The RCA Tape Cartridge Recorder: TCR 100
First introduced at the NAB in 1969, the TCR 100 was a real breakthrough in tape handling and even received an Emmy. It could play tapes from :20 to 3:00 in length automatically which finally did away with having to juggle several reel to reel machines in each stop set.
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Story Of Videotape Editing…Part 2 (of 2) Yesterday’s first installment was pretty easy to follow, even for laymen, but this lesson on digital editing is more of a challenge. This does however have an interesting timeline that reminds us of when new developments came into play. I’m posting a second video in a few minutes […]
John Vassos and RCA ‘Television’ If you look where Milton’s hand is, you are also seeing the hand of one of America’s first industrial designers…John Vassos. The ‘Television’ and ‘Color Television’ badges that adorn all the early RCA cameras and telecine equipment was designed by Mr. Vassos. The classic look and style of the TK40/41 […]
The Start Of Something BIG! Instant Replay… In 1960, CBS paid $50,000 for the rights to cover the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, but paid $550,000 for the Summer Olympics rights that year which came, via couriered video tape, from Rome. Winter Olympic rights would never again be such a bargain, and sports nor television […]
Just so you know, our friend David Gleason’s labor of love is absolutely THE VERY BEST resource for online broadcast research of print media anywhere! He has scanned millions of pages of history onto his WORLD RADIO HISTORY site and made it available to us all FREE! Oh, and what you see above is […]