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1. Re: OT: An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color? (Joe Owens)<br>
2. Re: OT: An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color?<br>
(Charles Park Seward)<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Joe Owens <<a href="mailto:jpo@prestodigital.ca">jpo@prestodigital.ca</a>><br>To: Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Cc: <br>Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:16:25 -0600<br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] OT: An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color?<br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Maybe they received a bad format conversion too late to fix it for broadcast? Chroma was in R-Y/B-Y instead of YIQ?<div><br><div><div>On 2015-06-19, at 11:41 AM, Bob Bell via QuadList wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium">Excuse my ignorance, but does anyone know when and why NBC would have used the attached tag on an NBC-TV presentation.</span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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<br></div></div><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Charles Park Seward <<a href="mailto:park@videopark.com">park@videopark.com</a>><br>To: Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Cc: Bob Bell <<a href="mailto:mrbobbell@gmail.com">mrbobbell@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:02:19 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] OT: An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color?<br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Good question. A joke perhaps???<div><br></div><div>Here is the announcement for compatible color:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJCJIaDp9Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJCJIaDp9Q</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Airing during Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows", NBC spokesman Richard Harkness announced that RCA had won the "compatible color television" standards fight over the competing CBS format and that color TVs would soon be available for purchase.</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 19, 2015, at 10:42 AM, Bob Bell via QuadList <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><br><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(127,127,127,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bob Bell <<a href="mailto:mrbobbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrbobbell@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(127,127,127,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>OT: An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color?</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(127,127,127,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">June 19, 2015 at 10:41:23 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(127,127,127,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br></span></div><br><br>
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Excuse my ignorance, but does anyone know when and why NBC would
have used the attached tag on an NBC-TV presentation.<br>
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"An NBC Presentation In Incompatible Color"<br>
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Source: <a href="http://oldshowbiz.tumblr.com/post/121783466424/incompatible-color" target="_blank">http://oldshowbiz.tumblr.com/post/121783466424/incompatible-color</a><br>
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Bob Bell<br>
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