[QuadList] System G

Wed Jul 11 06:47:25 CDT 2012

> Did any of you on the East Coast or in the UK ever have experience with
the Sony System G? That was mostly an NAB show piece although I knew of one
in Hollywood for a while. I expect to see it at the scrap yard one of these
days in a display case featuring outlandishly expensive but short lived
video toys.

		Dennis Degan said:

	I had no operational experience with it, but I think NBC-NY had at  
least two of them.  Here's Edit 4 about a year before it disappeared.   
I think the console at the lower right is for Sony System G:
		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557340190/>

I say: 

As I recall, the product specialist for System G at Sony was Dave Frasco
(now at Avid).  He probably knows a few things about their whereabouts.

Jeff Cohen
Manufacturer's Authorized Representative
Madison, CT

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   1. Re: Ampex switchers--Jim Duca (was  Grass Valley) (Ted Langdell)
   2. Re: OT: Switchers (was  Grass Valley) (Dennis Degan)
   3. Apollo tapes (Ian Mackenzie)
   4. Re: Grass Valley (chill315 at aol.com)

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:23:05 -0700
From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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Subject: Re: [QuadList] Ampex switchers--Jim Duca (was  Grass Valley)
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Would that be of Duca/Richardson switching?

And also this gentleman?
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-duca/29/324/606

On Jul 10, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:

> Looks like a Jim Duca there middle row, about fourth from the left!

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:36:08 -0400
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		On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:23 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:

 > Did any of you on the East Coast or in the UK ever have experience with
the Sony System G? That was mostly an NAB show piece although I knew of one
in Hollywood for a while. I expect to see it at the scrap yard one of these
days in a display case featuring outlandishly expensive but short lived
video toys.

		I say:

	I had no operational experience with it, but I think NBC-NY had at  
least two of them.  Here's Edit 4 about a year before it disappeared.   
I think the console at the lower right is for Sony System G:
		<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557340190/>

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

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:34:53 +1000
From: "Ian Mackenzie" <Ian.Mackenzie at chromatronics.com>
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Subject: [QuadList] Apollo tapes
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There is a continuing search for any of the tapes.

It is almost certain that the original tapes were re cycled by NASA but

There were other tapes made that have not been found.

At Parkes where the radiotelescope dish was used to receive the
transmissions 

from the moon and in Sydney at the OTC / NASA control centre there were
other recorders.

There is information that the video was recorded on a VR660 helical 2 inch
machine in Sydney

and that at Parkes and at Honeysuckle Creek tracking station the data was
recorded as well.

Does anyone know anything about a modified VR660 used to record data

instead of video that may have been at Parkes?

There is a huge amount  of information on the website www.honeysuckle
creek.net

The improved quality that would be seen if today's image processing was 

applied to the original data stream would be incredible.

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:48:47 -0400
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The Chroma Keyer was licensed from Ultimatte.  I think it was the automatic
setup that was the most fantastic part.  Then a few touch up tweaks for the
perfectionist.

Chris Hill

On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:03 AM, David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> Agreed. The 4000 chroma keyer and assorted adjustable parameters to the
key worked very well, comparable to the Ultimatte.
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> On Jul 9, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Chill315 at aol.com wrote:
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>>  
>> The Chroma Keyers in the digital switchers was licensed and when did a
beautiful job.  I saw a test that a Post House did in the Chicago area and
they showed me the tapes of all the Chroma Keyers from all the switchers.
GVG beat them all and we sold a 1000 for that use.
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