Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:8788 comp.misc:7533 rec.video:9015 sci.electronics:8849 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!jhunix!bio_zwbb From: bio_zwbb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (William Busa) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.misc,rec.video,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Workstations that can record/play realtime video Message-ID: <3464@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 1 Dec 89 15:07:05 GMT References: <1593@ndmath.UUCP> <805@megatek.UUCP> <4897@cn.sei.cmu.edu> <7709@pixar.UUCP> <24213@cup.portal.com> <36840@apple.Apple.COM> <7925@pixar.UUCP> Reply-To: bio_zwbb@jhunix.UUCP (Dr. William B. Busa) Followup-To: comp.graphics Distribution: usa Organization: Dept. of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University Lines: 22 In article <7925@pixar.UUCP> good@pixar.uucp writes: > >We do single-frame stuff now and then. Our Panasonic TQ-2026F Optical Disc >Recorder is at least pretty fast. You get 24,000 frames on each 8" disc. >The machine is controllable via rs232, so it's pretty easy to make it dance. >The main drawback is the image quality: it really bites. For those who need higher image quality, check out the Panasonic TQ-2028F. It is a modified version of the 2026 discussed above, intended, I guess, for medical and scientific applications. The resolution is 450 horizontal lines, S/N is 45 dB minimum. Best price I found was $12,500 via Adco Aerospace, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Quality is certainly better than VHS, and the most important point is that it is particularly suitable for single frame stuff, since single-frame playback displays NO flagging and doesn't eat up the physical medium the way video tape is eaten by still playback. THE CATCH: the increased resolution (vs the 2026) is due to the fact that this machine records and plays MONOCHROME only. -- Dr. William Busa, Dept. of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Charles & 34th Sts., Baltimore, MD 21218 (301) 338-8207 bio_zwbb@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu uunet!mimsy!jhunix!bio_zwbb Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com