Video Tape Recording (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bernstein, Julian Lawrence

 
9781527720053: Video Tape Recording (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore how early video recording works, from thermoplastic film to editing and playback This clear guide explains the physics behind a thermoplastic recorder, how signals deform a film, and how the pattern can be preserved, edited, and replayed. It covers both optical and electronic playback, plus practical notes on erasing and reusing tape.

The material describes a compact, vacuum-sealed system where an electron gun creates the pattern on a flexible film. After recording, the depressions freeze on the film’s surface and can be wound onto a take-up reel. Playback can be optical or electrical, with an optical system converting the hills and dales into light variations for viewing or camera-tube conversion to a TV signal. The text also notes that editing is made easier by the optical playback arrangement, and that the film can be erased by heating and re-recorded if needed.




  • How signal amplitude shapes depressions on thermoplastic film

  • Ways to playback and convert the recording to video signals

  • Methods to erase small areas or reuse the entire tape



Ideal for readers of practical, historical overviews of video technology, this edition provides a grounded look at early recording systems and their future prospects.

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9780266750284: Video Tape Recording (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10 :  0266750281 ISBN 13 :  9780266750284
Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018
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