[QuadList] japanese Quads Was Ampex VR 420 1/2" VTR/Editor)

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Bill,

You'd likely have some knowledge of what the Quad sales competition was like in Japan.

What companies made Quads in Japan?

Shibaden did... as evidenced by the SV-7000 machines that John Streets / Al Sturm / Ken Zin, et al at Merlin turned into ME-68s as part of a dubbing system for Vidtronics when computer editor designer Jack Calaway was CE there.
http://www.labguysworld.com/Merlin_ME68.htm

Sony made a prototype in the late 50's spurred by the VR-1000.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/capsule/09/index.html

What can you tell us?

Ted

On Sep 27, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Bill Carpenter wrote:

> Yes, it was built by Toshiba, and is a good machine.
> I believe we were still in our joint marketing agreement with Toshiba and we owned 49% of the Japanese company known as Toamco, which allowed us to sell equipment into Japan ( mainly quads). 


Ted Langdell
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e-mail:	ted at quadvideotapegroup.com

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