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The up and down buttons give access to channels whether they are preset or not, and pro\u00ac gression through the channels stops every time an operational channel is reached. Three buttons on the remote are orange; Power, videodisc Eject, and VCR Record. All the other buttons are light grey (includ\u00ac ing volume, grouped with the tuner con\u00ac trols) except the ones that control the basic SD-25A. Those are dark grey against a darker grey panel outline. The main plug-in unit is the supplied tun\u00ac er, SD-X7. When it is slipped into its port, antenna terminals project out of the right side of the cabinet. There are two VHF inputs and one UHF (all F-connectors), and the choice between the VHF inputs is made by a switch on the front of the Tuner Pack with remote selection by the TV but- n the remote as one of the choices. The tuner pack is 1-1\/2 inches high by 4-3\/4 wide by 12-1\/4 deep. On the left side of the unit, hidden when it is installed, is the normaPCATV switch with positions for both Standard cable and HRC channel spacings. The front of the unit offers switches for Antenna input selection, Main\/SAP\/Extemal audio selection, and Channel Preset on\/off. While the preset switch is on you may use two of the remain\u00ac ing buttons (tens-igit and ones-digit) to choose which channels are preset (direct- access button A through L). The one remaining button is a channel selector which steps through the presets. There are also indicators for power, stereo, and SAP (second audio program). All the other plug-in modules are 4-5\/16 inches wide but the same height and depth the tuner module. The Karaoke Pack SD-K5 \u201cSing Along Module, \u2019\u2019 which we did not experiment with, has two quarter-inch mic jacks, independent volume controls for each, and an echo-intensity control. It is for use with special laser-optical discs. Those discs have music, pictures, and words. Karaoke means \u201cempty orchestra\u201d in Japanese. The Video Enhancer Color Controller Pack SD-E5 offers control of Sharpness, Color intensity. Tint, and two for White balance, in addition to an On\/Bypass","\u2022 NEW YORK \u2022CALIFORNIA \u2022TEXAS \u2022MISSOURI \u2022UTAH \u2022IDAHO* FLORIDA < LOUISIANA \u2022 COLORADO* VIRGINIA* MARYLAND \u2022GEORGIA* ALABAMA \u2022OHIO \u2022 WASHINGTON \u2022 NEVADA \u2022 notionuiicle video distributors 7591 N.W. 55th St., Miami, FL 33166 eV\u20acRVTHING IN VID\u20ac0 Panasonic. RCil JVC SEC AKAl m CHI1LL\u20acNG\u20ac VOU TO 0\u20acltT OUR PMCeS, RRPUTRTION & S\u20acRVIC\u20acI ISHARR \\\"BASF \u00aeTDK |S<WlBICO FUJI I OiD PIONEER- KONICA RECORDERS-CAMERAS-TV SYSTEMS-BLANK TAPES-ENHANCERS STABILIZERS-BA TTERYPACKS-SWITCHERS-TRIPODS-AND MUCH MORE! 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Some, like the channel display, video input, and an output on the module\u2019s tional accessories. can be kept on the screen with the Display front panel for connection to VCRs or sig\u00ac button; push it again to make the display go nal sources that are not part of the per\u00ac Operation. Because the SD-25A of\u00ac away, and the Mute holds the display in manently connected system. fers so many options it might seem confus\u00ac red on the screen until you press Mute ing to set up or operate\u2014but it isn\u2019t. If you again to hear the sound. You remain in The last of the modules is an RGB Sys\u00ac do one thing at a time you\u2019ll have no trou\u00ac control of not only the SD-25A but the tem Control Pack, SD-R5. (Before you run ble. Select whether you\u2019ll be using the tuner, videodisc player, and future Pioneer out to buy one, note that the pack accepts cable or broadcast tuning sequence on the VCRs. Remember that if you have the RGB\u2014red, ^een, blue, H sync, V sync, side of the tuner pack and slip the tuner into CLD-900, it can play CDs as well as LV and ground signals\u2014not RGB plus inten\u00ac its slot. If you\u2019re going to make any audio\/ sity signals, as used on IBM PCs. video connections, plug those into the discs. Karaoke is available if that is your Some people at Pioneer have discussed back. If you\u2019re going to run audio through game. The enhancer\/controller is an option making an IBM PC-compatible interface your Hi-Fi system, make those con\u00ac but this one is not compatible.) On its front nections. Then connect the antenna or that adds recording versatility, and the panel is an 8-pin connector for the RGB- cable and plug in the power cord. If you\u2019re RGB unit is available if it is the type that plus-sync input, and a switch to select ping to use any of the other packs, plug it meets your needs. whether the SD-25A will display normal in and turn on the Master Power. Turn on video signals or RGB. A mini jack lets you the Power and first select the TV option, Performance. The first time you see select the signal source by wired remote then set the presets and the switches on the picture you may want to adjust the control and another mini jack lets you su\u00ac the front of the tuner pack. After that you color. We found the factory-preset picture perimpose the video and RGB signals with can do everything from the remote except characteristics near-perfect in every other an accessory. A video output is available for setting bass, treble, and balance. If you category. Horizontal resolution is 350 lines for syncing the external RGB device with look at the button on the remote to make from video inputs and 400-lines-plus on the sure you\u2019re pushing the correct one, it is RGB input. Video S\/N was 55dB at the the internal video. An external separately smooth sailing from there on. You can even picture tube and Chroma AM about the purchased IU-04 is needed for adjust the color, tint, brightness, and con\u00ac same. Chroma PM noise was 49dB. Color superimposition. Audio inputs are pro\u00ac trast from the remote. You\u2019re home free. reproduction was accurate and black levels vided so computer-generated sound may very stable. Picture quality could be rated be mbced with the sound accompanying the One of the best things about using the no less than excellent. video. Three screwdriver controls let you SD-25A is the wealth of on-screen status adjust the red, blue, and brightness of the displays. The color of the display changes On audio the unit is rated for a frequency signal fed to the SD-25A for color balancing with the input. The value of the display is response of 50-20,000 Hz. We measured 20-20,000 Hz within 0.2dB, with the signal input at the various audio inputs and mea- video-audio CAMERAS-n DIANKTAPE -PLUS- accessories \u2022 RADIOS PHONES \u2022 COMP^E McrniiNT PHOTO DEPI CHOOSEFROM... SONY \u2022 HITACHI SSSSOUNDCITY MAGNAVOX * SHARP RCA \u2022 zenith \u2022 SANYO 58 W. 45 ST., NEW YORK, NY. 10036-|212) 5754)210 \\\"general ELECTRIC PANASONIC \u2022FISHER _when IN NEW YORK, VISIT OUR SHOWROOIVI. QUASAR * RODWt MINOLTA * JVC TOSHIBA * SCOTCH KIWI * AT&T AND MORE! For additional information, cir","BDRDIiDr GEHE MONEL JENNA CARRERA and CYNDEE SUMMERS (tUllERO CONTROL CORPORATION. PHOTO BY SUZE RANDAU \u25a0SWANK \u25a0HUSTLER \u25a0FILM JOURNAL CHER! MAGAZINE All tapes are $69.95 each. 100% guaranteed against defeds-available in Beta or VMS (PlEASE SPECIFY). 