Dennis James TPIR 1972

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[mmarlin]

You forgot the showcases, but I took care of it

No problem.

[CBach88]

This is great quality, especially for something recorded in the 1970's.

[NickintheATL]

This is great quality, especially for something recorded in the 1970's.

I'm sorry, but this is a moot point.  All recordings made in studios of the era, and for that matter anytime, are of good quality.  It's called a technical standard.  2" quadruplex tape, which was the network standard at this time (as this version was done at CBS Television City), was high quality analog tape.  Any comparison to other times is quite irrelevant and a waste of material.

[mmarlin]

I think what he meant was, that some of the VCR recordings of episodes from GSN are a joke in comparison to these studio masters

[actual_retail_tice]

I read that as he was surprised it was in such good condition after so many years, not that the '70s in particular would for some reason have poor quality video.

[NickintheATL]

This particular episode came straight from a master that was used to play the show to the local stations.  I don't know why anyone would think the quality might be bad.

Besides, home video recording machines were not commonly available in 1972, they weren't widely available until the mid-1970s.

[NickintheATL]

I think I need to restate what I attempted to relay before.  You don't have to agree with this, just look at it from a different point of view.

It can be quite a shock at first to see just how good the quality of early episodes can be. It's downright flooring.  I guess I'm just used to it because I always seek out the best quality material for my collection.

It's safe to assume that all the Goodson-Todman material has held up well over the years.  This particular episode was sourced from a dub made for a local station at the time of the show's syndication.  It was won on EBay in 2001 and a dub was made of it then.  Even then, the tape has held up very, very well.

I apologize for jumping to conclusions.  I am just used to the DVD set, various trade sources, and GSN reruns (when they had the rights, that is.)

I think what cbach88 meant to say was.... "This looks better than multi-generational copies that I've seen."