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re ZX-99

based on recent viewing [mill creek dvd], i believe that ZX-99 was the designation of cap'n z-ro's rocket ship, not his time travel machine. david lund, dLLund@usfamiLy.net, 20120222 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.131.33.13 (talk) 00:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Early videotape

CAPTAIN Z-RO could not have been "shot on video tape" in 1951 - 55 since this format did not exist at that date. All live TV programming in this era was saved by kinescope recording, namely by making a 16 mm sound movie of a tiny, very bright flat-faced TV picture tube.Cokerwr 14:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The captain-z-ro.com site claims the show was made by W. A. Palmer Films, once it went to half-hour format sometime around 1954. William Palmer and Jack Mullin designed the VTR prototype for Bing Crosby, in 1950, mentioned at the kinescope article, and described in more detail here at Palmer's online obit:

"Without the incredible headstart that the two engineers gave to Ampex and the rest of the industry... Mullin would not have gone to work for Bing Crosby and built for Crosby Enterprises the world's first working videotape recorder prototype (1950), and Ampex (which might not even have existed by that time) would not have built their successful videotape recorder (VTR) in 1956, the VR-1000."

William Palmer was from San Francisco. It's possible he tested his models at the local TV station (where better?) --though this is speculation. I'd like to see citations, as it's relevant to the history of video recording, let alone this curious old space opera. --Yamara 03:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Palmer's online obit at archive.org -Yamara ✉ 07:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Palmer's obit moved to Steven Lewis' Bing Crosby memorial info site, and same on archive.org Yamara ✉ 17:59, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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