Portable Television Tape Recorder

A truly portable television tape recorder-reproducer using the slant-track recording technique now provides the broadcast industry with a long-awaited storage device for news and special events. Outdoor pickups using a vidicon camera and a microphone have provided low cost, instant playback news event coverages, with a total package weight under 100 pounds, consuming less than 500 watts of power. Excellent compatibility between machines permits shipment of the newly recorded tapes to a different playback location. The same machine can be used on either U.S. (525/60) or International Radio Consultive Committee (625/50) standards with only two simple field adjustments.