Xref: utzoo comp.ivideodisc:406 rec.video:14104 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM!marc From: marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM (Marc Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc,rec.video Subject: Re: New Sony Multi-standard Player (industrial) Keywords: videodisc, sony, laservision Message-ID: <140844@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 17 Aug 90 02:56:13 GMT References: <6142@bgsuvax.UUCP> <140627@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <2191@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: marc@sun.UUCP (Marc Schneider) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 31 In article <2191@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> brwk@doc.ic.ac.uk (Bevis King) writes: >I believe the model you are talking about it the Sony LDP3600. Quite correct. Sorry I forgot to mention it.. > I feel >Sony are being rather "cheapskate" in not adding digital sound to the >machine. This rules out the possibility of playing any of the current >mainstream PAL disc releases, which are all digital sound ONLY. There >is not enough room in the PAL waveform for both Digital and Analogue >sound so it has to be either/or. AHHH! this explains why the art-of-noise PAL disc I have outputs garbage for sound! I had forgoten about the non-analogue sound on digital machines. >Regards, Bevis regards, Marc ********************************************************************* * * * * Marc T. Schneider * "By not saying no to facism, you're * * Sun Microsystems, Inc. * saying yes" -Consolidated * * 2550 Garcia Ave MS 21-01 * * * Mountain View, Ca 94043 * Ph:(415) 336-6747 Fax: (415) 336-3936 * * * * *********************************************************************