Audio Visual Lucida Production
Audio Video Restore Transfers and Archival Transfers
David Griffiths. www.avlp.biz
127 Shepherds Hill, Harold Wood, Romford Essex. RM3 0NR.
TELEPHONE 01708 343230 Mobile 07931 661315
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One inch Type C designated Type C professional reel-to-reel analogue recording video tape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. It became the replacement in the professional video and broadcast television in replacing the inch quadruplex videotape (2 inch Quad for short) open-reel format.
1 inch tape C per 15 minutes £20
Minimum £30 SINGLE TAPES
TAPES WHICH REQUIRE BAKING PLUS £20 HQ files add £5.00 to the above prices
Other tape formats prices on request
DVDS £5.00 on top of the transfer cost
OTHER FORMATS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Types C &B
The next format to gain widespread usage was the 1" (2.54 cm) Type C format, introduced in 1976 (although some sources say 1978). This format introduced features such as shuttling, various-speed playback (including slow-motion), and still framing, but the sound and picture reproduction attainable on the format were of slightly lower quality than Quad (although 1" Type C's quality was still quite high). However, compared to Quad, 1" Type C machines required much less maintenance, took up less space, and consumed much less electrical power.
In Europe a similar tape format was developed, called Type B. Type B machines (also known as BCN) use the same 1" tape as Type C but they lacked C's shuttle and slow-motion options. The picture quality is slightly better, though. Type B was the broadcast norm in continental Europe for most of the 1980s. Used for Pop videos