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HOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE\u2014VHS and BETA","Test Report: er switches, including basic controls for accessory pack, SD-E5 (see text) Pioneer SD-25A Expandable TV videodisc player and VCR (see text) Accessories: system rack, videodisc Video\/stereo audio inputs; 3, labeled players (including LD-700 and CLD-900), DATA Video Disc, Video 1, Video 2; Video 2 has CS-V70 magnetically shielded speakers, Date of test: April 1985 duplicate input jacks with one on the front DM-700G dynamic microphone, VCRs to Suggested retail price: $1299 including panel that takes priority be announced X-7 MTS tuner module; E-5 Enhancer pack, $91 Video\/stereo audio output: 2; one de\u00ac X-5 RGB pack, $70; K-5 Karaoke pack, $70 termined by source selected; one always RESULTS & RATINGS has tuner output; both have fixed audio Picture sharpness: more than 350 lines Weight: 103 pounds level on video inputs; 400-plus lines on RGB in\u00ac Dimensions: 22-1\/16 x 24-15\/16 x put 19-9\/16 inches (h\/w\/d) Video\/stereo audio tuner output: Snowiness; S\/N, luminance: 55dB, Power requirements: 120VAC, 6()Hz, yes. detail above measured 2(X)W Auxiliary stereo audio output; 1 Chroma AM S\/N: .54dB Screen size; 25 inches measured di\u00ac fixed; 1 variable front channel: 1 variable Chroma PM S\/N: 49dB agonally rear channel: plus 1 mono L + R center Accuracy of colors: excellent Speaker size: 2; 4-inch, one for each channel Overall picture quality: excellent channel, switchable Audio frequency response: 20- Type of tuning: frequency synthesis Headphone jack: 1\/4-inch phone type, 2O,000Hz, -0.2dB videodisc input to fixed Method of tuning: Tuner Pack SD-X7 stereo audio output (see text) with up\/down signal-seeking tuning on Audio S\/N: 78dB (see text) module and both scan and 16 presets on External speaker connectors; yes Total harmonic distortion; 0.6% (see remote Internal audio amplifier power: text) low rms per channel Overall audio performance: excellent Cable readiness: 139 channels; 2-13, A RGB input: yes, with accessory pack, Ease of operation: excellent to I, J to W, AA to ZZ, AAA to CCC, SU-R5 (see text) Overall performance: excellent A-5 to A-1, 14 to 83 Karaoke input: yes, with accessory Remote control: 33 buttons and 5 rock\u00ac pack, SD-K5 (see text) Enhancer\/color processor: yes, with sured at the fixed audio output. It was Now for a bit of a surprise. We\u2019ve been one (so we could make up a connector and also better than Pioneer\u2019s spec at the talking all along about how easy it is to set read about the options we couldn\u2019t try). speaker terminals\u2014but we did not mea\u00ac up and operate the SD-25A. The instruc\u00ac That is easy to set up and use, and the sure the sound output from the speakers tion book isn\u2019t printed yet. That is how remote is so convenient that the only rea\u00ac themselves. Audio S\/N was 78dB and total easy it is to use. We did have the service son to go near the set was to swap LV discs harmonic distortion was 0.6 percent, bet\u00ac manual for the previous model (SD-25), and wiggle the antenna terminals once in ter than its rated 1 percent, so audio was the Karaoke module, and the RGB pack. awhile. On SAP the tuner is a bit fussy, excellent too. But we didn\u2019t open any except the RGB and the terminals on the tuner pack acted up once or twice. 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There is still a little residual noise on special effects, but on normal playback this machine is among the most noise-free we have measured, and it is rated for a 46dB signal-to-noise ratio at SP. In features it competes with the best, offering variable slow motion from 1\/5 to 1\/30 normal speed, double-speed and re\u00ac verse playback, video and audio dub, and Hi-Fi audio. Of course it has all of the stan\u00ac even set the time or program the timer we\u2019ll soon see improvements in that de\u00ac dard features too. A few are handled some\u00ac without it. Yet, with the remote and the TV partment. ) In short, this VCR rates attrac\u00ac what unusually. The most noticeable is the on, this is a flexible machine with easy-to- tively on picture, sound, and ease of opera\u00ac uncluttered display. All that shows is the read on-screen displays and prompts. With tion. scale for Hi-Fi display and time, although so many of the displays and controls off the time will change to channel display for a few recorder, the front panel is no longer a Description. The VT-89A weighs 23.1 seconds when the channel is changed, or jungle of buttons with some so small that pounds\u2014a little heavier than competing the display is recalled at the machine. All you need a pencil sharpener to get your the other information needed to operate fingers down to size. That is a benefit. Matsushita-built machines\u2014and its di\u00ac the VCR is displayed on the screen. This is However, to be so dependent on the mensions, 4-7\/16 inches high by 17-1\/8 both a blessing and handicap in disguise screen and the remote is a detraction, es\u00ac wide by 14-3\/4 deep, are a smidgen larger. because you must have your TV or monitor pecially for the careless ones who don\u2019t It is all black except for the logo and a small on to check even the most basic things remember where they left the control. gold medallion proclaiming its five video about the machine\u2019s operation. and two audio heads, plus the ubiquitous This is a Hi-Fi machine; so along with a clock. Here its uncluttered front panel pays In some ways that makes sense because sharp noise-free picture it has sound that is off. All its exposed controls are arranged in you can use only a limited number of func\u00ac quieter and has a wider dynamic range than two rows below the cassette hatch and tions with the controls on the machine. The an LP record. 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With the Index button on, recorded index marks switch tapes run in fast forward or rewind into visual-search mode for 30 seconds, so you can see if you\u2019ve reached the program you\u2019re seeking. Index marks are put on the tape when you enter the recording mode from Stop, but not from Pause. Next to the cassette hatch is the display area with in\u00ac dicators for the audio level of both chan\u00ac nels, and a clock which can be changed momentarily to show the channel. Below the audio display are two sliders for the left and right channels; below the clock are buttons for the indicators on the level dis\u00ac play; and below them are the IRT (instant recording timer) and Time Remaining but\u00ac tons. The time-remaining indicator is on\u00ac screen. At far left is the rocker for cycling through the tuner scan sequence. What looks like a blank panel below the exposed controls is a door to a compart\u00ac ment with some less-used controls. In there is a mini jack for headphones, headphone volume control, recording- speed switch, thumbwheels for Tracking and Sharpness, Aux (camera)\/Simulcast\/ Tuner switch, Auto\/Mix\/Linear switch for audio output. High Filter On\/Off, eight- hour button for T-160 tape, ALC (automat\u00ac ic level control) for audio recording level, display Dimmer; and Select\/Normal, Search, Band, Fine Tuning Up\/Down, and Skip for the tuner. At far left is the window for the remote-control sensor. The Auto\/ Mix\/Linear switch sets the machine to choose the Hi-Fi audio automatically if that signal is present, and the action of the other two is obvious. The tuner scan mem\u00ac ory can be set to memorize up to 80 chan\u00ac nels in the sequence in any order, but