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Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 82, Issue: 3, March 1973)
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A Short History of Television Recording: Part II

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Publisher
SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type
Journal Article
Content Type
Original Research
Abbreviated Title
J SMPTE
Volume
82, No. 3, pp. 188–198
Abstract
This is a survey of television recording from 1955 to 1970. The history begins with the kinescope recording era, both in monochrome and color, and continues with the introduction of the first commercial magnetic videotape recorder by Ampex in April 1956. It describes the first helical-scan videotape recorder introduced by Toshiba in Japan in Sept. 1959, and it details progress made to improve videotape quality culminating in the adoption of new “high-band” recording standards in 1964. The field of stop-, slow- and reverse-motion magnetic disc recorders is surveyed. The history describes progress made in thermoplastic and electron-beam recording in a vacuum; high-speed magnetic contact printing is discussed. The resurgence of color kinescope recording as a means of producing electronic motion pictures is narrated. The cassette/cartridge revolution is covered from the introduction of the CBS EVR system to the Teldec method of video playback from a phonograph disc.
Publication Date
1973-03-01
DOI
10.5594/J07684
ISSN
Print: 0361-4573
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J07684
Author(s)
Albert Abramson
Copyright
© 1973 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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