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- From: Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU (H. Morrow Long)
- Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.answers,news.answers
- Subject: rec.video RESOURCE GUIDE / FAQ
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- Date: 1 Apr 1994 00:39:13 -0500
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- Version: $Id: RESOURCE_GUIDE,v 1.10 1994/02/15 22:48:35 long Exp $
-
- RESOURCE GUIDE for rec.video and VIDEOTECH readers.
-
- This resource guide should help to forestall frequently asked
- questions as well as provide a lot of video related network
- trivia in one place.
-
- This version has been reformatted to 65 columns on the
- advice of Frank J. Wancho
-
- There are reports of a BBS providing a file listing a catalog
- of laserdiscs available (similar to the Laser Video File book).
- If this list is available on the networks or the BBS has the
- listing up and available at a phone number yet let me know.
-
- Help me supply some of the ????? marked data (especially phone
- numbers)!!! & more books of record (ISBN #s), high-end
- magazines & newsletters.
-
- =================================================================
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- =================================================================
- FAQ LISTS, SURVEYS, ELECTRONIC NEWS ARTICLES, ETC.
- ARCHIVES (Public FTP/E-Mail Repositories)
- SERVERS:WWW,Gophers,WAIS (Internet Information Services)
- SWITCHING CHANNELS (other electronic forums)
- USERS GROUPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- PHONE NUMBERS (toll and toll free directory)
- Vendors
- Magazines/Periodicals
- Books
-
- =================================================================
- FAQ LISTS, SURVEYS, ELECTRONIC NEWS ARTICLES, ETC.
- =================================================================
-
- The number of regular and semi-regular FAQ and Survey postings
- in rec.video has been expanding rapidly into specialty niches.
-
- 1. US/CA Consumer Video FAQ for rec.video/VIDEOTECH
-
- Primarily oriented towards the United States and
- Canadi{an,en} consumer video neophyte. Posted around
- the middle of each month by H. Morrow Long
- (Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU). Should be released around
- the same time as this RESOURCE GUIDE I hope.....
- Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video
-
- 2. Worldwide TV Standards FAQ
-
- Bevis King's rec.video/VIDEOTECH Frequently Asked
- Questions and answers list relating to multistandard
- (PAL,NTSC,SECAM...) video. Posted monthly I believe.
- (I haven't seen a copy recently)
- Send correspondence to B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk
- Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video
-
- 3. Antenna FAQ list
-
- Bill Ranck's FAQ list for TV antennas made a premiere
- debut 2 Aug 91. Please send any
- additions/corrections/brickbats to: RANCK@VTVM1.BITNET
- (I have only seen one or two copies ever.)
- Available via anonymous ftp in sparky.cs.yale.edu:pub/rec.video
-
- 4. Photographic Equipment/Video Mail Order Company Survey
-
- Douglas Blondin's survey posted to rec.photo & rec.video
- around the first of each month. Send updates/input to
- att!druhi!blondin
-
- 5. Top Videodisc Sales: For 2 Weeks Ending Month Day, Year
-
- The Vidiot's bi-weekly listing of the top 25 LD's sold
- in the US by rank as well as a list of new LD releases
- (with prices) by the issuing label.
-
- This posting may be moving to rec.video.releases now?
-
- 6. Bob Niland's postings on LaserDisc, IDTV and projection
- screen systems are definitive. Here is a list of
- available titles:
-
- 1. Introduction to Laser Video Disc. Contains info on
- LD that you won't easily find anywhere else.
- Revised: 17 Oct 91
- 2. Introduction to imported LDs.
- Revised: 24 Mar 91
- 3. Introduction to surround sound.
- Revised: 06 Nov 91
- 4. LD media quality report.
- Revised: 30 Mar 91
- 5. How to return a defective LD to Pioneer.
- Revised: 17 Sep 90
- 6. Introduction to Criterion Collection.
- Revised: 26 Aug 91
- 7. Current Voyager Press (Criterion Collection) catalog
- summary, Revised: Monthly
- 8. LD loaning agreement.
- Revised: 05 Mar 90
- 9. Identifying LD mint marks.
- Revised: 05 Nov 91
- 10. LD "Best Practices" suggestions for producers.
- Revised: 21 Jul 91
- 11. <no longer supplied>
- 12. CAV still-frame: ramblings on 3-2 pull-down and
- white flags. Revised: 04 Nov 91
- 13. LD care and repair.
- Revised: 06 Jan 91
- 14. LD retail sources: national mail order and
- Colorado. Revised: 21 Oct 91
- 15. A summary of articles on IDTV.
- Revised: 25 Mar 91
- 16. Looking back: CED
- Revised: 21 Oct 91
- 17. What is a "defect"?
- Revised: 23 Oct 91
- ??. Long awaited :-) paper on aspect ratios.
- Revised: real soon now
-
- They are often posted to rec.video, you can also request
- them from Bob Niland via Email (rjn@FC.HP.COM).
