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Post by Richard Marple on Feb 8, 2022 21:30:09 GMT
Video-CD (version 2 was mpg2 quality and therefore in theory identical to DVD) was really something completely different, not to be confused with any laserdisc family member. I think it was the one with a VHS level of picture quality, which probably didn't have film buffs rushing to replace their laserdiscs with them. |
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Post by markboulton on Feb 15, 2022 15:06:06 GMT
Video-CD (version 2 was mpg2 quality and therefore in theory identical to DVD) was really something completely different, not to be confused with any laserdisc family member. Or SVCD as it became known. It really was the precursor to DVD with only the lesser storage capacity and lack of menu navigation that DVD was needed to overcome. In fact in temperate climates, SVCD remained the dominant format for home video distribution throughout the 2000s because DVD substrates deteriorated too badly in such conditions and CDs didn't. |
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Post by garycritcher on Oct 14, 2022 18:36:47 GMT
The oldest recording I kept was Fawlty Towers' Basil the Rat from the original TX in 1979 on Philips cassette. I also kept my tape of BBC1 from Monday 9th December 1980, John Lennon's death on Nationwide. I only had a 60 minute tape, I ran it from just before 6pm and let it run out just after 7. Which meant I got the entire Nationwide and the first fifteen minutes of Help! Years later, when working at Television Centre I found that the Beeb hadn't recorded a PasB of Nationwide so I donated the tape to the Film + VT Library when my old boss Christine Slattery was in charge. I remember she told me they had to send it to the TV Museum in Manchester to get it copied. It's now in the BBC Archive labelled as a domestic recording.
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Post by stevehoare61 on Oct 15, 2022 5:46:52 GMT
I had a Fergusson Videostar in 80/81 which cost an absolute fortune, I originally rented it, and the tapes were a tenner each. I was a huge ABBA fan back then, and Doctor Who, still am...and the first thing I recorded was ABBA Words &Music, which was made to promote their Super Trouper Album. Having already witnessed the horrific roll back, when pressing Stop and then Record again, I decided to record the entire programme complete with adverts. We were still Southern TV back then. The adverts themselves were great to see too. Sadly I transferred everything on VHS to disc, though kept all the ABBA vhs intact, which I intend to work through, as back then , we recorded over and over again and theres all kinds of stuff on them towards the end. Ive never had the time, but I really need to.
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Post by markboulton on Oct 16, 2022 19:34:36 GMT
The oldest recording I kept was Fawlty Towers' Basil the Rat from the original TX in 1979 on Philips cassette. I also kept my tape of BBC1 from Monday 9th December 1980, John Lennon's death on Nationwide. I only had a 60 minute tape, I ran it from just before 6pm and let it run out just after 7. Which meant I got the entire Nationwide and the first fifteen minutes of Help! Years later, when working at Television Centre I found that the Beeb hadn't recorded a PasB of Nationwide so I donated the tape to the Film + VT Library when my old boss Christine Slattery was in charge. I remember she told me they had to send it to the TV Museum in Manchester to get it copied. It's now in the BBC Archive labelled as a domestic recording. I'm in a state of constant frustration that I am so close, but so far away from being able to transfer N1500 tapes. I have two machines, an N1500 and N1501, they both have new belts, they both have new loading gear cogs (well, really, they're just mode switch cogs attached to the loading gear), everything looks ok visually above and below the board but the damn things still won't lace up. They begin to but then struggle and stop halfway. I've tried various enthusiasts and offered to pay hundreds of pounds for them to try and get them working even if they don't in the end, but they all say they won't touch them in case they can't get them working, but guess what, they're happy to buy the machines off me to keep for themselves. I'm sure it's something very simple, just one more thing I'm missing, if only I could find out what it was. It wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the fact that when I got the machines they were otherwise in immaculate condition, it was just the usual belts problem and the fact that the loading mechanism is always cited as the other thing that goes wrong even if the machine had never been out of its box since it left the factory. |
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Post by RWels on Oct 16, 2022 19:56:39 GMT
