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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
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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
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