<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I read the article last week when it was noted elsewhere, and I scratched my head. <div><br></div><div>Had to wonder if the reporter misunderstood, the person he talked to didn’t have complete info (or maybe that’s all Iron Mountain was sent?) or whether that’s because they were 24/7 and trying to just keep a record… an “air check” if you will, where the quality didn’t need to be broadcast quality.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe I’ve seen program-quality heritage materials incorporated into other programs, so one might think that 2” Quad and 1” Type C materials exist if Betacam and/or BetacamSP was not in use at the time of the original production.</div><div><br></div><div>One would hope that there’s higher quality then VHS, and if it is VHS it’s at SP speed.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Aug 7, 2016, at 9:53 AM, C. Park Seward via QuadList <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"C. Park Seward" <<a href="mailto:park@videopark.com">park@videopark.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [QuadList] those archives contain recordings of virtually all of MTV's decades-worth of b</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">August 7, 2016 at 9:45:24 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br></span></div><br><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">So the VHS tapes are the highest quality the network has to save?<br class=""><div class="">
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Best,</div><div class="">Park</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">C. Park Seward</div><div class="">Cell: 818-535-2747</div><div class="">Home: 541-476-6657</div><div class="">2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers and more</div><div class="">The Transfer Lab at Video Park</div><div class="">Visit us: <a href="http://www.videopark.com/" class="">http://www.videopark.com</a></div><div class="">Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/transfertape" class="">https://www.facebook.com/transfertape</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br class=""><div style=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 7, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Ed Sharpe via QuadList <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" class="">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:COURYHOUSE@aol.com" class="">COURYHOUSE@aol.com</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">those archives contain recordings of virtually all of MTV's decades-worth of b</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">August 7, 2016 at 9:40:13 AM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" class="">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class="">
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<div class=""><p class=""><strong class=""><font size="4" class="">from another place I find this
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#Ed</font></strong><br class=""><br class=""> - - Archive storage isn't the sexiest business.
That is, unless those archives contain recordings of virtually all of MTV's
decades-worth of broadcasts.</p><p class="">The network, which is owned by Viacom, has begun digitizing old VHS tapes
that contain everything from interviews and live performances over the course of
MTV's 35 years, according to Bloomberg. And it's all taking place in a Hollywood
facility owned by Boston-based record storage firm Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE:
IRM).</p><p class=""><a title="http://bit.ly/2aDUWfY" href="http://bit.ly/2aDUWfY" class="">http://bit.ly/2aDUWfY</a><br class=""></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">MTV’s past lives on in one place: the Vault, a library of more than 2 million
files dating back to the network’s inception in 1981. The Vault houses full
episodes of <em class="">Yo! MTV Raps</em> and <em class="">Total Request Live</em>, as well as
footage from the red carpets of major awards shows, behind-the-scenes at music
festivals and interviews with major political and cultural figures.<br class=""></p><p class=""><a title="http://bloom.bg/2aM4LHB" href="http://bloom.bg/2aM4LHB" class="">http://bloom.bg/2aM4LHB</a><br class=""><br class=""></p></div></font></div><br class=""><br class="">______________________________________________<br class="">Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br class=""><br class="">Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com" class="">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br class="">Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br class=""><a href="http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" class="">http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><br><br>______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br><br>Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>