the display will indicate a chamel\u2019s position in the sequence rather than its assigned chan\u00ac nel number. The rear of the machine is also relatively uncluttered. At the left of the machine is the power cord, and below it are jacks for a cable adapter jack (on which there are no details in the manual) and a stereo TV adapter jack. Closer to center in a double column are the RF inputs and outputs for VHF and UHF, and below them is a switch that switches the VHF input to accept cable signals. The cable-ready tuner will tune cable channels 2 to 13, A-4 to A-1, A to W, and W -I-1 to W 23. In a row farther right are the video output and input, stereo audio outputs and inputs, a mic jack, and a submini jack for a camera remote control. Though the remote control does more than most VCR remotes, it is not forbid\u00ac ding. Farthest forward on the remote (5\/8 by 2-3\/8 by 7-1\/8 inches) is the power but-","","Videotests ton, and below it is the VTR\/TV switch. depending on what mode you\u2019re in. cast, or aux, but the indicator on the Then follow buttons for record, play, stop, Operation. Turning on the VCR, front says camera instead of aux. Un\u00ac rewind (search), fast forward (search), derstand that dual naming of the same func\u00ac pause\/still. Reverse play, X2 speed play, selecting a channel from the scan se\u00ac tion and the choice becomes less confus\u00ac slow, frame advance, slow speed (+) and quence, and putting the VCR into any of its ing. The audio output selector becomes (-), and tracking (+) and (-) buttons are set operation modes from the front panel is easy to understand as soon as you find out off from the others by a background of easy, and it works just as you would expect that when both Hi-Fi and linear audio are beige. Set off in a box below these are the from reading the labels on the controls. In present, the VCR automatically chooses program, clear, display, and timer buttons. the hidden compartment at the bottom of Hi-Fi. The mix position is useful if you In a larger box closer to the operator are a the front panel are controls for adjusting audio-dub additional sound onto the linear 10-key pad, and up\/down channel-scan but\u00ac the headphone volume, selecting the re\u00ac track. Mbc lets you hear both the original tons. The keypad may be used for random- cording speed, and adjusting the tracking sound and what you dubbed onto the linear access tuning or to set the clock and timer. and sharpness\u2014all easy. It\u2019s also easy to track. The high filter next to it is useful to select input source from tuner, simul- cut the hiss from the linear-track audio. The ALC switches on an automatic volume control in recording mode, so you don\u2019t AMBICO have to worry about adjusting it manually. LENS SYSTEM The eight-hour button affects only how the time-remaining counter interprets the reel speeds, and the dimmer switch gives the Covers All choice of a less bright display. The Angles The VCR arrives set to receive channels 2 through 13, and deleting an unused one is as easy as switching to that channel, put\u00ac ting the normal\/select switch in select posi\u00ac tion, pressing the skip button, and switch\u00ac ing back to normal. To add a channel you must use the remote to select the channel number if it isn\u2019t currently in the scan se\u00ac Afflbico video lens attachments TELEPHOTO Y-0342 Lightweight, quence. Then you use bandswitch and dramatically increase ttie range of the compact, economical. Adds length search to find the channel you want.You can videocamera lens...add that extra\u00ac to camera's zoom lens. 1.4x tune any channel position on the tuner to special touch of creativity and pro\u00ac magnification, any station, but it seems less confusing to fessionalism to home video tapes. us to put it on the assigned channel num\u00ac CLOSE-UP\/WIDE VIEW V-0311 Two part ber. FISHEYE Y-03I0 Dramatically widens attachment: Close-Up for tight shots, angle of view. Perfect in tight quarters. details - Wide View gives 166%% Setting the time, programming the tim\u00ac Gives fisheye effect. greater field of view than er, and using special effects other than standard lens. search is not possible without the remote HEMISPHERIC V-0341 Ultra-Wide for control. Using the special effects is just a wide-angle capability 3x greater than normal lens. matter of pushing those buttons, which are only on the remote. They include reverse play, X2 speed, slow, frame advance, and adjusting the slow speed or slow tracking. Unless you can remember the exact se\u00ac quence of responses needed, you must have the TV on to set the timer. First push the Program button. A menu will come up to let you choose what action you want to take, and you simply push the appropriate button on the keypad to make your choices. The menu or a flashing cur\u00ac sor always prompts you on what is next. If you abort an operation in the middle, the VCR reverts to its former information or ignores incomplete information. The Clear button in that group lets you clear the cho\u00ac sen timer memory, and the Timer button lets you set the VCiR for timer operation. All the operations are easy to perform, whether on the remote or on the VCR. However, the instruction manual is a bit sketchy, so you may have to resort to trial and error where it is ambiguous. You may ruin the recording you\u2019re making\u2014but you won\u2019t hurt the machine by operating its remote control. That is a saving grace. Just don\u2019t experiment with a tape that already has valuable material on it. You can\u2019t hurt a tape with the protection tab removed. or additional information, circle No. 49 on Reader Service Card. Performance. We\u2019ve already hinted that the picture is excellent. Horizontal","Test Report: -t-\/-3dB. LP; 80-6300HZ, +\/-3dB, EP resolution is 240 to 250 lines at SP speed Hitachi VT-89A VHS Hi-Fi VCR Dynamic range, Hi-Fi; 82.6dB and 230 to 240 at the lower speeds. Lumi\u00ac S\/N, audio; 42dB, SP; 40dB, LP; 39dB, nance S\/N at SP is 39.8dB unweighted, and DATA EP Sl.ldB weighted. That is the best Date of test: April 1985 Audio distortion: 0.3%, Hi-Fi; 2.1%, weighted S\/N we\u2019ve measured. Your eyes Suggested retail price: $1395 tell you to believe the higher figure. That Weight: 23.1 pounds Overall picture quality: excellent just means that the noise the meter mea\u00ac Dimensions: 4-7\/16 x 17-1\/8 x 14-3\/4 Audio quality: excellent sured was in some region that didn\u2019t affect inches (h\/w\/d) Ease of operation: very good, except graininess. The S\/N at other speeds was Power requirements: 120VAC, 6OH7,, for the manual (see text) about 2dB less, and that is closer than on 45W Overall performance: excellent (with a most VCRs. Chroma AM S\/N (variation in Tape format: VHS few minor irritations) Tape speeds: SP, LP, EP (SLP) color intensity due to noise) was 43. IdB at Play speed select: automatic SP\u2014typical of high-end VCRs. Chroma Still frame: yes Frame advance: yes, on remote only ACCEN^^ Guaranteed Slow motion: 1\/5X to 1\/30X variable Superior Products with adjustable tracking ' PRICE^W^^ Speed play: yes, 2X FREE GIFT Reverse play: yes : ^e^ce'^deo Rapid search: see Cue & review Every order (single tape or double) will receive Cue & review: 5X, SP; 9X; 15X, EP Visible FF and Rew: no a full-length special gift tape from us entitled Fast forward\/rewind time: 4-3\/4 minutes for T-120 XXX CARTOONS at no additional charge! Camera (remote) pause: yes Remote: IR wireless with buttons for sr does not apply to tape pi Power, VTR\/TV, Record, Play, Stop, Re\u00ac wind (Search), Fast Forward (Search), t only. Pause\/Still, Reverse play, Fast play, Slow play, Frame Advance, slow speed (+) Two Movies for the Price of One\u2014^73.88* and (-), slow Tracking (\u25a0+\u25a0), Pro\u00ac gram, Clear, Display, Timer, 10-digit key\u00ac \u2022 DEEP THROAT\/DEVIL IN MS. JONES (classic) pad for tuning and programming, and \u2022 BOY POURRI\/SEA CADETS (male) channel Up and Down Separate eject: yes \u2022 COLLEGE GIRLS\/GIRLS IN BONDAGE (female) Counter digits: 4 \u2022 ROUGH CUT\/BOYS IN THE SAND (male) Counter memory: yes Program start locator\/index\/cue: \u201cFREE\\\" TAPE EXCHANGE PROGRAM-WRITE EOR DETAILS switchable index Audio dub: yes $38.88 $48.88 $54.88 Video dub: yes (3 for $109.00) (3 for $139.00) (3 for $154.00) Auto rewind: yes, with automatic power off except in timer and instant record \u2022 Big Ones (F) \u2022 Black Female Pany(F) \u2022 The Idol modes \u2022 Black Heat (B) \u2022 Coffee & Cream (I) \u2022 The Champ Stereo: yes, on both linear and Hi-Fi \u2022 China DeSade (I) \u2022 Debbie I \u2022 Oral Support (F) Hi-Fi: yes \u2022 Getting Off (I) \u2022 Behind Green Door (I) \u2022 Throat (12) Yrs. Tuning method: voltage synthesized \u2022 Tongue (I) \u2022 Misty Beethoven \u2022 Talk Dirty III Channel selectors: programmable Up\/ \u2022 Make It Hurt (I) \u2022 Pamela Mann \u2022 Chocolate Cherries Down scan on VCR, keypad random ac\u00ac \u00bb Biker Slave Girls (I) \u2022 Taboo I or II \u00bb Woman In Pink cess and scan on remote Preset method: search and Skip (F) FEMALE (M) MALE (B) BLACK (I) INTEGRATED Cable readiness: 2 to 13, 14 to 83, A-1 to A-4, A to 1, J to W, W +1 VO W + 23 f. residents add 6% sales tax. MasterCard\/ Channel lock: yes tif-addressed stamped envelope for FREE Timer: 8 programs, 1 year d handling ($5,00 redeemable on next Auto channel-change: yes Battery backup for clock and mem\u00ac \u25a0 Phone Orders (805) 922-4546- ory: 60 minutes Accessories: remote control and bat\u00ac accent VIDEO \u2022 522 N, Broadway, Suite 925, Santa Maria, CA 93454 teries, antenna cables and transformers, } No. 50 on Reader Service V-lock adjustment tool 113 Vid\u00abo RESULTS & RATINGS Horizontal resolution: 240-250 lines SP as rated 5\/N video luminance: 39.8dB, SP, 40.8dB, LP, 39.6dB, EP, unweighted; Sl.ldB, SP, 49.8dB, LP, 48.8dB. EP, weighted S\/N, chroma AM: 43.1dB, SP; 40.9dB, LP\u2019 35 8dB EP S\/N, chroma PM: 36.2dB, SP; 34.0dB, LP; 32.8dB, EP Audio frequency response: 20- 2O,0OOHz, -f-0.3\/-1.5. Hi-Fi (all speeds); 63-12,OOOHz, -b\/-3dB, SP; 80-8000Hz,","\u00a9KINYl). fyp\\\" \u00a9KINYO. VIDEO VIDEO SONY Videotests CONTROL TAPE VHSorBETA HEAD CLEANER CONTROL CALL PM S\/N (variations in color hue due to REWINDER CENTER CENTER noise) was 36.2dB at SP and somewhat LOWEST lower at the lower speeds. The Hitachi ^3495 p-' ,|Oun U-- 1 PRICES provides one of the best pictures we\u2019ve seen on a half-inch consumer VCR. WET SYSTEM CONTROL SWITCHED iSiTDK VHS or BETA maxell On audio, the results were no less out\u00ac *24\u00ae\u00ae\\\"\u201d $3095TWO TV OUTPUTS standing. Hi-Fi frequency response was 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz within -t-0.3dB, LOWEST GINGA SMOVKEIDDHA-RLD PILDASTIC 4-WAY DELUXE VINYL -l.SdB (worst case) at all three speeds. PRICES REWINDER DUST COVER AMPLIFIER VCR Distortion on Hi-Fi was 0.3 percent, and ON VIDEO WITH FAST FORWARD dynamic range over 82dB. On the linear RECORDERS *12\u00ae\u00ae DUST tracks frequency response at SP was 63 to COVERS 12,000 Hertz within 3dB, with harmonic ItCilfi > distortion of 2.1 percent and a S\/N of $495 42.5dB. Details about audio performance SONY on the linear tracks at lower speeds are in the test box (above). Audio performance GoldStar \u00ae ^1 \u00ae |CpD] ONE YEAR WARRANTY was also among the best we\u2019ve measured. SHARR ON ALL PRODUCTS! We commented on ease of operation S3995CALL FOR PRICES. earlier, but we do want to give a tip on how to get around the sketchy manual. This i Video Factory 1-800-336-6843 machine is similar to the RCA VKT700. A peek in that manual may clear up many ^ DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED SAMEDAYSHIPPING! (N.Y. STATE 716-874-0390) questions. Our frustration at needing both the remote and TV for the simplest pro\u00ac LASER LASER cedures is the price for an uncluttered front panel. The thing we miss most on that itf panel is a counter. BarryGIbb SHAKATAK 9 Conclusion. Because of its outstand\u00ac FOUR SEASONS MILT JACKSON ing picture performance, we recommend dieilBl this machine as one of the top few VHS dioilal dieitol dieilBl dicHoi machines available. Its audio puts it in that SOUND category\u2014but its instruction manual could Import SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND use help. If you\u2019ve used VCRs before you Import Import may ignore the manual, but if you\u2019re a first\u00ac Import Import time buyer get help in setting up the scan sequence from someone who is confident. CLD-900-OrDiiDioivieeR The high quality of the audio and video more than make up for the nuisance caused We also carry the \\\\ future of sound and vli by the manual. We recommend Hitachi\u2019s LD-660, PR-8210, ^ VT-89A highly. CED\/LASER DISCPLAYER TRADE-IN LASER MUSIC SampoVHS VCR fTl PIONEER laserdisc e PIONEER Korea and Taiwan l^ARTIS-TS* ARTISTS* have been man\u00ac ufacturing VCRs OPERA reg. 49.95 now 44.95 Die Fledermaus \/ C for years but their VHS and Beta reg, 24.95 now 22.45 each ABC Mantrap \/ Air Supply\/ Alli BalloinMasCi licenses have lim\u00ac ited the conditions \/ Bob Marley \/ Carole King \/ Hall & Oates \/ David Bowie \/ Diana Rotss \/foirX Bant under which they Summer \/ Duran Duran \/ Eurhythmies \/ Jefferson Starship \/ Little Rive Band \/ I could export their goods. Those license McCartney & Wings \/ Phil Collins \/ Police Synchronicity \/ Queen \/ Roxy agreements have changed and both coun\u00ac tries now export VCRs to the U.S. \u2022 8 DISCS ONLY$8.00 \u25a0 There has been a lot of speculation about (regular $10.99) with purchase of any two 12\\\"discs from this page what those imports will do to VCR prices; Sowie \/ Duran Duran \/ Iron Maiden \/ J. Geils Band \/ Kajagoogoo \/ Kim Carnes \/ Minor Detail \/ M so far prices seem to be holding. We asked a number of these new exporters for sam\u00ac s\/TheMotels\/NakedEyes\/PhilCollins\/RubberRodeo\/Sheena Easton\/Stray Cats\/Thomas ples of their VCRs to test and the first to arrive is Sampo\u2019s VR-9500 ($419.95). The HURRY! Sale prices valid through Aug. 15, 1985, only. company also plans to bring out a step-up model and a play-only model quite soon. 617-890-5384 (mall order] Shipping Charge: UPS $3.00 first 10-7 M-F ^ All Sampo\u2019s videocassette machines are 617-890-9262 (retail) 479 Winter Street, Waltham, MA VHS. \u25a0BStant 800-VHS-BETA (MA) The front-loading VR-9500 offers a mod\u00ac reolav soo-vhs-disc (us) est array of features. The most unusual is a _^ 800-THE-INST (Canada) button on both the VCR and the remote labeled Noise Cancel, effective only while 1-800-VHS-DISC","in the Still mode during playback. It jogs switch channels while the VCR is recording is available on most VCRs we review. But a the tape slightly to find a spot with the least is rare these days (though we haven\u2019t re\u00ac reader pointed out that he was dis\u00ac