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Zin VTR Works
Presenting Zin! VTR Works—50 years experience maintaining and improving broadcast & Professional VTRs
We are sad to learn that Magnetic Reference Laboratories, founded by former Ampex Engineer Jay McKnight will be closing at the end of 2023. The company made reference and alignment tapes for audio recorders.![]()
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We had the pleasure of meeting Jay’s two sons Jeff and Ken at September’s Ampex OldTimers Picnic, Barbecue and Zoom. They, along with a long time employee, have kept the business running after their father passed away not all that long ago.![]()
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They would like to hear from associates, colleagues, and others who remember their father.![]()
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MRL is continuing to take orders until December 29, 2023.![]()
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You can contact them through the MRL website, and also post your recollections on the Ampex OldTimers facebook page. ![]()
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www.mrltapes.com/
Zin VTR Works! Sony 3/4" Umatic and Betacam SP Belt and Pinch Roller Chart![]()
Save the picture for future reference!
A freshly Zinfurbished Sony VO-9850 ready to ship to a basketball Hall of Fame in Massachusetts! With exclusive Y/C S-Video and ZinFan ZinMods. Better picture quality from the Y/C S-Video circuit system, and cooler operation from the ZinFan, especially useful when units are in racks. There’s more!![]()
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Zinfurbishing incudes new capacitors in the signal and servo systems for better, reliable performance, new Sony upper head drum, new pinch roller, new belts, thorough cleaning, lubrication, alignment, bench testing, and Ken’s 50 years of experience Zinfurbishing broadcast and professional video recorders to factory specs, or better. Do you need one? Ask us for details!
As of September 8, we have a new phone number! ![]()
(530) 777-4 ZIN That's (530) 777-4946
We have Zinfurbished Tektronix Waveform Monitors and Vectorscopes available. Also Rasterizers to put Waveform and Vector displays on conventional video monitors. Ask ted at ZinVTRWorks.com for details. ![]()
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Here's a Tektronix-produced video about how to use them James Shea digitized the tape, and shareEyesofageneration.comn.com in 2022.![]()
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