[mythtv-users] Yet another potential FrontEnd
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Tue Aug 19 18:59:05 UTC 2008
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 04:36:09PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 07:50:52PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> >> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/mp45_dr?nw=newsletter&ty=1
> >>
> >> "Can be used in medical or dental offices", wonder what marketing genius
> >> came up with that :-)
> >
> > Probably the Underwriters' Labs', which have special stricter standards
> > for such locations -- Sony Pro has traditionally had a line of NTSC
> > CRTs specced for this. PVM-1351MQ, I think, among others.
>
> PVM = Professional Video Monitor. Sony has consumer, industrial and
> professional broadcast lines. BVU was "Broadcast Video U-Matic" for example.
Yes. But the M-suffix models were typically all white or cream
colored, including the power cords, and were UL listed to a tighter
spec, suitable fo medical treatment locations, as opposed to the
standard PVM-1351Q, which was merely multistandard.
> Then there was the Ikegami HL-79, probably the most famous tube-type
> portable camera. "HL" was supposedly "Handy Looky".
Yeah, after Handie Talkie. :-)
> But in this case the blurb mentioned med/den offices because it was
> "quiet enough to not disturb..."
Ah.
> But I htink we all agree the unit that started this thread is way
> over-priced. I initially didn't realize that the $469 price was sans
> CPU, RAM and HDD.
And I hadn't seen the price at all.
Cheers,
-- jra
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