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The diagram, below, details in basic form our film-to-video transfer system. The Marconi B3410 is a CCD Line Array Telecine. It scans the film progressively, line by line, as it moves down through the gate. This ultra-smooth, continuous motion past the arrays is maintained by a precision rubber capstan. Marconi's second generation digital servo system provides for a rock steady image free of the velocity errors common in many earlier flying spot telecines. The 11-bit digital sequential output is converted into a fully interlaced NTSC video signal by the still store and the frame is released in its pristine RGB form. The absence of the CRT tube also provides for improved edge to edge sharpness, increased corner resolution and eliminates picture shading due to tube aging and drifting.

The Corporate Communications XL-2000 color corrector affects all changes to the video signal in RGB form. There are almost 40 variables available allowing for very precise control over every aspect of the image during transfer to tape. Every one of them is digitally encoded for complete recall, later, by the computer. Floppy discs of each film transfer session are saved on file. Should changes be needed at some later date, the same reel can be reloaded, the file corrected and the film retransferred.

As the wide band composite signal leaves the color encoder it is passed through the BVX-30 digital noise reducer. This is an amazing device that will actually remove most of the harsh grain effects in your film. It will also remove cross color error and random noise patterns. It will do all this without adversely affecting the picture in any way. The end result is a smoother, more pleasing looking film transfer.


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