Business screen magazine (1971)

SIGHT and SOUND when and where YOU need them! if f i> Micromatic GROUP COMMUNICATION A-V Malic PERSONAL ATTENTION Commander AUTOMATIC PORTABILITY Flip-Top WORKING BRIEFCASE All from Dukane. And more. Write for details on these and other models in our broad line of Sound Filmstrip Projectors. DUKANE CORPORATION Audio Visual Division Dept. BS53 St. Charles. Illinois 60174 DUKANE 52 May/June, 1973— BUSINESS SCREEN Kodak Will Market Super 8 Film Videoplayer in Late 1973 A film videoplayer which will play .color and sound Super 8 movies over a standard television receiver or closed circuit television system will be ready lor marketing to industrial users late this year. The announcement follows up a feasibility study made public in October I "^7 1 at the SMPTE convention in Montreal. At that tmie. Kodak pointed out the fle.xibilty of super 8 film as being the one videocassette medium that allows the communicator to use conventional display when it is desirable, videocassette display when ii is desirable, and use the same film in the same cassette to do either or both. Sup.-r 8 film puts at the user's disposal a recording and display medium of excellent quality which can be used silent or sound, in black-and-white or color, for video or nonvideo display, domestically or internationally, with individuals or groups — all at the user's discretion. Kodak executives termed the videoplayer a substantial breakthrough in videofilm technology, permitting dramatic reductions in the size and cost of equipment required for conversion of film images into electronics signals. Th'.' Kodak Supermatic film videoplayer VP-1 plays black-and-white or color, silent or sound super 8 motion pictures over a standard color television set by attachment to the antenna terminals of the set. The videoplayer can also feed a signal to a multiplicity of television sets or a television system. Features of the Kodak Supermatic film videoplayer include pushbutton controls, automatic threading, instant review stop motion, cassette loading. The same Super 8 cartridge can be used in Kodak Videoplayer for TV display in sound projector for projected image on small built in or large screen. tJe automatic rewind of film into the cat i^ sette at the end of the film, and ex tremely quiet operation. The videoplayer accepts Kodak SuL<^' permatic cassettes for projection o standard super 8 film. The cassette can be used interchangeably on exist ing silent and sound Kodak movi projectors such as the Kodak Super matic 60 and 70 sound projectors al lowing unmatched display flexibilil t>i for the videocassette user. Kodak Si permatic cassettes are available in 50100-, 220 and 400-foot sizes and cai be quickly and easily opened to loai or unload super 8 film. Commenting on comparative cos figures between Super 8 film and Matic format videotape at a prej conference in New York. April 6. Ki dak officials estimated that Super ■ should range slightly higher in cos than videotape in long lengths of pro ugram (over 30 minutes) or in smaSbtnumbers of prints, but in half-hour less programs, and with more than few prints required. Super 8 should ' less expensive. In cither case the cost would not be far apart. This does nc take into account, however, the n usability factor inherent in videotap< The videoplayer uses a fhing spo scanner and a continuous film tran: port system, permitting acceptance thinner-base film for longer programi minimal wear on film, and less wi on the mechanism. The videoplaye runs at 1 8 and 24 frames per secon and conforms to the Super 8 magnet^^Diiy standard of 18 frames separation tween sound and image. The Kodak Supermatic film vidi player VP-I sells for $1,195. D Tv ■.a .-ill ',* i C >1 mm \[ ».xl till SI