-
- =================================================================
- ARCHIVES
- =================================================================
-
- [Editor's Notes on Internet Anonymous FTP sites: ]
- [ ]
- [ 1. ftp hostname.subdomain.domain ]
- [ ]
- [ if the hostname is unknown or otherwise appears ]
- [ not to work try using the numeric IP address ]
- [ instead, ie. : ]
- [ ]
- [ ftp 128.36.0.3 ]
- [ ]
- [ 2. supply the word 'anonymous' in response to the ]
- [ 'login' or username prompt unless otherwise ]
- [ indicated. The username 'ftp' will often work ]
- [ also on some Unix(tm) machines. ]
- [ ]
- [ 3. supply your login name and hostname with an 'at']
- [ sign between then (E-Mail form) in response to ]
- [ the 'password' prompt. Actually you can type in]
- [ anything as the password for anonymous ftp but ]
- [ it is considered good form to supply 'user@host']
- [ 4. Once logged in you should do a 'dir' or 'ls' to ]
- [ look around. Often you will want to change your]
- [ working directory to the subdirectory 'pub' with]
- [ the FTP user command 'cd pub'. ]
- [ 5. Often there will be a file called 'readme' - ]
- [ in lower, upper or mixed case, sometimes with an]
- [ extension such as '.txt'. If you want to read ]
- [ it on the screen rather than download it to your]
- [ disk most FTP implementations allow the cmd: ]
- [ get readme - ]
- [ ]
- [ If you leave off the dash the file will be saved]
- [ to disk. If you supply a different name it will]
- [ be used as the name of the file to write to. ]
- [ ]
- [ 6. To leave most FTP client programs (ie. the glass]
- [ tty BSD-derived versions not the whizbang GUI & ]
- [ menu/button based versions now out) type 'quit'.]
- [ ]
- [ ]
-
- 7. Public FTP repository @ SIMTEL20 (rec.video posts as
- VIDEOTECH digests)
-
- The VIDEOTECH archives are currently kept in
- PD2:<ARCHIVES.VIDEOTECH>. The current month's
- correspondence is kept in VIDEOTECH-ARCHIV.TXT.
- Previous months' are in yy-mm.n-TXT or yy-mm.n-TXT-Z
- files, where yy is the last two digests of the year, mm
- is the month, and n is the sequence number of the file
- for that month. (The files are no larger than about
- 385,000 bytes, except for possibly the current month,
- which may be much larger.)
-
- If you have access to ftp, use that. Otherwise, the
- files are accessible through the LISTSERV/TRICKLE
- mechanisms for BITNET/EARN readers, and *may* be
- sub-archived somewhere on BITNET as well.
-
- simtel20.army.mil is also known as host
- wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and is IP host 192.88.110.20 on
- the Internet (well MILnet actually).
-
- [credit: "Frank J. Wancho"
- WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL]
-
- 8. Public FTP repository @ sparky.CS.Yale.EDU (FAQs and tidbits)
-
- You can obtain a current copy of this file and several
- of the FAQs (that I have obtained permission to
- distribute such as the Antenna & Worldwide FAQs) as well
- as other resources via anonymous ftp to sparky.CS.Yale.EDU, aka
- 128.36.31.4 look at file pub/rec.video/README
-
- Ac domain systems I have
- found for making VHS cassette labels (one is in TeX
- format, the other is in PostScript(tm)) I will make them
- available.
-
- 8A. Wavelet Algorithm Compression Papers and Code
- Repository ftp://MATH.YALE.EDU
-
- If you are interested in video (and audio) compression
- methods you might want to take a look at the work of the
- Yale Mathematics Department's Numerical Algorithms
- Research Group. Wavelets and wavelet packets are an
- interesting approach to obtaining fantastic compression
- rates for some types of audio and video (in electronic
- still form) data. Get the pub/README file.
-
- math.yale.edu is IP host 128.36.23.1 on the
- Internet.
-
- 9. VCR+ code reverse engineering Public FTP Repository
- At XXXX - [information removed per request ]
-
-
- 10. High End Audio Public FTP Repository @CSD4.csd.uwm.edu
-
- Archives of digests (see INFO-HIGH-AUDIO mail list) and
- various projects in the anonymous ftp high-end directory.
-
- csd4.csd.uwm.edu (aka csd4.milw.wisc.edu) is IP
- hosts 129.89.8.4 and 129.89.7.4 on the Internet.
-
- 11. IR remote computer control proj. FTP@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
-
- Plans for the 'Zapper' (a computer controlled IR remote)
- as well as a description of the Sony Control-S&L
- protocols/interfaces, some code for the above and
- descriptions of modifications that can be made to video
- gear (Sony Sl-HF900, Panasonic AG1960, etc.).
- FTP to host mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, cd /video, get readme
-
- mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu is IP host 128.174.201.12 on the
- Internet.
-
- [credit: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) &
- engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall)]
-
- 12. Movie Review FTP Repository @LCS.MIT.EDU
-
- Reviews of theatrical films are available in the
- anonymous ftp subdirectory movie-reviews on
- host LCS.MIT.EDU (Internet IP host 18.26.0.36).
- I suggest getting (and reading) the README, FAQL
- and INDEX* files first to find the particular
- review(s) you desire.
