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3/4 was not only cheaper than 16mm, it was faster/instant, too. No more running back to the darkroom to process, then edit the film. Push rewind, push play. Plus they had portable recorders that you could carry around (because they included handles). Initial record times were 20/30 minutes. Real editing took a little longer, and was not inherently non-linear like film is, but it was still fast, and therefore a huge competitive advantage for the early-adopter news operation.
And yeah, 950 is a good one. BVU-800s use an external TBC.
Chip
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