Formats for Digital Video Tape Recorders

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 1981, No. 22, pp. 63–71
Abstract: In the twenty-four years of professional videotape history, only three mechanical formats have been widely used: the quadruplex that dominated the first twenty years and the helical Band C formats that are now expanding rapidly.
Publication Date: 1981-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/M00650
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M00650
Author(s): D. DolbyAmpex Corporation Redwood City, California
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Dale Dolby joined Ampex Corp. almost 25 years ago to work on the development of the world's first successful video recorder. He is now a principal engineer in the Audio-Video Systems Division. Mr. Dolby was a recipient of the Alexander M. Poniatoff award for technical excellence in 1974 for his development of the Mark XX video head and other contributions to the mechanical design of Ampex products. He also was responsible for the Mark X video head and the mechanical design of the ACR-25, plus the cassette it uses.
M. LemoineAmpex Corporation Redwood City, California
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Maurice Lemoine is a principal engineer in the Audio-Video Systems Division of Ampex Corp., and recipient of the 1980 David Sarnoff Gold Medal for his contributions to digital equipment design. Since joining the company in 1965, he has been involved in the development of digital video technology, the first digital time base corrector, and the design of the VR-1200, VR-3000, HS-100, AVR-1, A VR-2, and A VR-3 video recorders.
M. FelixAmpex Corporation Redwood City, California
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MichaelO. Felix is the director of new product technology at Ampex Corp. Since joining the corporation in 1960, he has worked on magnetic recorders and is responsible for the theoretical understanding ofthe wideband FM systems used in videotape recorders. He has been chief engineer of three Ampex divisions involving audio, video and digital tape storage. Felix received his bachelor ofscience degree from City and Guilds College. England.
Copyright: © 1981 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. Lucas K. , “625-Line PCM Composite PAL Recording and Error Concealment.” Eleventh International Television Symposium. EXTERNAL
2. Hodgard M. S. . “High Performance Low Redundancy Serial Error Correcting Codes for Audio Digital Recorders.” Proceedings for International Conference on Video and Audio Data Recording, July 1979 , pp. 163 – 175 . EXTERNAL

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