From nntp.crl.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.n et!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!not-for-mail Wed Feb 16 12:01:21 1994 Path: nntp.crl.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans. net!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!not-for-mail From: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long) Newsgroups: rec.video Subject: US/CA Consumer Video FAQL version 1.4 Followup-To: poster Date: 15 Feb 1994 21:53:02 -0500 Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 936 Sender: long@cs.yale.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <2js1qeINNgi6@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU> Reply-To: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long) NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cf.cs.yale.edu Archive-name: rec-video/us-ca-consumer-faq US/CA Consumer Video FAQL (Frequently Asked Question List) This release of the US/CA Consumer Video FAQL (Frequently Asked Question List) for this group (rec.video) also contains a 'Resource Guide' for rec.video and VIDEOTECH readers. This FAQL does not cover the subgroup rec.video.satellite. It also does not discuss software (prerecorded material - such as cult movies - on tape or disc ). Many sections have been revised (particularly in the area of laser video disc - as I now have one - but for a comprehensive treatment of many technical video subjects read Bob Nilands articles as they have much more depth than we can/will go into here). The primary purpose of listing commonly asked questions and their (supposed) answers here is to cut down on 'noise to signal' content ratios within rec.video. As such it is oriented towards neophytes and is skewed more towards lowest common denominator systems rather than high end equipment. It is also USA-centric and NTSC-philic. This list does not attempt to track the ever changing names and prices of consumer and prosumer video gear. Some rough trends and some features to use when evaluating components are listed. I am debating whether or not to list specific vendor recommendations or not. I am looking for comparisons and listings of features/checklists for 27" TVs, camcorders and vcrs to include here. I am still counting on persons more knowledgable than myself in areas (such as broadcasting technology, HDTV, BETA, video standards and audio issues). Please send me corrections to answers and new questions you feel should be included. Apologies for any non-objectivity you may find in some of my answers. Help supply some of the ????? data!!! =============================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS =============================================================================== QUESTION INDEX (enumerated index of questions) GENERAL BROADCAST TELEVISION (VHF/UHF/etc.) CABLE TELEVISION (CATV) CAMCORDERS, SEPARATE & STILL VIDEO CAMERAS STANDARDS VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDING/PLAYING ([S-]VHS/[ED-]BETA/[Hi-]8MM/0.75"/etc.) LASERDISCS & OTHER VIDEO DISC FORMATS AUDIO =============================================================================== QUESTION INDEX (enumerated) =============================================================================== 1. What are good prices ranges for video equipment today? 2. What do the terms 'letterboxing','windowboxing', 'Pan&Scan' mean? 3. What is MTS? 4. What is SAP? 5. Why don't Cable companies use the same VHF channels for local stations? 6. Cable company audits, detection, rules, legality. 7. My cable descrambler box Channel X (2/3/4) output vs. VCR tuner 8. Why do camcorder batteries hold less and less of a charge? 9. How good are consumer DC camcorder lights? 10. Define the terms : Lux, Zoom, and Pixels 11. "Which Camcorder should I buy?" 12. Sony V-series (450,000 pixels) vs F-series (270,000 pixels) models... 13. Are there Television monitors and VCRs that are compatible with... 14. Are there kits and plans for RGB to composite video, Y-C, etc? 15. Why do I get a scrambled mess when I try to copy pre-recorded tapes? 16. Is there a way to remove Macrovision? 17. What is an S-Video (aka Y/C) connector? 18. What are the upper resolutions of different video devices? 19. What is Dolby 'Surround' and Pro-logic Sound, SRS, THX? 20. What is a frame vs a field? 21. What is 'field motion'? 22. What does 'lines of resolution mean? 23. NTSC has 525 what??? 24. What is CLV, CAV, PCM, digital vs. linear audio tracks, etc.? 25. What is the proper way to store video tapes? 26. Now I am totally confused as to how one should store video tapes... 27. Are head cleaners bad? What is the best way to clean heads? 28. What is HiFi sound and how is it recorded on tape? 29. "What is the story behind VHS (& the lack of SVHS) LP mode?" 30. What is the VCR+? 31. "Which VCR should I buy?" 32. Can you put a hole in VHS tapes to record in SVHS mode on them? 33. How come the RF output from my VCR/LD (one Channel 3/4/X) lacks MTS? 34. Is the video on laserdiscs (LDs) digitally encoded? =============================================================================== GENERAL =============================================================================== Glossary - General Video Hardware --------------------------------- BNC British Nut Connector SCART European standard multipin connector. Can be used for both composite and Y/C video input/output. RCA jacks AKA "phono plugs" RF jacks Radio Frequency coax hubs. RF outputs from camcorders,vcrs,laserdisc players, etc. provide combined audio and video as a broadcast signal (usually on VHF channel 3 or 4). Lower quality than baseband (RCA or BNC jacks) inputs/outputs and Y/C connectors. S-Video Multipin Connector with separate luminance & chromanance. --------------- 1. What are good prices ranges for video equipment today? 27" NTSC (US) TV, 400+ lines res, MTS/SAP, Y-C & multiple A/V jacks (in&out), stereo speakers, ~180 ch. cable ready. $500 (assume tuners built into these) 2-head VHS VCR $150 2-head VHS VCR,HQ $200 2-head VHS VCR,HQ,HiFi $250 4-head VHS VCR,HQ $250 4-head VHS VCR,HQ,HiFi $300-360 4-head SVHS VCR,HQ,HiFi $500 JVC47000, Pana PV4167 6-head SVHS VCR,HQ,HiFi $600+ Hi-8 camcorder $1150 Sony CCD V801 Hi-8 palmcorder $900 Sony TR-81 SVHS (full or compact)camcorder $850 8mm camcorder $750 VHS camcorder $600 2. What do the terms 'letterboxing','windowboxing', 'Pan&Scan' mean? Letterboxing Putting the entire film frame (as seen in the original aspect ratio, usually one where the ratio of the length of the horizontal dimension over the vertical measurement is greater than 1.33 to 1) inside the TV image (which is a more squarish shape which can be expressed as 4/3) resulting in black (although other colors are sometimes used) bars at the top and bottom of the screen (the amount depending on the aspect ratio of the film). You can see this often on MTV. Windowboxing Similar to Letterboxing except that there are vertical bars on the sides of the inset image (as well as horizontal bars) as if to prove 'this is the original frame as shot' similar to when 35mm and 2.5" negatives are printed with the original borders. Compensates for overscan on overscanned sets. Seen on TNT. 2. What do the terms 'letterboxing','windowboxing', 'Pan&Scan' mean? =============================================================================== BROADCAST TELEVISION (VHF/UHF/etc.) =============================================================================== Glossary --------------- AFT Automatic Fine Tuning - TV/VCR station frequency lock MTS Multichannel Television Sound. US stereo television transmission standard. Up to 15KHz frequency response. SAP Secondary Audio Program. 3rd audio channel provided in conjuction UHF Ultra High Frequency. US Channels 14-69. VHF Very High Frequency. US Channels 2-13. --------------- 3. What is MTS? It is a method of broadcasting stereo within the frequency range reserved for each TV channel. And less frequency range (to 15KHz) than VHS HiFi (up to 20KHz) -- it rolls off low, like an FM signal. But videotape HiFi has all the problems associated with a compander, e.g., breathing. [credit Andrew Klossner andrew@frip.wv.tek.com] 4. What is SAP? It is a method of broadcasting a second audio channel (often a translation into another language) within the frequency range reserved for each TV channel. =============================================================================== CABLE TELEVISION (CATV) =============================================================================== Glossary --------------- AFT Automatic Fine Tuning - TV/VCR station frequency lock CATV Community Antenna Television is the antiquated name for cable. HRC A CATV Channel frequency allocation scheme. IRC Another CATV Channel frequency allocation scheme. MTS Multichannel Television Sound. US stereo television transmission standard. SAP Secondary Audio Program. 