From dcampbell@rwth-aachen.de Wed Oct 16 17:18:42 1996
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From: dcampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Diego Campbell)
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Subject: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active.
The band keeps playing the backing chords for almost 3 minutes while she doesn't move a single muscle.

Did anyone in Hamburg actually attend in person? The hall looked completely empty except for camera crews.

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Diego Campbell
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From smoreau@mindspring.com Thu Oct 17 17:08:42 1996
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From: smoreau@mindspring.com (Steve Moreau)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1996Oct16.171842.1881@rwth-aachen.de>, dcampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Diego Campbell) writes:
> I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts.

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From kdubois@pipeline.com Sat Oct 19 12:14:42 1996
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From: kdubois@pipeline.com (Kirsty Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1996Oct17.170842.2213@mindspring.com>, smoreau@mindspring.com (Steve Moreau) writes:
> You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts.

Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly.

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=== Kirsty Dubois ===
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From tlee@inria.fr Sun Oct 20 09:56:42 1996
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From: tlee@inria.fr (Tyler Lee)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1996Oct16.171842.1881@rwth-aachen.de>, dcampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Diego Campbell) writes:
> I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly.

-- 
Tyler Lee
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt.
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