The oldest recording I kept was Fawlty Towers' Basil the Rat from the original TX in 1979 on Philips cassette. I also kept my tape of BBC1 from Monday 9th December 1980, John Lennon's death on Nationwide. I only had a 60 minute tape, I ran it from just before 6pm and let it run out just after 7. Which meant I got the entire Nationwide and the first fifteen minutes of Help! Years later, when working at Television Centre I found that the Beeb hadn't recorded a PasB of Nationwide so I donated the tape to the Film + VT Library when my old boss Christine Slattery was in charge. I remember she told me they had to send it to the TV Museum in Manchester to get it copied. It's now in the BBC Archive labelled as a domestic recording. I'm in a state of constant frustration that I am so close, but so far away from being able to transfer N1500 tapes. I have two machines, an N1500 and N1501, they both have new belts, they both have new loading gear cogs (well, really, they're just mode switch cogs attached to the loading gear), everything looks ok visually above and below the board but the damn things still won't lace up. They begin to but then struggle and stop halfway. I've tried various enthusiasts and offered to pay hundreds of pounds for them to try and get them working even if they don't in the end, but they all say they won't touch them in case they can't get them working, but guess what, they're happy to buy the machines off me to keep for themselves. I'm sure it's something very simple, just one more thing I'm missing, if only I could find out what it was. It wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the fact that when I got the machines they were otherwise in immaculate condition, it was just the usual belts problem and the fact that the loading mechanism is always cited as the other thing that goes wrong even if the machine had never been out of its box since it left the factory. There are still quite a few people in the Netherlands (philips, who made the N1500, being a Dutch company) who restore these units for their own collections. Although I couldn't absolutely guarantee that the same sort of reaction wouldn't happen there as well - collecting does bring out the magpie in people. And with shipping included it wouldn't be exactly cheap. They must weigh quite a few kilos and I have no idea if there isn't an import duty for these things (thanks to brexit). Still: How about this guy: www.videoinfo.nl/Contact/contact.htmlWhile I never used his services myself, he might be professional enough about it. There's also a dedicated message board full of philips anoraks who might give specific advice. |
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Post by Ralph Rose on Oct 21, 2022 6:50:34 GMT
The oldest recording I kept was Fawlty Towers' Basil the Rat from the original TX in 1979 on Philips cassette. I also kept my tape of BBC1 from Monday 9th December 1980, John Lennon's death on Nationwide. I only had a 60 minute tape, I ran it from just before 6pm and let it run out just after 7. Which meant I got the entire Nationwide and the first fifteen minutes of Help! Years later, when working at Television Centre I found that the Beeb hadn't recorded a PasB of Nationwide so I donated the tape to the Film + VT Library when my old boss Christine Slattery was in charge. I remember she told me they had to send it to the TV Museum in Manchester to get it copied. It's now in the BBC Archive labelled as a domestic recording. I'm in a state of constant frustration that I am so close, but so far away from being able to transfer N1500 tapes. I have two machines, an N1500 and N1501, they both have new belts, they both have new loading gear cogs (well, really, they're just mode switch cogs attached to the loading gear), everything looks ok visually above and below the board but the damn things still won't lace up. They begin to but then struggle and stop halfway. I've tried various enthusiasts and offered to pay hundreds of pounds for them to try and get them working even if they don't in the end, but they all say they won't touch them in case they can't get them working, but guess what, they're happy to buy the machines off me to keep for themselves. I'm sure it's something very simple, just one more thing I'm missing, if only I could find out what it was. It wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the fact that when I got the machines they were otherwise in immaculate condition, it was just the usual belts problem and the fact that the loading mechanism is always cited as the other thing that goes wrong even if the machine had never been out of its box since it left the factory. Check the mechanisms for lubrication. White lithium grease was a common lubricant for mechanisms. Tape and video machines etc... The lubrication tends to get chalky and dry over the years, gumming up what they were supposed to lubricate. I've had good success with chain and cable lubricants that are long lasting and self cleaning, IE won't attract dirt. The secret is to keep lubed what needs it and keep dry what does not need it. |
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