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From: ZEPHYR2@IBGUNIV.BITNET (Giorgio Marinangeli)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Who has best 20 TV set ?
Date: 21 Dec 92 16:14:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

A few days ago, Bob Hansen (rch@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com) wrote:

: I am looking to purchase a 19/20" TV set and am looking for the
: best set for the bucks.

I think one of the very best 20" TV set available on the market is the
BANG & OLUFSEN BeoVision Mx 3500, my family bought one a few months ago
and we are very happy about it.

It has got a very good and natural image, an amazing stereo sound and
an absolute outstanding design and quality.
Just for example, the remote control is made in stainless steel: quite
heavy, but virtually indestructible.

It is fully equipped with in/out connections and can be upgraded with
an optional motorized stand to move it directly from the remote control.

Actually it is 21", and I don't remember exactly how much it costed.
I think it is quite expensive, but I know that in U.S.A. the prices
of electronic equipments are much cheaper than in Europe (even less
than half the price, sometimes).

--------------------------------
 Giorgio Marinangeli
 Bergamo - Italy
 E-mail: Zephyr2@Ibguniv.Bitnet
From: nealg@pokey.sybase.com (Neal Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Is S-VHS dead?
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:57:36 GMT

In article <72155@cup.portal.com>, Power@cup.portal.com (Ron A Uitz) writes:
|> It's quite true that there is no pre-recorded software in the S-VHS format.

That statement is quite wrong. There have been a few releases on S-VHS.
There is a store in San Francisco called Super Video that sells S-VHS
movies. I'm sure there aren't many.

I use S-VHS for timeshifting. I prefer S-VHS-EP to VHS-EP.

There are still several S-VHS decks available. The price is coming down.
I have heard that there is a S-VHSII or some such format coming out of
JVC.

----------------
Neal E. Goldsmith                                       Sybase, Inc.  
nealg@sybase.com                                        1650 65th Street
What I sez is my opinion and not my employers.          Emeryville, CA  94608
                                                        (510) 596-3338
Xref: sparky rec.video:15138 rec.photo:22621 rec.arts.books:23357
From: fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Clarificiation (Re: Farting (Re: Photo CD)
Date: 28 Dec 92 12:17:24 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.books
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Dec23.170733.1864@ircam.fr>, francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) writes:
> In article <1992Dec23.155606.1057@ircam.fr> francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) writes:
> 
> >Perhaps it's his classic Glaswegan's tight-assedness which makes him
> >worry about or at least dote on the idea of farting. One never knows.
> 
> To clarify, I know several Scots, and they have wonderfully tight
> ne-eheheheh-ehther orifices, I think it comes from overcompensating
> for tossing off cabers (hurling themselves on telephone poles, for
> ordinary sheep, bwaaaa). If anyone knows me, they will know that
> tight-assedness is not something I consider, well, a per-er-errsonal
> deficit, and sarca-ahahahah-ahsm takes many forms.
> 
> Now back to your regularly scheduled sheep...
> 
> 
> -- 
> | Le Jojo: Fresh 'n' Clean, speaking out to the way you want to live
> | today; American - All American; doing, a bit so, and even more so.

Ewe tell 'em, Jojo.

Frank
-- 
*************************************************************************
 Frank G. Neves, R.Hy.                   | "Immanetize the Eschaton..."
 Discl: No wife, no horse, no moustache  |    "Credo Quia Absurdum"
*************************************************************************
From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: digital video camcorders?
Date: 31 Dec 92 04:22:05 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA

In article <1992Dec30.195404.62368@cc.usu.edu> slgyp@cc.usu.edu (Doran L. Barton) writes:
<>
<>        Well... I am sure it COULD be done... But you wouldn't be able to get
<>        very much video on one tape. It would be spinning so fast and the tape
<>        would have to be recorded as such a ludicrous speed... Those 8mm 120
<>        minute tapes would be like Super-8 movie reels with only about 5

	THAT's a neat idea: a camcorder with a built-in video drum gyro!

