Vtrs' 'double helix': competing tape formats

No modern television facility, operating in a competitive world, can ignore the obvious advantages offered by the new breed of one-inch helical video-tape recorders that are currently available for high-quality studio program production, portable field use, and post-production editing. These new helicals also offer considerable benefits as replacement machines for the TV broadcast centers whose two-inch quadruplex VTRs have been fully amortized.