3rd audio channel provided in conjuction STD Another CATV Channel frequency allocation scheme. UHF Ultra High Frequency. US Channels 14-69. VHF Very High Frequency. US Channels 2-13. --------------- 5. "Why don't cable companies carry VHF stations on their cable on the same frequencies they occupy in the air (VHF channel 3 on VHF 3, VHF channel 8 on VHF 8) where they exist?" Terrible ghosting. The cable company's signal lags the leaked-in broadcast signal by an inch or two or horizontal spacing. My cable company does this on one channel, and I hate it. [credit Andrew Klossner andrew@frip.wv.tek.com] 6. And while we're discussing these (very interesting) topics, can someone in-the-know briefly explain how, for example, a rapacious cable company would detect 1) a "universal descrambler" from a Radio Electronics article, 2) a second TV connected in another room (believe it or not, some cable companies have the unmitigated greed to want to charge EXTRA to hook up a second TV in a bedroom, for example. Contrast this with the phone company, which charges you for the LINE, not how many phones you have connected to that line. But I digress... ;-) 3) How such detection can be circumvented. - scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) [DISCLAIMER: Doing anything with the CATV coax coming into your] [house other than connecting it to Cable Co. equipment or ] [directly into ONE TV or VCR is considered illegal in most ] [cable franchises (theft of service). ] [This FAQL answer in no way endorses such behavior. ] 1) The R-E article box only accepts NTSC composite video input, therefore no one would detect it. It requires an external RF tuner if you want to feed a channel into it (such as the RCA connector labeled 'video out' on the back of most VCRs). 2) TDR? (Time Domain Reflectometer - can show the electrical topology of a cable) and or RF leakage (backwash). Although many modern cable unscrambler boxes are 'addressable' by the central Cable Co. office many rec.video people don't believe they are 2-way (is this a fallacy?). I am not sure whether the cable co. can measure the load you are placing on the coax cable - but if you are not using a powered splitter/ signal strength amplifier you will soon see that having 2 sets on one cable will result in a weaker/worse signal. 3) Pass the CATV signal through something that will isolate, clean up, amplify and shield from RF interference before distributing it to non-sanctioned equipment??? Some splitters, or daisy chain the CATV coax from VCRs to TV (or vice versa). 7. Why does cable descrambler box only output on Channel X (2/3/4), rendering my VCR useless for recording premium channels? Check and see if your cable box can be programmed or if you can obtain a timer/remote for it from your cable co. A VCR+ might make your life easier (elsewhere in this FAQL). There are some TV/Monitors and VCRs that have multiple RF inputs (and often multiple RF outputs) - these are sometimes labled Antennae and CATV. You can have the unmucked cable coax connected to the RF input labeled CATV and the output from the converter box connected to the RF input labeled Antenna (assuming you aren't using an antenna). In some case you are provided with an RF output labeled 'decoder loop' that you can run to your converter box (so that you don't need an RF splitter). =============================================================================== CAMCORDERS, SEPARATE & STILL VIDEO CAMERAS =============================================================================== Glossary --------------- AE Automatic Exposure (Iris, and possibly shutter) AF Automatic Focusing (IR or image sharpness method) AFM Audio Frequency Modulation - audio method for encoding on tape. CCD Charge Coupled Device - one of the two different types of solid state devices that replaced video tube technology. IR Infra-Red. Light frequency below red in the (visible) spectrum. Used by some AF systems (mostly older) and remote controls. Lux Light Intensity measurement. MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor - one of the two different types of solid state devices that replaced video tube technology. PCM Pulse Code Modulation - audio method for encoding on tape. Rare. --------------- 8. Why do camcorder batteries hold less and less of a charge after many uses? Is there anything I can do about it? A memory pattern effect occurs (NiCad rechargable batteries 'learn' a memory pattern of past charge levels) but is somewhat overrated. What most users see is really the fast discharge rate of a NiCad (they will discharge much more quickly than Alkaline batteries when both are sitting on a shelf not being used). You shouldn't really charge a NiCad frequently (if you are just going to store it) or continually top it off after use unless you need to use it for a full cycle again right way - you will just be wasting cycles in the life of the NiCad (~ 500 - 1000 cycles). On the other hand NiCads should NEVER be fully discharged or reverse charged - this can shorten the life and even damage the battery (some people use home-brew methods such as paperclips and lightbulbs to short and discharge the battery). Some posters in sci.electronics have suggested sparking the batteries with a good jolt from a car battery to get them to forget the memorized pattern. While this might work to blast away the filaments of material shorting individual cells it may result in an explosion and is not endorsed here. An electrolytic capacitor can be used for this purpose, be careful out there.... According to much popular wisdom (in the 'Info-Hams' mailing list) many of the commercial products (D'Charger, etc.) are harmless at best and shorten the life of your battery at worst. Most new camcorder battery chargers (both the camcorder vendor and 3rd party 'quick' chargers) stop charging them (overcharging) after they are fully charged and some units perform 'pulse' charging (preferred). You need to be careful to use a charger that is appropriate for your NiCad battery. Some 'quick-chargers' can build up gas pressure quickly in batteries that are not designed for them. Some full size systems and lights use sealed lead acid (sometimes called gel-cells) that do not like full discharge, they should be stored charged, and topped off to keep them at full charge. Storing them discharged is bad for them. [credit : larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson), instructions in my SunPak camcorder light battery, "Hugh_E._Wells.ElSegundo"@Xerox.COM, popular wisdom in the 'Info-Hams' mailing list ] 9. How good are consumer DC camcorder lights? Most of the 20-30 watt DC units are only good for 10-20 feet. And the batteries last for less than a hour (although you can get Pro units that will last for 2 hours or longer they generally require external battery packs). 10. Define the terms : Lux, Zoom, and Pixels Lux - Light sensitivity. 1 lux is the light from one candle (?). Most 1 lux cameras use electronic enhancement to obtain an image (and the quality is not very good at one Lux - but hey, neither is Ektachrome pushed to 1600 ISO!). Zoom - Most camcorders have a zoom lens which can capture a range of angles of view from wide through (what is considered) normal to telephoto. The 'X' rating is the number of 'times' the image is magnified (optically) at the highest setting (as in binocular ratings). Most camcorders have 6x1 (low),8x1,10x1 or 16x1 (high-end) ratings. Pixels - Picture Elements. Individual light gathering elements (usually) on a chip. Analogous to 'rods' and 'cones' in our eye. Better camcorders have over 400,000 pixels. 11. "Which Camcorder should I buy?" The answer depends on many factors. Do you want the best possible or the best price/performance in a particular class? I would not recommend BETA to newcomers to the field unless you are willing to put up with compatibility problems. If you want to go BETA then you know what you are doing (and up against). VHS has won the consumer VCR market, even Sony makes VHS & SVHS equipment now and Sony's real path for the future is in 8 and Hi-8 mm. If ease of use is your criteria and you own a VHS VCR then you should look at VHS or VHS-C (a 20 minute compact format) camcorders - you can playback your cassette using your VCR. If portability and weight (but not human induced jitter) are your concern you might want VHS-C, S-VHS-C, 8mm or Hi-8. If capturing high quality video for display now or in the future is a concern then I would go with S-VHS[-C] or Hi-8. If audio is a concern then look for a unit with HiFi Stereo (Minolta 8-808. Sony V-101 has AFM. Olympus VX-H804 has PCM Digital Stereo). 12. Sony spec says that V-series models have 450,000 pixels per image while F-series models have 270,000 only. I am curious if this difference matters since our VT (not HDVT) has a fixed number of pixels anyway. Am I wrong or V-series models are really meant for our grandson's- generation? [credit: zhu@wobbegong.cs.indiana.edu (Zheng Zhu)] The CCD on Hi8 picks up at about 410,000 pixels and the Hi8 systems records at about the same "level" (in quotes because pixels are transmuted into horizontal lines of resolution but it is about the same)... Regular 8 CCD (CCD is the charge-coupled-device pickup "tube" of the camera) handles about 270,000 pixels altho there are a few regular 8 CCD with higher pixel resolution even if the taping system can't actually record that high a resolution. Still results in a better picture but nowhere near as good as Hi8. Not meant for your grandson, meant for now, if you want to pay the price (you also have to buy a Hi8-capable monitor if you want to see ALL of the difference, but you will see some of it even on a regular monitor or TV). [credit: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)] =============================================================================== STANDARDS =============================================================================== Glossary --------------- HDTV High Definition Television. Megapixel display systems proposed for the US. Japan and Europe have already selected HDTV standards. NTSC National Television Standards Committee. Video signal used (broadcast,tape&disc) in the US, Japan and Latin America. PAL Phase Alternate Line. Video signal used (broadcast,tape&disc) in most of Europe (and the parts of the world where NTSC & SECAM are not used). RGB Video signal composed of separate signals for Red, Green & Blue. Many computer monitors (especially higher resolution) are often RGB. SECAM Sequential Color and Memory. Video signal used (broadcast, tape&disc) pour les hommes Francais et what used to be known as the 'Eastern Bloc'. --------------- 13. Are there Television monitors and VCRs that are compatible with multiple video signal standards (PAL, NTSC, SECAM)? Yes. Contact Panasonic, Instant Replay (800-749-8779) and others. 