2A Wednesday, October 31,1984 Daily Nexus tl¡0 Introducing A Yearbook ‘A u d io That Literally Lives On By BECKY COATES supplement to the yearbook because we can C U id c j While you’re working out with Jane Fonda capture spring events,” he said. or watching The Big Chill for the 18th time In general, the yearbook people at each on your Beta Max, your younger brother or school “ have been very helpful,” and some sister could soon be using their video schools even see the video as a sales tool for WE REPAIR ALL BRANDS OF AUDIO AND VIDEO recorder to relive their high school prom. the printed yearbook, Liddle said. FACTORY AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR: Make-A-Memory Yearbook, a new So far, Make-A-Memory Yearbook has STEREO EQUIPMENT company based in Lake Placid, Florida, contracted eight high schools and two junior Akai Kenwood Nlkko Sony specializes in filming hour-long videos of the colleges in Florida to make productions on Bang & Olufsen Kyocera Onkyo Teac year’s major events for high school and their campuses this year. Only between five Base Luxman Phase Linear Techniques college students. and 25 students on each campus have Draco Labs M GA U.S. Pioneer Toshiba Once their project is approved by the already agreed to buy the tape, but the Dual Mitsubishi Sanyo Yamaha school’s administration, the company company is hoping to boost its sales during Hitachi Nakamieni Sherwood And Others spends about 60 to 80 hours on each campus Christmas and graduation, Liddle said. VIDEO RECORDERS & DISC PLAYERS taping activities throughout the year such Since it is the first company of its kind in Akai JV C Pentax Sharp as homecoming, band performances, the south-eastern United States, “ it will be Canon Kenwood U.S. Pioneer Sony athletic events, meetings and classroom close” as to whether or not the business Fisher Magnavox Quasar Toshiba operations. And, if students make advance comes out financially ahead this year, General Electric NEC RCA Zenith Liddle said. Hitachi Panasonic Sanyo And Others payments in full, they are guaranteed a “ personalized section” in the film. “ The first year, we’re looking to lose PROMPT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE The tapes are available in VHS and Beta money, but once the idea catches on, that’s Max and cost $59.60 each, according to when we’ll make a profit,” he added. David Liddle, the company’s vice president The problem has not been in selling the of sales. Although Make-A-Memory product to the students, but in getting school Yearbook is “ just getting off the ground,” officials to agree to the idea, Liddle said. 3623 STATE ST. - SANTA BARBARA since it started only last April, a similar “ Once we are there, the kids seem in­ M-F 10-6 SAT. 12-2 company in Decatur, Illinois, has grown terested.” rapidly in two years of business, Liddle said. The cost of filming at each campus is "WE DO IT RIGHT... THE FIRST TIME" “ Video is the coming thing. Kids are about $40,000 per year, he said. The school is getting into it,” Liddle said. “ One out of under no obligation to buy any tapes once it every five households now owns a VCR agrees to allow the production to be made, (Video Cassette Recorder), and it’s and students are billed directly through the projected that by 1986, one out of every three company. will own one.” The original company out of Illinois, Taped videos have an advantage over Video Yearbook, Inc., sold tapes to 13 printed yearbooks in that they can be filmed campuses its first year in business, Liddle camera “ right up until the last minute” of the school said. By the second year, the number rose to year, and include graduation and the senior 69, and this year, they are selling to 113 prom, Liddle said. By contrast, many campuses in the area, he added. yearbook staffs must meet deadlines as Similar businesses have recently sprung Canon early as February. 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If you doubt this, try to tell the difference now may be the best time to invest in a new recording and between the cheapest one and the most expensive one. By playback device. Although it may be true that a mediocre far the most important factors in buying a CD player are its system is better than no stereo at all, it’s like going through convenience features, e.g. the flexibility it allows you to life eating Thrifty’s ice cream and then finally tasting program the order in which selections are played, remote Haagen-Dazs... you won’t beleive what you’re missing. control, etc. With an emphasis on convenience and durability, recent Tape Decks. technological advancements are changing the way we Unless you can convince yourself that the inconvenience listen to music, but the options need not be intimidating. and expense of an open reel deck are acceptable sacrifices This guide is intended to inform prospective buyers of what for excellent sound, then you are better off buying a is state-of-the-art in sound systems and how to go about cassette deck. Cassettes can make recordings which are evaluating them. It will be helpful to those who want to take almost as good as those from an open reel deck. They are the high-tech plunge or for those more resistant to change much more convenient and readily available, and you can who will opt for a traditional system. play them in a car. Buying Recording and Playback Devices — Turntables The best way to test a tape deck is to make a recording off Records have traditionally been the most popular a CD. Again, try to find a piano section which has slow medium for sound reproduction. However, this is changing passages as well as alternating loud and soft passages. This as pre-recorded cassettes surpass records in sales in many music is very revealing of many faults in tape decks. In the markets and as the emergence of the Compact Disc slow passages listen for wow and flutter as mentioned promises to make the conventional LP obsolete. In any above. event, the fact remains that the most readily available Set the recording level such that the loudest passages form of recorded music is the analog record.