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museld
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Post subject: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 20 Nov 2015, 19:42 |
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One item that is really cool, but many just don't know about is the NEC Fish Club. Originally designed for high end establishments like hotels, offices, and restaurants, the gist is a "virtual" fish tank that requires no care, and "swappable" fish. A 32" widescreen CRT (I believe a Sony model) encased in a industrial looking 'fish tank' design, featuring a 1" inch thick plexiglass tank (in front of the CRT) filled with waters, and a pump to create bubbles giving the Fish Club a lifelike appearance. It was determined that at 32" that was the size where the fish via Hi-Vision video looked lifelike. The fish were displayed via a Sony HIL-C2NE (NEC branded Hi-Vision player) laserdisc player, and the discs were just under 30 minutes in length, single sided only. The NEC Fish Club could be programmed to turn on/off at pre-programmed times and day, and the player wouldn't auto-reverse with these discs, but would just start over again. There was an "optional" Hi-Vision player/changer, and I have provided pictures but I have no further information on who built the changer or how many discs it held. There were over 50 Fish Discs released for this product, and the later ones definitely look better. I have captured video of half a dozen of these, and on small HD screens look convincing, but on larger than 30" screens it starts to not look so good. I also included brochures and pictures of the NEC Fish Club Jr., which was a 24" standard definition version of the Hi-Vision product. However, instead of laserdiscs, it runs off of PCMCIA cards that hold just over 5 minutes of MPEG-2 video. Only about 1/4 of the releases from the laserdisc version made it to the Jr model. But if you look at the brochure, you can see sidebars showing how the videos are produced. One day I'll get it translated. The NEC Fish Club full size unit retailed for over $22,000 USD back when it was released, and the Jr. model debuted at over $5,000 USD. The full size unit can be found on Yahoo Auctions Japan ranging from $100 USD to over $1000 USD. Shipping is what will be the killer, and ironically a friend of mine still has one (Hi-Vision model not for sale). I still have a Jr. model that I'm going to sell, and there's another Jr. model available with schematics and one brochure I do not have in Phoenix (seller wants $550). The discs go for anywhere from $50 USD to over $300 USD on Yahoo Auctions Japan. And Nicolas Santini who'm I'm sure you're aware of sells these discs and can get hardware. Interesting nonetheless http://we.tl/nfC7LAAsRy
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museld
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 22 Nov 2015, 22:12 |
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confederate wrote: I saw that thing in a Jackie Cha movie from the end of the 90s. It was a virtual fish tank so I am sure it must have been this very product. I will get a disc myself. I thought there were only a couple of them but there were 50 in total ? So a lot of them are not on the database ? Which movie? Now I want to see. More than 50 were released. These catalogs have all the releases.
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museld
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 22 Nov 2015, 22:15 |
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BTW - there's a NEC Fish Club (Hi-Vision model) on Yahoo Auctions, less than $70 USD (will cost you like $600 USD to ship though): Here's the general search for NEC Fish auctions in Japan: http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=魚八景&auccat=&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8&tab_ex=commerce
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museld
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 23 Nov 2015, 04:36 |
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confederate wrote: @museld: I found the movie !!! It is Under Control released in 1999. Just have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKp2kRFPyUGo to 1:55 minutes ! Maybe I am wrong but it looks like one of those NEC Fish Club devices. Do you think you could add the missing/remaining NEC Fish Club titles to the database ? I always had a strong feeling that the list was incomplete as it only mentions Vol. 2, 8 and 13. Nice find, that is the Hivision Fish Club. As for database, one of these days when I have more time. This has been more shotgun posting and all the materials I posted I've had digitized for years
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 24 Nov 2015, 11:29 |
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For business I worked during the 1995 and 1999 for multiple weeks on the ITU event Telecom Geneva in Switserland. Also here NEC showed off their Fish Club, especially in 1995 they used the first plasma screens, it was a real whow at that time !
Meanwhile submitted 45 titles of the NEC Fish Club in LDDB :
SH3010-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei goldfish 1 Ranchu and seven types of goldfish SH3011-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei goldfish 2 Ranchu SH3020-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 1 Whipfish other nine SH3021-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 2 Saltwater fish three SH3022-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 3 Golden butterfly fish and five other species SH3024-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 5 Trunkfish six + anemone fish two SH3025-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 6 Wee Dee Sea Dragon SH3026-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 7 Anemone fish five SH3027-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 8 Lion Fish SH3028-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 9 Three seahorses fellow SH3029-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 10 Moorish idol SH3120-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 11 Plotosus lineatus SH3121-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 12 Shichisenbera other four SH3122-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 13 Akakukuri other four SH3123-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 14 Powder Blue Sir John Fish SH3125-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and salt water fish 15 Nishikiyakko 10 other species SH3030-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 1 Ayu SH3030-01 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 4 Ayu SH3031-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 2 Amago SH3031-01 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 5 Amago SH3032-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 3 Char, trout SH3032-01 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 6 Char, trout SH3033-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-river fish 7 Rainbow trout SH3041-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-seafood 2 Horse mackerel, rockfish s SH3042-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-seafood 3 Red sea bream, prawn SH3043-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-seafood 4 Lobster SH3044-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-seafood 5 Spear squid SH3050-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-Kotobuki 1 Red and white carp (Ginrin Benikoi, golden Platinum) SH3051-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Eight-Kotobuki 2 Carp of gold and silver (Bright golden, golden Platinum) SH3070-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei tropical fish 1 Chibeniryu (red arowana) SH3071-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei tropical fish 2 Discus five SH3072-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei tropical fish 3 Piranha Natte Avery SH3073-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei tropical fish 4 Yellow pink tail Kalasin, Silver tetra other SH3080-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei Ogawa 1 American crayfish, Diving beetles beech, Loach SH3081-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei Ogawa 2 Oikawa, catfish SH3082-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei Ogawa 3 Thailand Riku rose bitterling SH3090-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and lakes 1 Sturgeon SH3091-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei and lakes 2 Rabidokuromisu-Kaerureusu other seven SH3200-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei - Eternal 1 Nautilus SH3201-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei - Eternal 2 Blue Jellyfish SH3202-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei - Eternal 3 Horseshoe crab other four SH3203-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei - Eternal 4 Bichir, Elephant nose SH3204-00 NEC Fish Club : Fish Hakkei - Eternal 5 Gar four
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 24 Jun 2020, 10:53 |
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For the Fish Tank lovers, here comes the 4K BD editions with matching 4K screens inside fake aquarium boxes! https://sakana-hakkei.com/Main.htmlHi-Vision LD didn't have to fake the aquarium size, the HD screen was already huge Julien
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Post subject: Re: NEC Fish Club - the other Hi-Vision product Posted: 27 Jun 2020, 14:11 |
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confederate wrote: I saw that thing in a Jackie Cha movie from the end of the 90s. It was a virtual fish tank so I am sure it must have been this very product. I will get a disc myself. I thought there were only a couple of them but there were 50 in total ? So a lot of them are not on the database ? confederate wrote: @museld: I found the movie !!! It is Under Control released in 1999. Just have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKp2kRFPyUGo to 1:55 minutes ! Maybe I am wrong but it looks like one of those NEC Fish Club devices. Attachment:
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