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From: davidv@davidv.sco.COM (David Vangerov)
Subject: Re: T@ CAV?
Organization: Apathetic Surf Club (we don't surf and we don't care)
Distribution: rec
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:24:56 GMT

In article <MJKOBB.92Sep12214422@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
|> Greetings!
|> 
|>   I was going to purchase the letterboxed edition of T2 today, but I
|> thought that this would be a good movie to have in CAV for the fx.
|> Has anybody heard when/if a CAV version (preferably with "making of"
|> materials) will be released?

yer about 9 months too late with this question. when T2 was released
on LD last Decemeber, they did such an edition. it comes on 3 discs for
the movie, and 1 disc for the "making of" feature. only probem is that
it was a special limited edition, only about 20,000 pressed (or so i 
heard). my local rental/sales place has a couple of copies left, going
for about $200 a pop (original price was $90).

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From: brucer@gold.gvg.tek.com (Bruce Rayner)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: How accurate is your VCR's clock?
Date: 11 Sep 92 22:31:50 GMT
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA


My Emerson keeps perfect time - because the clock runs off the 60Hz
line.  When power fails the clock reverts to a less accurrate timing
ref, which you can notice if power is off for a day or two. (We live
in the woods!)

I don't understand a VCR clock being normally inaccurrate. That kinda
defeats the purpose.  I wouldn't own one that didn't have a line locked
clock - and a backup battery.

Bruce
From: JOHNN@TIGER.HSC.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: RE: Explain this effect?
Date: 7 Sep 92 13:34:37 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I always thought the visible cutouts on these films were coused by incorrect 
continuity.  Someone forgot to add a roll of film containing the missing item 
and the final print shows the matte cutout.  Sloppy matte work and poor 
oversight by the director.

John Norris

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases,misc.wanted,nj.wanted
From: jtw@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (jui-tai.wang)
Subject: Columbia House Video Club any good? Price/Quality of products?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:11:35 GMT
Followup-To: poster

Anyone have been or currently a member of Columbia House Video Club?

According to their ads, I can essentialy get 8 VHS tapes for $34.82+Tax,
then expect to pay AT LEAST $32+Tax ($29.95+$1.5 S+H) for 4 more in
next 3 years.

My question is:

1. Are their tape original? How are the quality of the tapes?
2. Will they want $29.95 (their "minimum" regular club price) for a 30 yrs
	old tape, and want > $50 or alike for a new release?

   In other words, what is their average price for a fairly new (means
   less than 10 yrs) release?
3. What is the catch of joining that club? Do they charge sales tax for
	all states they ship to? Or only a few?

4. Any good/bad experience with them?

Any info is appreciated.

Richard Wang
AT&T-BL
jtw@corona.att.com
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Letterbox versus P&S
Date: 10 Sep 92 03:16:54 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <BuBEI2.n31@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
<"Black Rain" on LD is a lose-lose proposition.  It was shot in the Super35
<(full 1.37:1 silent aperture) format, and the letterbox LD was reportedly
<supposed to have been a 1.85:1 extraction, but was done at 2.4:1 instead.
<Consequently BOTH the LBX and the P&S editions are unsatisfactory.

Oops, worse than I thought.
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From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Do LIGHT PENS work with VIDEO PROJECTORS?
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:28:46 GMT
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation

I saw an item in a catalog that may do what you want. It's called a
"Cyclops" and is sold with LCD panels that are put on overhead projectors
for front-projection of images from PCs. It is used with a laser pointer
as the pointing device. It appears that it is in some way able to sense
the scattered reflection of the laser. The hardware and software together
emulate a mouse.

I don't know if this would work with rear projection. For that matter, I
don't really know how well the thing works, period. I just saw it in the
catalog. I also don't remember which catalog: I think it was from one of
the computer supply companies like Inmac or Global. You might want to find
someone who sells the oh projector LCD panels and see if they know anything
about this.

Hope this helps.

