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DOLPHIN, Hastings at Willingdon, (299-7303) DOWNTOWN, 965 Granville, (685-6725)

' (FINE’ARTS, 1117 West Georgia, (685-7821)

LOUGHEED DRIVE-IN roadway cast of Boundary, (294-2991)

LOUGHEED MALL, Burnaby, (937-3461)

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i GRANVILLE, 881 Granville, (682-7468) ODEON WEST VAN, 1565 Marine, (922-6343) PARK, Cambie at 18th, (876-2747)

PARK ROYAL, South Park Royal, W. v. (922-9174)

STANLEY, Granville at 12th (733-2622)

TOWNE CINEMA, 919 Granville Mall

VANCOUVER CENTRE, Granville at Georgia, (669-4442) . VARSITY, 4375 West 10th, (224-3730)

VOGUE, 918 C (685-5434)

ville,

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KILL AND KILL AGAIN

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TESS (M) Odeon W. Van. 8:00.

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By ALICENOBLE _

CHICAGO (UPI) - A tiny disc that transmits musical information using computer language. and:a. laser beam

may make: the’ -long-playing

record, as. ‘obsolete as a

windup phonograph. * * The disc; ‘le no. 5 in- ches in’ diameter

up, to. twice .'the’ musical."

information and. is con- the 33-rpm, 12-inch record because it does not rely on grooves to transmit music.. Four major electronics firms - Sony, Philips, Sanyo and Marantz - displayed variations of the “Compact Disc” “this week at the Consumer Electronics Show.

William FE. Baker, president of corporate communications for the Sony Corp., said the dis- advantage of normal vinyl records is musical in-

vice

formation is stamped into grooves, which collect dust and fingerprints that cause a record player's stylus to pick up unwanted sounds.

and

“Dust fingerprints

an hold “or about $800, Bakersaid. . ‘The ‘disc digitally encodes sound i ‘in. the form of micro- siderably more durable than™"’

have no effect: on this: disc because it has no grooves,” he said. “It uses a binary computer language” that is translated by'a laser beam.::- The disc will sell for about

the: same: price asa: normal

long-play album. The player

~ will cost about the same as a

premium record turntable,

scopic pits and’ flat areas along a 2%-mile track, which i$ sealed with a trans-

parent plastic that protects _

Band needs members

against dirt, scratches and fingerprints.

The laser beam translates the microscopic pits into “blips” that are understood by conventional amplifying systems. And because the laser beam does not touch the disc itself, the disc will last longer

Glenn Estersohn, a Sony advertising manager, said the disc provides an ad- ditional 25 decibels of sound over conventional recording systems, has a_ wider frequency response and has less than 0.05 per cent dis- tortion.

’ “An audio engineer ‘would

- Fun over his grandmother for

a chahce to get two extra decibels,” he. said. “Just

imagine ‘12.5 “dead .grand-

mothers with this disc.” Baker was more genteel. “This technology

eliminates the distance from

_the live performance or the : studio sourid to the sound re- produced i in the home stereo

unit,”

he'said, “It is as close to. you being there as possible.

The newly formed Summertime Pops Band, under the direction of Peter Murray, is now well on the way to being a first class concert ensemble and has a strength of more than fifty players.

Interested players of Wind, or Percussion instru- ments may still join us during the next three weeks.

For further info phone Gerry McCann 988-2943 Ray Casson 980-7041

Come joln us for an evening of superb

dining and dancing on the

orth Shore.

Completely New Menu from selected Seatood

EXAMPLE: FRENCH ONION SOUP......... CHEF'S SALAD................ NY STEAK & LOBSTER TAIL

DESSERT: GRAND MARNIER SOUFFLE

to traditional itallan culeine.

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Saturdays call between 10-4 988-8711

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North Vancouver .

“a dining experience”

And its potential ap- plications are unlimited! You can’ put a players in your car, because both the

. disc and. player are rugged . _ enough, or it is even con- |

ceivable to have a portable player,” Baker said.

The disc, devel

by 1983, Baker said.

Cliff White Peter Murray

435-2101

Capitol 3:10, 6:05, 9:00. L.

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oped by ™ N.V. Philips of Holland, will “ hit the market in 1982 in . Japan and Europe and make | its way to the United States

Bili- Sunday News, Jane 7, 1981

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