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IVC Headquarters: The original IVC building
at: 675 Almanor Avenue Sunnyvale, California. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC 1-11: Color, 1 inch tape, 5 heads, helical
scan, reel to reel broadcast VTR. Photo: William Meyer |
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IVC 1-11: 5 head scanner assembly. The control
track head is built into the scanner drum face to facilitate excellent
tape interchange between decks. Photo: William Meyer |
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IVC 1-11: A very nice close up view of the
IVC broadcast reel to reel broadcast VTR deck. Photo: William Meyer |
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IVC 1-11: shown here in it's editing configuration.
Photo: William Meyer |
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IVC 1-11: Circuit boards were large and opened
in a gull wing fashion to facilitate easy servicing in the field. Photo:
William Meyer |
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IVC-500: Spec's: Color, 1" tape, 1 head, full
helical scan, 8" reels, 6-1/2 IPS, 60 minute record / playback time, weighed
only 38 pounds. Photo & info: Electronics World Magazine - November,
1966. |
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IVC-700: Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical
scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC-711: New photo!
Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo: Michael
Niermann. |
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IVC-711: New photo!
Close up shot of the head drum. Photo: Michael Niermann. |
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IVC-800A: Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical
scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo: www.ebay.com |
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IVC-801: New photo!
Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo: Michael
Niermann. |
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IVC-801: New photo!
Internal view of this VTR. Photo: Michael Niermann. |
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IVC-860: Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical
scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo: Gary Duck. |
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IVC-871: Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head helical
scan, reel to reel VTR. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC-961P: Color, 1 inch tape, 1 head, alpha
wrap, helical scan, reel to reel, Video Tape Recorder. The P suffix implies
that this model "Processed" the color signal using the heterodyne method.
Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC-961P: Closer look at the take up reel and
tape tension roller arm. Heterodyne color correction is the method used
by Umatic, Beta, VHS and virtually all other low priced VTR's. High end
machines use the "direct color method. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC-961P: Close up of the video head drum -
note the full "ALPHA Wrap" and the head cross over point at the center
of the picture. Direct color playback requires a very stable head servo
and a more complex color processor. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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IVC Video Head: Close up details of the video
head itself. This head is about 3/4 of an inch long (1.9 CM). Observe how
tiny the actual ferrite "tip" and copper wire is. Photo: LabGuy. |
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IVC-961P: Waveform of the Vertical Blanking
Interval "glitch" common to all one head VTR's. Signal is lost at the moment
that the video head crosses the point where the entering and exiting tape
meet. Photo: John Sangster. |
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IVC-9000: Color, 2 inch tape, omega wrap, segmented
helical scan, reel to reel VTR. One of the earliest frame accurate editors!
Way ahead of it's time, capable of recording a 655 line, 48 field / 24
frame special video format used in film production. Photo: Wesley Orr |
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IVC-9000: Color, 2 inch tape, omega wrap, segmented
helical scan, reel to reel VTR. Full frontal view, with cover up. Photo:
William Meyer |
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VCR-100: Color, 1 inch tape, alpha wrap, helical
scan, video cartridge recorder. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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VCR-100: Color, 1 inch tape, alpha wrap, helical
scan, video cartridge recorder. Photo:
John Sangster. |
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VCR-100: 1 inch tape and a cartridge.
Photo:
John Sangster. |