14. Are there kits and plans for RGB to composite video, Y-C, etc. and vice-versa? Yes. Find an index for Radio-Electronics magazine at your local library. 15. Why do I get a scrambled mess when I try to copy pre-recorded tapes? (scrambled mess is defined as wavering lucidity followed by total darkness). Am I going crazy? No. This is called Macrovision. It is a copy-protection scheme adopted by the home video industry which works by varying the video signal gain level causing VHS VCRs to track it into video oblivion. 16. Is there a way to remove Macrovision? (because it bothers my TV/monitor with its flickering, of course)? [DISCLAIMER: According to FBI warnings on most prerecorded ] [videotapes, copying copyrighted material is illegal. This ] [FAQL answer in no way endorses such behavior. ] There are ads in the back of VIDEO & Radio-Electronics purporting to do this. Some posters say the RXII works well ($49 in VIDEO). Some posters have asked about Y/C cable-ready versions : there is now one advertised called the MT IIS ($99). It is reported that some (older) Beta units are immune to Macrovision. Copying to and then from these Beta machines is said to remove it also. This is apparently not the case with some (newer?) Beta units [credit: Scott Coleman scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu] Some camcorders are reportedly immune also and some posters have claimed that they can fix up the signal by running it through a monitor/tv with AV inputs/outputs. 17. What is an S-Video connector? Also known as Y-C (and sometimes incorrectly referred to as SVHS - which is a tape format) it is a cable and connector that carries separate lumina (brightness) and chroma (color) signals (vs. composite, in which both - and sync, etc. - are carried on the same wire). This generally gives a better picture on those monitors that support it (especially if the source is of high quality & resolution). It is almost always a win to use S-Video cable when you already have a high quality video signal that has been separated into separate chroma and luminance and want to carry it to another component. 18. What are the upper resolutions of different video devices? ( and broadcast standards? ) HDTV ???? IDTV ???? SuperNTSC???? Projection TV 800 (Good quality) D-1 720 (specific since it's digital) D-2 768 Video monitors 500-700 (Good quality) ED-Beta 500+ Hi-8 425+ LaserDisk 425 CCD 4XX,000 pix 410-450 CCD camera with ~4[15]0,000 pixels/image SVHS 400-425 HiBand Beta 400 Standard US TV 350 BI 350 3/4" -SP 330 Super Beta Is 330 Broadcast NTSC 330 8mm 300 Beta IIs 300 SuperBeta 290 CCD 2XX,000 pix 270-300 CCD camera with ~270,000 pixels/image Beta II 250 VHS(SP) 240-250 Beta 240 VHS(EP) 220 Note that Bob Niland's evaluation of the new Sharpvision LCD projection system has shown that you need to be aware of the number of lines of vertical resolution (usually counted as the entire frame: the sum of the interlaced field lines or around 250 x 2 = ~ 500 lines because of the persistence of the phosphor). The Sharp LCD projector displayed both video fields, but in only ~250 lines (both fields on top of each other, giving a lower resolution image - more square LCD dots). 19. What is Dolby 'Surround' and Pro-logic Sound, SRS, THX? These are methods of extracting spatial information from encoded stereo audio channels (in some cases they can be used to synthesize spatial relationships as well by separating frequencies and sending them to different speakers). See the following by Bob Niland (rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM): Intro to Surround Sound Part 1 of 2 Revised: 18 Feb 90 Part 2 Revised: 06 Sep 90 20. What is a video frame vs a field? NTSC displays two fields of video (each ~ 250 lines each) interleaved to create the illusion of an 'image'. 21. What is 'field motion'? When freezing a frame (2 fields) with a frame store or VCR, the fields may have samples from different times. This can cause a very visible flicker fluttering back and forth from the 2 positions. My old Panasonic PV-1650 VCR did this. The Sony TR-5 camcorder does this (which really ruins the advantage of the high-speed shutter.) [credit: larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson)] 22. What does 'lines of resolution mean? The number of lines that can be shown... The vertical resolution is fairly fixed around 480 - 488 for NTSC, and is because there are that many lines shown. The horizontal resolution depends on the frequency response of the system, and is 3/4 the number of vertical lines that could be seen on the screen. The 3/4 is a scaling to the vertical size, so lines of equal width will result in the same number. A quick relation is that there are about 80 lines of resolution for each megahertz of video bandwidth. Since the performance of consumer video equipment is such that the upper frequency response is not a sharp point, this number is somewhat imprecise. [credit: larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson)] 23. NTSC has 525 what??? The 525 figure is the ratio of horizontal to vertical frequencies, and has nothing to do with lines of resolution. [credit: larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson)] NTSC has 525 horiz. scan lines, but the horizontal res. varies from VHS to SVHS to broadcast NTSC.... There are test patterns available to determine horiz. res. [credit: george@Seri.GOV (George Scott)] 24. What is CLV, CAV, PCM, digital vs. linear audio tracks, etc.? Read Bob Nilands (rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM) papers on LaserDisc topics. I have read the following : LD Media Care & Repair Part 1 Revised: 31 Mar 90 Part 2 Revised: 28 Jul 90 Part 3 Revised: 05 Aug 90 Intro to Imported LDs Part: 1 of 3 Revised: 14 Sep 90 Part: 2 of 3 Revised: 13 Nov 89 Part: 3 of 3 Revised: 13 Nov 89 Intro to Laser Disc Revised: 29 Sep 90 Intro to Surround Sound Part 1 of 2 Revised: 18 Feb 90 Part 2 Revised: 06 Sep 90 Film/video 2-3 pulldown and "white flags" Last Revised: 06 Nov 90 Looking back: CED Revised: 14 Dec 90 (re: Capacitance Electronic Disc system) =============================================================================== VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDING/PLAYING ([S-]VHS/[ED-]BETA/[Hi-]8MM/0.75"/etc.) =============================================================================== Glossary - Video Tape Formats ----------------------------- 8mm Videotape format promoted by Sony and others using 8mm tape. Beta Videotape format promoted by Sony, much less prevalent than VHS. D1 (aka D-1) Digital tape professional format. D2 (aka D-2) Total digital tape professional format. ED Beta Extended Definition Beta. Higher resolution Beta format. Hi-8 Higher resolution 8mm format using higher quality formula tape. HiFi Higher fidelity sound encoding on videotape. Usually implies stereo channels. Up to 20KHz frequency response. SuperBeta Improved Beta. How??? S-VHS Super VHS. Enhanced version of VHS dictating the use of high quality tape formulation to store higher bandwidth signal. Can only be played in S-VHS decks and VCRs with Quasi-S-VHS (aka Modoki) mode. S-VHS Mark II Super VHS with digital soundtracks (in addition to HiFi and linear track(s)). VHS Video Home System. 1/2" tape in cassette. NTSC and PAL composite video versions. Standard promoted by JVC & others. VHS-C VHS Compact. Smaller cassette holding 20 minutes of VHS tape. Usually for small camcorders. Can be played in VHS players with an adapter (some VCRs can play VHS-C w/o an adapter). U-Matic 3/4" cassette professional videotape format. Dying. ------------------------------ Glossary - Video Tape Time Code Standards ------------------------------ RC Sony 8mm standard? SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television VITC Vertical Interval Time Code ----------------------------- 25. What is the proper way to store video tapes? So that the tape is flat (and the weight is not on the edge of the tape - or it will warp/buckle) - meaning the cassette stored upright. And not on top of your TV, VCR, oven, car dashboard or large magnet :-) 26. Now I am totally confused as to how one should store video tapes.... One of the smallest sides of the cassette box should be on the bottom and the other on the top: +----+ / T / / O / | / P/ | BEST +----+ | | | | | L |(O)| | A | | OR ... | B | | | E |(O)| +---------------------------+ | L | | +---------------------------+| | | | | || / | S | + | || / | I | / | ( O ) ( O ) || / | D | / | || / | E |/ | GHOST - 1990 |/ / +----+ +---------------------------+ / +--------------------------------------------------------.... | Shelf +--------------------------------------------------------.... 27. Are head cleaners bad? What is the best way to clean heads? The cheap abrasive tapes and solvents are reputed to be. The Scotch cleaner tapes are supposed to be safe. Take your unit apart (some units have easier access than others) and clean the heads with a professional head cleaning kit or take it to a professional for servicing. 