User talk:MDIVCUK

I want to thank you for (doing what wikipedia is good for) explains the association of several different companies, IVC, Abekas, Scitex, all under Carlton. You know, all those companies greatly affected my professional life, each at different stages. I owned stuff by all of them at one point in time and had no idea they were associated.

One of the pillars of wikipedia is sourcing. Others might request you add sourcing to your content. I didn't find much to help. There is vey little on the web and very little on wikipedia about historical video equipment, the means by which so much notable content was created. Maybe there are old magazines that discuss this stuff that can be found. Please be prepared to defend your statements. If you successfully defend a few, unless they get obnoxious, it could give credence to the rest of your contributions. Please ask me if you need help.

The editorial statement about the IVC British headquarters turning into a funeral home is both beautiful and inappropriate. I'm not going to touch it, but someone will probably remove it.

Your mention of the IVC time base corrector zoom capability made me ask about timing. If it beat Vital, its zoom capability might have been that initial precursor to digital video effects. I'd love to see that statement sorted out one way or the other.

Keep up the good work.Trackinfo (talk) 22:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind words. I was Managing Director of IVC in Europe for twelve years, but now long since retired after nearly 50 years in the video equipment business.


 * I stumbled across the IVC Wikipedia site this morning and found it totally lacking detail. I therefore spent a few happy hours filling in with my knowledge.


 * I appreciate my tongue in cheek comment about the funeral parlour, but hope that it stays on the site for a while. I have also toned down my comment.


 * As for help, I have never added anything to a Wikipedia site before, so yes, I need help. Most importantly, is this the right method of communication with you, or is there another method?


 * Best regards
 * I reformatted it to put your reply below. That is conventional.  Put the colon to indent.  As many paragraphs as you wrote, it took a lot of colons.  My double colons indent it further etc.  Oh, sign your comments by putting 4 ~'s at the end.


 * What we mean by source is to find a place any of this was written about in the press, newspapers, trade magazines, books. Tell us where.  I am notable for not following detailed source formatting, but I can show you how to do it right.


 * I'm not sure the world cares that much about historical television equipment, but I think all the immense progress that was made, all the individual steps along the way, is quite a story to be told. I'd like to see more on Abekas, Scitex and the competitors.  So much of that story is missing in action. Trackinfo (talk) 03:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you again. I will add what I can and follow your advice. However, I am away from home for the next few days, so it will not happen immediately. I will get to it eventually though.

Abekas and Scitex info may be tough to expand because both businesses came and went in a short time, but I will do what I can.

As for the interest of others in historical TV equipment, there is a following! There are museums in both the US and the UK dedicated to the subject. Some of IVCs equipment is in both. I will refer to that when I get back to te task. Perhaps the more important issues are how the world has moved on in the technical arena, and the problems of big business moving in with no respect for the talentd people involved. The former is of interest to many engineers, and the latter is a massive dilemma for today’s society. We are where we are though, and my little additions can do nothing other than add a tiny point of humour.

Many thanks again for you help and advice.

Best regards