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Hey Mr. ME19,
GREAT INFO.
As mentioned previously, am convinced that a Higher Definition is actually necessary in this instance. There are no "minute" details in The Crystalume images that need to be highly defined. Am thinking that just "plain" 1080p would not only suffice, but would make it much easier on the equipment to process much smaller amounts of data in the amount of time needed.
EXACTLY!
As mentioned previously, the amount of information that is absolutely necessary for a Crystalume image doesn't NEED to be highly defined.
But that is only noticeable when the two units are compared. Am (and just guessing here) thinking that if a camcorder image of a Crystalume image was compared to a CCTV cam image of the Crystalume image, a difference MIGHT be seen if it were done side-by-side. BUT to go from one room with a Crystalume image produced by a camcorder, to another room where a Crystalume produced by a CCTV cam were on display, the average person would NOT be able to tell the difference, AND indeed if there WAS a difference, it WOULDN'T matter!
Would the manufacturer be able to supply "bit rate" specs?
At this point, would like to delineate some thing that was done during my evening "contemplation".
First, it has become clear to me that the NEXT STEP in this "life's work" of development of The Crystalume, that the "Electric Crystalume" IS the next thing. And as usual, the way at which decisions are reached is to "grok" the analogy of "Sound and Light" which I call "If Silence is Black".
Last evening, after setting aside The Vucoustic (Visually Acoustic) version of The Crystalume, and concentrating on the "Electric" version of The Crystalume, considered the difference between an Acoustic Guitar, and an Electric Guitar. Came to the realization that what we've been discussing is NOT a PURE Electric Crystalume which would be the visual equivalent of say an Ovation Preacher Electric 12 String Guitar, but more at the visual equivalent of a Martin D12-35 with a Barcus Berry Insider Pickup installed (am using those two examples because that's the two guitars that are here).
Next point: Even though one can hear the sound from an amplified acoustic Guitar directly from the Guitar, in order for the pickup to be heard, one needs an amplifier/speaker setup.
Have just this morning received a bit of "spam" from AMAZON that is hocking TV Projectors.
VOILA', a TV Projector is the visual equivalent of the Peavy 410 UltraTube Guitar Amp that is used here with the Ovation Preacher 12 String Guitar! It is also used with the Martin D12-35 with the Barcus Berry Insider Pickup.
So lets file THAT bit of thinking away for right not, because there is a bit more that needs to be considered that is NOT involved with the "inventing" of the Electric Crystalume.
For THAT consideration, permit me to go back in time to when I first got the bug to record The Crystalume with a Desk Top Television Rig.
Have previously mentioned that the Panasonic Camcorder was acquired, but haven't defined the OTHER stuff that was gotten. There was also The Scorcher, which has a Tyan Trinity Mainboard and two 35 MB Seagate Cheeta 10,000 RPM HDDs, with a Matrox RT2500, a Matrox G450 Dual Head AGP Card, A Firewire capability, with two 28" CRT Monitors, and Adobe Premier, with a whole bunch of other programs that came with this setup from the "Video Guys" from which all the DTV stuff was acquired.
Also, there was acquired:
A JVC HR-DVS2U Mini DV/S-VHS Video Cassette Recorder:
HR-DVS2U | Super VHS VCRs｜JVC USA - Products -
And a JVC DR-MH30S DVD & HDD Video Recorder:
JVC DR-MH30S
These two units are sitting here, and have NEVER been used!
So last evening, in going over where we are in all this, at this point, what has happened is that the Panasonic Camcorder has failed to record directly to The Scryer's HDD over the Firewire Connection because Windows Movie Maker insists that the Camcorder is in use by another program, which isn't the case at all.
But, back when all this equipment was NEW, recording from the Camcorder to the HDD WASN'T even what was desired!
The process that we were trying to get to work was:
1) Recording The Crystalume to the Camcorder's MiniDV Cassette.
2) Putting the MiniDV Cassette into the JVC HR-DVS2U Mini DV/S-VHS Video Cassette Recorder.
3) Capturing the content of the MiniDV Cassette to The Scorcher via Adobe Premiere.
4) Doing what all could be done with the plethora of bundled programs from Video Guys.
5) Producing finished MiniDV or VHS or SVHS Cassetters on the JVC HR-DVS2U Mini DV/S-VHS Video Cassette Recorder.
OR
6) Producing finished DVDs on the JVC DR-MH30S DVD & HDD Video Recorder.
It was a GRANDIOSE scheme, ultimately interrupted by a major health issue, BUT before that, could NOT be made to work because the technology wasn't reliable, and the magnitude of problems was beyond my expertise, and there was no source of information available to even begin to solve the technical issues.
At this point, permit me to go back even further. In 1981, I happened to land a job with a company that built Off-Shore Oil Rig Cranes. My function was as an all-around "flunky". I had a background in the Commercial Art industry, the Advertising Industry, and had produced the Sensatiation TV program. It was this last experience that led the Crane Company to inquire about my ability to produce Sales, Service, and Education videos. We gave it a shot. The owner all had VHS Equipent (Cameras, and Cassette Decks) which they proceeded to bring to the Factory.
I, not knowing any better, went out and shot a bunch of footage, crashed edited it together, added some music, did a bit of narration, and gave them a VHS Cassette of the final product.
Strangely, it hadn't turned out all that bad.
The Cassette was finished on a Thursday. A copy of it was taken out by the Sales Manager and left with a potential client on Friday. On Monday that client called, and because of the VHS, ordered $6,000,000.00 worth of Cranes! 
I was a friggin' HERO! They gave me, as a bonus, a brand new 1981 Chevrolet Camaro, loaded with EVERYTHING except T-Tops! BTW, that was the worst car I ever had!
Then they asked: What equipment would we need to do really professional work? I had no idea, but went to Home Entertainment's Professional Division and found that they recommended a Sony System. We bought a Sony Camera, a Sony VHS Cassette Recorder, a Sony VO5800, a Sony VO5850, and a Sony RM440 Editing Console, along with some Monitors.
Got to shooting footage of Crane Load Tests, Crane Installations on Oil Rigs out in the Gulf of Mexico, Equipment Maintenance, Crane Inspections, Product Development Experiments, and even some Crane Wrecks.
This went on from August of 1981 till April 6, 1986, when the Oil Bust hit the Texas Petroleum Industry, and the Crane Company went out of business. By that time we had accumulated the largest collection of off-shore Crane footage in the history of the world!
Was told on the morning of April 6 that it was "Time to get out of Dodge!" I walked out, and at 10:00 a.m. the gates were locked, and I have no idea what happened to all that equipment.
Then on the following April 27th, I was involved in a catastrophic murdercycle crash, that changed my life forever.
All this is mentioned because I have had some amount of TV experience, BUT with the rate that the technology has progressed, everything I knew is NOW obsolete, and I'm aught but a "newbie", trying to recapture the past.
The thought occurs to me that this post may exceed the allowable length limit. Am going to post it, to see. Will copy it, and paste it into multiple post if it does.
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Author: JCAllison
2-12-2019 02:15:41
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