday, 10 November, Afternoon
  Session A:  Compressed Video Imaging
  Session B:  Film Post-Production and projection Technologies

Wednesday, 11 November, Morning
  Session A:  Design/Development of the New CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre
  Session B:  Video Crossroads (HDTV)
  Session C:  Laboratory Technology/Preservation/The Environment

Wednesday, 11 November, Afternoon
  Session A:  Tours of the SkyDome
  Session B:  Large-Format Film Technology (At CineSphere Imax Theatre)

Thursday, 12 November, Morning
  Session A:  Television Digital Systems I
  Session B:  Multimedia:  On The Desktop
  Session C:  Film Production and Sound Technologies

Thursday, 12 November, Afternoon
  Session A:  Television Digital Systems II
  Session B:  Multimedia:  Beyond The Desktop
  Session C:  Production Technology Applications

Friday, 13 November, Morning
  Session A:  Advanced Television Systems
  Session B:  Electronic Post-Production and Visual Effects
  Session C:  Television Recording Technology


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