When The Rubber Meets The Road... - Sony AV-3650

[@SteveGuiney1]

This absolutely cracked me up the whole way through!!! Tim’s sense of humor brought back a lot of fond memories of an era of history where our paths intersected on the radio airwaves… thoroughly enjoyed this, it was informatively entertaining and well produced.

[@pixelgames3776]

how are you so underrated? absolutely top notch content that im glad to discover. love your personality as well :) thanks for the content

[@the6r]

Wow, thank you! Welcome aboard! We're probably underrated since we're so young to the KZbin game. But if you can spread the word, we'd be happy to keep making content! We're hoping to have a "budget" soon! ❤️

[@spacemissing]

When I was in high school (1973 to 1977) we had one of this exact model, along with a portable that used 5" reels. Someone said that it could record in color with "color tape", but we never had that so we couldn't confirm it. I did manage to prove that the portable would pass a color signal from video in to video out, so maybe... The one camera on hand had a spot burned in the vidicon, and later it got another. As one of the A/V guys, I was able to play with the equipment a little. It was fun while it lasted.

[@TimothyColvard]

Greetings... you and I were high 'schooled' at the same time. The EIAJ format was capable of color by the mid-to-late 70s. Color video required an out-board module to process the chroma signal. Truth be told , the module wasn't that expensive (even in 1970 dollars), the expense was in color TVs to view the recovered video. A working black & white television was considered "good enough" to view whatever content was presented. Also, you may have given me an idea about video camera restoration. . . Vidicon cameras were highly prone to 'burn-in', but there is remedy to "erasing" the damage... [tease]. No worries... I'll give you credit for the inspiration when I touch on the issue. Be Well.

[@mrkrasker9609]

I was in middle school in philly back in the 60s. I got into the school video crew when I was 12 in 1965. We had 2 Ampex VR-6300 1 inch VTR's an 2 GE cameras. I got bit by the TV bug when I was 8 and my father took us to Atlantic City and I saw an RCA TK 31 on the Steal Pier show. I asked my father to put me on his shoulder so I could look in the camera viewfinder that was on a platform, at that moment i was hooked.

[@TimothyColvard]

Thanx for the good words... My Producer / my Son, James (JT) and I were recently gifted with a plethora of out-of-service / operational gear. Digi-Beta, DVCam, U-matic, S-VHS Aaaaand a SONY AV-3650. 'J' was excited to receive all this gear... but was taken completely off guard when I drooled and fawned over the VTR. It immediately move to the top of the list of our next episode..! ...wait till you see what I did with it. . . stay tuned, stay close, and Be Well. -t

[@the6r]

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[@Narcrate140]

amazing video! very surprised at how small ur channel is, will be subscribing for more!

[@TimothyColvard]

Thank you for the good words..! We launched only a few months ago. The AIWA TP-60 footage was shot October 2023 and dropped early this year. I spend a lot of time "getting in the weeds", that make editing a real job, but I treat each project with the same level of commitment. Nothing is too small or insignificant. I finally get to play with all the "toys" I've accumulated over the years.

[@the6r]

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[@tomcarlson3913]

The lines of resolution spec is separate and different from horizontal scan lines, but you've conflated the two at the end. Lines of resolution is usually defined as the number of alternating black and white vertical lines that can be in a picture and come through distinctly. A multi-burst test pattern contains groups of progressively smaller alternating black and white stripes and is used to measure video response. A standard NTSC DVD can record 360 lines resolution. NTSC VCRs were capable of between ~200 for low spec VHS decks to north of 400 for things like ED-Betamax,1" type C broadcast decks, etc. The line count was basically a practical measure of analog video bandwidth and it's effect on video quality.

[@the6r]

Greetings and thank you for the comeback... the resolution spec is provided by SONY in the Operation Manual - as "capable of 300 lines of resolution" refers to the number of 'lines' from the top of the raster to the bottom of the raster; including the vertical interval, typically not visible on 'overscan' monitors. The instantaneous picture consists of the number of lines preceded by a sync pulse. A FIELD of video in the NTSC domain consists of 262.5 lines from the scanning motion of one rotary head, immediately followed by the second head reproducing another (different) FIELD of video. Those two FIELDs (interlaced) combine to produce a frame of video, 30 times per second. The rotary head (and its' associated electronics) has bandwidth capable of 300 lines, before frequency roll-off causes deterioration of the picture quality. Since NTSC (black & white) video only contains 262.5 lines per field at any given time, the bandwidth limitations are unrealized. "Multi-burst" describes the increasingly narrow (left to right) vertical lines that challenge the electronics to perform at fixed, increased, frequencies. A video recorder's bandwidth limitations will be revealed by multi-burst as the rotary heads, pre-amplifiers, and output amplifiers attempt to reproduce those frequencies. In fact, video recording and playback specifications - in the industry - improved over time despite the fact that broadcast television specifications remained virtually unchanged for decades. Production houses could produce in higher resolution (quality) but when it came to duplication for broadcast television, it was necessary to "scale", "compress", and otherwise "dumb down" the quality. Been There, Done That. The line count was established long before anyone considered trying to make it better. At that time they were glad it worked at all. Our next episode involving the '3650' will speak to it's bandwidth capabilities (and limitations) and utilizing the available bandwidth to take the deck to the next level. Thanx again and Be Well.

[@RailNut2]

Great Video Tim.

[@the6r]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@glenz1975]

Throughly enjoyed this video and have subscribed. I've got one of these machines languishing in my garage hasn't been fired up in decades..One day I'll get brave and dig it out.

[@the6r]

Things to be mindful of... SONY grease..! SONY grease turns to "glue" after only a few years. All moving parts, rollers, capstan, idlers, mechanism(s), you name it, have SONY grease that MUST be removed. New grease (or in some cases light weight oil must be applied). When it comes to oiling spinning parts, I use teflon lube. Teflon wasn't available 'back then', or I'm sure SONY would've used it instead. The whole point is to breathe new life into every machine, deck, and appliance (amplifiers, processors, etc.) to keep them alive and kicking for as long as possible. Wait till you see what we've done to re-purpose this machine in our "Alter of Entertainment" Thank you for the kind words..! and Be Well.

[@glenz1975]

@SixxRs Thank you for the advice and wise words. My day job consists of restoring and servicing 1970's hifi audio and I live and breathe vintage technology so definitely very passionate about keeping this old equipment alive. I'll be sure to have plenty of isopropyl, cleaning towels and q-tips on when I tackle the Sony!

[@peterbarrettcomm3237]

My high school machine!!

[@ScottGrammer]

I didn't even KNOW it had a slo-mo mode!

[@TimothyColvard]

I knew it did. . . but once the faceplate was removed, I couldn't tell which knob did what. Removing the 'Slo-Mo' knob pulled the shaft up (into slo-mo mode), and when I moved to play mode. . . tape speed was incredibly sloooow. I thought I boogered something..! My heart was in my throat. My "relief" (clearly visible in the raw footage), was as genuine a moment as I can recall..... ask any of my ex-wives ;)

[@xprcloud]

Fantastic

[@the6r]

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