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Originally Posted by Dude111
Hmmm I hadnt ever heard of Umatic...... I wonder how good the pic/sound was  (I love anything analogue like crazy) |
The only reason it was a "professional format" was because Sony added all the needed connectors, timecode, consoles, TBC, etc. But the visual quality itself was as bad as VHS or Beta or 8-mm. It had slightly better S/N and the second or third copy did not look as bad as the second or third VHS copy. Also, audio was much better than linear VHS or Beta audio.
This is 1977.
Help yourself:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore...a&sort=default Granted, these people have not digitized their archive in the best way possible.