Why are all the timestamps the SAME??
Timemachine
The image is being viewed on a monitor that's attached to a professional broadcast type VTR (Videotape Recorder). These VTR's use a reference called Timecode. When a VTR is idle, the display indicates "T*R" along with the timecode that the machine last indicated after it was stopped. Once the machine is put into Record mode, the display changes to "TCR" (for Timecode Record) and the display begins moving again.
The Timecode is in terms of Hours, Minutes, Seconds and Frames (30 frames per second). Usually, they are tied to a clock and record real time-of-day (in this case it looks like roughly 18 minutes, 8 seconds after midnight).
In this instance, since the machine was idle (not in record of playback mode), the timecode stamp has nothing to do with what is being viewed on the monitor.
Hope that helps. (I work in Television)
FReegards
- Pete