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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>To be fair. I worked on The 800s at RCA. They were
first presented to the world before the BVH-1100 so there is nothing in them
that resembles a 2000. Now to be even more fair. Had they actually worked
with all the intended features when they were first introduced, they would have
been the best 1” machine available. Automatic synchronization
during editing. RS-422 (prior to Sony protocol) control. Lots of great “intended”
stuff. However, they did not work when first introduced which is
why they sold 1100s and 2000s from Sony. Then they were re-introduced
later but much too late to take any market share. And not all the issues
were addressed. Plenty of time for Sony and Ampex to beat the
features. The ones at Action were quite nice at the time as they were
taken care of by Dave Tosch who was quite intimate with the machines.
There are a lot more stories that I might tell when I have the time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards, Gary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>C. Park
Seward<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Quad List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [QuadList] SCETV Consoles--did they look like these RCA
badgedsystems?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Action Video had some 800s and I was told by the owner that
RCA just copied the Sony 2000, except their Xerox machines didn't do such a
great job. RCA was supposed to add features but the total effort was not a
success. And then came digital. . .<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>C. Park Seward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Visit us: <a href="http://www.videopark.com">http://www.videopark.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Don Norwood wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>> RCA TR-800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi Ted:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>The pic from the oldradio site is a bit inaccurate. It was
actually a TH-800, not TR, but the most interesting thing is that the picture
is a mirror image.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ah... Should have noted the bars backwards and a closer look
at the waveform and vectorscope would have also revealed burst on the wrong
side of the H sync and going to the right instead of left. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>How about this:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>David Crosthwait has some "Runaway" stories about
the 800's as I recall.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ted<o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Secretary</span></span><span
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font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Skype: </span></span><span
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color:black'> </span></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>TedLangdell</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>e-mail:</span></span><span
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color:black'> </span></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></span><span
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