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Article #1471Re: Video Toaster and TBC question
From: Andrew Patrick
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1991 03:05
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1991 03:05
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In article <1991Jun4.172727.1889@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes:
>The TBC is a Time Base Corrector which makes sure you have very stable
>correct synch signals for the video. Tape decks have variations due to
>mechanical stuff. The TBC eliminates this.
If I am not mistaken, a tape deck requires the feature of an "external
sync in" in order to work with a TBC. Most of your home tape
recorders, and the cheap ones at the video stores, do not have this
feature. Some of the newest models of high-end decks have built-in
TBC's, but they are expensive.
--
Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA
andrew@calvin.doc.CA
"The interface IS the program."
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