28. What is HiFi sound and how is it recorded on tape? HiFi sound (usually found on higher-end consumer VHS VCRs and usually stereo) is a wider frequency response signal (to 20KHz) - than normal linear VHS audio and MTS - with noise reduction recorded in a magnetic layer under the video signal before (or while?) the video signal is recorded. Since is is not a separate track from the video track it cannot be erased or redubbed without destroying the video track. On NTSC Beta decks the HiFi signal is not in a separate layer. It fits in the available bandwidth of the video heads. [credit: Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com] ...2 head Beta is equivalent to 4 head VHS. [credit: Richard Shetron ] 29. "What is the story behind VHS (& the lack of SVHS) LP mode?" Before EP (sometimes called SLP) was invented by JVC some manufacturers created a mode that was twice the playing time of SP. It was never blessed by JVC (the VHS standards keeper) - and they superceded it with EP (which has 3 times the playing time of SP). Supporting multiple playing speeds properly dictates additional heads. Therefore 4 head players are better at displaying EP mode tapes. ( 2 head machines use a compromise) An additional set of heads would be useful to support LP mode in a proficient manner. This is why most 4 head machines don't have special effects (freeze frame, slo-mo, etc.) in LP mode. 30. What is the VCR+? It is a device that uses the functions your remote controller (for cable converter, VCR) supports to simplify VCR programming. Numbers available in some newspaper TV listings are codes which entered into it will program a VCR. 31. "Which VCR should I buy?" The answer depends on many factors. Do you want the best possible or the best price/performance in a particular class? I would not recommend BETA to newcomers to the field unless you are willing to put up with compatibility problems. If you want to go BETA then you know what you are doing (and up against). VHS has won the consumer VCR market, even Sony makes VHS & SVHS equipment now and Sony's real path for the future is in 8 and Hi-8 mm. If you want to play a wide variety of pre-recorded material available at your local rental outlet you should purchase a VHS or S-VHS VCR. If you want to record live, or copy SVHS, Hi-8 videocassettes, LaserDiscs and other high quality video sources I would recommend S-VHS or Hi-8mm. If you want to do both of the above you should get an SVHS deck. If size and/or portability is an overriding concern get a Hi-8mm deck (although they are very scarce and most Hi-8 camcorders will function as players). There are generally 5 tiers of VCRs, find the best price and brand within one for your deal: 1. $150 Lower class: 2 heads, mono audio. Some play only. 2. $200 Lower middle: HQ w/either 4 head only or 2 Head with HiFi 3. $300 Middle Class: HQ, 4 heads, HiFi, MTS/SAP, CATV ready. (Most popular currently, I can find these for $250 sometimes for people - such as PV4060, but for just a few $$$ more often you can get the ....) 4. $500 Upper Middle Class: Either #3 VHS with digital special effects or #3 in SVHS. 5. $750 Upper Class: SVHS, 5+ heads, digital special effects. 6. $X000 Rich: Professional SVHS & Hi-8 decks for editing. 32. Can you put a hole in VHS tapes to record in SVHS mode on them? Yes. The best way is to melt a hole (drilling leaves particles) - look at an SVHS cassette to see where to make the hole. Not all tapes produces satisfactory (video) results (high quality tapes are better). 33. How come the RF output from my VCR (one Channel 3/4/X) lacks MTS? The tuners in both my VCR and TV have MTS and I am playing a HiFi tape.... It would be expensive to produce and include RF transmitter circuitry (for VHF channel X) that would do decent MTS (using IF) (the normal RF baseband unit is cheap). Converting HiFi to MTS will result in a degraded audio quality anyway. Use your stereo (L & R) VCR audio outputs to hear HiFi. Hook them up to your stereo if your TV doesn't have stereo audio inputs. =============================================================================== LASERDISCS & OTHER VIDEO DISC FORMATS =============================================================================== Glossary --------------- CAV Constant Angular Velocity - storage/access method for a disc media where inside tracks contain the same amount of data as outside tracks. CD Compact Disc standard (5" and 3" versions), usually refers to a disc with all audio track (70+ minutes). CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read Only Media. 5" disc containg digital binary data tracks. Often structured according to ISO 9660 and/or High Sierra (although the data can also be structured as a SunOS Unix File System or Macintosh filesystem, etc.). CD+G Compact Disc plus Graphics. Mixed audio and data tracks. I believe the graphics are encoded in the data tracks (probably digitally compressed) and are used in some 16 bit game systems. CDI Compact Disc Interactive. Mixed audio and less than full (aka CD-I) frame/motion video system just getting off the ground (Fall 91). Competing with CDTV. Some believe CDI will be able to provide VHS quality for 72 minutes with data compression. CDTV Commodore Dynamic TeleVision - Another 5" disc format with mixed audio, video/graphics and binary data. Competing with CD-I. Currently less than full frame/motion video. Just released, primarily for interactive video games and education. CDV Compact Disc with Video. CD format with 5 minutes of Audio and (aka CD-V) Video, 20 minutes of audio-only. Can be played in standard (audio-only) CD players. CLV Constant Linear Velocity - storage/access method for a disc media where outside tracks contain more data than inside tracks (by reading the outside tracks at a slower speed almost the complete density of the disc is used). LaserVision Licensed trademark for 8" and 12" laser disc standard. --------------- 34. Is the video on laserdiscs (LDs) digitally encoded? No. This is a popular misconception that the LD manufacturers often gloss over. LD video is analog. The original LD audio tracks were/are analog also, most newer LDs have CD-quality digital stereo audio tracks as well. =============================================================================== AUDIO =============================================================================== Glossary - Audio ---------------- AM Amplitude Modulation - analog method of encoding audio information (usually for broadcast) by varying the amplitude of the signal. Chace Licensed process of synthesizing stereo and surround channels from audio sources where they didn't exist (by separating and directing different frequencies to different channels). DBX Patented audio noise reduction method by ???. Dolby(tm) Trademark and name of laboratory which licenses several audio aka [)(] processing/encoding methods to preserve fidelity and reduce noise. Dolby Surround(tm) Dolby Labs Trademark and name of its process of phase encoding spatial information using the 2 channels of a (normally) stereo sound source. Dolby Pro-Logic Surround(tm) Dolby Labs Trademark denoting a process incorporating its standard (or meeting its criteria) for decoding Dolby Surround(tm) into 5 channels (& speaker placements): Center (dialog), Left Front, Right Front, Left Rear, Right Rear. FM Frequency Modulation - analog method of encoding audio information by varying a (high) frequency carrier. Q-Sound Method licensed by ????. Creates spatial sound effects with only 2 speakers (using phase tricks). Requires careful listener placement. One rec.video reader reported he bought Madonna's Immaculate Collection album set just to hear Q-Sound. SRS Sound Retrieval System(tm). Hughes system for creating spatial sound effects with two speakers. Incorporated into some newer monitors/televisions. THX 1) A licensed trademark from Lucasfilm that certifies a that a particular theater meets their standard for acoustic quality, audio equipment and speaker placement. 2) A method of mixing surround sound channels for a film, with verification in a THX-certified theater. 3). A brand for (high-end) consumer audio/video gear meeting Lucas specs. [credit: Bob Niland rjn@FC.HP.COM] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Scroll credits....] Thanks for many answers, suggestions and posting gleanings to : Bob Niland rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Bevis R W King) goldberg@dtoa3.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg) wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce) brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA] larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson) "Hugh_E._Wells.ElSegundo"@Xerox.COM taj@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Tom Jack) ben@val.com (Ben Thornton) scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) David.Weaver@earth.Eng.Sun.COM (David Weaver) Seng-Chou Timothy Chou Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com george@Seri.GOV (George Scott) Richard Shetron schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) gpinzone@george.poly.edu (A1 gerard pinzone (ee)) dfh@dwx3bs.att.com (Dave Haertig) "Frank J. Wancho" WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL John Mc jmclachlan@draper.com zhu@wobbegong.cs.indiana.edu (Zheng Zhu) jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen) ingram@hotair.enet.dec.com (Larry J. Ingram) Nick Sayer Bill Ranck bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Jerry Boyajian) kimnach@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) [end credits.... fade to black] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Copyright 1991 H. Morrow Long All Rights Under Copyright Reserved Quoted and derivative material contributed by persons other than the above author/editor remains their intellectual property. Permission is granted for the automatic redistribution of this article, unedited, through the Usenet video newsgroups and the Internet VIDEOTECH Digest. Permission is granted for each Usenet reader, each VIDEOTECH subscriber and each person who received this article via electronic mail from the author to redistribute it electronically, and via hardcopy reproductions of this edition of this article for personal non-commercial uses, and provided that no material changes are made to the article or this copyright statement. Other uses of this material are prohibited without the express written consent of the author/editor, H. Morrow Long. Disclaimer: Any views expressed here are mine and do not necessarily represent those of Yale University. H. Morrow Long, Mgr of Dev., Yale Univ., Comp Sci Dept, 011 AKW, New Haven, CT 06520-8285, VOICE: (203)-432-{1248,1254} FAX: (203)-432-0593 INET: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU UUCP: yale!Long-Morrow BITNET: Long-Morrow@YaleCS WWW: http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/long-morrow.