[QuadList] VR-1000's at NBC

[Ted Langdell]

On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Chill315 at aol.com wrote:

> Douglas Edwards was on CBS not NBC.  Wrong network.  Besides it did  
> not have the RCA label on it so NBC could not buy it.
>
> Chris Hill
> WA8IGN


NBC bought three VR-1000's at or after the demos at the 1956 NAB.

Two were put to use at NBC Burbank, and the third ended up at RCA Labs  
in NJ, where it was taken apart, and RCA's people developed circuitry  
to record and recover color... the low-band, non-standard "RCA Labs  
Color" referred to in threads here and on the website:

http://quadvideotapegroup.com/TRT-1C-at-NBC.htm
and
http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/EiesnhowerQuadRestoration.htm


David Crosthwait has photos on DC Video.com of the NBC Burbank tape  
room in the late 50's showing a plethora (Eight, if I recall  
correctly) VR-1000's that did the bulk of the time-zone delay, and  
were THE machines in place before RCA got its TRT-1's into production.

You'll have to wait while the photos on David's site cycle through...  
but it's worth the wait.

Ted


Ted Langdell
Secretary

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