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- From: pjs@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Peter John Swiatkowski)
- Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM recorders -> LaserVision recorders?
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 23:02:54 +1100
- Organization: University of Melbourne
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- References: <1992Dec28.071501.27154@alf.uib.no>
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- In article <1992Dec28.071501.27154@alf.uib.no> pererik@cmi.no (Per-Erik Nordbo) writes:
- >Is the CD-ROM recorder technology being adapted to LaserVision players?
- >
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- I would think this fairly unlikely. It would involve a mechanism capable of
- 'burning' three tracks (1xdigital audio, 1xanalog audio, 1xanalog video -
- per current NTSC standard) and a machine with the smarts to encode all
- three tracks in real time.
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- Then looking at the economics of it: Current commercial 12cm CD-WORM
- writers run to US$6000+ at the low end and blanks run at about US$25 each.
- If these are charged on a per-unit-area basis one would expect a 12" blank
- LD to run at about US$150 per side (hour). How deep are your pockets?
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- I, for one, won't be holding my breath. But in a few years....
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- Peter Swiatkowski
- Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
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