Very interesting discussion!<div>Considering the limited size market for such a device, my inclination would be to take an AVR1 deck and<div>just replace much of the electronics. From everything I saw working with that machine, its</div>
<div>physical transport has everything you could ever want in a super quad player.</div><div>Aren't we more about playing back history versus creating a new improved recorder?</div><div>With modern servos and r/p processing it ought to just automatically be able to play</div>
<div>whatever you put up on it. With the benefit of a bit of this group's expertise and</div><div>I bet it could tell you all the obscure technical details about how the tape was made.</div><div>It would be a specialized market, but then it could fetch a pretty special price too...<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:05 PM, C. Park Seward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:park@videopark.com" target="_blank">park@videopark.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What about the concept of a "New Merlin". That is, a company that will re-build VTRs with new manufactured parts and improvements to the signal system and video path?<br>
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Don't invent the machine all over again, just make it better. We have the technology!<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br>
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Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br>
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