Comments on: Ampex VRX-1000 - The First Commercial Videotape Recorder http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ClapekDodki http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-230564 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-230564 <a href="http://eros-amatoriali.iitalia.com/29-nudo_pubblico/" rel="nofollow">nudo pubblico</a> nudo pubblico

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]]> by: Raymond J. Combs http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4336 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:11:50 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4336 I was trained to work on these "stand alones" when Sears & Roebuck started selling them in the early '70's. I was "chosen" because I worked on the "reel-to-reel" machines in the Army. The humorous part was that when the customer bought one, the instructions on how to operate it were on a cassette! You had to play a tape to see how to set it up, and you had to set it up in order to see the tape on how to do it! BTW, the electronics unit (about 20x20x10 inches), was referred to as the "fish tank" because of the shape. You never repaired one, you replaced the whole thing and returned the "fish tank" back to the manufacturer. I was trained to work on these “stand alones” when Sears & Roebuck started selling them in the early ’70’s. I was “chosen” because I worked on the “reel-to-reel” machines in the Army. The humorous part was that when the customer bought one, the instructions on how to operate it were on a cassette! You had to play a tape to see how to set it up, and you had to set it up in order to see the tape on how to do it! BTW, the electronics unit (about 20×20x10 inches), was referred to as the “fish tank” because of the shape. You never repaired one, you replaced the whole thing and returned the “fish tank” back to the manufacturer.

]]> by: Robert Wendell Kenney http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4335 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:36:28 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4335 I am interested in the v-pod. How much does it cost? What are its features? I do know that the standard TV gives a sharper picture and costs less than the plasma or other comparable LCD or other display I am interested in the v-pod. How much does it cost? What are its features?
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]]> by: Ted Bruner http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4332 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:16:23 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4332 Actually the first Video Tape Recorder was not called VCR, because it was a VTR. Not until Beta-Max and another company (Curtis-Mathis) produced Cassettes - one like our "modern" cassettes and the other an "endless-loop" (much like the "carts" used in radio broadcasting and 4 & 8-track audio players of yesteryear) did the VTR (Reel-to-reel) become replaced with the VCR (Video-Cassette-Recorder). The reason was because, in order to produce a long enough swath for recording, the earlier versions required what came to be known as the "Omega-Loop" where a spinning head could cut a horizontal path on the tape which started the loop a "story" above and wind around the "Omega-loop" and exit just below where it entered. The reels were set on two stages for transport. Sony changed the configuration and tilted the spinning heads. Their design "Vertical Helical Scanning" became the new standard and all tape sold today for non-commercial use is known as VHS. As soon as tape cassettes could remain on one horizon, the VCR became a household term and common item. Actually the first Video Tape Recorder was not called VCR, because it was a VTR. Not until Beta-Max and another company (Curtis-Mathis) produced Cassettes - one like our “modern” cassettes and the other an “endless-loop” (much like the “carts” used in radio broadcasting and 4 & 8-track audio players of yesteryear) did the VTR (Reel-to-reel) become replaced with the VCR (Video-Cassette-Recorder). The reason was because, in order to produce a long enough swath for recording, the earlier versions required what came to be known as the “Omega-Loop” where a spinning head could cut a horizontal path on the tape which started the loop a “story” above and wind around the “Omega-loop” and exit just below where it entered. The reels were set on two stages for transport.
Sony changed the configuration and tilted the spinning heads. Their design “Vertical Helical Scanning” became the new standard and all tape sold today for non-commercial use is known as VHS. As soon as tape cassettes could remain on one horizon, the VCR became a household term and common item.

]]> by: Alan F. Miller http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4328 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:02:50 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2012#comment-4328 I believe in addition to the transport that is shown, there was also at least one 7 foot rack of electronics (all tubes no solid state) as well. I believe in addition to the transport that is shown, there was also at least one 7 foot rack of electronics (all tubes no solid state) as well.

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