Back in the time before television went digital and High Definition wide screen was the norm, the state of the art video was shot on Beta SP and when digital was available, it was shot on formats such as DVCPRO and DVCAM. All of these formats were still Standard Definition. What that means is that the picture they created was mostly a square picture and it was only one forth the size of a normal HD TV of today. When preserving these...
Read MoreBeta-VHS-8mm Video Transfers There came a time in history when the commercial Reel to Reel Video recorder was not an acceptable video format for home users who wanted a way to record their favorite TV shows and movies. Sony was the first to the table with a solution… They called it Alpha… Not long into the research of Alpha did they find that the design was unacceptable for their desired product outcome… They...
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