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AVAV Systems<p>Working on an Archive project with a buddy</p><p>He has a box of Betacam SP Tapes that won’t show Video, but have Time Code.</p><p>A bit of time spent on them reveals they were Recorded in Betacam SX -<br>a different signal format, thou on the same size Cassette. </p><p>SP is an 80s Analogue <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Broadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broadcast</span></a> Format. SX is newer, Digital System from the late 90s</p><p>I’ve now Digitised them for him.</p><p>Thou <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Betacam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Betacam</span></a> SP is an Analogue Format the picture quality is stunning</p><p>Drop us a line with your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archiving</span></a> requirements</p>
Mike Torr<p>Another brilliant and informative video from one of my favourite channels. That Betacam machine was a joy to behold! The technology that went into such things wasn't far short of wizardry.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/betamax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betamax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/betacam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betacam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVVAQVdEOs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hGVVAQVdEO</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@TechConnectify" class="u-url mention">@<span>TechConnectify</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BetaCam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BetaCam</span></a>, like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MemoryStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MemoryStick</span></a> - only had a slow and painful death since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sony</span></a> reduses to budge to conventional wisdom even when the market has already decided otherwise.</p>
Jeff<p>Growing up I had a highly inflated opinion of betamax because I had seen a bunch of music videos that my dad and uncle had shot on betacam.</p><p>I didn't realize the difference at the time and, having never actually experienced betamax in person, went years thinking it was as good as the betacam footage I saw.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://social.rights.ninja/tags/betamax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betamax</span></a> <a href="https://social.rights.ninja/tags/betacam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betacam</span></a></p>
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