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----------------------------end of rec.video FAQL From nntp.crl.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.n et!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!not-for-mail Wed Feb 16 12:02:07 1994 Path: nntp.crl.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans. net!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!not-for-mail From: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long) Newsgroups: rec.video Subject: RESOURCE GUIDE for rec.video and VIDEOTECH readers. Followup-To: poster Date: 15 Feb 1994 21:54:13 -0500 Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 1129 Sender: long@cs.yale.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <2js1slINNgj8@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU> Reply-To: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long) NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cf.cs.yale.edu Archive-name: rec-video/resource-guide-faq RESOURCE GUIDE for rec.video and VIDEOTECH readers. This resource guide should help to forestall frequently asked questions as well as provide a lot of video related network trivia in one place. This version has been reformatted to 65 columns on the advice of Frank J. Wancho There are reports of a BBS providing a file listing a catalog of laserdiscs available (similar to the Laser Video File book). If this list is available on the networks or the BBS has the listing up and available at a phone number yet let me know. Help me supply some of the ????? marked data (especially phone numbers)!!! & more books of record (ISBN #s), high-end magazines & newsletters. ================================================================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ================================================================= FAQ LISTS, SURVEYS, ELECTRONIC NEWS ARTICLES, ETC. ARCHIVES (Public FTP/E-Mail Repositories) SERVERS:WWW,Gophers,WAIS (Internet Information Services) SWITCHING CHANNELS (other electronic forums) USERS GROUPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PHONE NUMBERS (toll and toll free directory) Vendors Magazines/Periodicals Books ================================================================= FAQ LISTS, SURVEYS, ELECTRONIC NEWS ARTICLES, ETC. ================================================================= The number of regular and semi-regular FAQ and Survey postings in rec.video has been expanding rapidly into specialty niches. 1. US/CA Consumer Video FAQ for rec.video/VIDEOTECH Primarily oriented towards the United States and Canadi{an,en} consumer video neophyte. Posted around the middle of each month by H. Morrow Long (Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU). Should be released around the same time as this RESOURCE GUIDE I hope..... Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video 2. Worldwide TV Standards FAQ Bevis King's rec.video/VIDEOTECH Frequently Asked Questions and answers list relating to multistandard (PAL,NTSC,SECAM...) video. Posted monthly I believe. (I haven't seen a copy recently) Send correspondence to B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video 3. Antenna FAQ list Bill Ranck's FAQ list for TV antennas made a premiere debut 2 Aug 91. Please send any additions/corrections/brickbats to: RANCK@VTVM1.BITNET (I have only seen one or two copies ever.) Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video 4. Photographic Equipment/Video Mail Order Company Survey Douglas Blondin's survey posted to rec.photo & rec.video around the first of each month. Send updates/input to att!druhi!blondin 5. Top Videodisc Sales: For 2 Weeks Ending Month Day, Year The Vidiot's bi-weekly listing of the top 25 LD's sold in the US by rank as well as a list of new LD releases (with prices) by the issuing label. This posting may be moving to rec.video.releases now? 6. Bob Niland's postings on LaserDisc, IDTV and projection screen systems are definitive. Here is a list of available titles: 1. Introduction to Laser Video Disc. Contains info on LD that you won't easily find anywhere else. Revised: 17 Oct 91 2. Introduction to imported LDs. Revised: 24 Mar 91 3. Introduction to surround sound. Revised: 06 Nov 91 4. LD media quality report. Revised: 30 Mar 91 5. How to return a defective LD to Pioneer. Revised: 17 Sep 90 6. Introduction to Criterion Collection. Revised: 26 Aug 91 7. Current Voyager Press (Criterion Collection) catalog summary, Revised: Monthly 8. LD loaning agreement. Revised: 05 Mar 90 9. Identifying LD mint marks. Revised: 05 Nov 91 10. LD "Best Practices" suggestions for producers. Revised: 21 Jul 91 11. 12. CAV still-frame: ramblings on 3-2 pull-down and white flags. Revised: 04 Nov 91 13. LD care and repair. Revised: 06 Jan 91 14. LD retail sources: national mail order and Colorado. Revised: 21 Oct 91 15. A summary of articles on IDTV. Revised: 25 Mar 91 16. Looking back: CED Revised: 21 Oct 91 17. What is a "defect"? Revised: 23 Oct 91 ??. Long awaited :-) paper on aspect ratios. Revised: real soon now They are often posted to rec.video, you can also request them from Bob Niland via Email (rjn@FC.HP.COM). ================================================================= ARCHIVES ================================================================= [Editor's Notes on Internet Anonymous FTP sites: ] [ ] [ 1. ftp hostname.subdomain.domain ] [ ] [ if the hostname is unknown or otherwise appears ] [ not to work try using the numeric IP address ] [ instead, ie. : ] [ ] [ ftp 128.36.0.3 ] [ ] [ 2. supply the word 'anonymous' in response to the ] [ 'login' or username prompt unless otherwise ] [ indicated. The username 'ftp' will often work ] [ also on some Unix(tm) machines. ] [ ] [ 3. supply your login name and hostname with an 'at'] [ sign between then (E-Mail form) in response to ] [ the 'password' prompt. Actually you can type in] [ anything as the password for anonymous ftp but ] [ it is considered good form to supply 'user@host'] [ 4. Once logged in you should do a 'dir' or 'ls' to ] [ look around. Often you will want to change your] [ working directory to the subdirectory 'pub' with] [ the FTP user command 'cd pub'. ] [ 5. Often there will be a file called 'readme' - ] [ in lower, upper or mixed case, sometimes with an] [ extension such as '.txt'. If you want to read ] [ it on the screen rather than download it to your] [ disk most FTP implementations allow the cmd: ] [ get readme - ] [ ] [ If you leave off the dash the file will be saved] [ to disk. If you supply a different name it will] [ be used as the name of the file to write to. ] [ ] [ 6. To leave most FTP client programs (ie. the glass] [ tty BSD-derived versions not the whizbang GUI & ] [ menu/button based versions now out) type 'quit'.] [ ] [ ] 7. Public FTP repository @ SIMTEL20 (rec.video posts as VIDEOTECH digests) The VIDEOTECH archives are currently kept in PD2:. The current month's correspondence is kept in VIDEOTECH-ARCHIV.TXT. Previous months' are in yy-mm.n-TXT or yy-mm.n-TXT-Z files, where yy is the last two digests of the year, mm is the month, and n is the sequence number of the file for that month. (The files are no larger than about 385,000 bytes, except for possibly the current month, which may be much larger.) If you have access to ftp, use that. Otherwise, the files are accessible through the LISTSERV/TRICKLE mechanisms for BITNET/EARN readers, and *may* be sub-archived somewhere on BITNET as well. simtel20.army.mil is also known as host wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and is IP host 192.88.110.20 on the Internet (well MILnet actually). [credit: "Frank J. Wancho" WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL] 8. Public FTP repository @ sparky.CS.Yale.EDU (FAQs and tidbits) You can obtain a current copy of this file and several of the FAQs (that I have obtained permission to distribute such as the Antenna & Worldwide FAQs) as well as other resources via anonymous ftp to sparky.CS.Yale.EDU, aka 128.36.31.4 look at file pub/rec.video/README After I have cleaned up two public domain systems I have found for making VHS cassette labels (one is in TeX format, the other is in PostScript(tm)) I will make them available. 8A. Wavelet Algorithm Compression Papers and Code Repository ftp://MATH.YALE.EDU If you are interested in video (and audio) compression methods you might want to take a look at the work of the Yale Mathematics Department's Numerical Algorithms Research Group. Wavelets and wavelet packets are an interesting approach to obtaining fantastic compression rates for some types of audio and video (in electronic still form) data. Get the pub/README file. math.yale.edu is IP host 128.36.23.1 on the Internet. 