it's a bunch of weird people that wants to go against the "digital trend" and record video on vinyl, just for the sake of doing it. it's not video from your current vinyl records, but from special discs... anyway, it might just be a joke? i'm not sure. as an extra collectors' bonus, all discs are limited to ten copies! ;)
from their web site: "VinylVideoT is a fake archeology of media. We designed a device that retrieves videosignals (moving image and sound) stored on a conventional Vinyl (LP) record. The discontinuity in the development of electronic film technology constitutes the historical background for this fictitious video disc technology: Even though television, the electronic transmission of moving images, had been feasible since the late 1920's, storage of these images became possible only after development of the video recorder in 1958. Recording images for private use did not become available until the mass introduction of the VCR in the early 1980's (!). Before, the average consumer was confined to use Super-8 film, a technology dating back to 1900, usually without sound. Recording of television was not possible at all. VinylVideoT reconstructs a homemovie technology of the late 40's/early 50's and thus bridges a gap in the history of consumer technology. The images are stored on a conventional analog record, with a running time of ca. 8 min / side (Singles 4 min / side). These records are played on a standard turntable with an ordinary diamond needle, the signals are then processed by the VinylVideo Home Kit into a videosignal that is displayed on a black and white TV-set". Technology: Lack of bandwidth poses the main problem for the mechanical storage of video on a record: Unlike TV with a bandwidth of 3-5 Megahertz, LP's hardly provide capacity for 1/200 of this, ca. 25 Kilohertz. To accomplish the storage of film, radical data reduction has to be used: The number of frames per second and resolution were drastically reduced, storage of color is not possible. But this is not enough: switching from frequency modulation, that delivers stable signals but takes up a lot of bandwidth, to amplitude modulation results in additional data reduction. The downside of this is a loss in the quality of the stored images, the pictures become more sensitive to disturbances, like imperfections of the LP. The difference in quality can be compared to the difference between FM and AM radio broadcasting, the latter being much more sensitive to interferences. Instead of building a circuit based on vacuum tubes, VinylVideoT uses proprietary computer technology developed by Martin Diamant and Günter Erhart for real-time processing of the video signal. Christian Bloch www.mp3.com/bloch Tresor/Simple Music/LL/Funque Droppings/Deep Night Essentials/Set.Go ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: [313] Video Vinyl > One of my favorite news-sites ( http://slashdot.org ) had listed a site > called http://www.vinylvideo.com/ -- looks like a software setup that takes > the input from records and makes 'video' from it...I didnt read all of it, > but just wanted to sent the URL along... > > -Dustin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