-
- BTW, if you are on the Internet and have an auto-
- mounter running or are privileged you can NFS
- mount lcs.mit.edu (read-only) and experience much
- nicer (than FTP) browsing of the files:
-
- sparky% cd /net/lcs.mit.edu/common/movie-reviews
- sparky% ls
- 00xx.dir 06xx.dir FAQL
- 01xx.dir 07xx.dir FAQL.SF
- 02xx.dir 08xx.dir INDEX0001-1000
- 03xx.dir 09xx.dir INDEX1001-2000
- 04xx.dir 10xx.dir README
- 05xx.dir 11xx.dir
- sparky% grep -i terminator INDEX*
- INDEX1001-2000:1056:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith)
- INDEX1001-2000:1057:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- sksircar@phoenix.princeton.edu (Subrata Sircar)
- INDEX1001-2000:1058:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- rsnappy%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Roger Snappy Rubio)
- INDEX1001-2000:1059:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- leeper@mtgzy.att.com (Mark R. Leeper)
- INDEX1001-2000:1076:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- frankm@microsoft.UUCP (Frank MALONEY)
- INDEX1001-2000:1077:REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY:
- blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu (Brian L. Johnson)
- sparky% more 10xx.dir/1056 10xx.dir/1057 10xx.dir/1058
- 10xx.dir/1059 10xx.dir/1076 10xx.dir/1077
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.reviews
- Path: cbnewsj!ecl
- From: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith)
- Subject: REVIEW: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
- Expires: Sun, 4 Aug 1991 13:00:00 GMT
- Reply-To: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith)
- Organization: FXD/Telerate, Mountain View, CA
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1991 14:27:23 GMT
- Approved: ecl@cbnewsj.att.com
- Message-ID: <1991Jul7.142723.13581@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Followup-To: rec.arts.movies
- Summary: r.a.m.r. #01056
- Keywords: author=Griffith
- Sender: ecl@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper)
- Lines: 125
-
- TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
-
- ....
- [credit: consp24@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
- (Gregg William Riedel)]
-
- =================================================================
- SERVERS:WWW,Gophers,WAIS (Internet Information Services)
- =================================================================
- *** NEW! 1994 BEGIN
-
- MPEG FAQ
-
- http://www.crs4.it/HTML/LUIGI/MPEG/mpegfaq.html
- - a great description of MPEG when you can access it
-
- http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/CIE/home.html
- - CIE Color Information
-
- A fantastic Film and Video Internet resource list published Dec 15, 93:
-
- gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/filmvideo%3awoodgarlock
- - You want definitely want this.
-
- *** NEW! 1994 END
-
-
- 13. "used" CD server (can also be used for listing/buying
- LDs, CDVs and audio/video tapes). E-Mail queries against
- database.
-
- For information about this service, send a message to
- the following electronic mail address with the string
- HELP as the only word in the subject field. The address
- in Internet domain format is :
-
- used-music-server@cs.ucsb.edu
-
- [credit: John Mc jmclachlan@draper.com]
-
- 14. Barr Digital Online Laser Disc Database
-
- BBS: THE LIBRARY in Seattle, WA
- +1-206-641-7978 (8 lines in, baud rates
- supported unknown)
-
- The operators of Barr Digital (LD store) were
- supposed to put their online LD listing on this
- BBS system. Can someone verify this for me?
- And/or tell us if the list is also available on the
- Internet?
- [credit: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce)]
-
- =================================================================
- SWITCHING CHANNELS : OTHER ELECTRONIC NEWS & MAIL FORUMS
- =================================================================
- 15. Related USENET-type newsgroups and Internet maillists:
-
- !!!! News Flash !!!!
-
- I have sent a message calling for a Request For
- Discussion for the creation of a new newsgroup
- rec.video.production to the moderator of the newsgroup
- news.announce.newgroups. It should also be cross- posted
- in rec.video and news.groups as well as a few other
- places I thought might be interested.
-
- The discussion should take place in in news.groups (re:
- naming of the new group, what hierarchy it should be
- under - ie. rec, sci or misc - and the reason it should
- exist).
-
- Look for the appearence of the RFD and join in
- the discussion if you have intelligent comments. After
- a month long discussion period there should be a voting
- period on the new Usenet newsgroup.
-
- Permanent newgroups :
-
- alt.3d 3D imaging, companion to 3d mailing list.
- alt.binaries.multimedia Animations, scripts, aud/vid clip art.
- alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g. Rocky
- Horror,Highlander,Heathers,Blade Runner)
- alt.karaoke worldwide karaoke discussion newsgroup
- alt.sex.movies Pretty obvious, right? NC-17, Adult XXX
- alt.tv.* Discussions of TV shows, subgroups:
- muppets, prisoner, simpsons, tiny-toon,
- twin-peaks
- aus.films Australian films.
- bit.listserv.cinema-l Discussions on all forms of Cinema
- bit.listserv.film-l Film making and reviews List.
- clari.news.movies Reviews, news and stories on movie stars.
- (Moderated)
- clari.news.tv TV schedules, news, reviews & stars.
- (Moderated)
- clari.tw.electronics Electronics makers and sellers (Moderated
- comp.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation,
- image proc.
- comp.graphics.digest Graphics s/w, h/w, theory, etc. Moderated
- comp.ivideodisc Interactive videodiscs -- uses, potential
- comp.multimedia Interactive multimedia technologies of
- all kinds
- comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Animations, video, & multimedia.
- fj.comp.image Computer graphics, art, animation,
- image proc. From Japan.
- fj.rec.animation Discussion about animated movies. -Japan.
- fj.rec.av High fidelity audio and video components.
- fj.rec.movies Reviews and discussions of movies. -Japan
- fj.rec.photo (some talk of still video photography) ""
- fj.rec.tv Talk about Television and its shows. ""
- misc.forsale Postings of equipment and media for sale.
- rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation.
- rec.arts.anime Japanese animation fen discussion.
- rec.arts.cinema Discussion of the art of cinema.Moderated
- rec.arts.disney Discussion of any Disney-related
- subjects.
- rec.arts.misc Discussions about the arts not
- in other groups.
