[QuadList] VTR introduction anniversaries: 1965

[Dennis Degan]

		On Feb 9, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Bill Carpenter wrote:

 > This may be partly(?) folklore, since it was passed on to me many  
years later, but it is "told" that NBC, NY pressured RCA, so they  
could buy some Ampex VR-2000's for New York, so they could properly  
compete with the other Networks.
Ampex did some major priority list juggling, so they could get  
VR-2000's into NBC-NY. Customers who accepted these delays got some  
future firsts as a result of this action.

		I offer:

	In this photo, you can see two of the six Ampex VR-2000's in  
operation at NBC New York.  The two shown here (along with two others  
opposite and not in view) were the only ones equipped with line-by- 
line auto-EQ, a chroma module that replaced the standard EQ module.   
This circuitry, plus the addition of better DOC units and other  
improvements, allowed the VTRs to produce color pictures superior to  
the RCA TR70a and b models elsewhere in the tape facility:
		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355073/>
	This pair of VR-2000's were used in the production and post- 
production of the soap opera "Another World", fed to 30 Rock from  
NBC's Brooklyn Studios.  The production would be recorded and edited  
'remotely' in this tape room at 30 Rock:
		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515356413/>
	Also in this set of photos are views of various RCA machines in use  
at NBC New York in 1978:
		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/sets/72157600587940970/with/515355073/ 
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			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York