schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) (08/25/90)
I seem to recall discussion here not too long ago about a laser disk deck that records I'm not talking about the Abekas which is a hard drive). I also saw one being used by the Showmaker people at the World of Amiga show. I swear in both cases the deck was a Pioneer. But I called Pioneer and they say they have no such beast. Anyone have any more information. ============================================================================== \ / \ \ / / Sean Schur \ \ / / \ \/ / USENET: schur@isi.edu \ /a\mpyr/ Compuserve: 70731,1102 \/ \ / ideo Plink: OSS259 \/ ==============================================================================
mrr@mrsoft.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) (08/26/90)
>In article <14704@venera.isi.edu> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes: >I seem to recall discussion here not too long ago about a laser disk >deck that records I'm not talking about the Abekas which is a hard drive). >I also saw one being used by the Showmaker people at the World of Amiga >show. I swear in both cases the deck was a Pioneer. But I called Pioneer >and they say they have no such beast. Anyone have any more information. > I believe that Panasonic makes such a beastie which records in both 8" and 12" formats. If memory serves me (it often doesn't :-), the price was around $12,000. I have literature at the office if you want more info. As I remember it, I called a New Jersey number for the info (for whatever that's worth). -- ################################################################# # Mark R. Rinfret, MRSoft Home: 401-846-7639 # # mrr@mrsoft, galaxia!mrsoft!mrr Work: 401-849-9930 x301 # #################################################################
bradm@pro-grouch.cts.com (Brad Martin) (08/28/90)
In-Reply-To: message from schur@venera.isi.edu Sony has a new recordable laser disk that retails for about $9000. That is perhaps what you saw. Unfortunatly I don't have a lot of hard data about it, yet. .>Brad Martin<. Cute tag lines on request. CS-ID: #21216.amiga/net@pro-grouch, 1050 chars Date: Sat, 25 Aug 90 18:05:09 PDT From: schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) Subject: Recording Laser Disk Deck? I seem to recall discussion here not too long ago about a laser disk deck that records I'm not talking about the Abekas which is a hard drive). I also saw one being used by the Showmaker people at the World of Amiga show. I swear in both cases the deck was a Pioneer. But I called Pioneer and they say they have no such beast. Anyone have any more information. ============================================================================== \ / \ \ / / Sean Schur \ \ / / \ \/ / USENET: schur@isi.edu \ /a\mpyr/ Compuserve: 70731,1102 \/ \ / ideo Plink: OSS259 \/ ==============================================================================
baer@qiclab.uucp (Ken Baer) (08/28/90)
In article <14704@venera.isi.edu> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes: >I seem to recall discussion here not too long ago about a laser disk >deck that records I'm not talking about the Abekas which is a hard drive). >I also saw one being used by the Showmaker people at the World of Amiga >show. I swear in both cases the deck was a Pioneer. That was a Panasonic Optical Memory Disc Recorder. It's an 8" laserdisc recorder that Panasonic made a few years ago (2022TC). The record a little over 15,000 frames at about 3/4" video quality. I've been working with one for several months, and they're great. There's a guy named Joel Ratmansky, who has several uses units that he's refurbishing. He is selling them bundled with software (Animation:Editor for single frame recording ANIMs, and OMDR_Control for controlling the unit from the Amiga either directly or through AREXX) for $5,678. If you're interested in single framing to optical disc (video, not data), this is your least expensive option. The newer units have sound recording abilities, and some are LaserVision compatable, but they run closer to $20,000. For more info on the OMDR, contact: Joel Ratmansky (Pixel Planet) 814 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215)836-4552 >Sean Schur \ \ / / >USENET: schur@isi.edu \ /a\mpyr/ -- // -Ken Baer. Programmer/Animator, Hash Enterprises / Earthling \X/ Usenet: baer@qiclab.UUCP or PLink: KEN BAER "These new tax forms really aren't much easier" -- Mighty Mouse.