[QuadList] 1/2" Reel to Reel VTR and TBCs-some useful info from BAVC and the Video Preservation Project

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, guys (and our lady members, also),

On Jul 12, 2009, at 8:44 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> Interesting on the monitor technique. good suggestion.
> yes  we have CV units but most of the Radical Video we have is on   
> EIAJ
>


The Bay Area Video Coalition  http://www.bavc.org has a history of  
doing half-inch reel transfers and also of sharing its experiences.

Here's an article directly related to the CV and EIAJ formats:
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/preservation/preservation_level1.php3?id=2&id2=6&id3=12

Here's an outline of BAVC's transfer setup, which uses a Sony BVT-810  
16 line TBC, and a DPS TBC similar or the same as what Ed has, which  
they use to transfer skip field from a CV-2100.
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/preservation/preservation_level1.php3?id=2&id2=8&id3=12

The lower section of the article explains the basics of waveform  
monitors and vectorscopes, and how it uses the DPS VScope.

The entire article, "Reel to Real: A Case Study of BAVC's Remastering  
Model" starts here:
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/preservation/preservation_toc.php3?id=2

Ken Zin (then at Merlin Engineering south of SF) helped in BAVC's  
early time.

The Video History Project's "The Basics" section may be a good  
resource for clients.
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/preservation/preservation_toc.php3?id=1

If enough folks from the group are in the Bay Area at one time, I'd be  
happy to arrange a Quad Videotape Group gathering at BAVC ... and also  
see if AVR-300 owner John Pommon at Antique Video is open for a visit.

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Thanks for making the subject line changes.

Ted


Ted Langdell
Secretary
Skype: 	TedLangdell
e-mail:	ted at quadvideotapegroup.com

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