Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:8780 comp.misc:7530 rec.video:9003 sci.electronics:8844 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pixar!good From: good@pixar.uucp (The Ice Cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter.) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.misc,rec.video,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Workstations that can record/play realtime video Message-ID: <7925@pixar.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 89 04:13:43 GMT References: <1593@ndmath.UUCP> <805@megatek.UUCP> <4897@cn.sei.cmu.edu> <7709@pixar.UUCP> <24213@cup.portal.com> <36840@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@pixar.UUCP Reply-To: good@pixar.uucp (The Ice Cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter.) Distribution: usa Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California Lines: 18 In article <36840@apple.Apple.COM> malcolm@Apple.COM (Malcolm Slaney) writes: : :Has anybody tried using a write once video disk? Do any of the writer/readers :do single frame stuff? I don't know anything about them but if they don't cost :very much you can throw away a lot of used discs for $60k. 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. I mean, it makes VHS look good. Still, it's a useful tool for checking animation and is a lot cheaper than an Abekas, which is why we have two of them. --Craig ...{ucbvax,sun}!pixar!good Armed, you are a citizen. Unarmed, you are a subject. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com