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The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.satellite
From: yasin@laser.dev.cdx.mot.com (Yasin)
Subject: Re: New AIWA converters (was: Re: Please advice on Multi System Converters
Organization: Motorola Codex, Canton, MA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:56:05 GMT

I looked at the AIWA M300, the picture was very jittery, that
is it was not worth watching for more than five minutes in a
row, ofcourse my expectations may be high or the unit may be
not good. In contrast I found that AG-W1 does a much better
job, though it is still not good from my standards, but colors
are not very different, and the digital to Analogue does not
show that bad. Please buy this only if you need to convert, 
other wise there are VCRs in the market which do multi system
RECORDING and playback, they just will not convert the system
for you, for these kind of VCRs one has to ofcourse buy a
multi system TV, which are good in displays also.

Yasin.



Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Kodak CD pictures vs. LD
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 06:49:53 GMT

In article <Bu7zxy.4uJ@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
>
>Consumer LD and combi players do not currently support:
> CD-ROM

They don't really "support" them, but the 3080 at least will "play"
a CD-ROM as if it were a regular audio CD. Makes a really loud buzzing
noise on the two I've tried.

Not of much use (unless you like really loud buzzing noises), but I
was somewhat surprised to see that the machine would actually play one.

                                         -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
From: dcha@flex.com (Doug Cha)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Re: VCR Maintenance Advice Wanted. Head Cleaners Any Good?
Date: 10 Sep 92 10:15:50 GMT
Organization: Flex Information Network [Hawaii] 808.531.3539

ckoch@bbn.com (Carter Koch) writes:

> 
>     Using a rewinder is not going to noticeably save on any wear to your head
> or rubber parts (idler, capstan belt, etc).  In older systems the tape
> doesn't come in contact with the heads, and the more recent systems using
> quick loading keep the tape slack around the video drum when rew. or ffwd.
> Rubber idlers and belts will crack over time whether they're used or not.
> It's very rare that you're going to burn out a capstan motor (used to drive
> idler assy's in most units).  In my shop I can't tell the difference between
> a VCR that has an owner using a rewinder and/or a tape cleaner and another
> that doesn't.  But I can tell whether the owner smokes or has a dog or cat.
>     Rewinders don't have the light sensors that detect the end or beginning
> of a tape like a VCR does.  The sensors enable the VCR to stop rewinding
> before the tape is jerked and stretched at the end of the spool.  Rewinders
> jerk and stretch the tape before halting which is not good.
> 

I often wondered if it was safe to rewind tapes in rewinders.. always 
feared that jerking and pulling on the tape..  I suppose that's why my 
Acura NSX shaped rewinder takes 5 minutes+ to rewind, while it takes my 
VHS player about 1.5 minutes!

So are you saying that rewinding tapes in the VCR doesn't matter?  I've 
had my older VCR's rewinder break, so now I HAVE to have a separate 
rewinder.  No problems w/ the playback/record heads though..  (But I'd 
rather not risk the $550 investment I made on my vcr).

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From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: NTSC to PAL signal conversion?
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 22:38:22 EDT
Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox

rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:

> wwitt@adara.intel.com () writes:
> : I am looking for a box that will convert an NTSC video signal to PAL
> : (The reverse would be interesting, too, but is not as important right now).
> 
> Several vendors offer standards-converter boxes.  The going rate for
> one that has minimal artifacts is $20,000.

Then there is the Sharp AN-2000SC, which is sold as an accessory to their
LCD video projectors.  Price is in the $500 range, but I'm not even sure
what type of conversions it will do.  Real NTSC->PAL, PAL->NTSC, only one
of the above or pseudo conversions only (retranscoding but frame rate stays
the same) ?  Does anyone really know ?

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: vrg@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (v.r.gopala.rao)
Subject: Query on Pioneer LD players and Yamaha DSP-1000
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:26:31 GMT

Folks,

I have a few questions regarding LD players and some Yamaha equipment.
Let me first of all thank you in advance for any information you may
provide.

LD Players : Someone told me of Pioneer LD players with the following
model numbers - CLD D750, CLD M450 and CLD S350. Apparently, they are
NTSC and support both 120 as well as 240 volt operation. 
I am entertaining the idea of buying a player that works with both
120V and 240V, and at the same time avoid those with known "defects".
And therefore, are the above players in some way similar or related
to CLD D701 , M401 and S301?  And finally, what are the prices for
701, 401, etc., like? 

