Posted by Bill Vermillion on 01/29/07 18:05

In article <udnbr2dmvkcbhpa2pk38lru8mm9275ttke@4ax.com>,
MassiveProng <MasiveProng@yourhiney.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:35:06 GMT, bv@wjv.com (Bill Vermillion) Gave
>us:
>
>>Actually almost all of the LD players that talked about 'freeze
>>frame' were actually 'freeze field' displaying only 1/2 the
>>resolution you'd perceive from a full frame. The Pioneer 8000 -
>>and industrial machine was one of the few - if not the only - that
>>did a true freeze frame.

> Wrong AGAIN!

I checked and I made a STUPID typo. Sorry about that.

> ALL CAV discs could express a single frame still. BOTH FIELDS OF
>IT, asshole. The laser set in ONE TRACK, and played it over and over
>again. ABSOLUTELY NOT a problem for ANY LD player.

Yup - as I said - a TYPO.

> ALL CLV discs could NOT be frame paused, and the PLAYER REQUIRED
>what is know as a "field memory" to show a freeze. It ALSO showed
>BOTH FIELDS.

Only some of the players showed both fields - most showed 1 field
at a lower resolution.

> There were MANY players released by Pioneer, and subsequently other
>manufacturers that had field memories in them. The early ones were
>not cheap. Mine was over $1200.

The first free-frame - that stored both fields and played them back
at full resolution was the industrial 8000. And as you said
the high end players did too. My LD-W2 - two disk - that played 4
sides in order - had a digital memory that did this.

Good players were not cheap.

Bill


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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