[QuadList] Client says he has a 2" tape. Quad? No, not this time.

[Don Norwood]

David:

The VR-660 images look very good!  Reminds me that I still have some work that needs to be done on my machine.  It tends to get put aside unless there's actually a need for it, and there hasn't been much of that.  Thanks for sharing!

Don

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David C. Crosthwait 
  To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:41 AM
  Subject: [QuadList] Client says he has a 2" tape. Quad? No, not this time.


  Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his father's work  
  in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived. Nice fellow.  
  Works in the post mixing business here locally. We mounted the tape on  
  the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell. Oxide out?  
  Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion was  
  that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 2" helical format. Fired up the  
  machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the  
  beginning of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one  
  of the most visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to  
  Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of the tape was local Alaska morning  
  news plus a leftover teenage dance program. It's all a glimpse of the  
  sixties.


  Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.


  All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.


  David Crosthwait
  DC Video
  Archived Media Transfer and Re-mastering Services
  177 West Magnolia Blvd.
  Burbank, CA. 91502
  818-563-1073
  818-563-1177 (fax)
  818-285-9942 (cell)
  DCFWTX at AOL.COM
  DAVID at DCVIDEO.COM
  WWW.DCVIDEO.COM



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  Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his father's work in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived. Nice fellow. Works in the post mixing business here locally. We mounted the tape on the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell. Oxide out? Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion was that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 helical format. Fired up the machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the beginning of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one of the most visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of the tape was local Alaska morning news plus a leftover teenage dance program. It's all a glimpse of the sixties. 


  Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.


  All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.





  Local weather:

  Local dance show:







  Hollywood A Go Go:
   





  David Crosthwait
  DC Video
  www.dcvideo.com




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