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KTLA Innovation: Television’s First Videotaped Western ‘The Wrangler’
KTLA Innovation: Television's First Videotaped Western 'The Wrangler' was a six episode summer replacement series…
Sound pioneer Ray Dolby dies
Remembering Ray Dolby His first job was at Ampex working on video tape recording. From…
1976 Ampex Poster For NAB
Back By Popular Demand...1976 Ampex NAB Poster For more on the anniversary and one of…
The Way Back Machine…This is a 1961 tape effects sales demo
The Way Back Machine... This is a 1961 tape effects sales demo from KTTV in…
Live Eye…First Of The Live TV Vans
Live Eye...First Of The Live TV Vans WTVJ in Miami purchased its first "Live-Eye" Truck…
Totally Television! Ampex NAB Poster
Totally Television! This is an illustration Ampex commissioned for one of the NAB shows. The…
Sin Of Sins! The Whole Story!
Sin Of Sins! The Whole Story! For NBC to own any camera other than an…
Ampex Training Tape: VR 2000
Ampex Training Tape: VR 2000 In a super rare set of tapes from Ampex, here…
Ampex VRX 1000: First Videotape Recorder
Ampex VRX 1000: First Videotape Recorder The Ampex VRX-1000 (later renamed the Mark IV) was…
The TRT 1: RCA’s First Videotape Recorder
The TRT 1: RCA's First Videotape Recorder Although Ampex beat RCA to the punch, with…
Good News, Bad News…RCA TK 76
Good News, Bad News...RCA TK 76 The good news was, that now, any news could…
Ampex 300 ENG Camera
Ampex 300 ENG Camera This was a small monochrome camera which was used in "ENG"…
The Ampex BCC 10
The Ampex BCC 10 Yesterday, I made a comment on the BCC 10 and low…
Insider’s History of The Hollywood Palace
Insider's History of The Hollywood Palace Thanks to ABC Hollywood veteran Don McCroskey, here's a…
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1 When I began to collect cameras in 2004,…
AMPEX GIANTS AND THEIR GIANT INVENTION
In this 1976 photo, Ray Dolby and other Ampex engineers are shown with a VRX…
Ampex VR 1200, Up Close and Personal
Ampex VR 1200, Up Close and Personal For those who have never seen a big…