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. ================================================================= 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. 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:. 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 [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 ] 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 [& Frank J. Wancho ] 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 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 Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com george@Seri.GOV (George Scott) Richard Shetron 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 ingram@hotair.enet.dec.com (Larry J. Ingram) Nick Sayer Bill Ranck AVFILM2@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Mark Ritchie) Selden Ball ckoch@BBN.COM (Carter Koch) Alejandro Kurczyn S. netinfo/interest-groups@ftp.nisc.sri.com (Internet List-of-Lists) Jim Plant Larry Schwarcz 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 0004861036@mcimail.com (James Millick) [end credits.... fade to black] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Copyright 1991 H. Morrow Long All Rights Under Copyright Reserved Quoted and derivative material contributed by persons other than the above author/editor remains their intellectual property. Permission is granted for the automatic redistribution of this article in original form, through the Usenet rec.video newsgroup, the Internet VIDEOTECH Digest and BITNET I-VIDTEK (LISTSERV) mailing list. 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