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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
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     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