[QuadList] Jeeopardy Question

[Trevor Brown]

The TR600 was a bit of a disaster over here in the UK

It was designed around the editor controller (AE600)

which was a bit of a handful to drive and  made a simple task difficult

in three machine edit mode it used stagger starts 

 

The TR800 was late onto the market and was intended to interface again to
the AE 600 

So we had an unpopular editor driving unpopular quads, with a 1 " option
that came after everyone had invested in VPR'2s

 

Two companies I know invested in TR600's I worked for one YTV

and the other one (LWT) invested in TR800's too 

 

we solved the edit problem with a CMX edge  (out of the frying pan into the
fire)

but at least the VT machines worked

 

Once you have produced a poor product it becomes difficult to convince the
market your next product is OK

With a chain of TCR100 TR600 and AE 600 the TR800 might not be a wise
purchase and the small ENG camera (TK76 I think) had PAL problems too

Also their UK factory in Jersey (channel islands) had shut so support was a
problem

 

Shame really I loved the TR70B's and  RCA engineers were a great bunch

 

TrevorB

UK member

 

 

From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of C. Park Seward
Sent: 23 February 2011 15:29
To: Quad List
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Jeeopardy Question

 

RCA never made a successful 1" VTR. They sold Sony and Ampex at different
times. What happened? Why could they not compete?


Best,

Park

 

C. Park Seward

Cell: 818-535-2747

Home: 541-476-6657

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On Feb 23, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Chill315 at aol.com wrote:





The answer is that RCA introduced the TR-22HL as their first High Band Quad.
The 1966 catalog featured the machine on the cover.  The machine was
basically a prototype for the TR-70.  There were a few changes according to
the catalog that I have between it and the TR-70.  Notably the addition of
the indicators and standard selection below the monitor.  

 

Side note about machines.  Did you know that RCA sold IVC one inch machines
with the RCA name?

 

Chris Hill

WA8IGN

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