21-05-2020, 08:28 PM
I remember that with 625 Videotape jitter someone discovered that if you didn't have a super expensive new shiny TBC (Time Base Corrector) but had access to a Sound In Syncs system that it "fixed" jittery tapes. Mid 1970s BBC CTA. People would ring and ask us to route it. Those were the days just before Betamax and VHS. Richer people (Ad agencies) and News had the Sony-Umatic and poorer people (colleges) had Philips N1500, N1700, EIAJ 1/2 reel to reel and the cartridge variants. I don't know who owned the mad Akai colour 1/4" reel to reel. Saw that once. Real VTRs used 2" tape and didn't generally move. News was often on film.