noise. It also offers search using the fast- viewed too many recorders with modest appointed when he purchased a budget forward and rewind controls which we clas\u00ac timers). The other noticeable difference is machine that didn\u2019t have one. So presence sify as cue and review. A Quick Record the VCR\/TV selector. It is a locking-tj^e of battery backup will be included in the box feature lets you record up to four hours in manual button. If you turn off the machine from now on. However, as a rule of thumb: half-hour increments at the touch of one while in the VCR mode, it will be in the inexpensive VCRs do not usually have button\u2014assuming a tape is in the VCR and VCR mode when you turn it back on. On battery backup. you\u2019ve picked the channel, of course. most machines we see, the lock is Among other features considered desir\u00ac electronic and releases automatically when Description. If you don\u2019t spot the able is a cable-ready tuner that receives the machine is turned off. A lot less notice\u00ac Sampo logo, the 9500 looks like a basic channels A through W. able unless you have frequent power out\u00ac conservative Japanese VCR. It is a matte- ages is the lack of battery backup for the silverish machine with black accents and There are a few unusual things too. Hav\u00ac clock and timer memory. We haven\u2019t trim. It weighs in at 19.2 pounds and is 4.4 ing a l-event\/14-day timer is not unusual talked about that feature much because it inches high by 16.5 wide by 14.3 deep. The among budget machines, but being able to main part of the front panel is slightly in\u00ac dented and the only controls on the frame are the Eject button and the one for Power just below it. Near the bottom is a minia\u00ac ture phone jack for the wired remote con\u00ac trol. As on almost every front-loading table model, the cassette hatch is at the top left of the front panel with the tape-transport controls at the lower left. In the space between are the legends and indicators for the functions as well as the recording Speed selector and VCR\/TV switch. The transport controls from left to right are: Record, Rewind (Search), Play, Fast For\u00ac ward (Search), Stop, Pause\/Still, and Noise Cancel. Next to them are the coun\u00ac ter Memory, Reset, and Clock counter switch for the four digits of the display which serve for both functions. 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All of these great features are yours for only $299.96! All MFJ video products are made in USA.","Videotests ______ The right side of the front panel is also ment. In there is the tracking control and a right side of the top panel near the front is divided into thirds vertically. In the top row of buttons. They let you set the clock, the tuning compartment. In there are in\u00ac third is a display with four characters for and start and end times for the single-event dividual tuning controls for each of the 12 clock and timer plus legends for AM, PM, timer. The day and hour buttons let you presets. The thumbwheels for those pre\u00ac Start, End, the days of the week. Timer, step through those sequences in the for\u00ac sets are standard but the bandswitch is Quick Record, Memory, 2nd Week, and ward direction only, but two buttons are curved. That unusual switch has a lever five small unused digits. To the right of the provided for minutes so you can change that slides in a 90-degree arc. The tuner display are the Timer and Quick Record those in either direction. selects Low VHP when the slide points to buttons. In the middle third are the 12 the left, UHF when the slide points toward channel-selector buttons with windows for The bottom and left side are bare, but on the back, and High VHP and cable channels channel legends above them. The bottom the right side is the slide that holds the when the slide points on the diagonal be\u00ac third bears just the logo and a few words\u2014 numbers for the tuner display. As with all tween those two extremes. Cable chan\u00ac but it is also a door for a hidden compart\u00ac such systems that we remember, a sheet nels A through I are on the low end of that of channel numbers is provided. On the band, 7 through 13 in the middle, and cable channels] through W at the top. In addition to the switch and thumbwheel each preset has a tiny indicator. A small yellow shaft with a pointer on its end rotates to tell you approximately where in the band you are. The other control in the compartment is an AFT switch which must be set manually. Most of the back panel is covered by airholes. In the bottom left comer is the AC cord, but as with many VCRs there is no accessory outlet. In the top left comer are jacks for the video and audio output with jacks for the corresponding inputs. The VR-9500 has mono audio circuitry. A little way from the right side is an indenta\u00ac tion with RF inputs and outputs for VHP and UHF. The VHF ones are F-type con\u00ac nectors and those for UHF are for twin lead with convenient knurled knobs on the screws. Almost centered and near the top edge is a sub-mini jack for a camera pause lead. The remote control is 1-1\/4 inches wide by 1\/2-inch high by 5-1\/16 inches deep and connects to the VCR with a 16-foot cord. On it are buttons to control Record, Re\u00ac wind (Search), Fast Forward (Search), Play, Pause\/Still, Noise Cancel, and Stop. Operation. Because the 9500 is such a basic machine, operation is straightfor\u00ac ward. When you turn the machine on and insert a cassette into the front-loading slot, the VCR\u2019s loading mechanism triggers and pulls the cassette the remainder of the way in. Then control of its function is trans\u00ac ferred to the buttons below the hatch. For playback you must switch it to the VCR mode if the locking button switch isn\u2019t already there. In play mode the Fast For\u00ac ward and Rewind buttons control forward and reverse Search and you may watch a still frame by pushing the Pause\/Still but\u00ac ton. Sometimes, especially at the higher speeds, noise bars disturb the still picture. Then pressing the Noise Cancel button seems to jog the tape slightly to minimize the noise. It works better on tapes re\u00ac corded at the lower speeds. The Speed switch affects only recording, and play- speed selection is automatic. There is no provision for audio or video dubbing. Three buttons under the right edge of the cassette hatch control functions of the display just to the right of the cassette hatch; counter Reset and Memory, and the Counter\/Time switch. The switch changes the four digits of the display from clock","mode to timer mode and back again. The function just as you would expect, but you 39.1dB unweighed, and 47.8 weighted. It display does not automatically revert to must be careful not to brush them is rated at 42dB. Further investigation clock mode when the VCR is turned off. To accidentally. You can change the selected showed that most of the noise is in the the far right of the display are the Quick channel during recording or even when the region above 3MHz. If you have a standard Record and Timer record buttons. The recorder is off. This could cause you to TV (without a comb filter) you won\u2019t see Timer button engages the single-event record the wrong channel by mistake. We the grain\u2014you\u2019ll have a great picture. But programmed timer and is the push On\/push wish the buttons were better protected. a top-of-the-line set would show a pretty Off