[QuadList] 1" Machine glue

[Trevor Brown]

The biggest TCR 100 problem was RCA heads

You cannot set them up in the record domain to match a standard replay

We had 15 heads and some days I would try them all twice before settling on
the one that caused the least banding

We also had a mod so you could record on both decks this enabled  a promo
longer than 3 mins to span two carts

But it more than doubled the head matching problems

 

Ampex head could be controlled better in the record domain to mach a
standard replay

But then RCA did manage to keep the same head assembly for all their
machines including the TCR 100

 

I still have an TCR100 cart as souvenir from all the Pain

and a nice house from all the O/T they generated for the engineer

 

What they saved on operators they spent twice over on engineers

 

Trevor

UK Member

 

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Sent: 02 February 2010 15:33
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Subject: Re: [QuadList] 1" Machine glue

 

I agree.  The ACR 25 and the TCR 100 changed the way stations did breaks.
It was one of the most revolutionary changes for that time period.  Manpower
was reduced by needing only a person to feed these machines.  No longer did
you require multiple machines or people to do breaks that were a lot of
tapes.  Nor did you have to make break tapes.  The cassette machines cost a
tremendous amount but were the cash registers for operations.  

 

I was just amazed by the ACR 25 as I watched it do its thing.  Even more so
now that I realize the logic required to make it work with out the power of
today's PC's.  

 

The next step of going to the LMS systems was a change that made operations
even more automated.  I watched a couple of these do their thing and it was
so smooth.  The ability to now put the syndicated shows on the LMS made it
even easier for operations.

 

Chris Hill

WA8IGN

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