Reboot 1994 master tapes found but need a d1 tape player to playback

[batman2000]

Reboot 1994 master tapes found but need a d1 tape player to playback

https://globalnews.ca/news/10194517/...al-master/amp/

[batman2000]

This is the specific d1 tape deck they’re looking for. BTS DCR-500

[LexInHD]

They are more likely to find a working Sony D-1 unit, as they were more prominent. I've heard that Sony's Pro Media/Broadcast division supposedly maintains hardware that old for the purposes of migrating lost content, so they might be able to help.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

They are more likely to find a working Sony D-1 unit, as they were more prominent. I've heard that Sony's Pro Media/Broadcast division supposedly maintains hardware that old for the purposes of migrating lost content, so they might be able to help.

They said they tried Sony players and it doesn’t work with these specific tapes.

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by batman2000

They said they tried Sony players and it doesn’t work with these specific tapes.

D-1 had low-end and high-end hardware and only the high-end players - newer - could handle the higher-resolution content that would have been coming out of Mainframe. Maybe that's what is happening here. Matt Patoray at Iron Mountain (Archival Service that deals with archiving/digitizing Entertainment assets, such as D-1 tapes) apparently has the hardware that are looking for and if anyone can handle the work, it's them.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

D-1 had low-end and high-end hardware and only the high-end players - newer - could handle the higher-resolution content that would have been coming out of Mainframe. Maybe that's what is happening here. Matt Patoray at Iron Mountain (Archival Service that deals with archiving/digitizing Entertainment assets, such as D-1 tapes) apparently has the hardware that are looking for and if anyone can handle the work, it's them.

Could you message the reboot rewind team about this on twitter?

https://twitter.com/ReBootReWind

[Guyver78]

I wonder if Beast Wars Transformers and other Mainframe shows were also made using similar D1 tapes?

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by Guyver78

I wonder if Beast Wars Transformers and other Mainframe shows were also made using similar D1 tapes?

I think they were which is why finding this tape deck is so important to preserve these shows.

[Dragon78]

Well at least the found something for that series.

[batman2000]

They got the tape decks now they’re going to be on global news b.c. Sometime today

[rewak]

There's a short segment HERE with a longer segment set to air tonight. It's basically the same update that was posted on their Youtube a few weeks ago, they have the decks but they don't work so they're asking if anyone out there used to work with these type of machines for assistance.

YouTube

[hanshotfirst1138]

All I want to know is what the planned ending originally was! Is that too much to ask?!

[batman2000]

They look like they’re close to getting these tape decks to fully work, they’ve shown images from some of the tapes and it looks fantastic.

[rewak]

YouTube

They got the decks working and have been transferring the tapes over, Mainframe Entertainment has the first episode up on their YT from the new transfer!

[Jodi]

Looks and sounds great!!! I hope they can keep the commercial bumpers intact (purely for nostalgia). Also, hoping for lossless audio with surround!!

[batman2000]

6 eps have been transferred from the tapes so far.

[batman2000]

They need funding to finish remastering here’s the gofund me link https://www.gofundme.com/f/reboot-re...1HTJ9oo3U1Vreg

[rewak]

Originally Posted by batman2000

They need funding to finish remastering here’s the gofund me link https://www.gofundme.com/f/reboot-re...1HTJ9oo3U1Vreg

Hope they're able to help him out! A lot of people are getting hit hard and the fact he volunteers his time to do this even while struggling is real dedication

YouTube

They're really going all out restoring and archiving everything they can! So damn cool to see all this stuff

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by rewak

Hope they're able to help him out! A lot of people are getting hit hard and the fact he volunteers his time to do this even while struggling is real dedication

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGBOoElXIIc

They're really going all out restoring and archiving everything they can! So damn cool to see all this stuff

They’re even restoring the video game footage.

[batman2000]

They just restored season 1 it’s not available yet but it’s been restored.