	:-)

	Jan Bielawski
	Computervision, San Diego
	jpb@calmasd.prime.com
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,misc.forsale
From: ychen@hubcap.clemson.edu (Eric Chen)
Subject: 4 Sale: Sony Still Video Camera $400
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson SC
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:06:14 GMT

Sony still video camera MVC C1 w/MAP TI for sale:

features:
	1. f:2.8 15mm lens.
	2. 50 pictures per floppy disc, rewriteable disc, store pictures
		on floppy disc.
	3. similar to Kodak photo CD, digital images

come with one disc and one rechargeable battery and one recharger and
player (remote control). Additional battery and disc can be obtain from
Sony Company.

Sell for $400

Eric (803)6548817
ychen@hubcap.clemson.edu
From: pirrung@NADC.NAVY.MIL (G. Pirrung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: "Image" sleeves, was Re: "Larger" plastic sleeves for laserdisc
Date: 26 Dec 92 13:47:21 GMT
Organization: The Internet


Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM wrote:

>>>>They are also made of PVC, which is not a safe archival material, as it
>>>>outgasses vinyl chloride (a reactive compound) over time.

What about the _Image_ sleeves, with and without flaps, which Barr Digital
(among others) sells???
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
From: fontana@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana)
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 07:38:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.231754.21328@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:

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


Yah, well if the majority of their consumer-level players load 
images as slowly as on the television commercials, I bet people
won't be too excited about them.  (In the ads, pictures appear to
load slower than a 286 chugging through your average 640x480
GIF file.  And those are the LOWEST resolution format images
on the Photo CD!)

A frame buffer scheme would be better, so you could view one picture
while loading another.  Even then, they should try and improve
the loading speed; CDROM's don't have that bad a transfer rate,
just a fairly long seek time.

Mark

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: Jay_Tobias@taligent.com (Jay Tobias)
Subject: Re: Sony TR-101 vs TR-200
Organization: Taligent
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:31:10 GMT

In article <9212231305.AA25281@heartland.bradley.edu_>,
tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn) writes:
> 
> 
> 
> Jay writes:
>  
> > His claim was that the effectiveness of the stablizer varied with 
> > the zoom level and this feature was considered a "trial run" only. 
>  
> It is true that the stabilizer is more "effective" at telephoto 
> position, but only because camera shake is more pronounced when at 
> telephoto.  I leave it on all the time, and I think it helps all 
> the time.
>  

Don't get me wrong, I've tried the stablizer and *love* it. I really want this
camera to stay around and hope there's nothing about it that will make it be
discontinued by Xmas.  If it does, there are two things that must come out to
complete the package:
(1) A sports pack housing for it to resist water and dust (like at the beach)
(2) An editor that will read RC Time Code over the LANC connection

Thanks for the feedback.
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production
From: drollin@seq.uncwil.edu (David A. Rollins)
Subject: SOLD: VIDEONICS CG and EDITOR 4 SALE
Keywords: VIDEONICS, DirectEd
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:32:25 GMT

drollin@seq.uncwil.edu (David A. Rollins) writes:


>THE FOLLOWING IS POSTED FOR A SELLER WITHOUT NET ACCESS!



>FOR SALE




>Videonics DirectEd Plus Video Editing System

>Edits video on decks with remote control capability.

>Learns the remote control commands of your VCRs.

>Creates an editing library of your video productions.

>Has a built-in character generator capable of displaying
>over 1,000,000 colors.

>Edits from an ORIGINAL tape.

>Built-in Special Effects Generator.

>Built-in Graphics Library.

>Arranges productions that are OUT OF SEQUENCE or from 
>several different tapes.

>Works with all video formats.


>Price is $300, or best offer over $249.99.



>------------------------------------------------------------



>Videonics Video Titlemaker

>Add brilliant, full color broadcast quality titles to all your videos.

>Use the TitleMaker to add titles as you copy or edit tapes. It works
>with VCRs and Camcorders of ALL video formats. The BUILT-IN GENLOCK
>allows you to superimpose titles over video screens.

>It can also be used "live" to present a running slate of on-screen
>titles for display, video-DJ, point-of-sale, or video-billboard
>applications. You can place titles on top of a wide variety of colored
>or patterned backgrounds or on live or taped video material.

