21-09-2018, 08:19 PM
I missed the bit about the CV2000. From what I remember the output of the CV2000 is a bit non-standard, though I don't remember the details. I have a funny feeling the vertical sync pulses don't comply with the System A standard. It may have only recorded one field out of each interlaced pair.
For those who don't know the machine, the CV2000 was a Sony half inch open reel machine. The UK version was a 405 only machine though you could sort of push it to record 625. Tape ran at 7.5" per second. Its close relative, the CV2100ACE, was a 625 machine running at about 11"/sec and widely used in schools. Utterly solid and reliable.
It used low density tapes, unlike the later EIAJ half inch machines which used a higher density tape. I don't know if the tapes suffered from sticky shed.
Optical conversion should be good enough to recover the relatively poor picture quality from CV2000 recordings.
For those who don't know the machine, the CV2000 was a Sony half inch open reel machine. The UK version was a 405 only machine though you could sort of push it to record 625. Tape ran at 7.5" per second. Its close relative, the CV2100ACE, was a 625 machine running at about 11"/sec and widely used in schools. Utterly solid and reliable.
It used low density tapes, unlike the later EIAJ half inch machines which used a higher density tape. I don't know if the tapes suffered from sticky shed.
Optical conversion should be good enough to recover the relatively poor picture quality from CV2000 recordings.
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