[QuadList] Question about NBC color TZ delay prior to Quad

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In a message dated 10/26/2009 8:22:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

> Hi, Gary,
> 
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Gary Stark wrote:
> >I found your website almost by accident and it's terrific. I have a  
> >question that I hope you or someone can answer. Since color  
> >videotape recording didn't really get started until 1958 or later,  
> >how were NBC's color programs seen by west coast viewers prior to  
> >then?
> 
> That's a good question and people on the QuadList may have some  
> information.  You can join the list and receive their answers by e- 
> mail, or go here:
> 
> http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/ 
> quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/
> to see what people have said.
> 
> >Were they shown on a delay in black and white or did NBC air the  
> >color programs live in all time zones? I'm just curious as to  
> >whether west coast viewers were essentially shut out of color  
> >programming prior to the invention of color tape recording. Many  
> >thanks and keep up the great work on this site.
> >
> 
> Generally, networks used a kinescope recorder to create a filmed  
> recording of a high-resolution TV monitor.
> 
> This could be done in black and white very easily, and was used for  
> time-zone delay by some networks until they felt comfortable with  
> videotape.
> 
> Color kinescopes could also be made using color film, but I don't  
> have any handy info about what NBC did as a regular practice.
> 
> RCA/NBC did work on a lenticular film process that encoded color  
> information into black and white film. The results weren't all that  
> spectacular, I understand.
> 
> Glad you've enjoyed the site. Thanks for the kind words.
> 
> Ted
> >
> 
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
> 
> 

Lenticular color in a lab built specifically for that at NBC Burbank. 
However, they were eager for reusable magnetic tape to get of the film 
consumption.


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