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Charles P. Ginsburg
Charles P. Ginsburg
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In 1942 he worked as a sound technician for Harry McCune Sound Services, and from 1943 to 1947 as a studio and transmitter engineer at Associated Broadcasters, Inc., both in San Francisco. It was also during this time that he entered San Jose State College, where he earned a B.A.
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Instead of "muscling" the tape at high speed past fixed heads, the team used the idea that originally came from Marvin Camras at Armour Research Foundation in Chicagomounting heads on a rotating wheel that moved the heads rapidly past the slow-moving tape. Starting in 1952 the Ampex team overcame major design obstacles, including head design and wear, head-to-head tracking, and the use of frequency modulated (FM)
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Ampex received an Emmy in 1957 from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of the development of the first practical videotape recorder. During his time at Ampex, Ginsburg's career track took him from engineer, to senior project engineer, chief engineer, manager of advanced video development, vice-president of video engineering, vice-president of advanced development, and finally to vice-president of advanced technology planning, from which position he retired in 1986.
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This group was charged with determining the technical and economic feasibility of the transition to a completely digital operation throughout all of the facilities in a television broadcasting plant, up to the input to the transmitter. Ginsburg has a number of publications to his credit, including "A New Magnetic Video Recording System," in Journal of SMPTE, May 1956, and "Comprehensive Description of the Ampex Video Tape Recorder," in that same journal in April 1957.
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"I will miss Charlie Ginsburg. He was the best boss I ever had." Ginsburg is survived by his wife, Edna; his five daughters, lane Ginsburg of San Francisco, Marge Slyter of Sacramento, N~nov Ginsburg Los Altos, Peggy Ginsburg of San Jose, and Patty Lindbeck of Anchorage, Alaska; a sister, Marjorie Morris of Burlingame; and four grandchildren.
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