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I remember when 16K of RAM was in the hundreds for my Apple IIe back in the 1980's so imagine what that would be for a home grade VHS or Betamax VCR to do say a field of video, I'm not counting the ADC & DAC or any of the interface circuits to make it happen. My dad replaced our Sony top load Betamax with a new Hitachi VT-98 VHS HiFi in early 1985 for something north of half a grand. The HiFi added a few hundred bucks to the $299 base price of the low end VT series. I can't imagine what it would cost to have a real TBC in those days.
I will say it was a good investment as the deck still works today with only a recap of the supply.
FYI the sticker price of a MicroTime 2020 TBC was in the tens of thousands in 1979 and a FOR-A FA300 was about the same in the late 80s. I was involved with a school production studio and wrote out the acquisition request so we could feed the city cable system, they choked on the price.
Last edited by ARC Tech-109; 03-30-2023 at 07:07 AM.
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