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These include the work on the Common Image Format in the ITU-R and the proposal within the SMPTE for a 24-frame progressive variant on existing HDTV standards to make a mastering format for production that can be universal and generic to all world DTV and legacy TV formats, just as its inspirational force, 24-frame motion picture film, is universal and generic. A key element needed to support such a universal mastering format has so far been missing. This is a video tape recorder, of sufficient internal bandwidth to perform the basic functions expected of a classic post-production VTR, but at high definition bit rates, and without recourse to compression. Not only that, but it is equally important that the machine be adaptable in frame rate, to cover both universal mastering and international distribution formats for DTV. This paper therefore describes a new video tape recorder shown at the recent NAB convention in Las Vegas that satisfies these requirements. Adherence to important SMPTE standards is also covered, together with a development path planned for the technology that covers issues such as RGB recording and film image data recording.", "abstract$meta": { "confidence": "high", "note": "Parsed from NLM article XML (_source/SMPTE/HIGHWIRE/Source Bak/smptem/10.5594_M001227.xml)", "source": "parsed", "updated": "2026-05-22T21:44:19.125Z", "version": "smpte-conference-paper-nlm@v1" }, "authors": [ { "affiliation": "Philips Digital Video Systems, Film Imaging Group United Kingdom", "bio": "Dave Bancroft is Business & Technology Development Manager for the Film Imaging Group of Philips Digital Video Systems. Although his group is based in Weiterstadt, Germany, Dave operates out of the United Kingdom and contributes to long term projects, such as DTV production, in the United States. Dave began his career in broadcast engineering at the BBC in London, where he received his fundamental training and became an operations & maintenance engineer on outside broadcasts. He became particularly interested in video tape recording and related mechanical wonders and this led to an international odyssey which kept him away from the UK for twenty years. During this time, he worked for RCA in Germany, then began a seventeen-year stint with Ampex Corporation in Greece, the Middle East, Africa, New York and California. He joined Philips Digital Video Systems, or as it was formerly known, BTS, in 1992, with the assignment of HDTV marketing in Darmstadt, Germany. He moved his desk back to the UK in 1995 and took up his present position with Philips in 1997. Dave is a long-time member of SMPTE, where he represents Philips in several technology committees in SMPTE's standardisation efforts, and is also an International Member of SMPTE's executive Standards Committee. He is also a member of the Royal Television Society and the BKSTS in the UK.", "name": "David J. 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