>Over 1,000,000 colors are available.

>Comes with all manuals. Uses RCAS and S-Video connections.


>Price is $350, or best offer over $299.99.

SORRY, THIS HAS BEEN SOLD!
-- 
David Rollins                 |  I OWN A COMMODORE/AMIGA 2000.  
Email: drollin@seq.uncwil.edu |  I'M GOOD ENOUGH. I'M SMART ENOUGH,
Voice: 919-763-4115           |  AND DOGGONE IT, PEOPLE LIKE ME!
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: badboy@netcom.com (Jay Keller)
Subject: Re: Help Questions about SONY 20" KV-20EXR20
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 08:51:21 GMT

re: high-pitched sound on Sony TVs

I have seen two cases where a Sony set emitted the annoying high-pitched
whine which apparently was caused by the picture tube vibrating against the
plastic bezel.

The whine is at the horizontal sweep frequency, over 15 kHz, so many people 
can't hear it.  but those who do generally find it quite annoying.  

In the sets I saw, it seemed that the front surface of the picture tube was
vibrating against the plastic, right at the edge of the viewing area.  By 
stuffing a tiny rectangle of paper between the CRT face and the bezel at the
top of the screen, I was able to completely eliminate the sound.

There are many other possible sources of this same frequency vibration, but
this worked for me in 2 cases so you might try it.  Press against the plastic 
bezel with your fingers in various locations while the noise is occurring, and
see if you can cause it to stop.

Regards,

Jay Keller
Sunnyvale, California
badboy@netcom.com

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: fmaster@ravel.udel.edu (Fred A Masterson)
Subject: pampering svhs deck?
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:41:16 GMT

A day or so ago someone expressed the opinion that it is potentially
dangerous to play rented vhs tapes on an svhs deck, because many of
these tapes have been maimed by careless handling and thus might
damage the heads of the vcr.

I would appreciate your opinion: how big is the risk to which I exposing my
Mitsubishi U67 by playing rented vhs cassettes?  

Thanks for your opinion!


-- 
Fred Masterson				fmaster@ravel.udel.edu
Psychology Department			Fred.Masterson@MVS.udel.edu
University of Delaware			gnm00666@udelvm.bitnet
Newark, DE 19716 USA (302 831 2575)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ming@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yang Ming)
Subject: Help on VCR brightness fluctuation.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 07:56:10 GMT
Distribution: us
Organization: ECE Department, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hi. I have a Sharp 2-head VCR. Recently I noticed a problem with it:
when it plays dark videos the brightness fluctuates at a cycle of 
about 2 to 4 seconds. I guess it happens all the time, but only
noticable when dark background pictures are played. I tried to
clean the head with alcohol. It did not work.

Can anybody tell me why and how to fix it?

Ming.

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
From: mikey@sgi.com (Mike Yang)
Subject: Re: High-End TV's (Proton, NAD...); Worth It? Your opine, please.
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:01:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.144600.4158@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Lauren C. Howard) writes:
>  I'm looking at 20-27" sets.  The one store I've been to with properly
>adjusted sets, the Proton was slightly better than the Sony xbr2.
>
>  Anyone know how well Protons, NAD's.... of a previous vintage compare?

I have a Proton VT-296 and think it's great.  However, about a month ago
I was at the store checking out the new XBR^2's and the salesman told me
they stopped carrying Proton video because they believed that Proton
was going to discontinue its video line, having already discontinued its
audio line.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Mike Yang        Silicon Graphics, Inc.
               mikey@sgi.com           415/390-1786
From: imih@hoh-1.att.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VIDEOTECH Digest V92 #1279
Date: 28 Dec 92 16:29:03 GMT
Organization: The Internet


UNSUB VIDEPTECH
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Pioneer CLD-D701 (my experiences)
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:01:52 GMT
Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <BzMKAL.AKu@icon.rose.hp.com> jimr@mothra.rose.hp.com (Jim Ranlett) writes:
>Now that I have the CLV effects, I find that I use them very frequently.
>The scan is smooth - no jumping around.  I find the still field useful,
>since I like to look at cartoon animation sequences, stunts, special fx,
>etc.  Many titles I have are not available in CAV, so for me the CLV
>effects are nice to have.  Other's usage may vary.
>
>
	I use the digital store because I don't WANT CAV. I get
annoyed enough waiting for my 701 to flip sides, but it
completely destroys the "mood" when I have to get up and replace
the disk. With CAV that usually isn't necessary, and even if it
is, I only put up with it once instead of twice.
	-- Ethan