- rec.arts.movies Discussions of movies and movie making.
- s of movies. (Moderated)
- rec.arts.sf.movies Reviews of Science Fiction movies.
- rec.arts.sf.tv Reviews of Science Fiction television shows.
- rec.arts.tv* The boob tube,its history,past &
- current shows.
- rec.audio Often cross-postings of interest.
- rec.audio.high-end ""
- rec.games.video Discussion about video games.
- rec.games.video.arcade Discussions about coin-operated
- video games.
- rec.music.video Discussion of music videos and
- music video s/w
- rec.photo (still video photography, mail
- order stores)
- rec.video.cable-tv Technical and regulatory issues
- of cable television.
- rec.video.production new group hopefully..
- rec.video.releases discussions of video releases &
- transfers, new.
- rec.video.satellite Subgroup of rec.video for TVRO,
- DBS, etc.
- sci.electronics Often has discussions at a deeper
- technical level on video topics.
-
- Mailing Lists :
-
- [Editor's Notes on network mailing lists: ]
- [ ]
- [ 1. BITNET LISTSERV mailing lists ]
- [ ]
- [ To subscribe to a BITNET listserv list you ]
- [ should usually E-Mail (unless you are on a true ]
- [ BITNET node and know how to use the other means ]
- [ of listserv enrollment I won't cover here) a ]
- [ message to the LISTSERV address at a BITNET ]
- [ hostname. If your local E-Mail system doesn't ]
- [ support the .BITNET psuedo-domain hack (ie. find]
- [ a mail gateway to the BITNET for your message) ]
- [ then you will need to modify the any BITNET ]
- [ addresses below to use your closest UUCP/USENET ]
- [ or Internet gateway to the BITNET. Change the ]
- [ 'at' sign (@) in the BITNET addresses below to a]
- [ 'percent' sign (%) and append an 'at' sign (@) &]
- [ the hostname of the gateway to the BITNET, ie: ]
- [ DUMMY-L%SOMEHOST@CunyVM.CUNY.EDU ]
- [ ]
- [ In the body of the message (usually the first ]
- [ line,you can put it on the subject line as well ]
- [ just for fun) you should put only the text: ]
- [ ]
- [ SUB LIST-L Your Name ]
- [ ]
- [ where LIST-L is the name of the mailing list and]
- [ Your Name is your full name (Firstname Lastname ]
- [ as opposed to your account, login name or E-Mail]
- [ address). To unsubscribe send the message: ]
- [ ]
- [ UNSUB LIST-L ]
- [ ]
- [ To get a list of previous articles/digests and ]
- [ other files that may be archived you can often ]
- [ send the following command : ]
- [ ]
- [ INDEX LIST-L ]
- [ ]
- [ You can then usually retrieve files you wan ]
- [ with a message of the form : ]
- [ ]
- [ GET LIST-L filename ]
- [ ]
- [ 2. Internet mailing lists ]
- [ ]
- [ To subscribe (and unsubscribe) to an Internet ]
- [ mailing list you usually mail to the list's ]
- [ E-Mail address and add the string "-Request" to ]
- [ it (ie. HDTV-LD-Lovers@Foo.Bar.EDU becomes ]
- [ HDTV-LD-Lovers-Request@Foo.Bar.EDU). ]
- [ ]
- [ Many of the Internet mailing lists are fed into ]
- [ Usenet newsgroups if you would rather read news ]
- [ that way (and cut down on E-Mail net traffic). ]
- [ ]
-
- 3d-Request@bfmny0.BFM.COM
-
- A mailing list to discuss stereo photography
- (& cinematography and video) is now forming.
- The above address is the contact for
- subscribing ( uunet!bfmny0!3d-request is a
- UUCP/Usenet form of the above address).
-
- AUDIO-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET
-
- The Audio Discussion List is an unmoderated list
- that was formed to discuss all audio-related
- subjects.
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET
- "" message body text : SUB AUDIO-L My Name
-
- catv@quack.sac.ca.us
-
- Cable TV digest mailing list submissions. To
- join send E-Mail to catv-request@quack.sac.ca.us
- [credit: Nick Sayer mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us]
-
- europe-ld-request@ee.surrey.ac.uk
-
- To join Email list for European LaserDisc Users.
- [credit: B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk]
-
- FILM-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET
-
- Listserv mailing list to discuss filmmaking and
- movies as an art form (among other subjects).
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET
- "" message body text : SUB FILM-L My Name
-
- INFO-HIGH-AUDIO@CSD4.csd.uwm.edu
-
- High end audiophile discussions from the
- component to the speaker placement & room layout
- layers. I believe that this mailing list and
- the Usenet newsgroup rec.audio.high-end carry
- the same messages (they have back-end feeds to
- each other). To join send E-Mail to
- INFO-HIGH-AUDIO-REQUEST@CSD4.csd.uwm.edu. For
- more information contact Thomas Krueger
- <tjk@CSD4.csd.uwm.edu>
- [credit: netinfo/interest-groups@ftp.nisc.sri.com]
-
- MMEDIA-L@VMTECMEX.BITNET
-
- Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss
- multimedia subjects. For more information
- contact Alejandro Kurczyn S.
- <499229@VMTECMEX.BITNET>.
