[QuadList] SCETV Consoles--did they look like these RCA badgedsystems?

[C. Park Seward]

In Andrew Inglis's book, "Behind the Tube", he says, "The TR-800 was a  
disaster." He reports that the original attempt was "to design a  
machine that was essentially a copy of the Sony product." In 1979,  
they changed direction and it "was intended to be more advanced and to  
have more features than the Sony machine." It failed. "The design  
objectives were too ambitious and the engineers were unable to design  
a reliable product."

But because of the resources RCA put toward the VTR, they starved the  
camera and transmitter programs and they deteriorated.

Once RCA's most profitable arm, the division sank into the red. In  
1985, they closed down the division and took a loss of $81 million.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
Visit us: http://www.videopark.com



On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Gary Adams wrote:

> To be fair.  I worked on The 800s at RCA.  They were first presented  
> to the world before the BVH-1100 so there is nothing in them that  
> resembles a 2000.  Now to be even more fair. Had they actually  
> worked with all the intended features when they were first  
> introduced, they would have been the best 1” machine available.    
> Automatic synchronization during editing. RS-422 (prior to Sony  
> protocol) control. Lots of great “intended” stuff.  However, they  
> did not work when first introduced which  is why they sold 1100s and  
> 2000s from Sony.  Then they were re-introduced later but much too  
> late to take any market share.  And not all the issues were  
> addressed.  Plenty of time for Sony and Ampex to beat the features.   
> The ones at Action were quite nice at the time as they were taken  
> care of by Dave Tosch who was quite intimate with the machines.   
> There are a lot more stories that I might tell when I have the time.
>
> Regards, Gary
>
> From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com 
> ] On Behalf Of C. Park Seward
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:19 PM
> To: Quad List
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] SCETV Consoles--did they look like these RCA  
> badgedsystems?
>
> Action Video had some 800s and I was told by the owner that RCA just  
> copied the Sony 2000, except their Xerox machines didn't do such a  
> great job. RCA was supposed to add features but the total effort was  
> not a success. And then came digital. . .
>
> Best,
> Park
>
> C. Park Seward
> Visit us: http://www.videopark.com
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Don Norwood wrote:
>
>
> > RCA TR-800
> Hi Ted:
>
> The pic from the oldradio site is a bit inaccurate.  It was actually  
> a TH-800, not TR, but the most interesting thing is that the picture  
> is a mirror image.
>
> Ah... Should have noted the bars backwards and a closer look at the  
> waveform and vectorscope would have also revealed burst on the wrong  
> side of the H sync and going to the right instead of left.
>
> How about this:
>
> <RCA-TH-800.jpg>
>
> David Crosthwait has some "Runaway" stories about the 800's as I  
> recall.
>
> Ted
>
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