[QuadList] System G
C. Park Seward
park at videopark.com
Wed Jul 11 11:04:34 CDT 2012
Melanie and Jay from TVBD in Atlanta did the NAB demo tape for System G. Flew to the factory in Japan to work on it.
But they didn't buy one.
Best,
Park
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(541) 476-6657 hm
2" and 1" video transfers
On Jul 11, 2012, at 4:47 AM, "Jeff Cohen" <jeff at jeffcohenreps.com> 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.
>
> 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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> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:23:05 -0700
> From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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> Would that be of Duca/Richardson switching?
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> And also this gentleman?
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-duca/29/324/606
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> On Jul 10, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:
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>> Looks like a Jim Duca there middle row, about fourth from the left!
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> Ted
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> On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:23 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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>> 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>
> To: <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
> 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?
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>
>
> There is a huge amount of information on the website www.honeysuckle
> creek.net
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> 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.
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> Chris Hill
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> On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:03 AM, David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com> wrote:
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>> 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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