<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yes, Tony my post was in error, I did my own fact check and found out from Martin Salter(ex-Ampex super engineer/marketer, who was based in our Reading, England operation) and he cleared up my reference.<br><br>The ACR-25's which were covered up and not used for more than a year due to union disputes, were at "Southern Television", the Independent License holder for the Southern part of England.<br><br>Steve Turner did create a operating mode with an ACR-25 using the mode where it would record a long event across as many cassettes as required. He would put in cue points "on the fly" for each goal and penalty and then put them all together as a recap as soon as the game was over.<br>He later used this same method to produce a very
good daily wrap up of a major multiple sport event in the far east.<br>This was a very early NLE on the fly application.<br>Bill<br><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Tony Quinn <tony@tqvideo.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, April 13, 2010 8:57:07 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [QuadList] OB Film Vs. Studio Video<br></font><br>
In message <<a ymailto="mailto:182039.88978.qm@web30803.mail.mud.yahoo.com" href="mailto:182039.88978.qm@web30803.mail.mud.yahoo.com">182039.88978.qm@web30803.mail.mud.yahoo.com</a>>, Bill Carpenter <<a ymailto="mailto:wcarpen107@yahoo.com" href="mailto:wcarpen107@yahoo.com">wcarpen107@yahoo.com</a>> writes<br>> Yes, you are right Chris, many times union conditions can overide<br>> technology. In 1974, when I had the AVR-2 @ the IBC show, the director<br>> we hired for the camera show, Steve Turner was leaving BBC, and he had<br>> used the ACR-25's, which were sitting idle due to union problems, as<br>> production editing sources.<br><br>This sounds as if it might be mistaken, as the BBC never owned an<br><span>ACR-25. A comprehensive list of real VT machines on strength is available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vtoldboys.com/vtmcs.htm">http://www.vtoldboys.com/vtmcs.htm</a></span><br>-- "We've all heard that a
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