Posted by Toby on 02/14/06 10:14

"David McCall" <david.mccall@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> <tommyleroy@detroit.com> wrote in message
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>> Can a Syncable VTR be used as a standalone TBC. I want to send the
>> video signal from a consumer camera (no sync), to a Chromakeyer (needs
>> sync). now I also have a need for a 3/4 inch player for a different
>> project that can wait. My question is can I run my camera through a 3/4
>> inch Recorder/Player to the chromakeyer, to use the Recorder/Player's
>> sync in place of a TBC, to save having to buy multiple TBC's
>>
> Probably not, and you wouldn't want to even if you could.
> A 3/4" deck does horrible things to a video signal, even
> if it is just "passing through".

3/4" decks don't even have a TBC built in like beta decks, and even with
beta decks you can't run a signal through one deck and have it come out
synched at the output.

Toby

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