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Well, my MST-2000 user guide (PDF, 400 KB) is basically complete, except for a couple of unanswered questions which I will need a MUSE LD player to test (I'd actually like to buy one, but they're hard to find, especially within my budget), & a couple of remote control codes I haven't identified...

Well, I've obtained manuals for the Sony MST-1000 & MSC-4000 decoders, as well as the Victor HV-MD2, courtesy of various correspondents, & for the MST-2000 courtesy of Sony Japan Customer Service (good people). That should allow me to provide more useful & extensive user guides. I have also...

I decided to sit down and revise my original MUSE/Hi-Vision article, based on the information I have gathered. New version, same old address. Of particular interest, the new version addresses the "green tint" issue. Also, I have begun to try to create a user's guide for the Sony MST-2000 MUSE...

This decoder is remarkable. The US-style polarized plug, along with labels on it, lead me to believe that it may have been officially imported by Sony (it's a model MST-2000) for demonstration purposes or something.

Well, I've bought a MUSE decoder. I already have a HiVision LD (Chaplin -- I think everybody has that one), so all that remains is a player. With all the technical papers I have, I ought to be able to build an encoder, but first I need a signal source & a standard decoder for reference...

Just linking in a couple of HTF threads with MUSE/HiVision discussion. Thread on Sony LD Players and MUSE One on HDVS videodisc Some MUSE software discussion

From a volume called the Proceedings of the 1993 NAB HDTV World Conference, I have extracted what is mostly an announcement of the MUSE Hi-Vision LD system, by a Pioneer representative. It contains some very interesting details, principally a confirmation that the signal format encoded on the...

Thanks to the wonders of Interlibrary Loan, I am now reading the Hi-Vision book. It is very interesting, and I have learned a good deal from this and the papers on such topics as pseudo-emphasis ["edge enhancement"] and auditory response; but it contains basically nothing on MUSE LD [although it...

Well, today when the mail came there was a big grey envelope emblazoned with Domo-kun on it. This turned out to be about 45 11*17 sheets which some kind soul at NHK has sent in reply a request for information about MUSE I mailed them last month. I am going to have to write a nice note. :b It...

Just to demonstrate that my thirst for knowledge is insatiable, I am going to pose some more questions for anyone who has any knowledge to answer. I have posited that, since the LDP does not decode the MUSE signal, it cannot read the MUSE datastream, and that the subcode data must all come by...

Those screenshots are beautiful, but I can't tell a blessed thing. Except that the shadowmask on this monitor is far too coarse to run at 1024*768, but I already knew that. :) And that the Jurassic Park DVD is way too bright. Amber isn't water-clear, and there's no way that woman could be so...

Okay, so far I have gathered: All MUSE players get about the same performance, except the HLD-X0 which is simply the best LDP ever built. TOP GUN looks very bad, DANCES WITH WOLVES [the only one apparently without those stupid letterbox bars on the cover] very good. Brian thinks A RIVER...

I don't see that. I've turned up a few posts here at the HTF, and a few posts over at the AVS. Mostly, though, it's about hardware, and the use of said hardware in viewing NTSC discs. Now, maybe my search criteria aren't what they should be, and maybe the various search functions aren't that...

Ah-ha! I wondered when you would show up! :D Actually I have done those searches, and not too much comes up [which is of any use to me]. Thanks for the book reference though. I never implied that the Sony and Sanyo machines were MUSE based -- I thought it was plenty clear. How would you...

Technical tidbits: In 1996 a new MUSE encoder was introduced which reduced motion artefacts, and increased chroma and motion detail. This is said to be "highly compatible" with then-existing decoders, but to have a new decoder which went even better with it. So, it's possible a later box is...

Okay, so as far as reviews go, we have so far: Player: Pioneer HLD-X9 Decoder: Victor [model number?] Significant Artefacts: A River Runs Through It Noticable Artefacts: E.T. Minor Artefacts: Stargate Chaplin Negligible Artefacts: Okinawa Underwater Let's have some more...

I don't believe there is such a thing as a consumer MUSE VCR. Signal bandwidth is just too great, although it just might fit onto U-Matic using metal tape. Also, many MUSE recievers apparently had MUSE-to-NTSC transcoders built in, to allow recording onto VCRs! I have no idea what a VHS...

I'm pretty sure MUSE satellite broadcasting is still going on in Japan, side by side with developmental digital terrestrial broadcasts, and I don't know if the digital satellite broadcasts are all 525/30 or some are HD. NHK's website is singularly uninformative about what format they are using...

Now that the advent of 12cm High Definition optical disc media is nearly upon us, and digital broadcasting is being implemented in Japan, I thought it was time to take a last look at the first HD video system for home use. I know there are a number of HTF members who have had some contact with...