[QuadList] Letterman NBC show (was Vintage WSAZ-TV video 1985)

[David C. Crosthwait]

At the time of the switch to 47's we could see some improvement  
overall in clarity and colorimitry as the feed came down the network  
into Burbank via skypath (Ku band). I think video quality was overall  
throttled back a bit coming out of 30 Rock as compared to the west  
coast. So, the changes from one camera model to another were not that  
outstanding, in my opinion. The only exception that I can quickly  
recall was when the Nightly News went from TK 41's to 44's. Now that  
was noticeable big time.

One last Letterman blast from the past: "The GE Museum of Firings and  
Layoffs". This meant a lot to those who had experienced the RCA to GE  
hand-over.

David



Quoting Scott Thomas <scottgfx at mac.com>:

> I was a teenager in the 1980's, but I was a night owl, watching   
> Letterman every chance I had.
>
> Part of the reason was that Letterman was from my home town of   
> Indianapolis, and I heard stories from my mom of his escapades when   
> he did radio there.
>
> I remember the suit of Velcro, and the suit of Alka-Seltzer. I have   
> a VHS with some Letterman bits like the crushing of things with a   
> hydraulic press.
>
>
> So, I mistakenly said TK-45's. They were TK-44's as I've learned.   
> but when the studio was upgraded to TK-47's, I swear I saw the   
> difference.
> I probably knew about the upgrade as I had access to a lot of   
> broadcast trades at the time. (older brother in the business)
>
> Scott Thomas
>
>
>