MD: HDTV Network Programming NOW IN YOUR AREA
Hi Okay, here's the deal: I have a Panasonic PT56WXF95HDTV (a fantastic HD television), a Panasonic TU DST50 HDTV Decoder/Set Top Box and a Panasonic PVHD 1000 D-VHS HD VCR. I live in the Los Angeles market and there are eight stations currently broadcasting with an HD signal with one more slated for a Spring start. This is far more than any other market in the country. Digital stations available here and their HDTV/DTV Programming are as follows. Please note all listed programs are presented in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio: KTLA Digital Channel 5 Analog Channel 5 (The WB Network) Format: 1080-i Occassional Special Programming KNBC Digital Channel 36 Analog Channel 4 (NBC) Format: 1080-i The Tonight Show Occassional Sports and Movie Programming KNBC Los Angeles Local Four Episodes of the Chuck Henry hosted and produced syndicated series "Travel Cafe" repeated ad naseum (as the name implies, "Travel Cafe" is a show that takes you to various travel spots and features the cuisine of the selected area-very, very colorful and beautifully photographed) KJHY/KWHY Digital Channel 42 Analog Channel 22 (Business and Spanish Programming) Format: 480-i (DTV) No HDTV/DTV Programming at this time KCAL Digital Channel 43 Analog Channel 9 (Independent, Mostly Syndicated and News and Los Angeles Professional Sports Programming) Format: 1080-i No HDTV/DTV Programming at this time KABC Digital Channel 53 Analog Channel 7 (ABC) Format: 720p Monday Night Football Special Sports Programming Selected Movies Disney Sunday Movies Selected Special Programming KCET Digital Channel 59 Analog Channel 28 (PBS) (Slated for Spring Start) Selected Special Programming KCBS Digital Channel 60 Analog Channel 2 (CBS) Format: 1080-i Touched By An Angel King Of Queens Becker Everybody Loves Raymond Family Law Jag Judging Amy City Of Angels Diagnosis Murder Chicago Hope Nash Bridges Early Edition Martial Law Most CBS Movies (If anyone has the loop KCBS used to present of Los Angeles tourist areas and outdoor locations and the 1998 Winter Olympics on D-VHS tape I am very interested in accquiring this beautiful footage) (The following CBS shows, to the best of my knowledge, are not produced in HDTV at this time but that could change anytime): 60 Minutes 60 Minutes II 48 Hours Grapevine Cosby Now And Again Walker Texas Ranger KTTV Digital Channel 65 Analog Channel 11 (FOX) Format: 480p (DTV) The X-Files Ally McBeal KCOP Digital Channel 66 Analog Channel 13 (UPN) Format: 480-i (DTV) No HDTV/DTV Programming At This Time I get all these stations perfectly, although I may have to redirect the antenna at times. Also, keep in mind that even upconverted 4:3 analog programs look much better over the DTV channels than they look on cable or DSS. If you live in any area of the country not served by the networks whose programs you wish to see on HDTV or DTV, (almost every city in the country at this time) but can receive HD Direct and HD Dish Programming then this would be a decent deal for you. I live for now in a north facing apartment. Because I can not aim a satellite dish at the southern sky from this angle, I can not receive DSS. What I want to do is exchange HDTV/DTV programs I can record on HD D-VHS tape with people who can receive the HD satellite signal for HD copies of movies and other programming on HD HBO, HD Showtime, HD Pay Per View and other satellite HD sources. You will still be able to archive these movies and programs for yourself as pay cable channels repeat their programming often. The Panasonic PVHD 1000 records perfect HD copies of HD programming. In order for this to work for you, you must have the following four pieces of equipment along with your HDTV setup: the Panasonic PVHD 1000 HD VCR partnered with either the Panasonic TU DST50 or TU DST51 HDTV Decoder/Set Top Boxes and the Dish 5000 Receiver and the HDTV modulator for that unit. The Dish 5000 Receiver and HDTV Modulator are the only two DSS pieces I am aware of that will work with this setup, but there may be others now or coming soon. All the Panasonic pieces have been discontinued due to copy protection issues, so you must act quickly if you wish to own this setup-some stores are closing out the Panasonic pieces at discount prices right now. If you're interested in seeing what the networks are showing on HDTV now and your local broadcasters aren't there yet, this is the way to do it. Please E-Mail me if interested. Thanks Rodney [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: HDTV Network Programming NOW IN YOUR AREA-Addenum
I forgot to mention some very important programming forthcoming on HDTV: KCBS Digital Channel 60 Analog Channel 2 (CBS) Format: 1080-i NCAA College Basketball March Madness The Masters Tournament KABC Digital Channel 53 Analog Channel 7 (ABC) Format: 720p Academy Awards (This one is uncertain at this point, but I would bet it will be in HDTV) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface
From: Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:25 PM Subject: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface 3) Make it run at a special 4X or 8x S/PDIF rate, so that a portable MD player could compete in downloading convenience with an MP3 player. The most obvious solution to this would be to put the ATRAC encoding on the computer end. This means that only 1/5th of the data would need to be sent down the USB interface. If you kept the data rate the same, this would result in 5x recording! You can output CD data at 6x on USB (assuming no other hi-level hardware devices are in use on the USB line) so this would result in 30x record speed if the MD could keep up! Imagine... recording a 74minute disc in just over 2 minutes :o) Magic -- "Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration." Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony USB 2nd try?
