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<DIV>David:</DIV>
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<DIV>The VR-660 images look very good! Reminds me that I still have some
work that needs to be done on my machine. It tends to get put aside unless
there's actually a need for it, and there hasn't been much of that. Thanks
for sharing!</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=david@dcvideo.com href="mailto:david@dcvideo.com">David C.
Crosthwait</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [QuadList] Client says he has a
2" tape. Quad? No, not this time.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his
father's work <BR>in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived.
Nice fellow. <BR>Works in the post mixing business here locally. We
mounted the tape on <BR>the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could
not tell. Oxide out? <BR>Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing
else. My suspicion was <BR>that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 2"
helical format. Fired up the <BR>machine, and found some interesting
images and sound. First off, the <BR>beginning of the tape was a 1966
recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one <BR>of the most visually exciting
shows to watch, as compared to <BR>Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of
the tape was local Alaska morning <BR>news plus a leftover teenage dance
program. It's all a glimpse of the <BR>sixties.<BR><BR><BR>Ya never know
what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.<BR><BR><BR>All of
these images came from the VR 660 deck.<BR><BR><BR>David Crosthwait<BR>DC
Video<BR>Archived Media Transfer and Re-mastering Services<BR>177 West
Magnolia Blvd.<BR>Burbank, CA. 91502<BR>818-563-1073<BR>818-563-1177
(fax)<BR>818-285-9942
(cell)<BR>DCFWTX@AOL.COM<BR>DAVID@DCVIDEO.COM<BR>WWW.DCVIDEO.COM<BR>
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<P></P><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial>Yesterday, a client asked to bring
in his 2" tape of his father's work in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said.
He arrived. Nice fellow. Works in the post mixing business here locally. We
mounted the tape on the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell.
Oxide out? Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion
was that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 helical format. Fired up the
machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the beginning
of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one of the most
visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The
rest of the tape was local Alaska morning news plus a leftover teenage dance
program. It's all a glimpse of the sixties.
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<DIV>Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the
client.</DIV>
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<DIV>All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.<BR>
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<DIV>Local weather:</DIV>
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<DIV>Local dance show:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hollywood A Go Go:</DIV>
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<DIV style="FLOAT: none" class=envelope align=left>David Crosthwait</DIV>
<DIV style="FLOAT: none" class=envelope align=left>DC Video</DIV>
<DIV style="FLOAT: none" class=envelope align=left>www.dcvideo.com</DIV>
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