Obsolete NEC 1-inch open reel format

[jhalphen]

Hi to All,
Hi Mr Penguin !

@RJMiranda, found this entry with a picture of the NEC TT-1000 1" VTR.

Japanese :
https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail....7%B4%A2%29&p=8


Google english translation :
https://sts-kahaku-go-jp.translate.g...en&_x_tr_hl=en

For Japanese VTR/VCR afficionados, a 33 page pdf (7.2Mb) describing VTR history from the early days through to HDTV recorders.
in Japanese (Sorry!) but many B&W photos & tech data :

https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/diversity/d...em/pdf/002.pdf

Best Regards
jhalphen
Paris/France

[ppppenguin]

Hi Jerome!

Interesting articles. The NEC TT-3000 1" machine has a big drum, 120mm diameter. Not quite as big as A and C format but I think it's smaller than IVC700 etc.

The 33 page article has photos of the original Ampex VR1000 and what looks like an RCA TR70. There's also a curious looking quadruplex machine with two headwheels. If it was intended to be used as a profanity delay, it would have only been a second or so.

In the early days of videotape, there was a huge proliferation of formats. Mainly in the industrial market rather than broadcast where quadruplex reigned supreme for almost 20 years.