From: Stainless Steel Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MD-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 3:40 AM Subject: Re: MD: Sony USB 2nd try? The USB module *IS* the DAC. The signal across the USB is digital, it gets converted to analog inside the block of plastic, and there is an analog stereo jack on the other end. BLURGH!!! They could have at least made it an optical output for the MD! The signal is already digital and there's more than enough bandwidth on USB to output SPDIF directly meaning only minimal interfacing would be needed and a red LED of course... :o) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Apex DVD/CDR/CDRW/MP3 Player
Forget the DVD portion, here is what is cool, NO SCMS! Yes, you heard me correctly. It plays CDR's RW's and will decode MP3's. It also alows you to Does the player automatically set out all audio data SCMS unlimited or do you have to change it in the secret menu like the Region setting? Ian - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: non-MD-related: DVD/VCD/CD-ROM(MP3) player
Got the link from a friend: http://www.nerd-out.com/apex Not bad for the price. Oh yeah - almost forgot, no need for evangelizing about copyright under this thread, OK? m. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony USB 2nd try?
* "Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 04 Mar 2000 | They could have at least made it an optical output for the MD! Well, that is a bit more difficult, and more expensive. | The signal is already digital and there's more than enough bandwidth on | USB to output SPDIF directly meaning only minimal interfacing would be | needed and a red LED of course... :o) Yeah, but you still have to convert the audio signal in whatever format it is stored (cdraw or whatever) to S/P-DIF somewhere in the chain, and that requires hardware that is more expensive than an inexpensive wavetable synth chip, as well as the software required to support it. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface
* "Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 04 Mar 2000 | The most obvious solution to this would be to put the ATRAC encoding on the | computer end. This means that only 1/5th of the data would need to be sent | down the USB interface. It also means that you would not be able to use this with any existing MD hardware, which makes it useless for the entirety of current MD owners in the world. Besides, ATRAC encoding in software is *SLOW* (every MD recorder in the world has a specialized, dedicated ASIC for this purpose). Current desktop PC hardware is not powerful enough to encode ATRAC 4 in real time using a software encoder. So any savings you might get for compressing the data before transmitting will be lost in the compression process. If Sony were starting from scratch, this might make sense. Given that MD is an established market, it makes no sense at all. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface
From: "Stainless Steel Rat" [EMAIL PROTECTED] * "Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 04 Mar 2000 | The most obvious solution to this would be to put the ATRAC encoding on the | computer end. This means that only 1/5th of the data would need to be sent | down the USB interface. Besides, ATRAC encoding in software is *SLOW* (every MD recorder in the world has a specialized, dedicated ASIC for this purpose). Current desktop PC hardware is not powerful enough to encode ATRAC 4 in real time using a software encoder. So any savings you might get for compressing the data before transmitting will be lost in the compression process. Are you quite certain of that, my rodent friend? I'm very much into emulation of other hardware on my PC (everything from fairly recent arcade hardware, back to Space Invaders, various home computers, and the Psion organiser range) and I reckon a decent PC could encode ATRAC 4 or 4.5 in real-time with no great difficulty. My PC can happily (well okay the cpu is almost flat-out in this case) emulate a 68000cpu at 20MHz, a Z80 at 6MHz, a couple of proprietary sound chips, then send the sound waveform to my soundcard at 44.1KHz sample rate, convert the games' original video memory bitmap to something the video card can use at 60fps, all the while taking user input (movement and fire etc). If youre suggesting that is less processor intensive than what that little chip in your R55 or whatever does then I seriously doubt your sanity :-) Of course if your desktop PC *is* an original PC (8086 @ 4.77MHz) then you may be right, but a k6-3/450 with 128mb pc100 ram is frighteningly fast, I finally got the memory upgrade due to low prices currently and it's made it about 20% faster on a program that fitted entirely into the old 32mb just cos it's a faster memory type-- boy am I happy :-) Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://website.lineone.net/~princegaz/ ICQ: 36892193 Earn a minimum of $20 per hour by watching ads on the net! Visit http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10164669 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
