[78-L] Kinescopes (WAS Average Age)

[Royal Pemberton]

The 1/4" Akai was known in the US as the Roberts 1000.  It could also be
used as a conventional quarter track stereo tape deck.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> From: Alan Bunting <alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com>
> > Maybe it was an Akai:
> > http://www.dcvideo.com/obsolete-video-formats/quarter-inch-akai.html
> > Alan Bunting
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> That sounds like it.  It probably was.  It's been many years since I
> looked at it.  Ours is a portable unit that uses 5-inch reels.  The one
> shown is a tabletop with 7-inch reels.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > There was also a machine that used open reel quarter inch tape
> > in the late 70s. I only saw one in home use..anyone know what
> > it was? Seems to me it would record for less than a half hour. dl
> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> It might have been Sanyo.  Whatever the brand, I have one in the
> warehouse.  The news program was using one when I arrived here in 1978
> and I got it with the camera and case when they upgraded to something
> real.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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