9. VCR+ code reverse engineering Public FTP Repository At XXXX - [information removed per request ] 10. High End Audio Public FTP Repository @CSD4.csd.uwm.edu Archives of digests (see INFO-HIGH-AUDIO mail list) and various projects in the anonymous ftp high-end directory. csd4.csd.uwm.edu (aka csd4.milw.wisc.edu) is IP hosts 129.89.8.4 and 129.89.7.4 on the Internet. 11. IR remote computer control proj. FTP@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu Plans for the 'Zapper' (a computer controlled IR remote) as well as a description of the Sony Control-S&L protocols/interfaces, some code for the above and descriptions of modifications that can be made to video gear (Sony Sl-HF900, Panasonic AG1960, etc.). FTP to host mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, cd /video, get readme mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu is IP host 128.174.201.12 on the Internet. [credit: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) & engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall)] 12. Movie Review FTP Repository @LCS.MIT.EDU Reviews of theatrical films are available in the anonymous ftp subdirectory movie-reviews on host LCS.MIT.EDU (Internet IP host 18.26.0.36). I suggest getting (and reading) the README, FAQL and INDEX* files first to find the particular review(s) you desire. BTW, if you are on the Internet and have an auto- mounter running or are privileged you can NFS mount lcs.mit.edu (read-only) and experience much nicer (than FTP) browsing of the files: sparky% cd /net/lcs.mit.edu/common/movie-reviews sparky% ls 00xx.dir 06xx.dir FAQL 01xx.dir 07xx.dir FAQL.SF 02xx.dir 08xx.dir INDEX0001-1000 03xx.dir 09xx.dir INDEX1001-2000 04xx.dir 10xx.dir README 05xx.dir 11xx.dir sparky% grep -i terminator INDEX* INDEX1001-2000:1056:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith) INDEX1001-2000:1057:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: sksircar@phoenix.princeton.edu (Subrata Sircar) INDEX1001-2000:1058:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: rsnappy%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Roger Snappy Rubio) INDEX1001-2000:1059:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: leeper@mtgzy.att.com (Mark R. Leeper) INDEX1001-2000:1076:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: frankm@microsoft.UUCP (Frank MALONEY) INDEX1001-2000:1077:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY: blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu (Brian L. Johnson) sparky% more 10xx.dir/1056 10xx.dir/1057 10xx.dir/1058 10xx.dir/1059 10xx.dir/1076 10xx.dir/1077 Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.reviews Path: cbnewsj!ecl From: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith) Subject: REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY Expires: Sun, 4 Aug 1991 13:00:00 GMT Reply-To: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith) Organization: FXD/Telerate, Mountain View, CA Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1991 14:27:23 GMT Approved: ecl@cbnewsj.att.com Message-ID: <1991Jul7.142723.13581@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> Followup-To: rec.arts.movies Summary: r.a.m.r. #01056 Keywords: author=Griffith Sender: ecl@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper) Lines: 125 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY .... [credit: consp24@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Gregg William Riedel)] ================================================================= SERVERS:WWW,Gophers,WAIS (Internet Information Services) ================================================================= *** NEW! 1994 BEGIN MPEG FAQ http://www.crs4.it/HTML/LUIGI/MPEG/mpegfaq.html - a great description of MPEG when you can access it http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/CIE/home.html - CIE Color Information A fantastic Film and Video Internet resource list published Dec 15, 93: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/filmvideo%3awoodgarlock - You want definitely want this. *** NEW! 1994 END 13. "used" CD server (can also be used for listing/buying LDs, CDVs and audio/video tapes). E-Mail queries against database. For information about this service, send a message to the following electronic mail address with the string HELP as the only word in the subject field. The address in Internet domain format is : used-music-server@cs.ucsb.edu [credit: John Mc jmclachlan@draper.com] 14. Barr Digital Online Laser Disc Database BBS: THE LIBRARY in Seattle, WA +1-206-641-7978 (8 lines in, baud rates supported unknown) The operators of Barr Digital (LD store) were supposed to put their online LD listing on this BBS system. Can someone verify this for me? And/or tell us if the list is also available on the Internet? [credit: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce)] ================================================================= SWITCHING CHANNELS : OTHER ELECTRONIC NEWS & MAIL FORUMS ================================================================= 15. Related USENET-type newsgroups and Internet maillists: !!!! News Flash !!!! I have sent a message calling for a Request For Discussion for the creation of a new newsgroup rec.video.production to the moderator of the newsgroup news.announce.newgroups. It should also be cross- posted in rec.video and news.groups as well as a few other places I thought might be interested. The discussion should take place in in news.groups (re: naming of the new group, what hierarchy it should be under - ie. rec, sci or misc - and the reason it should exist). Look for the appearence of the RFD and join in the discussion if you have intelligent comments. After a month long discussion period there should be a voting period on the new Usenet newsgroup. Permanent newgroups : alt.3d 3D imaging, companion to 3d mailing list. alt.binaries.multimedia Animations, scripts, aud/vid clip art. alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g. Rocky Horror,Highlander,Heathers,Blade Runner) alt.karaoke worldwide karaoke discussion newsgroup alt.sex.movies Pretty obvious, right? NC-17, Adult XXX alt.tv.* Discussions of TV shows, subgroups: muppets, prisoner, simpsons, tiny-toon, twin-peaks aus.films Australian films. bit.listserv.cinema-l Discussions on all forms of Cinema bit.listserv.film-l Film making and reviews List. clari.news.movies Reviews, news and stories on movie stars. (Moderated) clari.news.tv TV schedules, news, reviews & stars. (Moderated) clari.tw.electronics Electronics makers and sellers (Moderated comp.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation, image proc. comp.graphics.digest Graphics s/w, h/w, theory, etc. Moderated comp.ivideodisc Interactive videodiscs -- uses, potential comp.multimedia Interactive multimedia technologies of all kinds comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Animations, video, & multimedia. fj.comp.image Computer graphics, art, animation, image proc. From Japan. fj.rec.animation Discussion about animated movies. -Japan. fj.rec.av High fidelity audio and video components. fj.rec.movies Reviews and discussions of movies. -Japan fj.rec.photo (some talk of still video photography) "" fj.rec.tv Talk about Television and its shows. "" misc.forsale Postings of equipment and media for sale. rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation. rec.arts.anime Japanese animation fen discussion. rec.arts.cinema Discussion of the art of cinema.Moderated rec.arts.disney Discussion of any Disney-related subjects. rec.arts.misc Discussions about the arts not in other groups. rec.arts.movies Discussions of movies and movie making. rec.arts.movies.reviews Reviews of movies. (Moderated) rec.arts.sf.movies Reviews of Science Fiction movies. rec.arts.sf.tv Reviews of Science Fiction television shows. rec.arts.tv* The boob tube,its history,past & current shows. rec.audio Often cross-postings of interest. rec.audio.high-end "" rec.games.video Discussion about video games. rec.games.video.arcade Discussions about coin-operated video games. rec.music.video Discussion of music videos and music video s/w rec.photo (still video photography, mail order stores) rec.video.cable-tv Technical and regulatory issues of cable television. rec.video.production new group hopefully.. rec.video.releases discussions of video releases & transfers, new. rec.video.satellite Subgroup of rec.video for TVRO, DBS, etc. sci.electronics Often has discussions at a deeper technical level on video topics. Mailing Lists : [Editor's Notes on network mailing lists: ] [ ] [ 1. BITNET LISTSERV mailing lists ] [ ] [ To subscribe to a BITNET listserv list you ] [ should usually E-Mail (unless you are on a true ] [ BITNET node and know how to use the other means ] [ of listserv enrollment I won't cover here) a ] [ message to the LISTSERV address at a BITNET ] [ hostname. If your local E-Mail system doesn't ] [ support the .BITNET psuedo-domain hack (ie. find] [ a mail gateway to the BITNET for your message) ] [ then you will need to modify the any BITNET ] [ addresses below to use your closest UUCP/USENET ] [ or Internet gateway to the BITNET. Change the ] [ 'at' sign (@) in the BITNET addresses below to a] [ 'percent' sign (%) and append an 'at' sign (@) &] [ the hostname of the gateway to the BITNET, ie: ] [ DUMMY-L%SOMEHOST@CunyVM.CUNY.EDU ] [ ] [ In the body of the message (usually the first ] [ line,you can put it on the subject line as well ] [ just for fun) you should put only the text: ] [ ] [ SUB LIST-L Your Name ] [ ] [ where LIST-L is the name of the mailing list and] [ Your Name is your full name (Firstname Lastname ] [ as opposed to your account, login name or E-Mail] [ address). To unsubscribe send the message: ] [ ] [ UNSUB LIST-L ] [ ] [ To get a list of previous articles/digests and ] [ other files that may be archived you can often ] [ send the following command : ] [ ] [ INDEX LIST-L ] [ ] [ You can then usually retrieve files you wan ] [ with a message of the form : ] [ ] [ GET LIST-L filename ] [ ] [ 2. Internet mailing lists ] [ ] [ To subscribe (and unsubscribe) to an Internet ] [ mailing list you usually mail to the list's ] [ E-Mail address and add the string "-Request" to ] [ it (ie. HDTV-LD-Lovers@Foo.Bar.EDU becomes ] [ HDTV-LD-Lovers-Request@Foo.Bar.EDU). ] [ ] [ Many of the Internet mailing lists are fed into ] [ Usenet newsgroups if you would rather read news ] [ that way (and cut down on E-Mail net traffic). ] [ ] 3d-Request@bfmny0.BFM.COM A mailing list to discuss stereo photography (& cinematography and video) is now forming. The above address is the contact for subscribing ( uunet!bfmny0!3d-request is a UUCP/Usenet form of the above address). AUDIO-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET The Audio Discussion List is an unmoderated list that was formed to discuss all audio-related subjects. Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET "" message body text : SUB AUDIO-L My Name catv@quack.sac.ca.us Cable TV digest mailing list submissions. To join send E-Mail to catv-request@quack.sac.ca.us [credit: Nick Sayer mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us] europe-ld-request@ee.surrey.ac.uk To join Email list for European LaserDisc Users. [credit: B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk] FILM-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET Listserv mailing list to discuss filmmaking and movies as an art form (among other subjects). Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET "" message body text : SUB FILM-L My Name INFO-HIGH-AUDIO@CSD4.csd.uwm.edu High end audiophile discussions from the component to the speaker placement & room layout layers. I believe that this mailing list and the Usenet newsgroup rec.audio.high-end carry the same messages (they have back-end feeds to each other). To join send E-Mail to INFO-HIGH-AUDIO-REQUEST@CSD4.csd.uwm.edu. For more information contact Thomas Krueger [credit: netinfo/interest-groups@ftp.nisc.sri.com] MMEDIA-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss multimedia subjects. For more information contact Alejandro Kurczyn S. <499229@VMTECMEX.BITNET>. Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET "" message body text : SUB MMEDIA-L My Name SCREEN-L@UA1VM.BITNET (aka SCREEN-L@UA1VM.UA.EDU) Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss primarily issues related to the academic study of Film and Television. For more information contact Jeremy Butler ( JBUTLER@UA1VM.{BITNET,UA.EDU} ). Subscription address : LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET UA1VM.UA.EDU "" message body text : SUB SCREEN-L My Name TV-L@TREARN.BITNET Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss television shows and movies. For more information contact Esra (ESRA@TREARN.BITNET). Subscription address : LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET "" message body text : SUB TV-L My Name VIDEOTECH@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL as an E-Mail address automatically forwards to the Usenet newsgroup rec.video. The Internet VIDEOTECH digest is just a reflection of rec.video. It's a facility for those of us who do not have (or don't want) direct access to Usenet. To join see I-VIDTEK below, or send mail to VIDEOTECH-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [credit: Selden Ball ] I-VIDTEK@UIUCVMD.BITNET A Bitnet Listserv mailing list that receives the VIDEOTECH digest. Subscription address : LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET "" message body text : SUB I-VIDTEK My Name [credit: Selden Ball [& Frank J. Wancho ] DELPHI (online information service) 1-800-544-4005 "Videomaker Magazine's" VIDEO FORUM 1-617-491-3393 Using computer & modem dial 1-800-365-4636 Username : JOINDELPHI (Tymnet local access also) Password : VIDEOFORUM ($9.95 mem fee, $6/hr connect) Prodigy? Source? ================================================================= USERS GROUPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ================================================================= 17. "Users"/Enthusiasts Groups AVNN - Amateur Video News Network 1-800-521-1961 18. Professional Associations SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineeers), 595 W. Hartsdale Ave, White Plains, NY 10607. They publish an excellent series of books on all aspects of television engineering, including recording and the Journal of the Society will keep you up-to-date an the latest research and production technology. You can also buy their books if you are not a member, write to them. SMPTE also publish Standards, Recommended Practices and Engineering Guidelines which are the industry's holy scriptures. [credit: AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie)] ================================================================= PHONE NUMBERS (toll and toll free directory) ================================================================= *** Phone numbers. The editorial staff does not endorse or *** *** necessarily approve of any particular vendor by listing *** *** names and phone numbers here. Similarly the omission of *** *** a particular vendor does not imply disapproval. I have *** *** chosen not to list vendors that (soley or primarily make *** *** or sell) products that are not clearly legally available *** *** in all countries/states (ie. CATV converters/descramblers,*** *** MacroVision(TM) eliminators, etc.). *** Credit to wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce) and Larry Schwarcz for sending me many phone numbers since the last issue. Bevis R W King is going to send me some UK and other Euronumbers (soon????) to add. Make sure you check the leading digits of telephone numbers then BEFORE dialing or you may find yourself running up big bills using the crossbars (or digital ISDN equivalents) in EC PTT switches. 19. Major Manufacturers/Vendors customer service phone #s: Canon 800-892-0200 Canon 516-876-6500 parts-New York Canon 714-850-6376 parts-Los Angeles Canon 516-933-6300 info Chinon 1-800-345-CHINON Funai USA Corp. 201-288-2666 parts, also Symphonic Fuji Ten Corp. 800-423-8161 " 213-513-0411 General Electric 800-447-1700 24hr Goldstar 800-221-0404 parts New York (exc. NY Goldstar 718-786-2229 "" "" (In NY) Goldstar 800-252-7788 "" Chicago (exc. IL) Goldstar 800-537-6757 "" "" (In IL) Goldstar 800-382-8222 "" LA (exc. CA) Goldstar 213-721-2227 "" "" (In CA) Goldstar 800-222-6457 service info Hitachi 800-262-1502 " 213-537-8383 " 800-HITACHI parts sale thru distrib J.C. Penney 800-527-7115 prefer serv agents only JVC 800-252-5722 customer service " 800-537-5722 service info " 800-252-5722 Receivers, CD Players " 800-526-5308 TVs, VCRs, Camcorders " 201-794-3900 (voice) PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS DIV " 201-523-3601 (fax) " Mitsubishi (& Akai,MGA) 714-220-1464 offhours answering mach " 800-553-PART parts orders " 714-220-4792 "" NEC 800-366-5213 (also CompuServe E-Mail " 708-860-0335 (addr : NHE:PARTSDEPT) Nikon ???????????? Olympus Consumer Prod 800-433-0880 Panasonic+Quasar+Technics " 201-348-9090 customer service " 800-447-4700 service info Panasonic Pro/Ind Vid 201-348-7620 Eastern Zone " 708-981-4826 Central Zone " 817-685-1117 Southern Zone: Dallas " 404-925-6841 Southern Zone: Atlanta " 206-285-8883 Western Zone: Seattle " 714-373-7275 Western Zone: LA Philips +Magnavox +Sylvania+Philco +Crosley 800-851-8885 parts 8a-11p EST M-F, 9a-3:30p EST Sat "" 615-475-0317 8a-8p EST M-F Pioneer 800-628-7587 hotline " 800-421-1404 " 800-457-2881 Parts/Manuals Proton 800-829-3444 " 800-772-0172 info (outside CA) " 800-428-1006 info (inside CA) RCA 800-336-1900 24hr RCA/ProScan 800-PRO-SCAN Proscan line Ricoh ???????????? Sharp 800-526-0264 " 201-512-0055 " 800-447-4400 service info Sony 800-222-SONY Toll-free info " 201-930-SONY East Coast US region " 708-250-SONY MidWest US region " 714-821-SONY West Coast US region " 201-529-1655 NY service " 201-529-1648 NY parts " 818-842-7669 LA service " 818-842-4002 LA parts " 708-647-2400 Chicago service " 708-647-2410 Chicago parts " 816-891-7750 Sony service lit. (mainly Tandy/Radio Shack 800-442-2425 Parts " 817-870-5600 "" Teac America 213-726-0303 parts (x720 - consumer A/V Toshiba 800-631-3811 Zenith 708-671-7550 20. Specialty/Minor Manufacturers/Vendors phone #s: Autodesk 1-800-525-2763 Animation/graphics s/w Azden 1-516-328-7500 Editing & misc A/V equip Bogen 1-201-818-9500 Tripods & Lights Caption Decoder(?) 