[QuadList] What's your Betacam flavor?

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Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC  

See the Museum's Web Site at _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/)   
 
I inherited some  SX machines   that need some  work  and learned  that   
the   75  is  SX  only and  something with a number like  A75  will do SX, 
plus  Betacam SP and Betacam ....  the  A of course means analog! Handy to  
know this....
 
Since they are SX only   I am not in as much  hurry to   fix them!   If  
they  did SP format I would be it!
 
 
Ed#
 
In a message dated 5/31/2011 6:19:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv writes:

Shai,

If you are only concerned with playback, I would get a  DVW-510A.  They
are under 5k now and would give you SP and D-beta  playback plus digital
outputs.  If you could afford a little more  there is the full size of
the J series that will play SP, SX, IMX, and  D-beta.  I think its'
designation is MVW-2000.  Check with Isfar  and they will give you a good
deal.

Bill Spencer
NorthStar  Studios, Inc.
3201 Dickerson Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
(615)  650-6610
CP (615) 445-5616

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[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com]  On Behalf Of Shai Drori
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 4:32 AM
To:  Association of Moving Image  Archivists;
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Subject: [QuadList] What's  your Betacam flavor?

Please excuse the cross posting.
A while ago I  was faced with an upgrade issue to my betacam SP station. 
One of my  clients claimed he only transfers tape on BVW series vtr's. He

also  refused to here about the J series claiming they were inferior. At 
the  same conversation he also suggested I look into the Samma robot (he 
loves  price tags). I didn't see the point of explaining to him that 
Samma works  with J series, from my experience it's best to shut up. When

I spoke to  Sony service in NY, the guy on the other side of the phone 
made the  following comments:
1. The BVW is aging and if it is an Ebay unit it might  have poor quality

playback.
2. Assuming we are looking for a cheap  vtr in good condition the UVW 
might perform better since it is younger and  it's caps are in better 
shape. Still, a serviced BVW will be better.
3.  A better alternative would be an SX deck. It is younger still, 
usually has  less head hours, and by design has excellent picture
quality.

So my  question is this:
Assuming we and looking for a cheap (~5K$US) yet  excellent picture 
quality playback vtr, what would you choose and Why?  Multi format decks 
can be included in this brain pick.
Cheers
Shai  Drori

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