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From: a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: How much can be put on a videodisc
Message-ID: <3929@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 90 16:22:47 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Kathy Strong, in an article writes:

The original poster (Rick?) says there's a rumor of CLV units with frame
grabbers--this implies that CLV units don't currently have them. Is this
referring to "low-end players"?  Just how "high-end" does a player have to
be before having a frame-grabber (which is actually, as I tried to explain
in an earlier posting, a function which DISABLES video pass-through--surely
not that difficult to implement)? I have only worked with the 8000s, and
am not really familiar with the functions of 4200s, 6000s, and so on...
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Kathy,
I work for consultants who TRY to explain strategic planning to executive level
teams.  Two of these consultants in particular draw heavily on movies to create
positive examples of team functions.  (12 Angry Men, The Mission, etc.)  Since
most of these movies are distributed on CLV, and since we already use the laser
disc player for other aspects of the presentations, it would be nice to use the
laserdisc versions of these movies (at least the 10-25 second sections we want
to show) but the problems stem from not being able to hold one frame up, while
talking about the action to come/just past.  We use the 4200 and 2200.  I would
like to see the 2200 equipped with an in-machine frame grabber, to extend the
usefulness of programs like Authorware on the Mac (and the PC).

The 8000 is a (VERY) nice machine, but in Canada, tres expensive, as they say
in Quebec.  We poor independents have to suffer [:-{  ] with the cheapo units.

As an aside, I sure am glad I found this group.  My background is multi-media
(slide, video, audio, live speakers, 'Vegas style entertainment) for corporate
meetings.  I have just finished a years training in the new multimedia, and am
concentraing on bringing some of the techniques into the boardroom for
strategic planners.  A hard slog, but there is some interest even in this
lonely outpost on the Pacific Rim  :-)

My thanks to all who contribute and read this group - I don't feel nearly as
alone now.
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