type. Since the Timer button will set The clock and timer setting in the compart\u00ac grainy picture. Horizontal resolution is the the timer (indicator flashing) even if there ment below require no instruction, just in\u00ac standard 240 lines. Chroma AM S\/N, a is no tape or no program entered, you must tuition. measure of amplitude variation in the color observe the display carefully when you signal due to noise, was 37.4dB, weighted. choose that mode. The cassette indicator Hooking up the VCR is as easy as reset\u00ac This performance is poor compared to the should be lit and the start and end times are ting the tuner presets. If this is your first best VCRs. Chroma AM noise is visible as briefly displayed. VCR, you won\u2019t even find the curved band- small variation in color intensity. Chroma switch unusual. Remember to turn on the PM S\/N measured out at 34.7dB, weighted The Quick Record button starts the AFT (automatic fine tuning) manually, be\u00ac (again,' low performance that appears as machine in recording mode for fixed cause unlike similar functions on most slight variations in color, hue, or tint). periods up to four hours in half-hour in\u00ac other machines, it is not automatically crements. Again you must look to see that switched when you replace the tuning- Audio performance exceeds specifica\u00ac a tape is in the machine. You\u2019ll also find that compartment cover. tions. The VR-9500 is rated to have a fre\u00ac the display won\u2019t indicate a duration with\u00ac quency response of 100 to 10,000 Hertz at out a cassette. These functions\u2014while a Performance. 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Power requirements: 12()VAC. 60Hz, measured 40W Audio dub: no S\/N, chroma AM: 36.8dB; 37.4dB, Tope format: VHS Video dub: no weighted Tape speeds: SP, LP, EP (SLP) Auto rewind: yes S\/N, chroma PM: 34.4dB; 34.7dB, Play speed select: automatic Stereo: no weighted Number of heads: 2 Hi-Fi: no Audio frequency response: 100- Still frame: yes Tuning method: varactor preset 8000Hz, SP, rated; 80-12, OOOHz, -3dB. SP. Frame advance: no Channel selectors: 12 pushbuttons 80-6300HZ, -3dB, LP, 80-4000Hz, -3dB, Slow motion: no Preset method: curved slide switch and EP, measured Speed play: no thumbwheel plus indicator S\/N, audio: 40dB, SP, rated: 40dB, SP, Rapid search: see Cue & review Cable readiness: 2-6, A-I, 7-13, J-W, 14- 38dB, LP and EP, measured Cue & review: 3X, SP; .5X, LP; 9X, EP Audio distortion: 3. l?r, measured Visible FF and Rew: no 83 Overall picture quality: fair (see text) Fast forward\/rewind time: 4-1\/2 AFT: switchable Audio quality: average minutes for T-120 Channel lock: no Ease of operation: average Remote pause: yes Timer: 14 days, 1 event Overall performance; averagc.dair Auto channel-change: no Battery backup for clock-timer: no CAMmU WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC \u2022 FRIENDLY & COURTEOUS SI IN NY, ALASKA, & HAWAII OR FOR INFORMATION CALL NEV AMBICO VHS SURROUND TAPE Transfws mevwi All lit one unit, for aH portable M-360 Dolby saves wear on ts video very portebte decoder for movie machine Miy fci-U only I onlv yiPI theater effect only PANASONIC PK558 VLT450 $429 only mTITJ1 PV1231 $339 PK975 $499 CKCOig $499 HITACHI PV1S30 $469 WV3040 $749 CKC020 $599 GXN70 $699 AG2400 $459 SANYO VT8P $749 MVe420 $649 $699 72M $^^^ VT89 $849 VKP900 ^^^BETA^MOpE^ ^8110 $M9 VKP950 CALL JVC MAGNAVOX PV1730 $689 VKT275 $899 NEC VR8408 $329 PV5800 $479 VKT550 $329 VC20 $299 PV8500 $719 VICT650 $549 HRD150 $399 VC40 $399 VR6425 $459 PV9600 $869 $789 HRD225 $519 VC70 Bita $629 VR8445 $659 PK958 $679 HRD725 $779 VC895 VHS $799 VR8486 $799 PK450 $479 VRe465 $699 GXN7 $599 ORDERS ONLY- 1-800-232-1818 TO THE LOWEST PRICES INFO & CUSTOMER SERVICE- 1-718-438-3007 ET YOUR SUMMER ROLUNG WITH CAR MDAR DETECTORS. CB't. CARRY ALONG lEOS AND OTHER HOME ELECTRONICS.","NO FRANCHISE FEE Videotests ________ (VIDEO SOFTWARE BUSINESS) at EP it was 80 to 4000 Hertz within 3dB. Audio is mono and uses the linear track at Avoid costly mistakes and unnecessary\/fees. Our experts the top edge of the tape. Audio S\/N is rated will show you how to successfully open your own VIDEO as 40dB at SP, the same as we measured, BusinessI Telephone Mr. Adams, toll-free (800) 25M638 and 38dB at LP and EP. Harmonic distor\u00ac In TN. coll (800) 342-5014. tion was 3.1 percent. Since we have dis\u00ac cussed in detail how the machine operates, (Source Video is an authiorizc-'U distribution co., inc. we won\u2019t repeat ourselves. We rate it as distributor for all Major Studios -- average to fair among all machines or aver\u00ac Pre-Recorded Tapes & Discs- 141 BELLE FOREST CIRCLE age to good among budget machines. Blonk Tapes -Accessories) NASHVILLE, TN. 37221 Conclusion. Sampo\u2019s VR-9500 is aver\u00ac For additional inform, age on audio, average on ease of operation, and fair on video performance. If you\u2019re THE yiD|gJ^HANG| CLUB using a standard TV its video will seem much better and you might even describe it as good. Its $420 suggested retail price is all we have to go on, but we expect it will be discounted, so expect to pay about the same as for basic no-frills VCRs. It is com\u00ac petitive with VCRs in its price range. YOUR ONE STOP VIDEO STORE Howkeye Cordless EXCHANGE AMONG ANY OF OUR Video\/Audio ADULT OR GENERAL TITLES Tronsmifter AS OFTEN AS YOU WISH. Imagine how con\u00ac 41EXCHANGE ANY TAPE PURCHASED $ % Aft venient it would be if you didn\u2019t have to FOR AS LOW AS .. . O.wU connect your \u2022 (plus $3.00 Shipping & Han camera to your VCR, or your VCR THE LARGEST SELECTION OF X-RATED VIDEO MOVIES IN THE WORLD. to your TV, with KEEP THE FILMSASLONG AS YOUWISH wires. Imagine a device that broadcasts the visual and aural _NO TIME LIMITS_NO MEMBERSHIP FEES signals to your TV over the airwaves. That device is the Hawkeye VTR-80 Cordless O. Box or Warehouse. Come Video\/Audio Transmitter, and it sends the signals you put in to Channel 14 on any TV THIS MONTH\u2019S within 200 feet. That\u2019s wonderful\u2014but there is one problem; if your neighbor\u2019s TV DEEP THROAT ISPECIALI EDDIE MURPHY DELIRIOUS antenna is within 200 feet, he may enjoy DEVIL IN ONLy\u00ae39\u00bb\u00ae; JANE FONDA PRIMETIME your signal too. Thus Hawkeye is a little DEBBIE DOES DALLAS TERMS OF ENDEARMENT like video-CB because you cannot control PLEASURE HUNT ! INSIDE LITTLE SHOGUN ASSASSIN who receives its signals except via CANDY STRIPERS ORAL ANNIE TRADING PLACES distance\u2014but it does free you of wires. TOO MUCH TOO SOON DRAGONSLAYER The VTR-80 is manufactured by Hawk- BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR V INSIDE SEKA CHARLOTTES WEBB eye Industries and distributed by VDO- BLONDE GODDESS 1 ROOMMATES RISKY BUSINESS PAK, both of Miami, Florida. Its radiated ON GOLDEN BLONDE THE SPERMINATOR HIGH ROAD TO CHINA power is low enough so that it does not SEX ON THE SET require a license, but you must stop using it THE LAST TABOO r MISTY BEETHOVEN THE HOBBIT if it causes interference to other TV own\u00ac SEX WORLD FLASHDANCE er if it causes harmful interference to DEBBIE DOES DALLAS II COOL HAND LUKE FCC-licensed transmitter stations. It falls HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES AMERICAN GIGOLO within a category of devices exempted TABOO REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE from the licensing requirement but it must INSATIABLE II OFFICER & A GENTLEMAN be operated within FCC reflations. 