[QuadList] The Second VR-1200B comes to life

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In a message dated 6/2/2009 11:11:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

> The Toshiba/Fuji reel is interesting, because Toshiba was at one time 
> Ampex's Japanese partner in a company making Quads for the Japanese market.  
> Has me thinking that perhaps it was recorded on a Toshiba-made machine. Now 
> if we could find someone in Japan who knows the background of Japanese Quad 
> manufacture and deployment...
> 
> 
I think Richard Diehl knows more about the Sony 2" quad situation. Sony did 
make a 2" quad machine, however I don't know how wide spread it was in use, 
or if it was to Ampex standrard. Toshiba did make one as seen in Korea (I 
have a picture from a friend who saw it while stationed in the military 
there). Toshiba made a Colortec/Amtec unit that saw a brief introduction in the 
U.S. before some sort of patent infringement issue came up. I have what 
apparently is the second one that ever entered the U.S. So, the "Toshiba was at 
one time Ampex's Japanese partner in a company making Quads for the Japanese 
market" statement is interesting due to the previous problem with the 
Toshiba Amtec/Colortec unit. I am CC'ing Jim Wheeler on this.

The Germans made quads (Bosch). The Russians had some sort of quad based on 
an AVR-1 that "disappeared" for several years behind the iron curtain, 
suddenly to "reappear" coincidentally when the Russian made "Kadar 5" (?) came 
out. This is a story I've heard several times over the years and may be 
somewhat distorted or dead wrong. 

One last thing about Japanese NTSC recordings: Their black level setup is 
"zero", not 7.5.

David Crosthwait

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