<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/26/2009 8:22:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ted@quadvideotapegroup.com writes:<BR>
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On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Gary Stark wrote:<BR>
>I found your website almost by accident and it's terrific. I have a <BR>
>question that I hope you or someone can answer. Since color <BR>
>videotape recording didn't really get started until 1958 or later, <BR>
>how were NBC's color programs seen by west coast viewers prior to <BR>
>then?<BR>
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That's a good question and people on the QuadList may have some <BR>
information. You can join the list and receive their answers by e- <BR>
mail, or go here:<BR>
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http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/ <BR>
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to see what people have said.<BR>
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>Were they shown on a delay in black and white or did NBC air the <BR>
>color programs live in all time zones? I'm just curious as to <BR>
>whether west coast viewers were essentially shut out of color <BR>
>programming prior to the invention of color tape recording. Many <BR>
>thanks and keep up the great work on this site.<BR>
><BR>
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Generally, networks used a kinescope recorder to create a filmed <BR>
recording of a high-resolution TV monitor.<BR>
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This could be done in black and white very easily, and was used for <BR>
time-zone delay by some networks until they felt comfortable with <BR>
videotape.<BR>
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Color kinescopes could also be made using color film, but I don't <BR>
have any handy info about what NBC did as a regular practice.<BR>
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RCA/NBC did work on a lenticular film process that encoded color <BR>
information into black and white film. The results weren't all that <BR>
spectacular, I understand.<BR>
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Glad you've enjoyed the site. Thanks for the kind words.<BR>
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Ted<BR>
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Ted Langdell<BR>
Secretary<BR>
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Lenticular color in a lab built specifically for that at NBC Burbank. However, they were eager for reusable magnetic tape to get of the film consumption.<BR>
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David Crosthwait<BR>
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