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For such a 3n Reader Service Card.","long run of wire, devices like distribution ATTENTION: DEALERS AND CONSUMERS amplifiers should be used to reduce signal deterioration, but don\u2019t relieve you of THE DIRECT LINE the necessity to run wires. It is for those TO SUPER DEALS ON applications that we see the greatest use of Hawkeye. A good example is feed\u00ac PANASONIC ing the signal from a VCR to a large number of TVs throughout your home. 1-800-524-1596 Hawkeye and its distributors also see it C.0.a ANYWHERE IN THE U.SA being used to send a signal from a camera S_\u2014I to a VCR. It would allow you to leave your _ VCR in one room and shoot pictures to be recorded in another room or outside with\u00ac VCR's, Video Cameras, TVs, out running wires. We agree on this if you have a table-model VCR\u2014but not neces\u00ac Monitors, Answering Machines, sarily if you have a portable. To use the two-pound Hawkeye you\u2019d also have to Telephones and Accessories. carry a battery to power it and the camera, and you\u2019d end up carrying about four SUPER LOW PRICES ON PANASONIC pounds of stuff in addition to the camera. That\u2019s a small weight savings, but Hawk- SUPER VIDEO INC., 245 Paterson Plank Road, Carlstadt, New Jersey 07072 eye is right: the unit weighs less than most portables. Hawkeye is useful; no doubt about it. There is one other application you may not have thought of: fixed operation as a babysitting aid or for a security system. Then you could keep an eye on at least one thing in or about the house without being in Test Report: Hawkeye VTR-80 Cordless Video\/Audio Transmitter DATA Date of test: April 1985 Manufacturer: Hawkeye Industries Distributor: VDO-PAK Products, Box 67, Port Orange, Florida 32029; phone 800-874-5906, outside Florida: 800-342- 4900, within Florida Function: broadcasting audio and video signals to a TV or VCR Dimensions; 1-1.'2 x 5-1\/2 x 8-1\/2 inches (h\/w\/d) Weight: 1.8 pounds Power requirements: 12VDC, 350ma approx.; AC adapter supplied Video input: 1; 1-volt peak-to-peak into 75 ohms Audio input: 1; 0.1 to 1.0 volt RMS into 600 otais RF output: 1 to detachable 39-3\/4 inch rod antenna Rated output: less than 500 microvolts at 30m Output channel: 14 (see text), only RESULTS & RATINGS Transmitter range: 200 feet, rated; 250 feet, measured RF output: 480 microvolts into dipole at 30m Horizontal resolution: 300-pIus lines Video S\/N: 48dB (see text) Chroma AM S\/N: 41dB (see text) Chroma PM S\/N: 36dB (see text) Audio frequency response: 50- 15.000Hz, -3dB Audio S\/N: 42dB Overall picture quality: very good de\u00ac pending on noise level Overall audio quality; very good Ease of operation: excellent Overall quality: very good\/excellent For addition 65 on Reader Service <","Videotests line of sight. Hawkeye reports that secu\u00ac rity companies are already using such de\u00ac vices. Description. At 1-1\/2 inches high by 5-1\/2 wide by 8-1\/2 deep it is hardly bigger than a large paperback book. It weighs 1.8 pounds and its rod antenna is 39-3\/4 inches long. It operates on 12 volts DC and draws about 350 milliamps. It is supplied with an AC power adapter, but a separately avail\u00ac able adapter lets you power it from a bat\u00ac tery. Styled in cream and beige, Hawkeye has black front and rear panels. The front panel is simplicity itself with a Power switch and rotary gain controls for Video and Audio level. The rear panel is equally simple with a mini phone jack for power, RCA-type pin jacks for video and audio inputs, and an SO- 259 socket into which the antenna is screwed. The antenna is fixed to a match\u00ac the Hawkeye and a wire with a cigarette- Operation. Using the Hawkeye is sim\u00ac ing PL-259 plug at a right angle so it points lighter plug on the other end may be ply a matter of turning on the power and skyward. plugged into any convenient 12-volt DC adjusting the audio and video gain controls supply such as a battery pack or a car\u2019s for good picture and sound. The TV set Setup. A power source\u2014either AC lighter socket. The last connection sup\u00ac must be tuned to Channel 14 or, if you\u2019re adapter or battery\u2014is plugged into the plies power to both the camera and Hawk- recording the signals, the VCR\u2019s tuner 12VDC jack, the audio and video sources eye. A similar wiring harness, HE14 must be set to Channel 14. plugged into their respective jacks, the an\u00ac ($29.95), is available for Beta cameras. tenna extended, and you\u2019re ready to broad\u00ac For more convenient portable operation, a There are two words of caution: Chan\u00ac cast onto Channel 14 as soon as you turn power bag (TD-2, $50) will be available nel 14 must not be in use in your area. And on the Power switch. If your signals are that will hold Hawkeye and a Ni-Pak (one of Hawkeye works best if the TV or VCR has from a 10-pin VHS camera, an HEIO wiring VDO-PAK\u2019s Ni-Cad batteries) as well as manual fine tuning. You will also need supplying a flexible antenna connector to someone to start and stop the VCR for harness ($29.95) is available that provides hold the rod vertical. you. Hawkeye does not make any provi\u00ac a 10-pin socket for the camera. 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That is about 200 feet, we\u2019ll beat your best price on the recorder or camera of your choice. maybe more under ideal circumstances. We\u2019ll even beat toll-free Another major factor is the level of RF by deducting an extra $5.00 from the price of your video equipment purchase! noise and interference in your area. You __jier have no control over those. If you are op\u00ac Inquiries _ _ _ HSr Welcome. C.O.D. erating the unit from a battery you should also have some way to monitor battery condition. A weak battery can shorten the unit\u2019s effective range if it operates at all. Assuming you\u2019ve covered all those bases, expect horizontal resolution as good as the camera can deliver. Measurements show that it can actually deliver more than 300 lines. The unit\u2019s S\/N is about 48dB, but local interference can cause an increase in the noise level of signals you see or record. Making allowances for the tuner in our measuring system, chroma AM noise is 41dB and chroma PM noise 36dB. There will be some noise increase over connect\u00ac ing the camera directly with a short length of cable, but the result will be better than C^udio Q\/idzo (2eniEx,^nc. long cable runs without a distribution amplifier. 4128 S. Florida Ave. New Jersey 4816 Interstate Dr. On audio you can expect a frequency Lakeland, Florida Sales Office Cincinnati, Ohio response of 50-15,000 Hertz within 3dB. 1813) 644-4546 (201) 297-2744 (513) 777-8800 We measured audio S\/N at 42dB, but we\u2019re not so sure that some of the noise we measured was not due to interference. New York City has a fairly high degree of RF pollution and that can mar measure\u00ac ments. Let us say that your VCR is unlikely to give better performance unless you\u2019re recording in Beta or VHS Hi-Fi. Conclusion. The Hawkeye VTR-80 Cordless Video\/Audio Transmitter is an effective, useful device that can serve for both security and pleasure. It works well. However, if Channel 14 is occupied in your area, or if you cause interference to a licensed transmitted signal, or if there is too much RF noise in your area, you may run into problems using it. Since it is to be carried by VDO-PAK dealers, try it or ask how well it works in your area. It\u2019s worth considering. Q","NOSTALGIA: consumer to decide which product repre\u00ac Walk thru the past, re\u00ac sents the best investment. Despite some minisce with hundreds 6f movie title\u2019s. Laugh- of its drawbacks (no EVF or independent and cry with the grea\u00ac test that ever lived. TT j ,r playback), a Betamovie makes sense if MOVIES: Ihuted Mme Workers to [organize m] the you\u2019ve already made a sizable investment Movies that bring back West Virginia coalfields. Unions are not in Beta equipment. 