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To: Tom Howe <br />
Subject: Re: <strong>CED</strong> Digest Vol. 2 No. 30<br />
All the comments about easter-eggs and various mastering anomolies<br />
reminded me about the first time that the freeze-4frames was used to<br />
verify the presence of something in a movie. Freeze frame was either<br />
non-existant or very bad on VCR's in 1977.<br />
In 1977 a parody of Star Wars was released. It was called Hardware Wars<br />
by Ernie Fosselius. It has recently been released on video and I<br />
purchased a copy. In one of the scenes in the parody, the gang was<br />
looking out the front screen of the Millenium Falcon. Right in the<br />
middle of the screen was a large pair of dice, just like the ones in the<br />
'57 Chevy. You couldn't miss it.<br />
Just for gags in the lab we freeze framed every scene like the one in<br />
the parody and sure enough there they were a small pair of dice in the<br />
middle of the screen. As I recall the dice were only in the scene for a<br />
very short time. Subsequent scenes did not have the dice.<br />
I happen to enjoy a good parody and this is one of them.<br />
"May the Farce be with you."<br />
Ted Dudziak<br />
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<strong>From</strong>: TerryTC1<br />
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 13:03:42 -0400 (EDT)<br />
To: ceds@teleport.com<br />
Subject: History of VideoDisc<br />
Picked up a book from amazon.com titled "The Business of Research- RCA and<br />
Teh VideoDisc" by Margaret B.W. Graham. It is an interesting story of the<br />
behind the scenes movement that ultimately led to the release and withdrawal<br />
of <strong>CED</strong> in the marketplace. One fact I previously did not know. I always<br />
thought that the diamond stylus had allowed increasing the groove density<br />
leading to 60 minutes per side. In fact RCA had been able to do this for<br />
several years but the sapphire stylus which only lasted for 50 hours broke<br />
even more frequently when designed to play the smaller grooves. They almost<br />
decided to release a 30 minute player which would play the 60 minute discs<br />
with a new cartridge, but decided against it. It is a fascinating book and<br />
was only 15.95 in soft cover.<br />
Terry Collins<br />
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 23:32:00 -0700<br />
<strong>From</strong>: Tom Howe
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