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@VMTECMEX.BITNET
- "" message body text : SUB MMEDIA-L My Name
-
- SCREEN-L@UA1VM.BITNET (aka SCREEN-L@UA1VM.UA.EDU)
-
- Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss
- primarily issues related to the academic study
- of Film and Television. For more information
- contact Jeremy Butler
- ( JBUTLER@UA1VM.{BITNET,UA.EDU} ).
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@UA1VM.BITNET
- UA1VM.UA.EDU
- "" message body text : SUB SCREEN-L My Name
-
- TV-L@TREARN.BITNET
-
- Unmoderated listserv mailing list to discuss
- television shows and movies. For more
- information contact Esra (ESRA@TREARN.BITNET).
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@TREARN.BITNET
- "" message body text : SUB TV-L My Name
-
- VIDEOTECH@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
-
- as an E-Mail address automatically forwards to
- the Usenet newsgroup rec.video. The Internet
- VIDEOTECH digest is just a reflection of
- rec.video. It's a facility for those of us who
- do not have (or don't want) direct access to
- Usenet. To join see I-VIDTEK below, or send
- mail to VIDEOTECH-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
- [credit: Selden Ball <seb@lns61.tn.cornell.edu>]
-
- I-VIDTEK@UIUCVMD.BITNET
-
- A Bitnet Listserv mailing list that receives
- the VIDEOTECH digest.
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET
- "" message body text : SUB I-VIDTEK My Name
- [credit: Selden Ball <seb@lns61.tn.cornell.edu>
- [& Frank J. Wancho <WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL]
-
- VIDNET-L@UGA.BITNET ( aka VIDNET-L@uga.cc.uga.edu)
-
- The Video Network Discussion List is a list that
- was formed to discuss campus-wide video networks.
- For more info contact John R. Stephens, Jr.
- ( JStephen@UGA.BITNET or JStephen@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU )
- Subscription address : LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET
- LISTSERV@UGA.cc.uga.edu
- "" message body text : SUB VIDNET-L My Name
-
- XVIDEO@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
-
- This unmoderated list is set up to provide a
- forum for discussing extensions to the MIT X
- Window System to provide live and/or still
- video. To subscribe users can send a message
- to : XVIDEO-REQUEST@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU.
- For more info contact the X Consortium staff
- ( LISTS-REQUEST@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU ).
-
- 16. Commercial (for-profit) Electronic News forums on video
- related issues :
-
- CompuServe (has a couple)
- Broadcast Pro Forum GO BPFORUM
- Consumer Elect. Forum GO CEFORUM
- Journalism Forum GO JFORUM
- Media Newsletters GO MEDIANEWS
- (surcharged per article read)
- Multimedia Forum GO MULTIMEDIA
-
- The Broadcast Professional forum covers TV,
- Radio, FCC rules, CATV, broadcast engineering,
- and has a jobs listing. The busiest part of this
- forum is usually the TV/Radio personalities
- column which talks about talent at various
- stations around the country.
-
- The Consumer Electronic forum covers audio and
- video, hardware and software, film, theatres,
- cable TV, satellite systems, telephone/fax
- products, mobile office/cellular and has a for
- sale column. Much busier forum than the pro
- forum.
- [credit : Steve Kreisel
- <stevek@cup.portal.com>]
-
- DELPHI (online information service) 1-800-544-4005
- "Videomaker Magazine's" VIDEO FORUM 1-617-491-3393
- Using computer & modem dial 1-800-365-4636
- Username : JOINDELPHI (Tymnet local
- access also)
- Password : VIDEOFORUM ($9.95 mem fee,
- $6/hr connect)
-
- Prodigy?
- Source?
-
- =================================================================
- USERS GROUPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- =================================================================
- 17. "Users"/Enthusiasts Groups
-
- AVNN - Amateur Video News Network 1-800-521-1961
-
- 18. Professional Associations
-
- SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and
- Television Engineeers), 595 W.
- Hartsdale Ave,
- White Plains,
- NY 10607.
-
- They publish an excellent series of books on all
- aspects of television engineering, including
- recording and the Journal of the Society will
- keep you up-to-date an the latest research and
- production technology. You can also buy their
- books if you are not a member, write to them.
- SMPTE also publish Standards, Recommended
- Practices and Engineering Guidelines which are
- the industry's holy scriptures.
- [credit: AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark
- Ritchie)]
-
-
-
- =================================================================
- PHONE NUMBERS (toll and toll free directory)
- =================================================================
- *** Phone numbers. The editorial staff does not endorse or ***
- *** necessarily approve of any particular vendor by listing ***
- *** names and phone numbers here. Similarly the omission of ***
- *** a particular vendor does not imply disapproval. I have ***
- *** chosen not to list vendors that (soley or primarily make ***
- *** or sell) products that are not clearly legally available ***
- *** in all countries/states (ie. CATV converters/descramblers,***
- *** MacroVision(TM) eliminators, etc.). ***
-
- Credit to wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce) and
- Larry Schwarcz <lrs@hpindzl.cup.hp.com> for sending me
- many phone numbers since the last issue.
-
- Bevis R W King is going to send me some UK and other Euronumbers
- (soon????) to add. Make sure you check the leading digits of
- telephone numbers then BEFORE dialing or you may find yourself
- running up big bills using the crossbars (or digital ISDN
- equivalents) in EC PTT switches.