Yamaha : Which is better,  Yamaha  RX - V1050 or Yamaha DSP-1000
combined with a receiver (Kenwood) I already have? The receiver I have
is part of a stereo component system bought some 4 years ago at about $600.
It does not have any surround sound stuff. I am thinking of the Yamaha
equipment to initially use it with the TV and want to make sure that
the 1000 or 1050 can be used with my existing stereo system.

Once again thanks in advance.

rao
From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Re: VCR Maintenance Advice Wanted. Head Cleaners Any Good?
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:41:28 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.

In rec.video, klui@corp.hp.com (Kenneth K.F. Lui) writes:

> If a VCR has a realtime counter, then the video tape will be in
> constant contact with the heads.  E.g. the counter reads in
> hours, minutes, and seconds instead of some arbitrary number.

My UK Ferguson (= JVC) has what I think you mean by `realtime counter'.
However, it does not obtain a real time off the tape, eg if you put in a tape
that is somewhere in the middle and rewind, it will start at zero and the
time will become increasingly negative. This makes me think that the VCR
is calculating the time based purely on motor rpm and duration. If this is
the case, perhaps there is no tape contact with heads? Or did you mean
something completely different by `realtime'?

Real realtime read off the tape would require some sort of timecode to be
added to the tape, presumably to blank tapes too, which sounds unlikely.

My VCR also only has halfload transport and for ff/rw there is definitely
the sound of the tape being unwound from the drum, etc. before things start
to happen.

Duncan
From: TIPPY@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VIDEOTECH Digest V92 #739
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:01:05 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Re: Tape Head Cleaning:

_DO_NOT_USE_ regular rubbing alcohol.  What I have heard is there are
oils and lotions in these supermarket alcohols that can/will make your
tape heads worse.  I would recommend a good aerosol head cleaner available
at an electronics store. Radio Shack has a variety of cleaners at
various prices.


Tippy
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: FILM TO NTSC TAPE TRANSFER
Date: 10 Sep 92 03:07:35 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <9209090957.AA05168@cs.utexas.edu> EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk) writes:
<
<Could someone from the US or Canada explain how movies are transferred to NTSC
<videotape?.  Film runs at 24fps and NTSC tape at 30fps.
<
<PAL tape runs at 25fps so, in the UK and other PAL countries, movies are
<usually just speeded-up to the required 25fps rate.  But what happens when
<movies are put onto US tape ?  Are certain frames on the film shown for two
<frames of the video or what ?
<
<If anyone has the answer please post to the net, as I'm sure it will be
<of general interest.

This has been hashed over many a time, so the simple answer will be given.

NTSC actually is 59.94 FIELDS per second (29.97 FRAMES per second).  PAL is
actually 50 fields/sec (25 frames/second).  The use of fields is important,
especially in the transfer of film to NTSC video.

The method is known an 3-2 (three two) pulldown.  The pattern is that one
film frame is transferred to three video fields, the next film frame to
the next two video fields, the next film frame to three video fields, etc.,
with the pattern repeating.

Any queations?
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From: cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Letterbox versus P&S
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:23:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sequoia Computer Systems

In article <1992Sep14.191708.4057@amgen.com>, chriss@sam.amgen.com (Chris Silvester) writes:
> I believe LBX has been tried on both TV and VHS, and been unsuccesful.
> Since people who watch movies on LD are by far in the minority at this
> point, it would be safe to say that most Home-Theatre movie watchers
> prefer/view P&S.

Just a datapoint - I noticed the other day that AMC (American Movie
Classics) was showing Sparticus in LBX. It was sort of amusing because
my 6 year old just assumed I was watching a LD. I think he thinks all
LDs are LBX (which he doesn't like) and all broadcast is the same aspect
ratio as our TV).


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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Little Shop of Horrors LD
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:07:27 GMT
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


	Does anyone know the details of this disc, or perhaps own
a copy? According to Crane's, it isn't available widescreen,
which makes me wonder about the quality overall. Also, the CD
soundtrack is a digital recording, but is the LD going to use
that digital or did they do silly conversions from analog?

	Thanks,
	-- Ethan


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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: marks@keinstr.uucp (Mike Marks)
Subject: Re: Advent Video Beam 1000A Service Manual?
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:10:00 GMT


kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:

>Hi.  I'm looking for the service manual (or any documentation at all, for that
>matter) for the Advent Video Beam 1000A front projection television unit.  If
>anyone out there has this or knows where to find it your help will be greatly
>appreciated.

