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From: [e-mail] (Steve Lionel)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov
Subject: A laserdisc player which shows all the subliminals
Keywords: laserdisc, subliminals
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Date: 22 Dec 92 17:50:29 GMT
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In previous discussions regarding viewing WOSAT on laserdisc, it has been
pointed out (by Mike and others) that one could not see all the subliminals.
This was due to the disc being in the CLV format and that current players which
provided frame-step for CLV discs (the top-end players with digital frame
storage) actually showed alternate frames when stepping.

I have found a new player which appears to solve that problem.  The Panasonic
LX-900 will show you each and every frame in its still-step mode, and do it
more clearly than any other player I've used so far.  For example, in the scene
where the IRS agent buys Mike's Trek bike, my Pioneer CLD-3030 skips the frame
which says "4THOSEOFYOU", but the Panasonic LX-900 showed it and every other
subliminal in this sequence.  The LX-900 also offers dual-side play and
other very nice features.  The price is about the same as the model number.

(No, I didn't buy one; I tried it out in the store.  The saleswoman was
fascinated and she said she was going to pull out her store's rental copy
of WOSAT [I didn't think they had one, but perhaps it was out] and watch the
whole movie.)
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Steve Lionel                    [e-mail]
SDT Languages Group
Digital Equipment Corporation
110 Spit Brook Road
Nashua, NH 03062