Type C videotape

1 inch Type C (designated Type C by SMPTE) is a professional helical scan open-reel videotape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. It became the replacement in the professional video and television broadcast industries for the then-incumbent Quadruplex (2 inch Quad for short) open-reel format, due to the smaller size, comparative ease of operation (vs. 2 inch) and slightly higher video quality of 1 inch type C VTR.

1 inch Type C is capable of "trick-play" functions such as still, shuttle, and variable-speed playback, including slow motion. 2 inch Quad lacked these capabilities, due to the segmented manner in which it recorded video tracks onto the tape. Also, 1 inch Type C VTRs required much less maintenance (and used less power and space) than did 2 inch Quad.

Despite being a composite format like U-matic or VHS, 1 inch Type C has very high video quality, approaching the quality of component analog videotape formats like Betacam.

The quality and reliability of 1 inch Type C made it a mainstay in television and professional video for almost 20 years, before being supplanted by more compact formats like Betacam, DVCAM, D-1, D-2 and DVCPro.

Contents 1 Some Ampex models 2 Some Sony models 3 Some Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden Models 4 Some NEC Models 5 Some RCA Models 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Some Ampex models

• VPR-2 1976, studio model
• VPR-20 1977, Portable
• VPR-2A studio model
• VPR-2B studio model
• VPR-80 studio model
• VPR-6 studio model
• SMC-60 slow Motion system
• VPR-3 studio model, with air system like AVR-1
• XVR-80 wideband VTR
• VPR-5 portable made in jointly with Nagra

[edit] Some Sony models

• BVH-1000 1979 studio model
• BVH-1100 with Dynamic head Tracking- DT, with digital TBC Model BVT-2000
• BVH-500 portable
• BVH-2000 studio model
• BVH-2180 3 hour record play model
• BVH-2500P PAL VR
• BVH-2500 Delta Time VTR
• BVH-2800/2 VTR With PCM Audio
• BVH 3000 Studio model
• BVH-3100 Studio model

[edit] Some Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden Models

• HR-200 Studio model
• HR-230 2 and 3 hour Record/Play Studio model
• HR-100 portable model, 42 pounds

[edit] Some NEC Models

• TT-7000 Studio VTR ($38,000 new in 1987)

[edit] Some RCA Models

• TH-100 was a re-badged Sony BVH-1000.
• TH-200A was a re-badged Sony BVH-1100A.
• TH-50 was re-badged Sony portable.

• TR-800 was an RCA engineered and built VTR, likely why it has the "TR-" designation, as all the RCA Quad recorders did. While the TH-800 was developed by RCA, the scanner assembly and upper drum could be replaced with Sony BVH-1100A parts.

In 1983, RCA turned to Ampex for supply of Helical VTR's.

• TH-400 was a re-badged Ampex VPR-80
• TH-900 was a re-badged Ampex VPR-3
• TH-700 was a re-badged Ampex VPR-6

[edit] See also

• VTR
• 1 inch type A videotape
• 1 inch type B videotape

[edit] External links

• Information on a 1 inch Type C VTR, the Ampex VPR-1.
• - VPR-2
• 1 inch video archiving

v · d · eVideo storage formats Videotape Analog Quadruplex (1956) · VERA (1958) · Type A (1965) · CV-2000 (1965) · Akai (1967) · U-matic (1969) · EIAJ-1 (1969) · Cartrivision (1972) · Philips VCR (1972) · V-Cord (1974) · VX (1974) · Betamax (1975) · IVC (1975) · Type B (1976) · Type C (1976) · VHS (1976) · VK (1977) · SVR (1979) · Video 2000 (1980) · CVC (1980) · VHS-C (1982) · M (1982) · Betacam (1982) · Video8 (1985) · MII (1986) · S-VHS (1987) · S-VHS-C (1987) · Hi8 (1989) · W-VHS (1994) Digital D1 (1986) · D2 (1988) · D3 (1991) · DCT (1992) · Digital Betacam (1993) · D5 (1994) · DV (1995) · Digital-S (D9) (1995) · DVCPRO (1995) · Betacam SX (1996) · DVCAM (1996) · HDCAM (1997) · DVCPRO50 (1997) · D-VHS (1998) · Digital8 (1999) · DVCPRO HD (2000) · D6 HDTV VTR (2000) · MicroMV (2001) · HDV (2003) · HDCAM SR (2003) Videodisc Analog Phonovision (1927) · Ampex-HS (1967) · TeD (1975) · Laserdisc (1978) · CED (1981) · VHD (1983) · Laserfilm (1984) · CD Video (1987) Digital VCD (1993) · MovieCD (c. 1995) · DVD/DVD-Video (1995) · MiniDVD (c. 1995) · CVD (1998) · SVCD (1998) · EVD (2003) · XDCAM (2003) · HVD (High-Definition Versatile Disc) (2004) · FVD (2005) · UMD (2005) · VMD (2006) High Definition HD DVD (2006) · Blu-ray Disc (2006) · HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) (2007) · CBHD (2008) Solid state P2 (2004) · SxS(2007) Digital Tapeless Editcam (1995) · MOD (2005) · AVCHD (2006) · AVC-Intra (2006) · TOD (2007) · iFrame (2009) Video recorded to film Kinescope (1947) · Electronicam kinescope (1950s) · Electronic Video Recording (1967)

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