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Hi Larry!! I am interested to know more about the Ampex VR-2000B and the VR-1200B/C that you use. What is it about the Ampex VR-1200 series that you really recommend as a great machine to replay 2" quad tapes. How reliable is that machine and the VR-2000B? Does the VR-1200 series have a "A" scope built in? I am curious. Write me when you can. Thanks!!
Oh boy, am I glad to have found you! I run a sports archive for fencing and I'd been loaned a 1" and a 2" reel that had some fencing (shot in 1982) and some other material on it. No way for me to watch it or know whether it was worth any effort. I found you through a reference and sent off the tapes with crossed fingers. The transfers are amazing and the footage was more than I could have hoped for. Everything quick & painless, great communication from you and I could not be happier with the results. Thank you so much! If I find more, I know where to send them!
Hi Larry!! I have a question for you. What is the "best" 2" quad videotape that you transferred? Ampex, Fuji, Scotch/3M, Memorex? I am fascinated by the work you do, and if you need a technician/helper let me know. Thanks!!
Thanks Larry, you were a life saver, been wanting to have those films transferred to a cd for years. You were so very helpful, and nice. Thanks again you did a fantastic job, everything came out great I would recommend you to anyone.Big hugs from one Tennessean to another......take care....Madlyn & Jorge
I really have to give two thumbs up to Quad Tape Transfer. My late wife was a weather girl on the American Forces TV station in Vietnam and I had an old 2" reel of one of her weathercasts from Saigon in 1971 that I wanted preserved for our daughters and grandkids. Friends in the TV industry in Los Angeles told me it was hopeless because tape that old would just disintegrate in playback, that it would cost me an arm and a leg with no guarantee of a usable picture. Then I discovered Quad Tape Transfer and Larry came through for me. I now have a beautiful digital copy of the original video and the price was quite reasonable. Bravo!
I’m a retired TV engineer in Monteagle, TN, and I’ve wondered if it would be worth experimenting with substituting modern electronics into a vintage quad. Say changing out the preamps and channel amplifiers with lower noise versions - taking advantage of 40 years of advancement. Once down that rabbit hole, there’s always the possibility of replacing the Intersync, AMTEC, ColorTEC, etc. with modern substitutes. Or maybe even digitize the raw RF right off the preamps to demodulate and process. Makes you wonder what Ampex would use if they were still building the quad today. Obviously, I have too much time on my hands!
Hello, I enjoy you posts and have a few questions as to how you output to digital. Do thses vintage machines have analog component out via a TBC with DOC? Which capture card and codec do you use , and finally, do most of your customers say that they don't want the tape back? -thanks, Bob
Larry did a wonderful job digitizing a 42-year-old 2" quad videotape showing two of my 1974 WCSC-TV weather reports and a station ID and promo, as well as an SCETV interview I co-hosted (1975). He also gave me a flash drive with the same content so I could use the tape in various ways. I recommend him highly. Easy to work with, reasonable price. Thanks, Larry! :)
I just want to get our TR5 working someday!
Thanks to Larry Odham at Quad Tape Transfer our TV shows will come back to us. Can't wait to see the whole show but here is a sample.
Hi Guy's, recently came across your page here in ENGLAND. Some fascinating reading, especially on baking and cleaning.
I was operating An RCA TR-70C for many years before switching to a TR-600. Also used VR-1200's too. Gerry Wade, Technical Director of INTERVIDEO in London
I must say, if I'm ever in your area .. I'd certainly enjoy a visit. By the way, when specifically was the Quad tape era. Of course you know about my 2" tapes .. but from what years were the 2" the standard and when did the 1" become commonplace?
