Ampex Data Systems Corporation has an extensive and noteworthy history of enduring innovation and influential products. For over 65 Years, Ampex has been the world leader in Magnetic Recording and Data / Information Storage. Here are some of our noteworthy achievements....
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Ampex introduces the DCRS digital cassette recorder, offering compact cassette storage with the equivalent of 16 digital or 8 DDR instrumentation reels on one cassette. |
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Partial-response maximum-likelihood (PRML) data decoding technology has its first use in Ampex's DCRsi™ recorders. This technology is now commonly used in high performance computer disk drives and other high density magnetic data storage devices. |
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The ADO® Digital Effects System also receives a Monitor Award for outstanding technical achievement from the International Teleproduction Society. The ADO® also wins an Emmy. |
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Ampex introduces ADO, which creates digital special effects, allowing rotation and perspective of video images, changing forever the way television material will be manipulated and created. Ampex wins an Emmy for its ESS™ Still Store. |
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The Ampex Video Art (AVA™) video graphics system is used by artist Leroy Nieman on air during Super Bowl XII. AVA, the first video paint system, allows the graphic artist, using an electronic pen, to illustrate in a new medium, video. This innovation paved the way for today's high quality electronic graphics, such as those used in video games. |
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Ampex wins two Emmy awards: one for Type C format development and one for the company's AST® Video Tracking system, the first automated scan tracking for variable speed effects, making slow motion possible directly from tape for the first time. |
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Ampex introduces Electronic Still Store (ESS), which allows producers to store digital video images for later editing and broadcast. |
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Ampex introduces the VPR-1, helical scan, Type C, 1-inch, videotape recorder. With it comes AST, the first automated scan tracking for variable speed effects, making slow motion possible directly from tape for the first time. The VPR-1’s successor, the VPR-2 (1978), becomes the industry standard for video recording. |
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Ampex introduces the ACR-25, the first automatic robotic library system for the recording and playback of television commercials. |
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Ampex starts it's own record label, Ampex Records. Its biggest hit was "We Gotta Get You A Woman" by Todd Rundgren (as "Runt"), reaching #20 on the charts in 1970. |
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Ampex introduces Videofile, still in use today at Scotland Yard for the electronic storage and retrieval of fingerprints. |
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American Airlines, in association with DOT Records/AMPEX, produce "Flying With A Musical Flair" (Popular Program #49). This reel to reel tape was played and sold to passengers of American Airlines. |
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The introduction of the Ampex VR-3000 revolutionizes video recording -- its briefcase size makes it the first truly portable VTR. It is used at the ‘68 Summer Olympics in Mexico City to follow the world’s cross-country runners for the first time in Broadcast history. |
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Ampex wins an Emmy for its VR-2000 color Video Tape Recorder. |
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Ampex introduces the VR-2000 high band videotape recorder, the first ever to be capable of color fidelity required for high quality color broadcasting. |
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