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<DIV>I would add my 2 cents worth. Not worth much these days.</DIV>
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<DIV>If I remember correctly, the UVW series did not perform video quality as
well as the BVW series. one look at the specs will give that answer.
I no longer have the data so someone else can follow up further.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
<DIV>WA8IGN</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/31/2011 10:01:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
grace@electricpictures.tv writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>A nice
thing about some Digibetas-DVW 500 and A500, is the error <BR>correction. We
have had some really poor tapes that would play with <BR>errors/dropouts in
the UVW-1800 but in the A500 played cleanly through <BR>the errors. It was
like Magic! Some other models may have this but I am <BR>not sure which. My
guess is that the J series does not. The SX deck--is <BR>it A75? -- may have
this feature. Anyone know for sure?<BR><BR>Grace McKay<BR><BR><BR><BR>On
5/31/2011 6:18 AM, bill.spencer@northstarstudios.tv wrote:<BR>>
Shai,<BR>><BR>> If you are only concerned with playback, I would get a
DVW-510A. They<BR>> are under 5k now and would give you SP and D-beta
playback plus digital<BR>> outputs. If you could afford a little more
there is the full size of<BR>> the J series that will play SP, SX, IMX, and
D-beta. I think its'<BR>> designation is MVW-2000. Check with
Isfar and they will give you a good<BR>> deal.<BR>><BR>> Bill
Spencer<BR>> NorthStar Studios, Inc.<BR>> 3201 Dickerson Pike<BR>>
Nashville, TN 37207<BR>> (615) 650-6610<BR>> CP (615)
445-5616<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From:
quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR>>
[mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Shai
Drori<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 4:32 AM<BR>> To: Association of
Moving Image Archivists;<BR>> quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR>>
Subject: [QuadList] What's your Betacam flavor?<BR>><BR>> Please excuse
the cross posting.<BR>> A while ago I was faced with an upgrade issue to my
betacam SP station.<BR>> One of my clients claimed he only transfers tape
on BVW series vtr's. He<BR>><BR>> also refused to here about the J
series claiming they were inferior. At<BR>> the same conversation he also
suggested I look into the Samma robot (he<BR>> loves price tags). I didn't
see the point of explaining to him that<BR>> Samma works with J series,
from my experience it's best to shut up. When<BR>><BR>> I spoke to Sony
service in NY, the guy on the other side of the phone<BR>> made the
following comments:<BR>> 1. The BVW is aging and if it is an Ebay unit it
might have poor quality<BR>><BR>> playback.<BR>> 2. Assuming we are
looking for a cheap vtr in good condition the UVW<BR>> might perform better
since it is younger and it's caps are in better<BR>> shape. Still, a
serviced BVW will be better.<BR>> 3. A better alternative would be an SX
deck. It is younger still,<BR>> usually has less head hours, and by design
has excellent picture<BR>> quality.<BR>><BR>> So my question is
this:<BR>> Assuming we and looking for a cheap (~5K$US) yet excellent
picture<BR>> quality playback vtr, what would you choose and Why? Multi
format decks<BR>> can be included in this brain pick.<BR>>
Cheers<BR>> Shai Drori<BR>><BR>>
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