Episode 1330 • • 49:48 - 52:33
1330: Cattle-lyst Converter
The Two-Inch vs. Four-Inch Videotape Dispute
A heated technical debate erupts between the hosts regarding the history of broadcast videotape. One host claims to have edited "four-inch" tape with razor blades in the Netherlands, while the other insists that the standard large-format tape was two-inch Quadruplex. They eventually clarify the technical specifications of Ampex and BCN machines used in early television production.