Technical Innovation

2" Quad Video Tape Released

ross — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:39:26 +0000

1956

2" Quadruplex Quad video tape format relaesed by the Ampex Corporation.

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625 line TV system

avi — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:35:11 +0000

Technical Innovation

1949

The Post Master General (PMG) decides on the 625 line TV system for Australian television. Television brodcast licenses were not issued until 1956.

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ABC First Television Broadcast

ross — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:43:19 +0000

Technical Innovation

5 November 1956

On 5 November 1956, the Australian Broadcasting Commission's television service ABN Channel 2 began transmission. Television was just months old in Australia with TCN-9, HSV-7 and GTV-9 having started in September.

ABC television's opening ceremony was produced from an outside broadcast van parked on Kellett Street in Kings Cross, Sydney and relayed from a stumpy mast across the Harbour Bridge at Gore Hill.

Betacam SP Tape Format Released

ross — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:03:48 +0000

Technical Innovation

1986

Betacam SP tape format is released by the Sony Corporation. This improvement of the Betacam format increased horizontal resolution considerably, and the new larger cassette tape was capable of recording 90 minutes of colour video. The SP stood for "Superior Performance", and it quickly became the industry standard for television and high-end production houses until the late 1990s.

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BetaMax Video Tape Format Released

ross — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:51:49 +0000

Technical Innovation

1975

The Sony Corporation releases the BetaMax tape format. The format was also known simply as Beta, and was developed as a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format released in Japan on May 10, 1975.

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Blu Ray disc format launched

avi — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:17:24 +0000

Technical Innovation

2006

Blu Ray players were backwards compatible with the DVD and CD formats.

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D-1 Video Tape Format Released

ross — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:16:51 +0000

Technical Innovation

1986

D-1 was digital recording video standard introduced through the efforts of the SMPTE engineering committees. It began as a Sony and Bosch product, and was the first major professional digital video format.

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D-2 Video Tape Format Released

ross — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:13:47 +0000

Technical Innovation

1988

The D-2 tape format was developed by Ampex and others working through a standards group of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). D-2 was a professional digital recording videocassette format introduced as a lower-cost alternative to the D-1 format.

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Digital Betacam Video Tape Format Released

ross — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:32:02 +0000

Technical Innovation

1993

Digital Betacam (commonly referred to as DigiBeta, D-Beta, DBC or simply Digi) was ldeveloped by Sony. It supersedes both Betacam and Betacam SP, while costing significantly less than the professional D-1 format.

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DV Video Format Released

avi — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:48:33 +0000

Technical Innovation

1995

DV was a compressed standard definition digital video format lauched in 1995. DV equipment was generally significantly cheaper than previous digital video formats. Domestic and professional camcorders recorded this format onto magnetic tape cassettes either as a PAL or NTSC signal. Audio was recorded as uncompressed linear PCM.

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DVD Format Released

avi — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:20:07 +0000

1995

Technical Innovation

The DVD (digital versatile disc) optical disc storage format was invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. They provided high storage capacity and digital video playback on a disc of the same dimeonsionas as a Compact Disc (CD).

DVD was seen as an inexpensive format to replace the VHS tape used by video rental libraries. The players were also compatible with the older CD audio only format.

EIAJ Type Video Tape Released

ross — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:46:56 +0000

Technical Innovation

1969

Sony and other cmpanies release the EIAJ Type 1 open reel video tape format. The format offered black-and-white (and later colour) video recording and playback on 1/2" magnetic tape on a 7"-diameter open reel, with portable units using smaller 5"-diameter reels.

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Fairlight CMI released

ross — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:34:28 +0000

Technical Innovation

1979

The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.

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Fairlight CMI released

ross — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:34:58 +0000

Technical Innovation

1979

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Fairlight CVI released

avi — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:49:11 +0000

Technical Innovation

1984

Fairlight (Sydney) releases the Computer Video Instrument (CVI). The CVI was used extensively by artists such as Jill Scott and Peter Callas, often in a pair (or more) cascading from one to the other. It had a small graphic tablet in the control panel but a larger one could be attached. The CVI's composite video output was produced in realtime without rendering, therefore it could be used for VJing applications.

Author

Fairlight

Website

Fairlight

Location

Sydney

NSW

Australia

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