[QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

[W4wj at aol.com]

We had a 3M/E Vital Switcher and a Vital Router and Vital  Video DA's at 
WTVJ...  circa 1973...   
 
Straight out of Gainesville!!  ;-)
 
I visited the factory...  Interesting  place!!
 
 
Don Murray W4WJ
Retired from 40 years of Miami TV Engineering
35+ years at WTVJ NBC O&O
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/25/2011 8:30:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
DennyD1 at verizon.net writes:


On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:06 AM, David  Crosthwait wrote:

> Vital filled a niche in switcher needs when GVG  and others were too  
costly. The Squeeze Zoom was revolutionary,  being used in many a music  
video in the early era of MTV style  effects.

I offer:

A  station I worked at, WIS-TV in Columbia, SC had a Vital switcher   
(one of Vital's first) in 1975:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557719816/>

Dennis Degan, Video  Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New  York


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