"I have never seen one of these intact before... This is the
famous dead-sea tupperware"

	-- Robin Williams
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: n3022@cray.com (James Knoll,#Richard Franta)
Subject: transferring film to video
Keywords: film
Reply-To: n3022@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 28 Dec 92 13:08:18 CST

>My brother and I used the method (1) that you proposed [recording off of
>the movie screen]. It worked very very well.

My question is this:

In trying this procedure myself over the weekend, I ended up with a lot of flicker
on the video copy of the movie.  I single-stepped the video copy in the VCR and
noticed that the frames alternated a little lighter and darker.  I'm wondering if
this fluctuation is due to the auto-exposure system in the camcorder responding
to the "movie" flicker action of the projector? (Unfortunately there is no manual
exposure on my RCA CC507 camcorder).

I did have the movie projector about three feet from the screen and the camcorder
about two feet from the screen.  Would the flicker be reduced if I projected the film
maybe 20 feet to the screen and captured the image on the camcorder from there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jim
From: evissch@scdt.intel.com (Eise Visscher)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: ld dust question
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:34:22 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp.

In article <28807@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Angelito Lucena) writes:
|> hi,
|> 
|> i've been experiencing some dust problems with my pioneer
|> 3030 ld player.  it seems that dust builds up and eventually
|> covers the optical pickups.  the player every now and then
|> will have difficulty identifying the type of disc put in the
|> machine.  also the number of audio defects go way up.  i've 
|> been able to temporarily dust off the lense by using a can
|> of compressed air.  this usually suffices for a few weeks.
|> is there a more thorough/effective cleaning method??
|> i'd prefer not to take my disk player apart.
|> 
|> all suggestions are welcome,
|> and please email to:
|> 
|> lito lucena
|> lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil
|>  now at  :  dtmb, cdhq, nwsc          'if the defaults weren't good enough,
|>  formerly: dtrc, carderock                  they wouldn't be defaults.....'
|> 							bill's sister

Is the 3030 a combi-player? If so, maybe one of the cd lens cleaner products would work?
You might also attack the problem from the other end by eliminating or reducing
sources of dust, i.e. vacuum more often, keep nearby windows and doors closed, 
move the player to a less turbulent area, banish smokers from the room, clean
the furnace filters if you've got forced air heating, etc. Anybody have any thoughts 
on the benfits of a small air purifier/ionizer placed near the player?
-- 
Eise Visscher                                            Design Technology
                                                         (408) 765-5032 RN4-36
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: pka@engin.umich.edu (Payman Khalili)
Subject: Re: NTSC --> PAL frame by frame ??
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 03:50:01 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: rec

In article <SUHONEN.92Dec16113908@jalka.jyu.fi> suhonen@jalka.jyu.fi (Timo Suhonen) writes:
>
>We have taken some tapes with NTSC video cameras. Now we would like to 
>convert them to PAL format. NTSC has 30 frames / sec. and PAL has 25 
>frames / sec. So, in a normal conversion we lose 5 frames every second
>(machines are made for film conversion where the total time is critical).
>We need _every_ frame from NTSC to PAL to do some biomechanical video 
>analyse from PAL video. It doesn't matter that time of the tape will
>differ from original to converted video.
>

The easiest way to do it is to re-shoot the tape with a PAL video 
camera!  

But, if you insist, I think it is possible to use a computer to digitize
each frame of the NTSC tape and to record each digitized frame on a
PAL format video.  

This, of course, means that you must have an NTSC format video which 
can display the NTSC tape CLEARLY one frame at a time (so that it can be
digitized by your computer), and you must have a PAL format video which
can record one frame at a time.  In other words, we're talking big
bucks invested in equipment!

Good luck!

