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Topic: RCA TP-66 TV Studio 16mm Projectors

Fredrick Crawford
Film Handler

Posts: 16
From: USA
Registered: Feb 2013

posted March 31, 2013 06:55 PM

I have a chance to buy 2 working projectors for $200! Came from TV station. 6ft tall and heavy! Problem is, I know nothing about them and the sheer size! Seems like they would be the ultimate 16mm projector though.

Any thoughts are ideas will be helpful...

Thanks!

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John Hermes
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 139
From: La Mesa, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 2008

posted April 10, 2013 01:04 AM

I had four of them in the past, two old blue ones, and two of the later beige ones. They are excellent telecine machines but do not have a lot of light output for normal projection (plus the five-blade shuttter cuts down light even more). They will take 4000' reels and have optical/magnetic sound reproduction. They have a very complicated circuit so keep that in mind if anything goes wrong. Rock steady picture, great sound with virtual instant start up.

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Pete Richards
Master Film Handler

Posts: 302
From: Australia
Registered: Sep 2010

posted April 10, 2013 02:08 AM

These are really sought after to convert to digital telecine machines. I'm jealous, I've wanted one for ages! They don't come up often in Oz.

You can remove the existing video camera and replace it with a machine-vision camera and get really excellent transfers.

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