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What mini-series for TNT transferred to D-2?

Will those tapes still play?

One VPR-3 feature often overlooked is that if you were in Fast Forward and pressed Play the spooling would slow down straight to Play without stopping. You could also have the machine in Pause and poke your finger into either the supply or take up reel and 'jog' the tape with perfect picture output and no spilled tape.

They have a terrible mechanical sound. Otherwise very good!

It's hard to believe that all that can be done on a single chip.

Nice socks! 😮

2 inch, I remember great days using these, the 70's, now i"am old and sound just like these old machines.

4:40 for Bob's

We will never, ever, see their kind, again.

Used it at Home Shopping network, Clearwater Florida, USA. It would crash sometimes but it made my job easier.

Date this film was produced or released?

Those recordings are pretty good condition given they are from the 70s

Trattalo bene, gli dai troppe stecche…

"Never delivered any" is not correct. I had one, with the order placed at announcement. Through to 1995 (when we shuttered the facility) I had an Alex at the IBM ISEN Studio in Sydney Australia. We didn't push it very hard - mostly it was used for static lower thirds, but IIRC we did use the graduated fills, and animations on/off. There was an excruciatingly long period between ordering and installation, and in retrospect I'm sure much paddling below the surface event to deliver what we received. In fact, so much delay after ordering and that Ampex gave me a loner Chyron CG for us to use while we waited. The Alex definitely worked and, while it sometimes did odd things on extremely active graphics, it was stable enough to be used in live production and editing. No idea what happened to it when the facility was broken up. Based on the previous comments, many others were delivered globally. At least in the tens, and probably more. Then.. suddenly and without warning: no Ampex. Love the graphics at ua-cam.com/video/tz3ELaJKjcc/v-deo.html. That wasn't us!

I am searching for a working Ampex VPR-3 in Canada if anyone is looking to part with one please reply below. Thanks!

Literally years of wrangling 3x VR-2000 every day!

PRE READ......

12:41 Rapides Bank. Love the jingle (is it Tom Merrimam/TM Productions?)

I used to run VPR 6s. I can't believe how this goes from a full shuttle to play instantly. Amazing engineering

Thank you for posting. This Soviet Union analog, Frame 3PM. (Кадр 3ПМ) Production in 1975 years. ua-cam.com/video/lH91MGCPVa8/v-deo.html

We had 2 of these and 3 VR-1000s which had been upgraded to 1200 guts…it’s fun to see and hear them again, although I’m sure they’re responsible for the tinnitus that I suffer from.

Is there films recorded on apmpex too

Charles your video makes my day. Worked with 2" and 1" then cassette firstly Ampex, a bit of RCA then Sony. The scanner start up sound is the same as a timer that used to be used at McDonald's. It was great to have Maccas and be reminded of times with the VPR-3. Thank-you.

Awesome to see all this stuff and especially the clips from the Eugene area!😎

Nice, was this the Quantel Paintbox... or another system?

I need a “1 machine in Toronto Ontario Canada if anyone is selling a working 1.

Arrg. Trying to get ours running. No pressure on the dials.

I get it that UA-cam did not have 60p back in 2009, but why does it look stretched? Did you forget to specify non-square pixel aspect ratio?

Damn, Ampex, The world leader in Video Tape Players and Recorders and also, Audio Players and Recorders as well, they are the best worldwide machines ever built. For Real...

Looking for an Ampex engineer to fly to Athens, Greece and service two 1974 quads. Please advise/email/contact.

We used these at ABC a lot well into 2008. We also used D1's for the graphics department.

Charlie, please post part 3. We here have been waiting quite a few years for it, and we are starting to think you will not complete the restoration series after all. #nevergiveup

I have 5 Disney D-2 Sony tapes. I might make a video on it. Lol

Wow that image quality!

FYI Gallaudet University had one that I used extensively for the rebrand of the monthly magazine-style show they produced (Deaf Mosaic). Was buggy and slow but the flexibility with layers and animation was way beyond what was available at the time.

The picture will be spot on

Wow, there’s some memories.. We had three VR2000s, all upgraded with Merlin & Recortec mods. 8+ of the happiest years in my working life 🎉👍🇦🇺 You didn’t show the improved spooling speed !

1:03 Ah I see your 1200 has the RECORTEC counter. That was a nice optional upgrade to the mechanical counter found on most other VR 1200's.

This training program was shot on film and transferred and edited to videotape ...resolution, film dirt are hints. Possibly

Here, I’d forgotten about digitrail. Didn’t use it much, but it was convenient... sometimes for completely unexpected reasons.

I remember after our techs installed the Merlin reel motor upgrade, they blew the motor transistors,na few times over about a month, until they remounted their heat sinks for better cooling. They were great once the settled down !

We did lunch together . I said they were German My bad. Bad. They were Dutch. But they loved my honestly. We all go to lunch 5 days they were here. CA redwood City. They loved my honesty. They were 5 engineers. Van any of them say hello back since 87. I hope future again. 2020. I shared the times England ampex eng. Us times. I shared my time. Our USA foods. I bought then many seed packs to bring back home to EU. Peppers ects

I gave seeds to UK. Brothers back in back in 87 I think. I hope they remember me in class redwood City class

You bring memory back . thanks. I was Ampex 86. 89 of I remember correct. Sony was D-1. No lol no K factor

I did D2 I was redwood City before earth quake of I remember 89

Great video, keep up the good work

Has D-2 video format suffer issues like rainbow effects and dot-crawls because of a composite video signal?

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How many tv shows and movies of the 90s mastered on the D-2 video tape and how many are delivered to clients like networks such as CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, then-UPN and the WB and cable networks like Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV, the USA network and others?

D-3 did the same as D-2 but it was made by NHK. It became obsolete according to BBC in England.