Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!ccm022 From: ccm022@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0048;0000070487;300;9999;94;ccm) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: re:PixelVision Camera Message-ID: <3367@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 9 Dec 88 04:10:00 GMT Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Lines: 37 To: rkh@mtune.UUCP Subject: Re: Technical Info on Fisher-Price Camcorder?? Newsgroups: misc.wanted,sci.electronics,rec.video In-Reply-To: <7883@mtune.ATT.COM> References: <2433@phred.UUCP> <246@ultb.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Davis Cc: Bcc: In article <7883@mtune.ATT.COM> you write: >In article <246@ultb.UUCP> glz5913@ultb.UUCP (G.L. Zeiger (713ICS)) writes: >>In article <2433@phred.UUCP> artm@phred.UUCP (Curmudgeon) writes: >>>.... He's doing some experimentation with video >>>recording techniques and would like to get some information about >>>the Fisher-Price monochrome camcorder. >> >>Is this for real? Does this Fisher-Price camcorder *ACTUALLY* work? >>I thought Fisher-Price made toys (ie. things that sort of resembled >>actual items [like cameras, projectors, etc] but didn't really work >>like the "adult" versions) for real small kids. Or have I been paying >>tooooooo much attention to trying to graduate and not enough to other >>worldly matters? > >They offer a unit called the PXL2000 (?) which apparently uses slow-scan >techniques to record on a standard audio cassette. It includes a small (5") >monitor to play back through. About $150., as I recall. Neat techie toy >for the kids, and given F-P's reputation, probably built like a truck. > >Bob Halloran I saw one of those little beauties at a Toys "R" Us in L.A. The picture was fairly good on the little screen provided, but I wonder how nasty it would look at home on a 26'' reg size tube..... Anyway, I haven't been able to find the camera in the Sacramento area, Does any one know who carries(sells) it? I think I''l buy one for me I mean THE KIDS. - Mark, CCM022@Deneb.ucdavis.EDUandsomethingelse