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Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109

Film had advantages for some of the effects but it was never "better" than the 3/4 U-Matic format on the air.

The only disadvantage to film was that it usually was shot at 24/25/30 fps, not 50/60 fps, thereby not delivering the live look of live broadcast. In other respects it was better: dynamic range, resolution, especially color resolution. Feel free to compare archival recordings made on film and video. Have you watched Senna? It was on Netflix the last time I was subscribed to it. You can find it on YT. Compare shots made on film and video.

Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109

I absolutely disagree with you on the U-Matic format being "cheap garbage" as it was far superior than the other smaller formats of the day be it color film or the EIAJ tape.

Don't compare to EIAJ, which was even worse. Compare to 2-inch that was before it, 1-inch that was concurrent to it, and to M/Betacam that came after it.

3/4-inch was barely better than Betamax/VHS. The original low-band had 320 LWPH in monochrome mode (I suppose it was able to use the whole band width for luminance), and 240 LWPH in color mode with the same pitiful 30 LWPH chrominance resolution - same as Betamax/VHS. It was a consumer format, adapted for pro usage. Broadcasters quickly adopted it after digital TBC had been developed, otherwise it was too shaky. Sadly, most Betamax/VHS VCRs did not come with a TBC. I guess 3/4-inch was OK for small blurry 1970s color TVs. It was used for throwaway daily news, which served as a filler between ads. For higher quality content some broadcasters used 1-inch EFP systems or film before M/Betacam came along.

Feel free to browse KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection, although they screwed up the digitizing, converting to 30p.

Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109

Personally I'd like for you to stop bashing what you perceive as inferior in your opinion, if you have a relevant fact or honest input to share with the people please do.

Personally I'd like to see my questions answered above, like whether JVC and Panasonic ever produced Hi-Band/SP machines and for how long Panasonic and JVC kept making 3/4-inch machines. I guess I need to dig into contemporary magazines as I always do.