Archive-name: rec-video/resource-guide-faq
Rec-video-archive-name: resource-guide-faq
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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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
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FAQ LISTS, SURVEYS, ELECTRONIC NEWS ARTICLES, ETC.
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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).
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ARCHIVES
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[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)]
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SERVERS:WWW,Gophers,WAIS (Internet Information Services)
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*** 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)]
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SWITCHING CHANNELS : OTHER ELECTRONIC NEWS & MAIL FORUMS
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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?
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USERS GROUPS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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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)]
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PHONE NUMBERS (toll and toll free directory)
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*** 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]
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[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)
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