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Post by Martin Dunne on Dec 14, 2011 23:40:40 GMT
Was this just in South Australia or countrywide that the free video recorder was offered? Not to doubt the author, but I had never seen or heard of Shibaden until I started going online. Umatic was standard in South Australian schools a couple of years after this, and I strongly suspect it was their first video system. As such it was quite prevelant, with the local universities/Colleges of Advanced Education only ceasing their upkeep and weeding their collections in the 1990s, to my knowledge. Yes I saved a Umatic tape. And going by the label it's local current affairs, not lost TOTP or Who.
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Post by Chris Keating on Dec 17, 2014 4:45:20 GMT
Australia's leading TV drama production company, Crawford Productions, had a Shibaden reel-to-reel unit in 1970. It was used for various purposes - auditions for lead roles in an upcoming series were dubbed across to the Shibaden reels, so that the performances could be viewed by the company principles; the first episode of a rival drama series was recorded off-air (including commercials and preview of the next episode), a couple of Liberace specials were recorded off-air, and some of the company's own programs were cross-dubbed for review. All of these survive, and were transferred about 15 years ago (complete with an annoying pulse all the way through which couldn't be eradicated). I've uploaded some of the commercial breaks to YouTube, they'll give you an idea of the quality (transfer was done by a very experienced video company who do transfers and equipment supply for TV networks, and is the best that was possible): www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-soLkrk-EEThis item is off a second or third generation dub, and really accentuates the "pulse": www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHucqDfhth0
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Dec 17, 2014 16:56:06 GMT
The Liberace Special that Thames produced in 1968 - did they have a copy of that, do you know, or is the existing (unarchived) copy from the US?
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 17, 2014 21:10:08 GMT
I remember Crawford Productions making The Flying Doctors.
I do know a bit about the BBC's use of Shibadens for off line editing, was the format used much for viewing copies before cassette based tape formats came along?
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Post by Chris Keating on Dec 17, 2014 23:08:23 GMT
The Liberace Special that Thames produced in 1968 - did they have a copy of that, do you know, or is the existing (unarchived) copy from the US? I'll have a squiz when I get home from work - there's a complete special, and a portion of another one.
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Post by Sue Butcher on Dec 21, 2014 10:31:52 GMT
I was a student at Thornlie High School in Western Australia. Our first mono video recorder was a National NV-3020, probably bought when the school was opened in 1971. By 1975 we had a NV-3085 portapak, and shortly after that a colour reel-to-reel recorder. I never saw a Shibaden while I was in W.A., only Sony and National machines. Come to think of it, I still haven't seen a Shibaden!
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