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<DIV>Hi Ted:</DIV>
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<DIV>The VU meter on the TR-22 can be confusing. It did start out as you
mentioned, located in the audio monitor area. However, by the time of the
TR-22D in '66, it had changed to an edgewise meter just above the
transport, the same arrangement as the TR-70. I don't know when it made the
transition.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think maybe one reliable clue that you can usually pick out is the row of
rectangular pushbutton switches immediately below the video monitor on a
TR-70. They are noticeably different from the round buttons on the
22. There are lots of other visual identifiers if a pic is large
enough to see them. The left and right control areas are different,
and of course if you can see the electronic bays, they are different, but
without knowing the particulars of each, the controls below the monitor may be
the easiest thing to spot.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ted@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted Langdell</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Although it was a year behind Ampex introducing High Band
recorders, RCA debuted its TR-70 High Band, which ran $82,500.
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<DIV>It was pitched as the "first fully integrated TV tape recording
system for high-band color recording and playback." </DIV>
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<DIV>It also showed a High Band update for the similar looking solid
state TR-22, introduced in 1961.</DIV>
<DIV>The 1966 TR-22HB was $72,000. For ID purposes, the TR-22 had a VU
meter in the speaker area on the upper right side of the machine, while the
TR-70 did not.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>