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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC
<BR><BR>See the Museum's Web Site at <A href="http://www.smecc.org/">www.smecc.org</A>
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<DIV>I inherited some SX machines that need some work
and learned that the 75 is SX
only and something with a number like A75 will do SX, plus
Betacam SP and Betacam .... the A of course means analog! Handy to
know this....</DIV>
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<DIV>Since they are SX only I am not in as much hurry to
fix them! If they did SP format I would be it!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ed#</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/31/2011 6:19:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
bill.spencer@northstarstudios.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>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
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