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Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 03/22/07 15:01
On Mar 20, 2:13 pm, Larry in AZ <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com>
wrote:
> Waiving the right to remain silent, "Ubertrout" <Ubtertr...@gmail.com> said:
>
> > I did a bit more looking. Although the access issues are unresolved,
> > they have everything in U-Matic, and some also in VHS. They'd rather
> > give me VHS for the ones they have, but is there a quality difference
> > between the two that should lead to my pushing for the U-Matic
> > versions of all of them?
>
> The Umatic should be considerably better, particularly if it's U-Matic SP.
DEFINITELY 3/4" U-Matic!!! MUCH better than any VHS.
In my early TV days, we shot and edited on U-Matic. It was much better
than VHS, and while not up to BetaCam, a first generation U-Matic tape
can look pretty good.
A quick aside: I lost the 3/4" master tape of one episode of a series
I produced. I had to be satisifed with a VHS dub of it. One day when I
was cleaning out my back porch (enclosed, but succeptible to blowing
snow and rain, and much heat), I found a 3/4" dub of that master tape,
not in a case. It had been wet, and the label was faded from heat and
sun. I carefully re-climatized it, and tried it in a 3/4" machine.
(Despite what another poster said, I have 7 of them in my facility
that all still work well). Lo and behold, the tape looked stunningly
good. I made a DVCAM safety dub, but the 3/4" still plays fine. It was
a pretty robust format for its time.
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