#laser disk
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gary, is it possible to use the sony lvr5000 laser disk system as a
master for making copys of just readable laser disks ? the idea is to
make animations that doctors can play continuously over and over
again for patients. but i don't what to pay the mastering fee each
time i create a custom application and the disk will need to only
make one or two copys per doctor.
so i would like to store all the animations on the 5000's master disk and
just bring that in to make a copy to regular laser disk that they can pop
into there laserplayer and hit the repeat button.
this possible or am i too far ahead of technology right now?
Sherwood,
A master for a regular laserdisc (in CAV or CLV format) can be
produced using almost any video format. The most typical is
BetacamSP or 1", but the LVR laserdisc format would work fine as
well. Check with your local laserdisc mastering facility for what
formats they accept.
If you want to use the LVR masters _themselves_ as playback media,
you're going to have to install LVP-7000 or LVP-3500 component
laserdisc players in the doctors offices. Those cost close to $7K
each, but allow tremendous programmability. Does that answer your
question?
yes and no. what i was going to was render the clients presentation
to the lvr and then take that to the masterer and have him make a
copy of the segment of frames to say a sony laser disk that can be
played back on any laser disk you find at silo. or that matter on any
comsumer laser disk (video) playback unit. is it possible?
It's possible, as long as the laserdisc mastering facility has access
to an lvr to play your master disc. Otherwise you'll either have to
take your lvr unit to the facility or have your disc dubbed to
Betacam first.
Sherwood,
After reading your threads, I think it might be worthwhile to contact the
Laser Disc Recording Center in Cambridge,MA.(617)-354-7628 They are just
coming on line with a number of ways to master discs. Talk to Greg Greene.
David West
thanks i will.
sherwood
hey sherwood,
now it's doctors, huh? What happened to your WWII airplanes
animations for Wings (or some TV prog)? I'd like to see that.
Martin
there being done once a month, this month its the p51 mustang. next month
its the spitfire… the reason for the doctors is that some company is
charging them 5,000 for a software package and 2000 for the hardware(16mhz
386sx) to run demo's in there office so patients can see a befor and after.
there getting RIPPED the software does not let you even change the
presentation. you have to send in a picture(s) and they incorperate it into
the presentation if you want it customized, and they charge you for that
to!.
so i told them i would do it for the cost of the hardware a laser disk
system and i told them i would get back to them once i found out about the
mastering costs and all that(should probably be in the 2k to 3k range) for
the whole system i'm thinking , but i'm still researching it. what do you
think would be more cost effective method besides this company's unreal
costs? it just blew me away when they said 7700 dollars for the whole
thing. and the doctor didn't even blink! he thought it was a great deal.
but these systems really suck. its an expensive slide show on a computer.
sherwood
Sherwood,
I like the laser disk idea, because you can do really nice 24-bit
images and full speed animation with fast access time, but if that proves
too cost-prohibitive you might consider creating flics, and using cd-rom.
The mastering of these is relatively cheap and it seems to be the way to go
these days, lots of games companies do it and the cd-rom drives are very
inexpensive. You would just have to write the script for the front-end
interactive part which should be a piece of cake for an ex-programmer. What
is it all intended to show? Show results of plastic surgery? Did you know
that you can get laser disc players that can be hooked up to a PC through
the RS-232 port and you could write the interface to control the
presentation. This way you could make you master discs and if any changes
need to be made you just change the interface program (unless the
animations change). These laser disk players might be a little more than
the silo type, I don't know (maybe $800 – $1000?) but would allow a lot of
flexibility. Let us know what happens, we care. <g>
Martin
Martin
YES! All you need is a service that masters laserdisk. Also you need 2 mins
of bars before your animation. I generally use 1/2 min and had a problem
with one of my client's services.
can you tell me the approximate cost of these services.
thanks
sherwood