[QuadList] Now SCETV 1-inch Consoles-(Was Videotape of CBS Kennedy assassination)

[Dennis Degan]

		On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:09 AM, I wrote:

> In the mid 70's, I worked at WIS-TV in Columbia, SC not far from  
> SCETV's network operations center (the old one).  At that time, SCETV  
> had a couple of AVR-1's.  Sammy, what year did you see those quads in  
> action?
> 	The last time I was there in 1979, in addition to the AVR-1's, they  
> had a bunch of upright consoles which housed 1-inch VTR's.  I've never  
> seen that type of machine since.  The memory is dim; I don't know who  
> made those 1-inch VTR's.  I'm sure that they were not RCA, but they  
> could have been made by either Ampex or Sony.

		On Jul 21, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:

 > Did they look anything like the two machines in this photo from KMUV,  
Sacramento?
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		I answer:

	No, the machines I saw in South Carolina were Type "C" VTR's.  As I  
think about it more, I recall that they may have been Sony machines,  
probably BVH-1100's, in a custom console built to accommodate a monitor  
bridge across the top, similar to the Bosch quad VTR cabinets shown  
here recently.  Most likely something that SCETV had built to their own  
specs.  Remember, this was in 1979.  Too early for VPR-3's (plus this  
console was wider than a VPR-3's) and too early for Sony BVH-2000's.   
All I remember is they were big and wide for 1-inch VTR cabinets, but  
had a fit & finish like they were made by the VTR company.
	I wonder if it was all in my mind?  It WAS 30 years ago . . . .   ;)
	Maybe they were quads?  Now, I'm sorry I brought it up.

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