Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!arcorp From: arcorp@utcsri.UUCP (Alias Research Corp.) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Laser and Vcr stuff Message-ID: <1557@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 03:08:11 EST Article-I.D.: utcsri.1557 Posted: Tue Oct 29 03:08:11 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 03:41:40 EST References: <21169@mgweed.UUCP> Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 40 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