[QuadList] ACR-25

[DCFWTX at aol.com]

Yes, they were truly remarkable machines. I worked a pair at KCOP in 1977. 
Maintained them too. I acquired two ACR-25A's complete, and one 25B 15 years or 
so later. The 25B we stripped (it was a parts machine). The 25A's are in 
storage, awaiting that day. They've been there since about 1993. I have pictures of 
their removal. About a year later, I acquired two other 25A's in the Midwest. 
We stripped those for parts. Pictures also.

The carousel was an amazing bit of engineering, as was the vacuum column that 
facilitated the very fast threading/unthreading of the transport. And, the 
ACR was engineered to be able to play 10 second spots back to back-something the 
TCR could not do. The cassettes could hold as much as 6 minutes of tape. 
Hence, they were used in the early days of MTV, who had stereoized versions. The 
TCR could only handle 3 minute loads. 

WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth uploaded all of their ENG material to a dedicated 
ACR-25 for their newscasts. Since the director switched his own show, and the 
ACR was basically a zero pre-roll device, it made for a very tight newscast!





David Crosthwait
DC Video 
Archive Videotape Re-mastering
177 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA. 91502
818-563-1073
818-563-1177 (fax)
818-285-9942 (cell)
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