Use a Betamax instead, Sol. This past Friday night's HBO/REAL TIME "New Rules" at CBS Television City, Bill Maher talked about the last VHS VCR to come off the assembly line, but ironically the over-the-shoulder graphic for the punchline featured a Betamax cassette - LOL.
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To answer Jeff's Question:
I have an Ampex AVR-2, because it is the only one easy enough to push around on wheels, and run on 120v AC household current. The air compressor for the head assembly is out on the balcony.
I actually have boxed, un-opened new 2-inch tape stock from 3M/Scotch, that I make today's kids open, thread and record on. 2-inch was before my time, but I remember watching it in awe. Taking an HD, 2K or 4K feed and recording it in SD on 2-inch -- the format still looks amazing in composite analog; if only the cameras of that era had kept up. No other format has lasted 30 years.
I make those same kids watch the first 9 minutes of this annotated video I uploaded of the off-line/on-line process, comparing it with today.
STUDIO SEE - PBS Kids Show 1979
Here is my living room and dining area:
:-P
Oh, and yes, there are working 1/2-inch EIAJ reel-to-reel black and white and color Sony and Panasonic's.
-keoni tyler
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From: "Jeff Kreines jeff@... [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com; Sol Fischler <sol.fischler@...>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Goodbye VCRs
Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
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> On Jul 24, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Sol Fischler sol.fischler@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> People wonder why I keep one of every format video & audio tape deck --
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