-
- 19. Major Manufacturers/Vendors customer service phone #s:
-
- Canon 800-892-0200
- Canon 516-876-6500 parts-New York
- Canon 714-850-6376 parts-Los
- Angeles
- Canon 516-933-6300 info
- Chinon 1-800-345-CHINON
- Funai USA Corp. 201-288-2666 parts, also Symphonic
- Fuji Ten Corp. 800-423-8161
- " 213-513-0411
- General Electric 800-447-1700 24hr
- Goldstar 800-221-0404 parts New York (exc. NY
- Goldstar 718-786-2229 "" "" (In NY)
- Goldstar 800-252-7788 "" Chicago (exc. IL)
- Goldstar 800-537-6757 "" "" (In IL)
- Goldstar 800-382-8222 "" LA (exc. CA)
- Goldstar 213-721-2227 "" "" (In CA)
- Goldstar 800-222-6457 service info
- Hitachi 800-262-1502
- " 213-537-8383
- " 800-HITACHI parts sale thru distrib
- J.C. Penney 800-527-7115 prefer serv agents only
- JVC 800-252-5722 customer service
- " 800-537-5722 service info
- " 800-252-5722 Receivers, CD Players
- " 800-526-5308 TVs, VCRs,
- Camcorders
- " 201-794-3900 (voice)
- PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS DIV
- " 201-523-3601 (fax) "
- Mitsubishi (& Akai,MGA) 714-220-1464 offhours answering mach
- " 800-553-PART parts orders
- " 714-220-4792 ""
- NEC 800-366-5213 (also CompuServe E-Mail
- " 708-860-0335 (addr : NHE:PARTSDEPT)
- Nikon ????????????
- Olympus Consumer Prod 800-433-0880
- Panasonic+Quasar+Technics
- " 201-348-9090 customer service
- " 800-447-4700 service info
- Panasonic Pro/Ind Vid 201-348-7620 Eastern Zone
- " 708-981-4826 Central Zone
- " 817-685-1117 Southern Zone: Dallas
- " 404-925-6841 Southern Zone: Atlanta
- " 206-285-8883 Western Zone: Seattle
- " 714-373-7275 Western Zone: LA
- Philips +Magnavox
- +Sylvania+Philco
- +Crosley 800-851-8885 parts 8a-11p EST
- M-F, 9a-3:30p EST Sat
- "" 615-475-0317 8a-8p EST M-F
- Pioneer 800-628-7587 hotline
- " 800-421-1404
- " 800-457-2881 Parts/Manuals
- Proton 800-829-3444
- " 800-772-0172 info (outside CA)
- " 800-428-1006 info (inside CA)
- RCA 800-336-1900 24hr
- RCA/ProScan 800-PRO-SCAN Proscan line
- Ricoh ????????????
- Sharp 800-526-0264
- " 201-512-0055
- " 800-447-4400 service info
- Sony 800-222-SONY Toll-free info
- " 201-930-SONY East Coast US region
- " 708-250-SONY MidWest US region
- " 714-821-SONY West Coast US region
- " 201-529-1655 NY service
- " 201-529-1648 NY parts
- " 818-842-7669 LA service
- " 818-842-4002 LA parts
- " 708-647-2400 Chicago service
- " 708-647-2410 Chicago parts
- " 816-891-7750 Sony service lit. (mainly
- Tandy/Radio Shack 800-442-2425 Parts
- " 817-870-5600 ""
- Teac America 213-726-0303 parts (x720 - consumer A/V
- Toshiba 800-631-3811
- Zenith 708-671-7550
-
- 20. Specialty/Minor Manufacturers/Vendors phone #s:
-
- Autodesk 1-800-525-2763 Animation/graphics s/w
- Azden 1-516-328-7500 Editing & misc A/V equip
- Bogen 1-201-818-9500 Tripods & Lights
- Caption Decoder(?) 1-800-426-3149 (evening). Closed Capt.
- Cinema Products 1-800-955-5025 Steadicam Jr
- Cool-Lux 1-800-223-2589 Lights
- Digital Creations 1-916-344-4825 Amiga video (h/w?) &s/w
- EEG enterprises 1-516-293-7472 broadcast qlty
- CC {en,de}coders
- FAST 1-508-655-FAST Electronic Video Machine
- 1-508-650-0447 fax #
- Harmonic Research 1-201-652-3277 RGB dist h/w,
- ie.2X2 xpoint swtch
- Attn: James W.
- Harrigfeld
- Home Control Concepts 1-619-693-8887 Computer interface IR
- controller
- Instant Replay 1-800-749-8779 multistandard
- VCRs,etc.
- " 1-800-225-7778
- " 1-305-854-8777
- " 1-305-858-9053 (Fax)
- Lenmar 1-213-532-0994 Lights
- NCI 1-800-533-9673 (voice,Nat'l Captioning
- Inst. CC
- " -8337 (TDD)
- RGB Spectrum 1-415-848-0180 scan converters
- -computer video
- SIGMA 1-516-585-1144 wide/tele zoom lens
- converters
- SIMA 1-708-679-7462 Movie/Slide xfer
- kits, lights
- SLIK 1-914-347-2223 Tripods
- Smith-Victor 1-800-348-9862 Lights
- SunPak 1-201-342-2400 Camcorder lights
- Tokina Optical Corp. 1-213-537-9380 camcorder conversion
- lenses
- Videonics 1-800-338-EDIT Editors/Char Gen
- " 1-408-866-8300
- VisionPerfect 1-713-621-2808 Videotape clean/rewinder
- 1-713-621-1639 (Fax)
- Vidicraft 1-800-999-5975 RF xmit/rcvr, baseband
- & RF inputs
- 1-503-626-1918 (in Oregon )
-
- 21. Studios/Distributors
-
- Buena Vista Home Video 1-818-560-1000 (also Disney&Touchstone)
- CBS/Fox Video 1-212-819-3200
- Carolco 1-213-850-8800 they use Tri-Star for
- dn IVE
- Connoisseur Video Coll. 1-213-653-8873
- Criterion Collection 1-213-451-1383 special edition
- LDs
- Electra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
- Elektra Entertainment 1-213-288-3800 music video tapes
- EVD ??????????????
