Oxford Sony 1/2" Helical Tape Conversions | Oxford UK
Broadcast 1/2" Helical Video Tape to High Quality 10-bit, AVI or Pro-Res Files
When Ampex developed the quadruplex magnetic tape video recording system in 1956, it had certain limitations, perhaps the most important of which was the lack of pause or still frame capability, because the picture signal was segmented, or broken down into discrete segments to be recorded on the tape individually (only 16 lines of the picture in each segment). Thus, when tape motion was stopped, only a single segment of the picture recording was present at the playback heads.
| THE FOLLOWING VIDEO TAPES OR REELS ARE CHARGED SEPARATELY DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OR RARITY OF THE TAPE AND DIGITISATION REQUIREMENTS 1/2" SONY REEL | 1" TYPE C REEL | PHILIPS VCR | PHILPS 2000 | JVC D-9 | HDCAM SR | XDCAM DISC | DVHS |
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| VIDEO FORMATS | VIDEO TAPE DESCRIPTION | OUTPUT FORMAT | COST PER UNIT |
| PHILIPS N1500 / N1700 VCR | VCR 45 | VCR 60 These large square tapes were the worlds first video cassette recorder. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 70.00 |
| JVC D-9/DIGITAL S | Introduced by JVC in 1995. The name changed to D-9 in 1999 by the SMPTE. Available from JVC and Fuji. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 45.00 |
| HDCAM SR | HD tape version of Digital Betacam introduced in 1997 that uses an 8-bit 3:1:1 1080i-compatible down-sampled resolution of 1440×1080. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 60.00 |
| XDCAM DISC | Digital recording optical disc format introduced by Sony in 2003, its tapeless camcorder system. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 125.00 |
| D VHS (NTSC/HD OR PAL SD) | A digital video developed by JVC, in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. Originally D stood for "Data", but renamed as "Digital VHS". | Pro-Res 422HQ | 45.00 |
| ½ INCH SONY/ EIAJ REEL TO REEL | Before Betamax and VHS, were 1/2" video reels. The affordability of Sony Portapak (1967) camera plus VTR system, made it an affordable option. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 100.00 |
| 1" TYPE C VIDEO TAPE SONY PAL OR NTSC | Helical Scan or SMPTE C introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. Replacement for 2-inch quadruplex videotape, replaced the A format. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 125.00 |
| PHILIPS VIDEO 2000 (V2000 OR VCC) | Developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies. | Pro-Res 422HQ | 90.00 |
