[bigbob]

That's a very neat compilation, thanks. Back in that pre-digital era, most video originated from 2" quad VTRs, like this:

And those movies? They came from a telecine, which was a TV camera combined with a 16mm film projector, like this:

Whenever I hear the Mystery Movie Theme, I still see a technician loading film reels or going thru a stack of 2" VTR tape to make it through a commercial break.

[wally_bert]

I’ve played a few tapes off an AVR 6 or AVR 2 by Ampex. Scraped a few too.

Dubbing legacy tapes to more modern stuff at the time such as Digi-beta, DVC Pro or BetaSP depending on who ordered it.

By the early 00s, I was one of a few that could set one up left. I learned from a couple of aces before they retired.

A quad headwheel:

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-116650-quadruplex-video-tape-machine-headwheel

Something I rolled on working late one night.