- Festival Productions 1-213-450-8859
- Festival Foreign 1-213-737-3500 Video/Records
- Fox/Lorber Home Video 1-212-686-6777
- Fries Entertainment 1-213-466-2266
- Hanna-Barbera 1-213-851-5000
- HBO Video 1-212-512-1000
- Home Vision ?????????????? opera
- Image Entertainment 1-800-473-3475 LDs
- " 1-213-468-8867
- IVE 1-818-908-0303 (also FHE)
- JCI ??????????????
- Kino ??????????????
- LIVE ??????????????
- Media ??????????????
- MCA/Universal Home Vid 1-818-777-4315
- MGM/UA Home Video 1-800-443-5500 (x798 orders)
- " 1-213-280-6000
- MPI Home Video 1-708-687-7881
- Mystic Fire ??????????????
- Nelson Entertainment 1-213-285-6000
- New Yorker ??????????????
- Orion(R) Home Video ??????????????
- Orion Pictures 1-213-282-0550
- Pioneer 1-800-421-1404 LDCA (Laserdisc)
- " 1-213-835-6177
- Polygram Int'l. 1-213-467-3197 music video tapes
- Polygram Pictures 1-213-477-5232
- Prism Entertainment 1-213-277-3270
- Procenium ?????????????? music video - opera
- Public Media Video 1-313-878-7300
- RCA/Columbia ??????????????
- Random House Home Video 1-212-254-1600
- Republic Pictures 1-213-306-4040
- Turner Broadcast Systems 404-827-1700 TBS,TNT (& TBS,WTBS?)
- Turner/RKO Pictures 1-213-277-0707 Home of colorization
- TriStar ??????????????? Tri-Star??
- Unicorn Video 1-818-407-1333
- Vidmark Entertainment 1-213-399-8877
- Virgin Records 1-213-278-1181 music video tapes
- Warner Home Video 1-818-954-6000
- White Star ??????????????
-
- 22. Disc/Tape Vendors phone #s:
-
- 01 Laser & Video 1-800-342-9715 LDs & tapes
- " 1-714-848-4034
- " 1-714-841-3304 (FAX)
- Barr Digital 1-206-861-4505 voice
- " 1-206-861-4504 fax
- " 1-800-274-7002 orders only
- Columbia House 1-800-544-4431 CBS LD&Video Club
- 1-800-262-2001 for orders only
- 1-800-457-0866 cust. srv 8a-12EST 7days
- Ken Crane's 1-800-624-3078 LDs
- " 1-800-626-1768 (in Calif.)
- " 1-714-892-2283
- LaserDisc Fan Club 1-800-322-2285 MF 7a-7pPST,
- Sat-Sun 8a-5pPST
- Laser World 1-800-343-9211 LDs
- Movies Unlimited 1-800-523-0823
- Reference Recordings 1-800-336-8866 A Video Standard LD101
- Sight & Sound 1-617-894-8633 LDs
- Super Source Video 1-800-331-6304 S-VHS pre-recorded
- releases
- Tewksbury Audio Video 1-908-832-9064 voice
- " 1-908-832-6363 fax
- Video Direct 1-800-255-5013 tapes
-
- 23. Special "Hardware" Mail Order Stores phone #s:
-
- Innovation Specialties 1-800-222-8228 Nady wireless audio
- recording devices
- " 1-800-624-1784 in California
- Jorrin Enterprises P.O. Box 1035, Erasable/Reusable
- Champlain NY 12915-1035 tape labels
- Pro. Label Service 1-301-598-2357 printer pin-feed tape
- labels
- Smile Photo (NYC) 1-800-366-6993 SVHS tape, Y/C cables
- 1-800-372-3700 (one of my fav mail order
- Tape World 1-800-245-6000 Butler, PA, tape in qty
-
- 24. Magazines/Periodicals
-
- LDN 1-212-242-3324 Laser Disc Newsletter
- $35US/yr
- Laser Scene (formerly Laser Views) [monthly, $25/yr, U.S.]
- c/o Scott Hughes
- 386 Noe Street
- San Francisco CA 94114
- no phone no. given
-
- The Perfect Vision 1-800-825-0061 TPV (videophile hi-end
- " (disconnected) 1-800-222-3201 customer service
- " 1-516-671-6342 (NY)
- " 1-516-676-5469 (fax)
- last two issues of this fine publication (# 10 and 11).
- The Perfect Vision
- POB 357
- Sea Cliff, NY 11579
- $7.50 ea. $26/yr US, $34/yr Canada, $41/yr overseas.
-
- Pond Scum 1-818-342-7886 [monthly, $21/yr, U.S.]
- [laserdisc reviews]
- J & R Frogg
- 19126-6 Haynes St.
