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<div> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hello Doug,<br>
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Over the years, I've either recorded/played back or edited on a number of different RCA and Ampex decks. In my opinion, no time base correction was ever as reliable (in the long run) as the original units that came with the machines. This included NEC's on Ampex's and CVS/Harris units on RCA's.<br>
The last one I encountered was a Harris on a TR 70 at NBC Burbank. Yes, some of these modifications do have good performance. The only outboard time base correctors that have any chance of trying to work are those that will accept a head switch pulse from the quad VTR. And those are rare. I don't believe that any of these after market TBC's have been manufactured in 20-25 years, hence parts support for one may be difficult. <br>
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What model of machine are you thinking about adapting to an outboard TBC?<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
<br>
David Crosthwait<br>
www.dcvideo.com <br>
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From: dbingley@bmts.com<br>
To: quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<br>
Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2009 5:53 pm<br>
Subject: [QuadList] Time Base Correctors<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I'm curious to see if anyone has used a modern <br>
TBC "high up" in the signal chain of an older <br>
quad machine. Could use of a TBC do a better job <br>
than AMTEC and colortec (which of course were <br>
early TBC's) or would the more modern TBC's barf <br>
when looking at the extreme errors off of a Quad <br>
tape. I'm not advocating improper restoration of <br>
an older machine, but I wonder for those who do <br>
a lot of transferring if this would be a viable <br>
solution? <br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Doug<br>
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