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DC Video provides a wide range of high quality video tape transfers and media migration services. We Videotape recording was introduced in 1956.
Over the years, many recording schemes have come and gone. Most of the videotape recorder/players over 10 years old are scarce or non-existant. Fortunately DC Video has dedicated itself to preserving and maintaining the technology to recover and transfer these obsolete formats. Please don't hesitate to call or email us for further details. For examples of our media migration and reformatting work, please visit our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/dcvideoonline
06/25/2026
Today's Norelco PC-60 photo. Note the unusual camera body paint job!
06/15/2026
Seems like only yesterday.
Source: Panasonic D3.
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06/04/2026
It was a pleasure to meet Peter Hammer recently. He is the living and walking history of Ampex!
05/28/2026
Have tapes. Have cart. Have truck. Have the machines.
Getting it done in Los Angeles County!
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05/21/2026
This is the end of the beginning.
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We just completed a project consisting of the transfer of 15 reels of two-inch Quad high-band videotape, creating files for the client. He is thrilled and so are we.
Here are some samples from those reels. For those not familiar with what TV production was like in 1971, you will see how complex it can be with staging, live audiences and magic tricks. Good takes, bad takes and laughter on set. It is part of the process.
It was a pleasure to provide up close and personal services to this client.
For those interested in the process of media migration, the third-generation Ampex AVR-1 was used for the recovery. This machine has world-class tape handling characteristics and top-notch signal processing. It is able to handle with ease vintage magnetic media such as these 55 year old two-inch Quad recordings.
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04/14/2026
Happy Birthday to an Ampex invention! Exactly 70 years ago today on Saturday April 14, 1956, the 2" Quad machine was introduced. The Mark III in Redwood City (to the press) and the Mark IV in Chicago at the NARTB convention. Simultaneous demonstrations.
The rest is history!
Thank you Ampex from my family!
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04/01/2026
Here is a good interview with David Peck, demonstrating the dedication and passion required to run a great music archive.
https://youtu.be/HrsnnbChYwc?si=yAXywPVE25kr3Uk3
Enjoy!
Best Regards,�
�David Crosthwait
DC Video
Reelin' in The Years: Building the World's Greatest Music Archive | The Archive Room David Peck is the founder and president of Reelin' In The Years Productions, one of the world's leading music and entertainment archives. Since 1992 he has b...
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