July 1970…The RCA TCR 100 Video Cart System Debuted
Some loved it, some hated it, but this was a real innovation, and came a full 2 years before the Ampex ACR 25. Thanks to Barry Mitchell for the reminder. -Bobby Ellerbee
The Latest And Greatest In Tape…RCA’s TCR 100, 1970 I think this was one of the first times RCA beat Ampex to the punch in videotape innovations. Here’s a look at the RCA sales demo of their new quad videotape cassette unit, the TCR 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_2upiGUO0 RCA TCR-100 Videotape Cartridge System, Sales Reel From the […]
Just For Fun…Charlie Chaplin Blooper And Outtake Reel Did you know that one of Chaplin’s first jobs for Max Sennett was as a Keystone Cop? I’ll have that story in today’s next post. Did you know that along with D W Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, that Chaplin was one of the founders of […]
The Start Of ESPN…A Hometown Newspaper Article From The Birstol Press Today there are only seventeen of the original staffers that started with ESPN in 1979, and this story is told by three of them. Thanks to ESPN cameraman Ryan Balton for sending this along. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee By the way…Bristol, Connecticut is […]
RCA Catalog Cover? Nope! Better… A few months ago, well known Atlanta photographer Parker Smith came to my house and shot my camera collection all day long. This is one of those shots…a beautiful portrait of my RCA TK60, but this is not just one shot! It’s a composite of about a dozen shots. This […]