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I was able to get away at the last minute and buy the GE branded SONY recorder and camera outfit. Thanks for the lead. It’s the pre-EIAJ skip field format that records only one of the two vertical fields. It has two heads, one of which records the RF signal to tape. During playback both heads are used. The second head is offset slightly so it plays the same field twice to create a full picture. Supposedly they did this to conserve tape but the later full field recorders used the same head width and tape speed so I’m unsure of the advantage in tape savings. At any rate the format produces a good picture with no flicker on the monitor.
This one is in the walnut case suitable for home use in the living room. I have the same machine in a portable case that is fully restored and functional. The best thing about this find is the camera kit. It’s the exact match to my portable right down to the design of the carrying case which completes the set as well as being useful for either machine.
After baking the reel of tape that came with the machine I viewed the tape on my working machine and discovered part of an old movie recorded off WKBD channel 50 in Detroit. A station ID appeared at the bottom of the screen pretty early into the tape but no indication as to the age of the recording. Whoever recorded it was very good at cutting out the commercial breaks as this machine doesn’t have formal editing capabilities like the Sony CV 2200. I’ve no idea what the name of the movie is. The tape stock is not great quality. After baking and cleaning it still exhibited too much drag to be useful other than to cause undue wear to the heads which appear to be fine on the machine. I haven’t powered it up yet as this series uses a motor start capacitor that will burn out the drive motor. It will be replaced as part of the restoration when I get the chance.
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04-03-2011, 07:07 PM
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