(1.37.109.15/16.2) id AA102033895; Fri, 4 Aug 1995 09:31:35 -0700
Return-Path: <owner-lightwave@webcom.webcom.com>
Received: from kitten.mcs.com by webcom.webcom.com with ESMTP
(1.37.109.15/16.2) id AA101713870; Fri, 4 Aug 1995 09:31:10 -0700
Received: from mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA21432 for <lightwave@webcom.com>; Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:23:09 -0500
Received: by mailbox.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5)
id <m0sePVm-000jskC@mailbox.mcs.com>; Fri, 4 Aug 95 11:22 CDT
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 11:22 CDT
From: johnc@mcs.com (John Crookshank)
To: lightwave@webcom.webcom.com (lightwave)
Subject: Re: JPEG Artifact?
Message-Id: <1591.6424T540T974@mcs.com>
X-Mailer: THOR 2.1� (TCP/IP)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Lines: 29
Sender: owner-lightwave@webcom.webcom.com
Precedence: bulk
on 03-Aug-95 14:17:55, Christopher McDonell (solith@eskimo.com) Emailed:
> I started with a BCD 2000 and a Panasonic AG7500 with worn heads.
> People who have never had to struggle with single frame animation
> controllers don't appreciate the PAR or other hard disc
> recorder/playback systems like those who have stripe tape with time
> code before they can even start to lay down animation. Sorta like
> formatting a disc before use, only it takes longer. Still, single
> frame to a beta or MII does produce work better than a PAR (I'm
> guessing here). It just beats the hell out of the deck in the process.
And at $700-$1000 for head replacements and gear/pulley rebuilds every
other year, the PAR pays for itself. I imagine you also had the occasional
tape dropout in the middle of your animation-to-tape, and had no choice
but to start over and re-render it.
Been there, done that.... Started with a Panasonic AG7750, and upgraded
later to a JVC BR-S822U. Never once rendered directly to tape again after
we got our PAR, in spite of the higher quality you get from direct-to-tape
rendering... Too long, too hard on the tape decks, too many grey hairs.