-Payman
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: rajesh@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Rajesh Patil)
Subject: Re: NiCd Batteries, Part 3/3
Reply-To: rajesh@chdasic.sps.mot.com
Organization: Motorola SPS ASIC, Chandler, AZ
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:08:27 GMT

In article AA27960@heartland.bradley.edu_, tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn) writes:

>Does anyone have some thoughts on this?  Even my camera manual 
>says that it is good to discharge the battery fully by running it 

Why does the battery have to be fully discharged before
re-charging it?

---
Rajesh Patil

rajesh@chdasic.sps.mot.com
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: transferring film to video
Keywords: film
Date: 29 Dec 92 04:29:40 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1992Dec28.130818.28367@hemlock.cray.com> n3022@cray.com writes:
<>My brother and I used the method (1) that you proposed [recording off of
<>the movie screen]. It worked very very well.
<
<My question is this:
<
<In trying this procedure myself over the weekend, I ended up with a lot of flicker
<on the video copy of the movie.  I single-stepped the video copy in the VCR and
<noticed that the frames alternated a little lighter and darker.  I'm wondering if
<this fluctuation is due to the auto-exposure system in the camcorder responding
<to the "movie" flicker action of the projector? (Unfortunately there is no manual
<exposure on my RCA CC507 camcorder).
<
<I did have the movie projector about three feet from the screen and the camcorder
<about two feet from the screen.  Would the flicker be reduced if I projected the film
<maybe 20 feet to the screen and captured the image on the camcorder from there.
<
<Any help would be greatly appreciated.

First off your lines are too long.  Please make then shorter than 79 characters.

Secondly you are running into the problem of the film being projected at 18
frames per second, while video is 59.94 fields per second.  The video camera is
even picking up the times that the screen is black (while the film is being
moved to the next frame and also during the black of the double-bladed shutter).
So, the film is being projected at a rate equal to 36 fps.  Notice that the two
rates are not the same.

The only correct way is to use professional services that have equipment that
will pull the film correctly through the transport, in sync with the recording
system.

Personally these home transfer methods are for the birds.  But professional
services are going to cost an arm and a leg.
-- 
      harvard\                          spool.cs.wisc.edu!astroatc!vidiot!brown
Vidiot  ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!vidiot!brown
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                                   brown@wi.extrel.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: a74k110@phobos.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Peterson)
Subject: Sony multi-system VCR
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:17:14 GMT
Reply-To: a74k110@phobos.ucc.umass.edu
X-Posted-From: phobos.ucc.umass.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


  I recently was searching around some shops in NYC, and ran into a 
Sony multisystem VCR (SLV-700X).  The VCR looks like a clone of the U.S. 
model SLV-696 in  terms of overall features.  But, the box (that's all 
the info I could get about it) says it has in addition "full multi
system (PAL, SECAM, MESECAM, NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43) capability".  The price
was around $1000. Now my question, anyone have any experience with this
or know any further information about it? Namely, how does the multisystem
stuff compare to the Panasonic W1, or the new Sharp machine, in terms
of picture quality and the actual number of systems it can do "true"
conversion to <-> from.  I hope it's not like those Aiwa machines I'v
heard about, they seem to be terrible.  On a related note, if this Sony
machine turns out not to be so hot, does it mean that at the current
time there are only TWO high-quality "true" conversion VCR's the public
can buy (The panasonic and the sharp machines)?  If so, why is it that
Sony or some other company wouldn't put out a machine that rivals these 
other two? 

Thanks,
 Chris

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ming@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yang Ming)
Subject: Re: Video tape rewinders
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 22:05:00 GMT
Organization: ECE Department, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In article <BzvnpI.EHr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> a-feygin@uiuc.edu (Alexander Feygin) writes:
>creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) writes:
>}    I heard that rewinders may harm your tapes (break the end of the
>} tape when it stops).  Has anyone else heard this?
>
>it happened to me once.  fortunately it was a rental tape.
>
>
>-- 
>  Alexander Feygin      "This species has amused itself to death"
> a-feygin@uiuc.edu                -- Roger Waters
>
>The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not CCSO


It also happens on VCR's, to me once .  fortunately it was a rental tape.


Ming.