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To: Hal Campbell who wrote (3437)	9/18/1998 2:11:00 PM
From: Hal Campbell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Video on demand is beginning for earnest now. Sure do hope AXC can catch a piece of this business. guidetohometheater.com

To: Hal Campbell who wrote (3437)	9/18/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: Anthony G. Breuer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Hal: You got it mostly right, except that the MAJORITY of pro broadcast recording gear has been component for a number of years. Sony Betacam SP and now Sony digibeta are the acquisition and eidtorial formats of choice in the overwhelming majority of broadcast applications. Betacam SP came along first and is analog component. Gigibeta came along more recently and is digital component signals. The component nature has nothing to do with whether it is an NTSC, Pal, Secam or Hi-Def format. EG: There is an NTSC Beta SP and Digibeta line of recorders, a PAL line, a Secam Line etc according to what country it is used in. There is also A higher end component format called D-1 which is used in very high end broacast and computer animation applications. Panasonic also has come out with component recorders (D3), but they are not as widespread as the sony format. Sony also has a composite digital format called D2 which has been around for a few years and quite widely used. The new mini digital formats (DVC, DVcam etc) are just starting to catch on in news and documentary applications, but they are nowhere near the quality of Betacam, D1, D3 etc especially in well lit or daylight applications. The advantage to the component format is a much cleaner picture without the artifacts that exist with composite formats. I'm a TV editor (PBS, NBC, Disney, CBS, A&E, Discovery etc). I currently edit using Mac based Avid Media Composers but the original source material is almost always acquired on Betacam SP or Digital Betacam video tapes. I'm not exceptionally well versed on the tech specs (content creation is my forte) If you want more infor you'll have to talk to a broadcast engineer for more detailed specs or try the SMPTE website (I don't have the URL).

To: Hal Campbell who wrote (3437)	9/19/1998 6:03:00 AM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

...though I am far from expert ....well on my way to learning less and less about more and more til I know nothing about everything.... Patience, grasshopper. In time you will become the foremost world class expert of what you do not know...and, paraphrasing one dead white guy, that is the starting point of wisdom. Gus P.S. Now that I'm fairly certain that you're a certified video and audiophile, I apologize for that bad joke about pricey sound systems with the retro vacuum tubes. <g>