[QuadList] Jeeopardy Question
Trevor Brown
videovault at sky.com
Wed Feb 23 10:09:05 CST 2011
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
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[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
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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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