In a few short days, the calendar flips to 2025, and that means a new year of film purchases and Betacam additions. However, let me discuss the recent year of additions. First, 16mm prints. The last film to be added to the collection was in July 2024 and was an episode of “Branded” (S02 E05, “The Bar Sinister”). This episode is on LPP stock dated 1984; it does not have an intro, but does have KingWorld’s 1984 logo after the credits, so this is my first KingWorld print. In terms of overall additions, there have only been 13 this year, the lowest number of films added since 2020 (12 additions). I did, however, get a few films scanned this year. I hope for many more great additions and hope to have more films scanned in the coming year.
Onto Betacam additions. What a year this has been. I added (as of now) 176 tapes in 2024, bringing my total to 521 tapes. I was able to purchase a Sony J-H3, a unit that plays HDCAM tapes, in September. I can now transfer all Betacam formats except HDCAM SR. As for the tapes themselves, I’ve added lots of great content and hope the coming year brings even more great additions to the collection. (Still hoping to find Betacam tapes of program sourced from satellite feeds, especially from PBS.)
With that, this’ll wrap up 2024 for me. Hope everyone’s has a safe, healthy, and fun New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
TVTA
Greetings!
In a few short days, the calendar flips to 2025, and that means a new year of film purchases and Betacam additions. However, let me discuss the recent year of additions. First, 16mm prints. The last film to be added to the collection was in July 2024 and was an episode of “Branded” (S02 E05, “The Bar Sinister”). This episode is on LPP stock dated 1984; it does not have an intro, but does have KingWorld’s 1984 logo after the credits, so this is my first KingWorld print. In terms of overall additions, there have only been 13 this year, the lowest number of films added since 2020 (12 additions). I did, however, get a few films scanned this year. I hope for many more great additions and hope to have more films scanned in the coming year.
Onto Betacam additions. What a year this has been. I added (as of now) 176 tapes in 2024, bringing my total to 521 tapes. I was able to purchase a Sony J-H3, a unit that plays HDCAM tapes, in September. I can now transfer all Betacam formats except HDCAM SR. As for the tapes themselves, I’ve added lots of great content and hope the coming year brings even more great additions to the collection. (Still hoping to find Betacam tapes of program sourced from satellite feeds, especially from PBS.)
With that, this’ll wrap up 2024 for me. Hope everyone’s has a safe, healthy, and fun New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Take care.
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