okamoto@ucbvax.ARPA (Jeff Okamoto) (11/19/84)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I've been hearing a lot of stuff about video 45's, which are basically like the videos we all know and love (?) on MTV. However, everybody I've talked to hasn't heard the slightest thing. What's the straight word? I like MTV and I try to tape some of my favorite videos but I always miss the first 5 seconds (reaction time) and I DON'T want to just leave the tape going and hope it catches something that I wanted. Plus they always chop off the last 5-30 seconds to switch to their next video. Can anyone help me? Jeff Okamoto okamoto%ucbvax@Berkeley ucbvax!okamoto
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (11/20/84)
>I've been hearing a lot of stuff about video 45's, which are basically >like the videos we all know and love (?) on MTV. However, everybody >I've talked to hasn't heard the slightest thing. What's the straight >word? I like MTV and I try to tape some of my favorite videos but >I always miss the first 5 seconds (reaction time) and I DON'T want >to just leave the tape going and hope it catches something that >I wanted. Plus they always chop off the last 5-30 seconds to switch >to their next video. Can anyone help me? >Jeff Okamoto The impression I've got is that the best media for video 45's would be 5 inch laser disks. Unfortunately this form would not be too useful for anything else (except perhaps albums without video). Video disks are unpopular because of their inability to record off-air video. Tapes on the other hand are not cost-effective (I believe) when used for very short (video 45) type presentations. If CED players could replay short videos in addition to the digital audio, then there would be a market strategy, though I don't know about the feasability of CED players with such features. Keith Doyle {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd "You'll PAY to know what you REALLY think!"
dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng) (11/21/84)
I'm not sure what you mean by the term "Video 45's", but I can tell you that
there is quite a bit of Video music available. Most of these video tapes
contain several music videos by a particular artist. Examples include
Dire Straits - "Making Movies", and Michel Jackson -"The Making of Thriller"
(which includes a behind the scenes look at the making of the Thriller video,
the Thriller video itself, plus several others from that album). Most are
available in HiFi formats.
You also might be interested in some of the concert performance
movies which are available. The ones which come to mind are Woodstock I
& II, but I'm sure that there are others.
I've seen all of these in Beta format through my video movie club. Any
store which sells video movies should be able to get them for you (ask to
look at a catalog).
--
/Don
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