Early video tape machine developed by the BBC starting in 1952. VERA - an acronym for Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus - used half inch magnetic tape on 20½ inch reels, with a tape speed of 200 inches a second. This allowed a maximum of fifteen minutes recording time.
http://www.vtoldboys.com/vera.htm
You guys have got to be kidding. Would you slam the Model T for not having power steering?
BocaRatso 1 week ago
@amberola1b
Surely one of the reasons why the VERA and other similar systems never made it out of the prototype stage, disregarding the release of 2" Quad.
Despite the benefits of superior picture and sound compared to kinescope, this just wasn't a practical or economical system compared to film.
Imagining how much leader tape would be needed is one way of reinforcing that.
Thank goodness for Ampex.
Watcher3223 9 months ago 2
can you imagine the amount of leader they had to use at the beginning of each reel to let the machine get up to speed before the actual tape with the picture started to go past the heads?
amberola1b 9 months ago
234 IPS !!!! insane amount of data coming off those reels when in use!
hubzcaps 11 months ago
its the first vcr lolz ..pure analog!!!!!
hubzcaps 11 months ago
this huge thing is the shiznit i like the lockup and speed used...sooo badassss
hubzcaps 11 months ago
Wow! I'd seen pictures of the VERA before and imagined that those spools would rotate just about as fast as they actually do in the video while playing or recording. Thanks!
jacgoudsmit 1 year ago
@absinthedude That's a shame. Typical BBC they probably cannibalized parts for other things.
ludvan64 1 year ago