[QuadList] Quantel DFS3000 vs NEC FS-10 timeline

[Dennis Degan]

>                On Jul 12, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:
>
> > It was the first digital frame store / frame synchronizer made in  
> the late seventies.
>
			On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:33 PM, I wrote:

>        The first synchronizer was the NEC FS-10.  NBC was the first to  
> use it, I think in Burbank to sync the network feed to local house  
> timing back in 1974.  This device took up an entire 7-foot rack and  
> must have weighed several hundred pounds.
>     WSM-TV in Nashville bought an early one right after NBC.  Here's a  
> picture of it:
>           <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/558110461/>

		On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:

 > So, is it likely that Quantel had the first PAL frame sync (owing to  
it's UK base) and NEC the first NTSC, due it its American television  
roots?

		I agree:

	That sounds likely.

		Ted sed:

 > Was NBC a beta test site for the NEC unit?

		I reply:

	Not to my knowledge, but that doesn't mean that they weren't.  My  
guess is 'no, NBC was not a beta test site for NEC'.  Back in those  
days, NBC would not act as the guinea pig for any company, not even  
RCA.  Today of course, it's a different story.    ;)

		Ted:

 > The NEC unit was also discussed on the list back in April:
	<http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/ 
quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/2009-April/000543.html>

		I say:

	I remember.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York