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...American consumers who have not settled on whether to buy a VHS or a Beta videocassette recorder, Sony further complicated the picture last week by introducing a new format. Starting in May, the company's new 8-mm video camera and recorder will show up in many stores in the U.S. Price: $1,695. The system uses videotape about half the width of that in VCRs, which are now in nearly a fifth of American homes, in a unit about the size of an audiotape cassette. It will permit more compact playback and recording systems, with quality that...
Other firms have already introduced 8-mm machines, without much success. Analysts estimate that Kodak's camcorder, first brought out in 1984, has sold only about 10,000 units. The new format is a big gamble for Sony that could take several years to pay off. It may also be a concession that Sony's pioneering Beta format, once considered technically superior to VHS, has no future. VHS now outsells Beta by 4 to 1. REAL ESTATE Xeroxville, U.S.A., in Virginia...
...close-ups on TV. King's warm radio baritone is less enveloping on TV, and the mere sight of the technology needed for his phone-in segments (buttons popping, lights blinking) destroys the illusion of control that radio creates. Still, King has made an effective outlet of the new format. He has discussed politics with former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, questioned House Speaker Tip O'Neill about old age, delved into the world of X-rated films with Porno Star Seka, and probed Jim Palmer, the former Baltimore Orioles pitcher, about his relationship with Manager Earl Weaver. In his first...
...take up these stories in a format many find inaccessible? Sex and violence that can feel overwhelming and deadening on screen—think Showgirls or The Passion of The Christ—is exciting and alive on the page. Sentiments that seem ludicrous spoken become empowering or frightening or sickening on the printed page...
...Silk Road musicians and staff will also develop a curriculum “designed to explore the resources of [Harvard and RISD] and to expand the scope of audience participation beyond the mainstream concert tour format,” according to a press release...