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Post by Greg Glenn on Jan 13, 2019 18:41:13 GMT
I have a boat anchor reel of 2" tape and would love to know what's on it. I'm located in the US and I know playback machines are few and far between. Any suggestions on how to proceed that won't cost me the price of a new car? Tape is from KATU in Portland, OR. 1963. Attachments:
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Jan 13, 2019 21:10:10 GMT
I think anything will be expensive with 2" nowadays - even just playing without any checking of the tape first. Have you tried contacting The Paley Center in NY/LA? They might be able to help... This may be a good place to start as any www.paleycenter.org/lost-programs-missing-pieces/
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Post by Greg Glenn on Jan 13, 2019 21:21:58 GMT
Good idea, thanks.
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Post by RWels on Jan 13, 2019 22:33:05 GMT
Or the UCLA, if that is closer.
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Jan 13, 2019 23:23:14 GMT
I have a boat anchor reel of 2" tape and would love to know what's on it. I'm located in the US and I know playback machines are few and far between. Any suggestions on how to proceed that won't cost me the price of a new car? Tape is from KATU in Portland, OR. 1963. View AttachmentGreg, There are places here in the UK that can transfer 525 quad at reasonable prices. It does depend what you want to transfer to obviously, but for a tape that old it would be a shame not to get the best out of it. PM me if you need further assistance. Regards, Paul
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Post by rmackenziefehr on Jan 13, 2019 23:47:05 GMT
Having checked TV listings:
Down To Earth was a talk show which appears to have had an agrarian focus. As such, it would be of interest in several regards: local programming from before the era when home recording became common is rare, and programs of that nature even rarer.
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Post by garygraham on Jan 13, 2019 23:55:55 GMT
What is the backward compatibility of NTSC Quad recorders like? Have more 525 lines tapes survived because the US didn't go through a change as the UK did from 405 to 625 lines?
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Post by Greg Glenn on Jan 14, 2019 0:47:01 GMT
Thanks everyone for ideas and actually digging up info on the program written on the label. I contacted KATU but got no reply. Have just sent a note to the Paley Center. Paul V. thanks. Wish I were near a facility so I could just hand deliver the reel. Will also check with UCLA. An aside....I have no idea where I picked up this thing. Had it so long I had forgotten about it.
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Post by Ralph Rose on Jan 14, 2019 7:05:32 GMT
What is the backward compatibility of NTSC Quad recorders like? Have more 525 lines tapes survived because the US didn't go through a change as the UK did from 405 to 625 lines? Backwards compatibility was really good with 2" Ampex machines. The newer the machine the more compatible for what came before it etc... Tv frequencies did not change in the US when moving to color, and the number of lines/fields/etc remained the same. Only chroma was added to the signal. Therfore a 1959 BW television in good working order could receive a 2003 era color signal (albeit in BW) without a converter. Moving to digital changed that though. Since the date on it states 1963, this suggests a Black and white program.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 14, 2019 9:28:22 GMT
The US began color broadcasts in 1953. The first Ampex Color VT machines came out in 1958 so it's quite possible this is a colo(u)r program(me) presented by the late Kirby Brumfield (1932-2016).
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Post by Peter Stirling on Jan 14, 2019 10:18:01 GMT
The US began color broadcasts in 1953. The first Ampex Color VT machines came out in 1958 so it's quite possible this is a colo(u)r program(me) presented by the late Kirby Brumfield (1932-2016). Color was not a stable option until around 1965- the early cameras drifted off spec quickly and required intense light- color videotape often needed half the machine sent with it across states to get it to play properly and early TV sets were sometimes giving out too many X rays.
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Post by Ralph Rose on Jan 14, 2019 12:43:43 GMT
The US began color broadcasts in 1953. The first Ampex Color VT machines came out in 1958 so it's quite possible this is a colo(u)r program(me) presented by the late Kirby Brumfield (1932-2016). Color was not a stable option until around 1965- the early cameras drifted off spec quickly and required intense light- color videotape often needed half the machine sent with it across states to get it to play properly and early TV sets were sometimes giving out too many X rays. That and KATU being a small independant station at that time. suggests Black and white to me. They wouldn't have the resources of a network affiliate.
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Post by Greg Glenn on Jan 14, 2019 22:54:10 GMT
Kirby Brumfield. Yes indeed. The shipping case has his name on the label.
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Post by Ralph Rose on Jan 15, 2019 5:55:26 GMT
Kirby Brumfield. Yes indeed. The shipping case has his name on the label. Very cool. Been doing a little online research and found this informative video from youtube when KATU was turning off their analog signal.. It shows KATU's basement/archive of sorts. It makes me cringe a little seeing how damp that basement looks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0itjoeSY8
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 15, 2019 6:48:52 GMT
They also mention in the KATU digital switchover report that KATU went color in 1967 - that was the same year we saw the first colour TV broadcasts here in the UK. The KATU film archive didn't seem very big - no sign of any Ampex tapes - I doubt they've bothered to retain much from their last 57 years of broadcasting...
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