TRW Report.

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Sun Oct 31 17:40:06 1999

>
> > It seems it was 'freebie' day yesterday... my most striking gift
> >was a large box of 3/4" U-matic video tapes (13 of them) put out by
> >Digital, titled 'The VAX-11 Instruction Set' They are of course a
> >a video tutorial on that subject. I popped the first one into the
> >player last night and it put me straight to sleep... they are the
> >typical mid-80s hideously boring industrial instruction format..
> >the graphics of a school film and voice-over by some un-inflected
> >perfect-diction guy who pronounces mnemonic as 'newmunik'... but it
> >is still a cool find. I think when DVD software gets a little
> >cheaper it would be a good candidate for archival on that format.
>
> DVD is a great "moderate" quality format that allows wide screen display
> etc., but I think existing cheap/free MPEG compression and storage on a CDR
> would work fine. Posting the results on alt.sleep.disorders possibly quite
> profitable. Does the umatic tape have any archival issues that are of
> concern already?
>
> The cost issue with DVD I think will remain for some time with the media,
> unless all of the vendors insist on a blood bath of price cutting like they
> did with CDR.


Seems to me Video CD would be a whole lot easier, and quite possibly cheaper
even counting media costs. Most DVD players can handle VCDs too. (well,
mine does, anyway).

-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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