From rlaurent@rwth-aachen.de Thu Dec 28 03:32:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!rlaurent From: rlaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 03:32:39 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? 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. Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2. I will trade any Japanese 7-inch idol single with the obi intact for a cleaner dub of this tape. -- Raj Laurent US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From jkuznetsov@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 29 01:14:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!jkuznetsov From: jkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995Dec29.011439.4490@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 01:14:39 GMT References: <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de>, rlaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Laurent) writes: > Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? > 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. Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly. -- Ji-woo Kuznetsov -- Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From blopez@cam.ac.uk Fri Dec 29 18:43:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!blopez From: blopez@cam.ac.uk (Bill López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995Dec29.184339.3216@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 18:43:39 GMT References: <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de>, rlaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Laurent) writes: > Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? > 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. I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising. -- Bill López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From cjohansson@titech.ac.jp Sun Dec 31 16:42:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!cjohansson From: cjohansson@titech.ac.jp (Camila Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995Dec31.164239.6045@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 16:42:39 GMT References: <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec28.033239.1803@rwth-aachen.de>, rlaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Laurent) writes: > Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? > 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. You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts. -- Camila Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.