Still looking for BTS Philips Quadra Telecines

September 11, 2009

We are so pleased with our new Quadra that we would like to find another. Our main machine is set up for 35mm, 16mm, and we now Super8 as well, thanks to our custom developed Super8 gate.

In addition, our engineer has built a custom Regular8 gate for our FDL-60C, and it is working great.   But, since the Quadra offers a number of advantages, we would like to find another one, so that we can run Regular8 from a Quadra. Any leads on an available machine would be welcome.

Because we have a DaVinci that intefaces with a Quadra, we can even consider one on the so-called “Stripper” machines. These were lower cost Quadra TK’s (telecines) that did not have the full range of features and controls. The assumtion was that when paired with a DaVinci, the DAV supplied the necessary features.  Of course, if you do not have the DaVinci to go with it, the TK becomes very difficult to use, and sometimes impossible. So it is important to know just what features and even specific card numbers for a machine, in order to know if it can be made to work.

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