Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:2778 rec.video:3770 sci.electronics:3274 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!decwrl!labrea!glacier!jbn From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.video,sci.electronics Subject: VCRs for animation/editing/single frame operation Keywords: VCR single-frame Message-ID: <17553@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 13 Jul 88 21:53:25 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 14 This comes up every few months, but the products change so fast it needs to be reconsidered frequently. What are the best VCRs for single-frame record and playback, for applications such as animation recording and video analysis? Which machines are capable of reliable frame-by-frame read, with minutes of holding time per frame, without tape damage? Is anything at the low end suitable for single-frame write yet? What about 8mm machines? Also, which machines get the interlace right on still-frame operations, so that one always gets both halves of the same frame, not two halves of two different frames? John Nagle