[QuadList] save htis and look tr4 converts to hi band but alsoneed modul...

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Thanks Dave for the  congrats...and  Thanks for the  insight on this! 
 
This 'preview feature' sort of  reminds me of being able to watch and  
check video on the bvp-3 and bvv-1  dockable deck  betacam you   could at least  
check it to be sure  SOMETHING had really  gone  to tape a;though  there 
was  not  much   you  would  could really  do  with the signal other than 
that. 
 
The literature  surrounding the TR-5 mentions an amplifier that makes  it  
more watchable.... I need to find out more on this add on unit.
 
We are happy to preserve this unit!
 
WOW!  20 grand in 1966 would buy you one or 2 smaller houses in  Phoenix  
area...
 
Ed#
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/6/2012 10:16:04 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
david at dcvideo.com writes:

Ed,


Congratulations on your acquisition. The TR 5 was a stripped down machine  
that enabled it to be more mobile. Therefore many of the correction circuits 
 used to fully reproduce a broadcast quality playback picture were not 
included  in this machine. Although the recording will be a good one (if all is 
working  OK), you will only see demodulated video upon play back that will 
give you a  good sense that a recording was made. Without the RCA correction 
circuitry  such as CATC for color time base correction, CAVEC for velocity 
correction and  the color dropout compensator option, the recovered picture 
(depending on the  options used as on any 2" machine) may be raw, flickering 
color (if color is  present). So in the remote truck, the operator upon 
conclusion of a record  session could verify that a recording had been made by 
playing back this  "demod" picture. An analysis of the FM (RF) and control 
track signals on the  scope added further confidence that all was OK. An 
experienced operator who  knew the machine well would have a better sense of 
confidence than one who was  not, therefore being more at ease with a "demod" 
only picture. It is a bit of  a leap of faith to tell the director in the 
truck that all will look fine upon  playback of his show in the studio on a 
fully optioned playback machine.


Years later when the first portable field one-inch type C VTR's came out  
such as the Sony BVH 500, it was typical to confirm the integrity of the  
recording by observing the same "demod" only picture with no time base  
correction.


Your might be interested to know that the RCA list price for a TR 5 was  
$20, 950 in 1966.



 
 
 
 
 
 
Best  Regards,

David Crosthwait
DC Video
Videotape Transfers and  More!












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