various

2" Quad Video Tape Released

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

Technical Innovation

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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d/Art/06

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:51:34 +0000

various

2006

Group

Website

Program website

Location

The Sydney Opera House

Sydney

NSW

Australia

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D>Art 01

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:01 +0000

various

14 June 2001 – 20 June 2001

Author

d/Lux/MediaArts

Group

Selected objects

Image

D>Art 02

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:54:00 +0000

various

2002

Group

Image

d>Art.04

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:31 +0000

various

2004

Group

D>Art.05

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:35:23 +0000

various

2005

Group

Website

Program website

Location

Sydney Opera House

Chauvel Cinema

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Desert Rain

darchive — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:17 +0000

various

2002

Group

Website

Program website

Location

Artspace

Sydney

NSW

Australia

Selected objects

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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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