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Subject: Laser and Vcr stuff
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 03:08:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 03:08:11 1985
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	My organisation was setting up its booth at an audio-visual
trade show here in Toronto today. When we were done, I took a look around
the exhibits and saw a few interesting things.


	The SONY booth had a host of 8mmVideo equipment as well
as a new Laser Disc player with the name "Lasermax" on it. It looked
like a sophisticated industrial player. This front-loading unit was
entirely white, and it may have been built by pioneer. Anyone else know?

	It was interesting to note that whenever anyone at the show
wanted to show the quality of their video displays, they would have
a Laser player supplying the picture. There were at least a dozen
players spread over five booths. Most of them were not plainly visible,
since they were not the item being sold.

	Yamaha has announced their intention to build a LV player
capable of decoding the "digital sound" laser discs. [Stereo Review, I think]
Now all we need are a few more discs of that type.

	A friend of mine has told me that in Japan, the SLHF9000 SONY
(similar to the North American SLHF900) allows superbetahifi recording
in Beta 1. I assume that the 9000 would not work here since the Japanes
use NTSC 4.43, and the tuners would be unable to find the sound.
Beta 1 recording sounds like a good idea for programs that you intend
to edit later on.

	A recent letter to the editor of one of the video magazines
cites a poll that shows most people do not even watch the programs
they record. The same poll showed that half of vcr owners used their
machines for playback only. Is there something fundamentally wrong with
vcrs in homes?



Cheers then

	Stephen Trutiak