LabGuy's World: Extinct Telcan Video Equipment Directions: For a larger view of any image, click on the small image. To return, click your browser's back button. Telcan Corp. of Britain: (1964) State of the art Home Video Recording from 1964! Telcan VTR: It recorded using fixed heads like an audio recorder. This is called longitudinal recording. Only a few dozen were sold. (Correct me, if I'm wrong.) Telcan VTR: These babies used tape like it was going out of style! Theyripped along at 120 IPS. (Inches per second!) Telcan VTR: Video was split into two bands, 0-.5Mhz and .5-3Mhz. Low band was recorded FM and hi-band was direct. Complex to reassemble and equalize, no doubt. The kit came with those filter circuits pre assembled. Telcan VTR: A live demo for your entertainment! Do you think the name is meant to imply "canned television"? Telcan VTR: Every 8 to 12 minutes, the machine would reverse direction,switch heads (like an 8 track) until 1 hour of television had been captured or played back. [HOME]......[CATALOG INDEX] Last updated: January 09, 2005