Bonus video: AV3400 sync signals
Added 2021-06-06 17:19:39 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/FhQEBkIIY-M
Here's a deleted scene from my video about the Sony open reel recorder.
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See some brochure pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MogXzhqbAd5GEtAC8 ,https://photos.app.goo.gl/DBgHDVXmNtURh69u6
Fred Winograd
2021-07-09 19:31:07 +0000 UTCHow about the Akai potable 1/4 inch VCRs? In early January 1973 I made history with my Akai VT110 quarter inch reel-to-reel video recorder (explained later). This Sony 1/2inch recorder was the forerunner of the Akai I had. Also, this YouTube video was terrific and very educational even for someone who was 25 when the product was released and into video as a hobby. Great job Cathode Ray Dude!! Anyway, in January 1973 I was on a flight from Madrid Spain to New York City returning from a whirlwind trip to Europe. We were flying on a TWA 747. About an hour and a half out of Madrid, the captain made an announcement that our flight was the target of a terrorist bomb threat. It seemed if the Basque Separatists ransom demands were not met, the bomb on the plane would explode when the flight went below 3,000 ft. This was regarded as a valid threat by the authorities and we went through many scenarios including flying to Denver Colorado, altitude about 7,000 feet. Obviously, the threat proved benign but not without some tension on board. As I said earlier, I was returning from a pleasure trip that included Landon, Paris, Rome and Madrid over a two week period. For that trip, I had my newly purchase Akai "portable" VCR with me that I used to document the trip on board as my carry on. The YouTube (link below) is edited footage taken on that flight including interviews with several of the passengers on the plane. Interestingly, when I got interviewed on WCBS and WNET TV, my father recorded those interviews on a TV VCR that was part of a console TV in the appliance store he worked in. Later that week, I transferred those interview to my Akai machine to preserve them. My machine was stolen in 1974 but I have had the original tape in my garage until 2006. I found a service provider in Maine who had a working Akai VT110 who transferred that tape to an MP4 file for me. I then edited the file into the YouTube video you can view here ( https://youtu.be/DYgAfYtplHw ). As a postscript, Akai also sold a color version of the machine about a year later but that was too expensive for me at the time.
Fred Winograd
2021-07-08 21:50:29 +0000 UTC
