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1 inch ampex
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Ampex A format home video
Ampex A format home video

Ampext Atype Studio VTR
Ampex A format studio VTR

 Format name A-format  
Company Ampex and many others
  
Dates in use 1965- early 1980s  
Risk Great risk of signal los and hardware obsolescence  
Tape width 1 inch 25.4 mm  
Reel diameter Max 29.7 cm  
Analogue/digital Analogue  
Usage Industrial / Educational / Consumer  
Playback equipment Located by some broadcast company’s and studio’s  
Remarks Drum with 1 video head
Some 1 inch. VTR's with one video head, scan only 355 degrees of the video drum. You will see on the bottom of the image a gray field because missing lines, due to less line-scanning capabilities.
 
Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_inch_type_A_videotape  
   
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