Just a point of information. Portable personal video recorders didn't
really exist until the mid eighties, and was very expensive. Betamax
was introduced in 1978 or '79. VHS occurred later when Panasonic
didn't want to pay Sony the license fees for the Betamax tape
transport (path). Even Pro Beta (Betacam) was rare outside of the more
forward thinking news stations and post production facilities. U-Matic
was the predominate format of that time, and not very transportable.
Cheesy cable systems and TV stations still use U-Matic. Of course, me
being a forward thinker, still have my Betamax (it stills weighs more
than a Neon). It needs new belts, I think.
That being said, either 8mm, Super 8 (mm), or 16 mm might be the only
archival stuff out there, of the early days. FWIW, I may have some VHS
tapes that Wilson Wright shot at the February, 1989 Pro in Tampa at
McDill AFB (No speeding on the base!!!).
Sorry about the video drivel.
Matt Murray
mailto:mattm@optonline.net
mailto:mdmurray@gwns.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Popp <raft321@fuse.net>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 2:15 PM
Subject: Solo II National Videos
>Hello team.netters! Does anybody on team.net, have video from past
solo
>II nationals as far back as the first solo II nationals? That would
be
>interesting to see video from back then. And I want to know if
anybody
>has BSP footage from the 1986 Solo II Nationals and last years BSP
>footage at Topeka. And if anybody knows whos sells copies of past
>national videos, that would be good also. Thanks in advance, I'm out!
>
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