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Qh No, Not Again leaves the last word to Renzi: Which brings up the inevitable question We ve done more to stretch the market haunting the prospective purchaser of any man ^ost any Hollywood movies have. video product\u2014buy now or wait? You\u2019re And if more people are going to movies these days, I have to think a lot of them are the only one who can decide that. But if you going for independent films where theyjust can\u2019t wait, take a good look at the chart that might encounter a surprise.\u201d They stand up together, shake hands goodbye, and, accompanies this story, sharpen your pen\u00ac v\u00abth Sayles snugging the cap back on his cil, and compare features carefully. head, head out shoulder-to-shoulder into One thing\u2019s for sure. There\u2019ll be a lot the Hoboken night. more of them next year. Q Viewfinders (As of late spring Sayles and Renzi had continuedfrom page 89 begun scouting locations in and around West Virginia for Mate-wan with a tentative (12) Auto Focus. Many cameras have auto focus, and they\u2019re getting better go-ahead from a major independent com\u00ac all the time. But often it\u2019s better to pany.) a focus manually. The viewfinder display Camcorders should tell you the mode. (13) Macro Focus. Is it on or isn\u2019t it? continued from page 86 (14) Zoom Speed. A few cameras let system, you don\u2019t necessarily have to part you change the speed of the power zoom with all of the old system. For example, (fast, medium, or slow). An indicator of you can upgrade many portables to wire\u00ac some sort should tell you which one you\u2019ve less remote control just by buying a new selected. tuner for your existing V(5r. Or you can trade in the portable system while keeping (15) Positive\/Negative Switch. For your existing camera, or vice versa. cameras ha-ving this feature, you have to know when it\u2019s on or off. With portable video systems going off in I many new directions, it\u2019s hard for the Needless to say, not all cameras convey all this information through the finder\u2014but some come close.","Lights, Camera... finder indication for that. FREE Kodak\u2019s 8mm camcorder does have an The simplest viewfinder indicators are VIDEO STORAGE CASE colored lights. Hitachi\u2019s VK-C2000, for ex\u00ac electronic viewfinder, which gives it addi\u00ac TO BEAUTIFY AND ample, has three arranged horizontally just tional information capabilities. But the PROTECT YOUR below the EVF. A green lamp and illumi\u00ac basic LED arrangement is similar to Be\u00ac VALUABLE TAPE nated V serves as the recording indicator; tamovie\u2014four multicolored lights in the on for tape run, off for pause. Select any comers of the screen. 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Group W Seattle has 110,979 too thrilled with the Westing- down to about 75 percent of HBO\u2019s idea of original pro\u00ac basic subscribers in a cable house-owned Home Theatre TV households compared to gramming is to hire a different system passing 237,130 Network, which programs more than 80 percent at the pneumatic blonde, brunette, homes. (This means that only G-rated movies, with beginning of the decade. StiU or redhead for each episode fewer than half the folks in the 215 disconnects vs. 146 con\u00ac that\u2019s a lot better than the of The Hitchhiker and then system\u2019s area are intrigued nects. Finally, with Super\u00ac cable \u201cnetwork\u201d with the big\u00ac have her take her blouse and enough to even bother hook\u00ac channel, the local pay-sports gest reach, WTBS, will ever bra off in the first five hope to do. WTBS\u2014really an minutes. That\u2019s original? ing up to basic.) In the second channel. Group W did its best week of Febmary, according business: a wash. A total of independent TV station, not a What would Minsky say? to this rejwrt, 1218 folks de\u00ac 11 homes disconnected while network\u2014passes 33 million Unfortunately, with rare cided to disconnect from the 11 others signed on. cable homes and on a real exceptions, what cable view\u00ac system\u2019s \u201cmaxipay\u201d service, Since I did not receive any good day sometimes captures ers pay for is not as good as while only 808 signed up. other reports from Group W, a two or three percent share \u201cfree\u201d TV; it\u2019s imitative, de\u00ac Only 19 of those people dis\u00ac I don\u2019t know if the week of of that audience. Meanwhile, rivative, or both. Not to men\u00ac connected because they 2\/13\/85 is representative for every night 60 percent or tion repetitious. Compared to couldn\u2019t afford the service. Of the Seattle system. But if this more of the people in the some of the stuff on cable, the rest, 251 disconnected is even close to the kind of country tube in every night to network TV still is the best both basic and pay channels business the system is doing, one of the three network newscasts. entertainment bargain while 449 said they simply did in a year or two the owners around. The same, sadly, not want this bundled service might as well roll up the cable Why do the networks con\u00ac goes for home video. With of HBO and Showtime. and sell it to a scrap dealer. tinue to do so well? Simple. even fewer exceptions than In the same week 285 Seat\u00ac And the chief reason the sys\u00ac They\u2019re in the programming, cable, originality is almost a tle residents disconnected tem lost so many customers not the technology business. dirty word on home video. from Showtime, with 119 is that subscribers just plain And as long as the people in And God forbid someone saying they don\u2019t want the did not want the service. That the new video-technology should come up with a new service anymore. Group W can be easily translated to business\u2014cable, MDS, idea\u2014like exercise tapes. did manage to hook 166 peo\u00ac mean they just were not STV, VCRs, and the rest of Then everyone imitates. It ple who wanted to subscribe satisfied with service, that that blasted alphabet soup\u2014 seems practically everyone to Showtime that week, giv\u00ac they would prefer to get their remain in the technology who can breathe this side of ing it a net loss of 119 Show\u00ac TV elsewhere\u2014or maybe rather than the programming Clara Peller has made an ex\u00ac time subscribers. Clearly this they just chucked the set and business, that\u2019s the way it\u2019s ercise tape\u2014and that one I took up reading. is a company that keeps O going to stay. People haven\u2019t probably is due out soon. busy doing disconnec\u00ac turned on the tube to put it tions rather than connec\u00ac through its technological tions\u2014because in that same week 418 subscribers dropped 140 video","VCR\u2019S WERE FUN. NOW THEY\u2019RE FUN AND GAMES. Clue\\\" VCR Mystery Game. Rich Little's VCR Charades Game. 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