[QuadList] Seconds to Play: 2" quad playback and more.

[Dennis Degan]

		On Jun 10, 2012, at 2:39 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:

 > Could have been a Chyron III. The IV and 4100 had similar keyboards.

		I say:

	I believe that's a Chiron II (not a Chyron, Chiron changed it's name  
in the early 80's to Chyron.  Not sure why unless there already was a  
company named Chiron.
	Here's one installed at NBC in the same era: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515323416/ 
 >

		Park continued:

 > Interesting that ABC made their own sports font. It was a copy of a  
Helvetica bold italic. No one else used that font.

		I say:

	That font looks like Eras, a Chyron font we used on USA Network  
promos at Reeves/Teletape.

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