Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 3, 1982, p. 26

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C8 Georgetown Acton Wednesday Nov 3 home electronics The first of the next Video games are home computers HOME VIDEO DISC RENTAL ABSOLUTELY NO CLUB OR OTHER FEES at Catamtoa It almost at the doorstep men nave computers on their desktops can easily do the work systems that only years ago required a Urge air c room and upward of million to line mainframes But In the borne the computer has already the form of the video game Although Ills sim ple to use and fairly cheap It is a computer It won take weeks of training to handle the borne computer The unit responds to a series of Instructions call he program In the case of the video game the program contained in the cassette which is put the game The computer takes the Instruc lions from the cassette and then It is moved by the data which in the case of the video game is the Beyond this the first computer to Invade the borne is the next generation Manufacturers have only to make them user friendly before they come on he market In waves Being means making the computer YAMAHA these computers nave a language called BASIC Toe home computers like the business desktops can have many components added on When the borne computer is Id operation tt will be connected to data bases and that will allow hitherto massive amounts of information to come right into thehome One piece of borne computer data coming into homes right now is through and TV On tario Tendon Is a fnadlan invention which allows the tra of text and graphics from a data base TV Ontario to arty local terminal your television Theoretically anyone receiving from TVO can access the entire Telidon data base with the correct decoder Such access Is seen In the Teleguide information system now in hotels and in formation centres in Ontario A decoder is a simple device and when It appears in the home it will be the first true borne computer Any piece of information such as a story In a newspaper can be flashed on the screen after it Is selected In the home by the viewer using the code provided Bell Canada and the cable companies are ready now to access lines Into our homes trobome an Ontario television manufacturer Is producing video monitors with built In decoders That means it is only a matter of time un that new television you buy will have a computer capability built In SPECIAL MIX AND MATCH a complete line of Yamaha turntables speakers cassette decks Sinclair Ave Units TV SPECIALS Buy Now and Save Watch what you want when you want at a new low price Now you can buy amazing RCA system al a id you can t to pass up Is your to own most ae form horn television a record player that Of no you not sound out picture too on your own TV I simple to operate at a phonograph And there fan ever growing it lit at to Sports concerts chid en a snows how programs and mora at pitting low or cat me thousands who ar are enjoying RCA buy Visual Search lets you scan a disc program at 16X normal speed Rapid Access lets you locate a program merit at normal speed Pauls lets you stop and restart doc play at the touch of a button function lever makes load quick and easy Your Electronic antenna switching automatically prevents your Player from interfering with regular TV reception D Indicators keep you informed about which disc side being played how many minutes playtime have elapsed and other important functions Servocontrol turntable keeps the spinning at rpmei current surges ft an RCA safeguard that helps assure optimum picture stability Tangentialtracking arm moves the stylus straight across the radius of the dec The result virtually perfect tracking and a clear steady picture on your TV System control microprocessor functions during player operation Thts tiny computer helps assure top performance during every second of doc play DuraKf diamond stylus extracts picture and sound from the It designed for years of quality performance with normal use SEEPAGE2mROUR TV SPE when your house The tint home computer bike video game II heralds the start of an entire new 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television Now there are VCRs with built in audio com portents to tape stereo simulcasts and VCRs with programmable features such as taping up to eight events In any threeweek span VCRs are coming down in size and weight Models coming into the stores now are either the multi facet variety In a market where each turcr Is trying to outdo the others with a plethora of features or are of the simplest type with the very lowest price The gulf between these two types can be upwards of WOO SI so there arc a few features which should be considered and tested before bring that brand new VCR home to play with Every VCR allows the operator to set he machine lo automatical tape a show while the operator Is elsewhere occupied If Ihereisortly one show a day then the low priced model might be attractive but on a night when several specials are being broadcast the same time an extended pro gram capability might be useful Portability If you are certain you won be out taping your own shows a portable probably t required But should you feel you might want to get Gran ny on tape or the kids then a portable might be a wise investment and Ihey come with many the features of the big desktop units Control Many of the new have remote controls that include channel changing If you don have a remote control on the television you can the VCR tuner to change chan nels If the remote has scan you scan the com right from your chair Heads The newer models feature three heads In case of Beta and four heads in case of VHS to ensure the highest quality playback and provide the new special effects Styling and feature Cosmetically VCRs are being designed to look like Integrated parts of audio equipment More buttons and arc being Incorporated Into the overall design to ex pand your ingenuity Future Many experts agree that the next wrinkle will be video cameras with built in recorders They pro bably won be designed to replace the current models consumers have purchased but will be used in conjunction with existing formats RCA introduces new videodisc RCA has just in troduced lis in videodisc player model SGT250 which features fully electronic con and stereo sound capability with infrared wireless The deluxe model which has a suggested retail price of 1699 features Auto Start that begins the playback se quence automatically as soon as the disc sleeve is removed from the player Like the SGT200 a stereo videodisc player introduced in June the new model features a noise reduction system which allows any new CEO stereo disc to be played on RCA monaural player while any monaural disc can be played on the stereo players Both players also of fer a stereo indicator light and dual track audio switching wilh a selector switch on the back of the player that leu the viewer choose independently either audio track 1 or audio track 2 Special with two different audio tracks can be used with stereo player allowing the viewer a choice of sound tracks A basic scries of stereo audio com which RCA in last June complement both stereo videodisc models Two other videodisc players complete the RCA line- the a monaural model in itially Introduced in 19B3 suggested retail price 95 and the a monaural sound leader model in troduced in June mg retail price The SGT stereo model has a suggested retail price of Software for videodisc players con tinues to sell well RCA recently produced Its mUiloTilri videodisc The Singer Net Diamond

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