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The XKCD Larper
Mar 1, 2009

by Lowtax

muckswirler posted:

It was probably slaved to 'black burst' which is the sync method they used at the time. I'm sure it's been supplanted in more modern HD systems but clocking gear will translate it to SMPTE and back and it's a convenient analog video clock. We'd use the black burst to drive our SMPTE clock for ADR and other movie audio stuff.

Its just an oscillator that puts out clicks at the needed frame rate. They're still used, it's an easy way to make sure that everything is runnign at the same rate and prevent drift between cameras and playback devices

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The XKCD Larper
Mar 1, 2009

by Lowtax
That's the sickest Neowin.net theme Ive ever seen.

The XKCD Larper
Mar 1, 2009

by Lowtax

Rock My Socks! posted:

Found this in a drawer the other day, slapped in a AA and jammed to a few Rammstein tracks. Happy to report that both the device and the music have held up.

It's a super weird design too, the memory is in the removable battery compartment for some reason. I think the idea was to buy multiple memory/batter modules and switch them out, but they were way too expensive for that to really be feasible.



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