Repair of Historic Videotape Recorders |
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Al Brewster can be found at ASG, Advanced System Group, in Emeryville, CA where Al Brewster has provided years of repair and support on a Sony professional equipment. Recommendations: David Van Hoy, CEO of Advanced Systems Group, Emeryville, CA & Tim Vitale in Oakland, CA - Paper & Photo Conservator |
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Richard has developed the LabGuys World website and can troubleshoot and repair many extinct video recorder and playback devices he can be contacted at Richard Diehl; he lives in the San Jose, CA area. He serves as a clearing house with a resource of contacts for acquiring historic equipment of all types. Recommendations: David Crosthwait, DC Video, Preservation Level Videotape Transfers and more in Burbank, CA & Tim Vitale Paper & Photo Conservator in Oakland, CA |
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Lou is the CEO of the Broadcaststore.com and Alteran Technologies. He is a long time Sony VTR Engineer who maintains a resource of engineers for all types and brands of VTR. He has a stock of parts for many brands, including 2" and 1" systems. Recommendations: Lance Watsky, A-V Archivist, Alteran Technologies Chatsworth, CA |
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The BCS Service Bureau is a group of engineers at the Boradcaststore.com that repairs and refurbishes all types of VTR machines. They have a stock of parts for many brands. Recommendations: Lou Claude, CEO of Alteran Technologies in Chatsworth, CA |
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Burt is the owner of Backporch Broadcast in Buford, GA at 887-278-1596. They repair all types of cameras and VTR. Recommendations: Emily Halevy, Business Manager, Crawford Media Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30329 & Jonathan Wise, Reference Archivist, Library, Archives and Documentation Services, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau (Québec) Canada |
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Tom is the owner of Hoffman Broadcast Electronics Engineering in Fairview TN at 615-405-9190 they work on 1", U-Matic and Beta & Beta SP. Recommendations: Kelli Hix, Curator of Moving Images, Country Music Foundation, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum,Nashville, TN 37203 & Tim Vitale Paper & Photo Conservator in Oakland, CA |
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Bo is Head of Service at Backporch Broadcast in Buford, GA at 887-278-1596. They repair and refurbishes all types of VTR equipment. Quoted from website... "Backporch Broadcast's engineers have factory training and experience in the repair and maintenance of nearly every type of video tape recorder (VTR). We repair Sony SRW tape decks, HDCAM tape machines, Digital Betacams, DVCPro VTRs, D5 decks, DVCAM tape machines, HDV Decks, XDCAM Decks, even Sony's GY series tape-based data machines - just about anything out there" AND "We have the capabilities to perform complete overhauls, replace complete, inner and upper drums, perform tape path adjustments and repair circuit boards. No matter that kind of trouble you're having with your VTR (and no matter who makes it), it's likely we can help you. " Recommendations: Emily Halevy, Business Manager, Crawford Media Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30329 & Jonathan Wise, Reference Archivist, Library, Archives and Documentation Services, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau (Québec) Canada |
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Terry is the Owner of Terry's Rubber Rollers they re-rubber capstan, pinch and drive rollers in Sparta, MI at 616-696-3625. Recommendations: Emily Halevy, Business Manager, Crawford Media Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30329 and Shai Drori in Israel. |
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Larry can work on all brands and other formats, but he specializes in 2" at Quad Tape Transfer of Gray, TN at 423-946-9660. He has a stock of parts for 2" equipment and can design and create custom cards for conversion to PAL or the reverse. Be sure to check out his images of 2" hubs and reels. Also examine the images of mold; he has experience working of this sort of damage. Recommendations: Shai Drori in
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Steve is Service Manager for Videomagnetics Inc. They works on all types of VTRs/Cameras, Colorado Springs, CO at 719-390-1313. Quoted from the website: "We specialize in the repair and alignment of Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, Betacam SX, DVCAM, and DVC PRO recorders, cameras, camcorders and dockables. Our technicians each have over 25 years of broadcast equipment repair experience and are factory certified to service your equipment" and "In addition to Sony products, our technicians are also experienced with Ikegami, Panasonic and JVC. Repair on other types of equipment are available." Recommendations: |
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Please forward the names of other video equipment repair resources to <tjvitale@ix.netcom.com> |
Don't forget to use eBay and Craig's List for acquiring historic equipment. Make sure the seller uses extra care in wrapping and padding for shipment. The option to return if you don't like its preformance would be nice. However, most surplus sellers don't offer return. Their lower prices reflect the risk you are taking, even if they say the light comes on when the unit is power-up. The best resellers will know how to access the head wear meter on the back, or, the on-screen report of how many hours are on the head(s). An image made from a monitor screen showing 'head use history' or a test pattern would be a real plus. |
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