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- From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
- Subject: Re: Panasonic's LX-900 Laser Disc Player?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.075902.7030@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- References: <1992Dec22.192142.14618@Pacesetter.COM>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 07:59:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.192142.14618@Pacesetter.COM> rabbit@pacesetter.com (Joe Kwan) writes:
- >There's been some discussions of the Pioneer CLD-D701 laser disc
- >player with digital field store, but has anyone looked at the
- >Panasonic LX-1000 or LX-900? I saw both of these at the Good Guys
- [...]
- >disc). Also, the LX-900 display shows minutes, seconds and frame
- >number (0..29 {at least for the CLV disc I was looking at} with in
- >the second), whereas the D701 does not.
-
- That display of frame number is because the Panasonic is able to
- grab a FIELD from every frame, even at the outer edge of the disc
- (which field is not exactly clear...). As a Pioneer player approaches
- the outer edge of the disc (this is all CLV mode mind you) it
- grabs fewer and fewer frames till it is sampling about 1 in 3
- (still only displaying a single FIELD though). Which frames get
- sampled *seems* to be dependent on the physical orientation of
- the disc in the tray. If you are after a single frame and it is
- not displayed on the first try,, stopping the player and shifting
- the disc by 10 or 15 degrees *may* change which frame(s) get sampled.
-
- This is only important if you want to study something which only
- appears in ONE frame near the edge of the disc (like the Devil Mask
- in the EXORCIST, near the end of side 1). More relevant is that
- slow motion effects become more jerky towards the edge of the disc
- on a Pioneer player whereas they *should* be smooth on a Panasonic.
- (the only exception to this field grabbing behavior among Pioneer
- players is the industrial n-8000 model, but it is expensive and
- has many limitations most of us would not tolerate).
-
- To compare the players, you should look for things like differences
- in noise streaks in large fields of red (on the test disc LD-101) and
- blurring of small intense areas of red (lots of red lights in BATMAN
- RETURNS). Also see how well they handle a really bad, noisy disc
- (of your choice).
-
- Some people (myself among them) think the Pioneer players have a
- better picture than any of the others. However many people on the
- net own Panasonic players and are quite happy with them. Panasonic
- equipment generally has a very low failure rate (good repair record).
- I don't think anyone would claim the same for Pioneer.
-
-
- --
- The answer is never simple and is always changing.
- William L.R. (Bill) Cruce INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu
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