Try this:

    AmPro Video Corp.
    5 Wheeling Ave.
    Woburn, MA  01801
    (617) 932-4800

They make a model called the VideoBeam 1000, and I believe they
bought up Kloss and Advent video companies.  I called them up
recently, and they do stock replacement parts for my Kloss
Novabeam 100.  I believe the Advent product is similar, only
brighter and sharper.  By the way, for those Novabeam 100 owners
out there, I recently spoke with one of the technical guys there.
He said that the Novabeam 100 will drive the new brighter, high-resolution
tubes that are used in AmPro's $6500 VideoBeam 1000 projector, giving
performance that is very close to that system.  For a good
review of the VideoBeam 1000, see The Perfect Vision (sometime in
late 1991; I forget the month).  A complete retubing with three hi-res 
tubes costs $1550, as compared to $1250 if they replace with original 
Novabeam tubes.  It's a lot of money, but a hell of a lot less than 
$6500.  Plus, I won't have to junk my Novabeam when the tubes finally 
give out.  I guess it's time to start setting aside the money
for that tube upgrade.

___________________________
Mike Marks
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: cooper@cos.com (Gary Cooper)
Subject: Re: Coming out of the closet...
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 03:05:20 GMT

In <1992Aug23.000459.2982@amgen.com> chriss@sam.amgen.com (Chris Silvester) writes:

>Seriously though, IMHO having the picture on my TV scrunched by LBX is FAR
>more anoying then putting up with an occasional shift in camera angle to
>capture pertinent action.  Having my 35" Picture reduced to less than the
>equivelent of 20" is very depressing...

I used to only have a 13 inch (I've luckily been able to upgrade to a
27 inch) and still only bough LB laserdiscs - it's a question of original
composition, not picture size.  I don't judge movies or women on their
size. :> 

>Anyone else feel this way?

about LB? - nope. 
-- 
gary cooper (not the dead one)

                             Luddites Unite!
From: ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se (Pat Fargo 6266)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Letterbox versus P&S
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:18:43 GMT
Reply-To: ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Business Communications, Inc.

After reading this group for some time, I noticed that
most favor the widescreen or letterbox format, and that
more and more movies on LD are coming out in this format.
Maybe I'm alone, but I do not like letterbox. I have
a 53 inch Sony, and it bothers when watching a strip of
video in the middle of my screen. 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. Isn't this effect more important
than getting the fringes? As a director, doesn't most of what
you want the people to see, get put in the middle of the 
screen? Oh well, just my thoughts....

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: djk@world.std.com (Dan J Keldsen)
Subject: Looking for serial controllable LDs
Summary: I want a serial controllable LD to do work with MAX
Keywords: serial LD MAX music CD
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:57:08 GMT

So, there is a program called MAX for the Macintosh that is basically a 
toolkit for MIDI and Multimedia applications. There happens to be an
object for MAX that allows control of laserdiscs that have serial ports
on 'em. Would anybody happen to have a list of such LDs (new or old)
that I could check out? Also, anybody selling a LD with such serial ports
please e-mail me, as I would be extremely happy to remove it from your
possession (legally of course ;) ..

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Dan Keldsen			Working on a Brain-to-
djk@world.std.com		MIDI convertor...
Somerville, MA			Anybody willing to sport
BERKLEE College of Music	the necessary "elective surgery" ??
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From: dd2u@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (David  Drucker)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: head cleaning for VCR
Date: 5 Sep 92 03:48:59 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

> 
> 	I am new to this newsgroup. I have a 4 heads VCR and I am wondering
> whether I need to clean the 2 heads for recording. According to the instruction
> for the head cleaner, I have to put the head cleaing tape in the machine and
> push the play button. I assume that will only clean the heads for playing but
> not the heads for recording. What should I do?
> 
> 	Thanks in advance.
> 
> 								   Eddie

When you use the tape cleaner, it cleans ALL heads in your
machine. It travels the same path as a video tape and will
touch both the play and record heads in the same way.

David Drucker
Curry School of Education
dd2u@virginia.edu
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