- Reseda, CA 91335
-
- TV Guide 215-293-8500 vcr+ codes
- News America Publications
- Video 1-212-947-6500 general
- 1-212-947-6727 (fax)
- Videomaker(tm) 1-815-734-4151 amateur camcorder/editing
- PO Box 4195 Chico, CA 95927
- 1-916-891-8410 non-subscription questions
- Video PROphiles 1-603-924-0100 (for serious video users)
- (dead?, postponed?) IDG Communications
- Only published one issue?
- Video Review 1-800-234-8193 general
- 1-303-447-9330 Alaska,Colorado,Hawaii,
- Canada
- Video Theater (editor J.Gordon Holt)
-
- [as often as possible :-), $16 for 6 issues, U.S.]
- 1215 Ravenwood Rd.
- Boulder, CO 80303
- 303-499-4557
-
- 25. "Good" Books - suggest some of your favorites
-
- Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide 1991
-
- Halliwells Several books on movies 1991
-
- Douglas Pratt The Laser Video Companion (1988)
- ISBN 0-918432-86-3
-
-
- SAMS Annual Index. 1-800-428-SAMS
- complete listing of mfgr addrs
- & phone #s (& distributors).
-
- Loughney, Katharine. Film, television, and video periodicals :
- a comprehensive annotated list
- New York : Garland Pub., 1991.
- xv, 431 p. ; 23 cm. Garland reference
- library of the humanities. vol. 1032
-
- Premiere Premiere Guide to Movies on Video
- edited by Howard Karren.
- 1st HarperPerennial ed.
- New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, 1991.
-
- Nowlan, Robert A. The films of the eighties :
- Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1991.
-
- A complete, qualitative filmography to
- over 3400 feature-length English
- language films, theatrical and
- video-only, released between January 1,
- 1980, and December 31, 1989
-
- LASER VIDEO DISC COMPANION
-
- reviews from Laser Disc Newsletter have been compiled in
- a book, LASER VIDEO DISC COMPANION. The 2nd edition is
- due out in October. Price is $24.95 including shipping
- before Sept.30, higher afterwards. Published by New
- York Zoetrope. CAll 1-800-CHAPLIN or 1-212-420-1098/1059
- [credit: William L.R. Cruce, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu]
-
- Laser Video File
-
- Laser Video File
- [semi-annually, $3.50 each at store]
- [$9.95/yr, $17.95/2 yr including postage, U.S.]
- PO Box 828
- Westwood, NJ 07675
- no phone no. given
- [credit: William L.R. Cruce, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu]
-
- AVID Amiga Video newsletter
-
- 1.5+ years old 24+ page magazine newsletter for people
- who use the Amiga in a video production environment.
- September 1991 issue was > 60 pages. If you would like
- to see a sample (no obligation) issue you can request
- one by:
- 1)Writing to: AVID, 415-112 N. Mary Ave. #207, Sunnyvale,
- CA 94086
- 2) Calling: voice (408) 252-0508 or FAX (408) 725-8035
- 3) E-Mail: AVID@cup.portal.com
- [credit: Jim Plant-Publisher, AVID@cup.portal.com]
-
- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-
- [Scroll credits....]
-
- Thanks to many for advice and postings including:
-
- Bob Niland rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM
- B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Bevis R W King)
- goldberg@dtoa3.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
- wlrc@uhura.neoucom.EDU (William R. Cruce)
- brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
- (Andrew Klossner
- (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP]
- (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net)
- [ARPA]
- larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson)
- "Hugh_E._Wells.ElSegundo"@Xerox.COM
- taj@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Tom Jack)
- ben@val.com (Ben Thornton)
- scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
- David.Weaver@earth.Eng.Sun.COM (David Weaver)
- Seng-Chou Timothy Chou <chou@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com
- george@Seri.GOV (George Scott)
- Richard Shetron <multics@ACM.RPI.EDU>
- schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster)
- gpinzone@george.poly.edu (A1 gerard pinzone (ee))
- g)
- "Frank J. Wancho" WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
- John Mc jmclachlan@draper.com
- zhu@wobbegong.cs.indiana.edu (Zheng Zhu)
- jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)
- Steve Kreisel <stevek@cup.portal.com>
- ingram@hotair.enet.dec.com (Larry J. Ingram)
- Nick Sayer <mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us>
- Bill Ranck <RANCK@VTVM1.BITNET>
- AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie)
- Selden Ball <seb@lns61.tn.cornell.edu>
- ckoch@BBN.COM (Carter Koch)
- Alejandro Kurczyn S.
- netinfo/interest-groups@ftp.nisc.sri.com
- (Internet List-of-Lists)
- Jim Plant <AVID@cup.portal.com>
- Larry Schwarcz <lrs@hpindzl.cup.hp.com>
- trebor@homxc.att.com (Robert G Egan)
- robe@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.g.egan) (same as above?)
- tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
- engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall)
- consp24@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Gregg William Riedel)
- David G. Welton <dgwelton@ecst.csuchico.edu>
- 0004861036@mcimail.com (James Millick)
-
- [end credits.... fade to black]
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- Copyright 1991 H. Morrow Long
-
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-
- Quoted and derivative material contributed by
- persons other than the above author/editor
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-
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- this article in original form, through the Usenet rec.video
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- Usenet reader, each VIDEOTECH or I-VIDTEK subscriber and
- each person who received this article via electronic mail
- from the author to redistribute it electronically, and via
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- personal non-commercial uses, and provided that no material
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-
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-
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-
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- 06520-8285, VOICE: (203)-432-{1248,1254} FAX: (203)-432-0593
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-
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