Xref: utzoo misc.wanted:3482 sci.electronics:4442 rec.video:4855 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!att!mtune!rkh From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) Newsgroups: misc.wanted,sci.electronics,rec.video Subject: Re: Technical Info on Fisher-Price Camcorder?? Message-ID: <7883@mtune.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Dec 88 21:44:57 GMT References: <2433@phred.UUCP> <246@ultb.UUCP> Reply-To: rkh@mtune.UUCP (Robert Halloran) Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA Lines: 25 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 ========================================================================= UUCP: att!mtune!rkh Internet: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM USPS: 17 Lakeland Dr, Port Monmouth NJ 07758 DDD: 201-495-6621 eve ET Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed. Quote: "History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark!" - Dr. Lizardo, "Buckaroo Banzai"