1-800-426-3149 (evening). Closed Capt. Cinema Products 1-800-955-5025 Steadicam Jr Cool-Lux 1-800-223-2589 Lights Digital Creations 1-916-344-4825 Amiga video (h/w?) &s/w EEG enterprises 1-516-293-7472 broadcast qlty CC {en,de}coders FAST 1-508-655-FAST Electronic Video Machine 1-508-650-0447 fax # Harmonic Research 1-201-652-3277 RGB dist h/w, ie.2X2 xpoint swtch Attn: James W. Harrigfeld Home Control Concepts 1-619-693-8887 Computer interface IR controller Instant Replay 1-800-749-8779 multistandard VCRs,etc. " 1-800-225-7778 " 1-305-854-8777 " 1-305-858-9053 (Fax) Lenmar 1-213-532-0994 Lights NCI 1-800-533-9673 (voice,Nat'l Captioning Inst. CC " -8337 (TDD) RGB Spectrum 1-415-848-0180 scan converters -computer video SIGMA 1-516-585-1144 wide/tele zoom lens converters SIMA 1-708-679-7462 Movie/Slide xfer kits, lights SLIK 1-914-347-2223 Tripods Smith-Victor 1-800-348-9862 Lights SunPak 1-201-342-2400 Camcorder lights Tokina Optical Corp. 1-213-537-9380 camcorder conversion lenses Videonics 1-800-338-EDIT Editors/Char Gen " 1-408-866-8300 VisionPerfect 1-713-621-2808 Videotape clean/rewinder 1-713-621-1639 (Fax) Vidicraft 1-800-999-5975 RF xmit/rcvr, baseband & RF inputs 1-503-626-1918 (in Oregon ) 21. Studios/Distributors Buena Vista Home Video 1-818-560-1000 (also Disney&Touchstone) CBS/Fox Video 1-212-819-3200 Carolco 1-213-850-8800 they use Tri-Star for distribution & own IVE Connoisseur Video Coll. 1-213-653-8873 Criterion Collection 1-213-451-1383 special edition LDs Electra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Elektra Entertainment 1-213-288-3800 music video tapes EVD ?????????????? Festival Productions 1-213-450-8859 Festival Foreign 1-213-737-3500 Video/Records Fox/Lorber Home Video 1-212-686-6777 Fries Entertainment 1-213-466-2266 Hanna-Barbera 1-213-851-5000 HBO Video 1-212-512-1000 Home Vision ?????????????? opera Image Entertainment 1-800-473-3475 LDs " 1-213-468-8867 IVE 1-818-908-0303 (also FHE) JCI ?????????????? Kino ?????????????? LIVE ?????????????? Media ?????????????? MCA/Universal Home Vid 1-818-777-4315 MGM/UA Home Video 1-800-443-5500 (x798 orders) " 1-213-280-6000 MPI Home Video 1-708-687-7881 Mystic Fire ?????????????? Nelson Entertainment 1-213-285-6000 New Yorker ?????????????? Orion(R) Home Video ?????????????? Orion Pictures 1-213-282-0550 Pioneer 1-800-421-1404 LDCA (Laserdisc) " 1-213-835-6177 Polygram Int'l. 1-213-467-3197 music video tapes Polygram Pictures 1-213-477-5232 Prism Entertainment 1-213-277-3270 Procenium ?????????????? music video - opera Public Media Video 1-313-878-7300 RCA/Columbia ?????????????? Random House Home Video 1-212-254-1600 Republic Pictures 1-213-306-4040 Turner Broadcast Systems 404-827-1700 TBS,TNT (& TBS,WTBS?) Turner/RKO Pictures 1-213-277-0707 Home of colorization TriStar ??????????????? Tri-Star?? Unicorn Video 1-818-407-1333 Vidmark Entertainment 1-213-399-8877 Virgin Records 1-213-278-1181 music video tapes Warner Home Video 1-818-954-6000 White Star ?????????????? 22. Disc/Tape Vendors phone #s: 01 Laser & Video 1-800-342-9715 LDs & tapes " 1-714-848-4034 " 1-714-841-3304 (FAX) Barr Digital 1-206-861-4505 voice " 1-206-861-4504 fax " 1-800-274-7002 orders only Columbia House 1-800-544-4431 CBS LD&Video Club 1-800-262-2001 for orders only 1-800-457-0866 cust. srv 8a-12EST 7days Ken Crane's 1-800-624-3078 LDs " 1-800-626-1768 (in Calif.) " 1-714-892-2283 LaserDisc Fan Club 1-800-322-2285 MF 7a-7pPST, Sat-Sun 8a-5pPST Laser World 1-800-343-9211 LDs Movies Unlimited 1-800-523-0823 Reference Recordings 1-800-336-8866 A Video Standard LD101 Sight & Sound 1-617-894-8633 LDs Super Source Video 1-800-331-6304 S-VHS pre-recorded releases Tewksbury Audio Video 1-908-832-9064 voice " 1-908-832-6363 fax Video Direct 1-800-255-5013 tapes 23. Special "Hardware" Mail Order Stores phone #s: Innovation Specialties 1-800-222-8228 Nady wireless audio recording devices " 1-800-624-1784 in California Jorrin Enterprises P.O. Box 1035, Erasable/Reusable Champlain NY 12915-1035 tape labels Pro. Label Service 1-301-598-2357 printer pin-feed tape labels Smile Photo (NYC) 1-800-366-6993 SVHS tape, Y/C cables 1-800-372-3700 (one of my fav mail order Tape World 1-800-245-6000 Butler, PA, tape in qty 24. Magazines/Periodicals LDN 1-212-242-3324 Laser Disc Newsletter $35US/yr Laser Scene (formerly Laser Views) [monthly, $25/yr, U.S.] c/o Scott Hughes 386 Noe Street San Francisco CA 94114 no phone no. given The Perfect Vision 1-800-825-0061 TPV (videophile hi-end " (disconnected) 1-800-222-3201 customer service " 1-516-671-6342 (NY) " 1-516-676-5469 (fax) last two issues of this fine publication (# 10 and 11). The Perfect Vision POB 357 Sea Cliff, NY 11579 $7.50 ea. $26/yr US, $34/yr Canada, $41/yr overseas. Pond Scum 1-818-342-7886 [monthly, $21/yr, U.S.] [laserdisc reviews] J & R Frogg 19126-6 Haynes St. Reseda, CA 91335 TV Guide 215-293-8500 vcr+ codes News America Publications Video 1-212-947-6500 general 1-212-947-6727 (fax) Videomaker(tm) 1-815-734-4151 amateur camcorder/editing PO Box 4195 Chico, CA 95927 1-916-891-8410 non-subscription questions Video PROphiles 1-603-924-0100 (for serious video users) (dead?, postponed?) IDG Communications Only published one issue? Video Review 1-800-234-8193 general 1-303-447-9330 Alaska,Colorado,Hawaii, Canada Video Theater (editor J.Gordon Holt) [as often as possible :-), $16 for 6 issues, U.S.] 1215 Ravenwood Rd. Boulder, CO 80303 303-499-4557 25. "Good" Books - suggest some of your favorites Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide 1991 Halliwells Several books on movies 1991 Douglas Pratt The Laser Video Companion (1988) ISBN 0-918432-86-3 SAMS Annual Index. 1-800-428-SAMS complete listing of mfgr addrs & phone #s (& distributors). Loughney, Katharine. Film, television, and video periodicals : a comprehensive annotated list New York : Garland Pub., 1991. xv, 431 p. ; 23 cm. Garland reference library of the humanities. vol. 1032 Premiere Premiere Guide to Movies on Video edited by Howard Karren. 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, 1991. Nowlan, Robert A. The films of the eighties : Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1991. A complete, qualitative filmography to over 3400 feature-length English language films, theatrical and video-only, released between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1989 LASER VIDEO DISC COMPANION reviews from Laser Disc Newsletter have been compiled in a book, LASER VIDEO DISC COMPANION. The 2nd edition is due out in October. Price is $24.95 including shipping before Sept.30, higher afterwards. Published by New York Zoetrope. CAll 1-800-CHAPLIN or 1-212-420-1098/1059 [credit: William L.R. Cruce, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu] Laser Video File Laser Video File [semi-annually, $3.50 each at store] [$9.95/yr, $17.95/2 yr including postage, U.S.] PO Box 828 Westwood, NJ 07675 no phone no. given [credit: William L.R. Cruce, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu] AVID Amiga Video newsletter 1.5+ years old 24+ page magazine newsletter for people who use the Amiga in a video production environment. September 1991 issue was > 60 pages. If you would like to see a sample (no obligation) issue you can request one by: 1)Writing to: AVID, 415-112 N. Mary Ave. #207, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 2) Calling: voice (408) 252-0508 or FAX (408) 725-8035 3) E-Mail: AVID@cup.portal.com [credit: Jim Plant-Publisher, AVID@cup.portal.com] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Scroll credits....] Thanks to many for advice and postings including: Bob Niland rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Bevis R W King) goldberg@dtoa3.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg) wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce) brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA] larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson) "Hugh_E._Wells.ElSegundo"@Xerox.COM taj@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Tom Jack) ben@val.com (Ben Thornton) scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) David.Weaver@earth.Eng.Sun.COM (David Weaver) Seng-Chou Timothy Chou Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com george@Seri.GOV (George Scott) Richard Shetron schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) gpinzone@george.poly.edu (A1 gerard pinzone (ee)) dfh@dwx3bs.att.com (Dave Haertig) "Frank J. Wancho" WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL John Mc jmclachlan@draper.com zhu@wobbegong.cs.indiana.edu (Zheng Zhu) jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen) Steve Kreisel ingram@hotair.enet.dec.com (Larry J. Ingram) Nick Sayer Bill Ranck AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie) Selden Ball ckoch@BBN.COM (Carter Koch) Alejandro Kurczyn S. netinfo/interest-groups@ftp.nisc.sri.com (Internet List-of-Lists) Jim Plant Larry Schwarcz trebor@homxc.att.com (Robert G Egan) robe@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.g.egan) (same as above?) tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall) consp24@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Gregg William Riedel) David G. Welton 0004861036@mcimail.com (James Millick) [end credits.... fade to black] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Copyright 1991 H. Morrow Long All Rights Under Copyright Reserved Quoted and derivative material contributed by persons other than the above author/editor remains their intellectual property. Permission is granted for the automatic redistribution of this article in original form, through the Usenet rec.video newsgroup, the Internet VIDEOTECH Digest and BITNET I-VIDTEK (LISTSERV) mailing list. 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Morrow Long, Mgr of Dev., Yale Univ., Comp Sci Dept, 011 AKW, New Haven, CT 06520-8285, VOICE: (203)-432-{1248,1254} FAX: (203)-432-0593 INET: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU UUCP: yale!Long-Morrow BITNET: Long-Morrow@YaleCS WWW: http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/long-morrow.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----------------------------end of rec.video RESOURCE GUIDE