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From: sgf@nancy ( _/**/Sam_Fulcomer )
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR animation, junk called VHS
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Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 10:29:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 11 10:29:09 1987
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Organization: Brown University Computer Science Dept.
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Keywords: animation, single-frame
Summary: you get what you pay for...
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...

Panasonic does make what seems to be a VCR acceptable for animation.
The AG-6500 (list - $3995) is claimed (by the glossy) to have an accuracy
of +/-2 frames. Panasonic tech support claimed that in early life the 
6500 should be mostly frame accurate. The published spec for the 6500
accuracy is also the same as the published specs for the AU- and NV-
3/4" lines (list $5k-7k). 

I have the impression that the only truly frame-accurate editing can
be had on a machine that moves the drum past a motionless tape to record 
the frame and then advances the tape.

Can anyone comment on this?



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