<html><body><div>Dennis,</div><div><br></div><div>I always enjoy your photos!</div><div>Is that a window I see behind where the BVH-1000 is about to go in the second picture?</div><div>I'm surprised they're not RCA branded.</div><div><br></div><div>Did NBC ever have any RCA TR-800's?<br><br>Scott Thomas<br><br>On Nov 17, 2013, at 05:37 PM, Dennis Degan <dennyd1@verizon.net> wrote:<br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><br></div><div>No, the stereo show was recorded on 1-inch Type C. NBC had both RCA and Ampex quad VTRs, both in New York and Burbank. When 1-inch was introduced at NBC-New York in 1978, the machines were Sony BVH-1000s. The MII format was introduced around 1985 or so. Here are two photos of the first two Type C machines, as they were being installed at 30 Rock: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355785/" data-mce-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355785/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355785/</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515328974/" data-mce-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515328974/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515328974/</a></div></div><br><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank<br> NBC Today Show, New York<br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>