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		<title>A Used Tape Is Not A Recycled Tape</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A used tape is not a safe tape. Just one use of a new tape could be enough to  damage it, and you&#8217;ll only know once you record over it.
Our recycled tapes are  inspected by lasers for physical defects, scratches and creases, so with a  recycled tape, you&#8217;ll always know before you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plankton Decline Across Oceans As Waters Warm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amount of phytoplankton &#8211; tiny marine plants &#8211; in the top layers of the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, research suggests.
Writing in the journal Nature, scientists say the decline appears to be linked to rising water temperatures.
They made their finding by looking at records of the transparency of sea water, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Countries Accused of Carbon &#8216;Cheating&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According the BBC, &#8220;some rich countries are seeking new rules under the UN climate convention that campaigners say would allow them to gain credit for &#8220;business as usual&#8221;.&#8221;
It&#8217;s all to do with land usage, and could allow countries like Russia to avoid their obligations under the Kyoto protocol.
More here.
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		<title>Value Added Archiving</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=85</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 11:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recycling process doesn&#8217;t always have to be about re-using your old tapes, or rejuvenating them for re-use. It can also be about reinvigorating your archive tapes, giving them a spruce up, and just taking the time to check they are not in deterioration.
Evaluation Without Erasure
How do you check the quality of your archive tapes? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling Landfill &#8211; Fresh Kills, New York</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=82</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s largest man-made structure is not The Great Wall of China, or indeed, anything great at all. It is in fact Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island, New York. But thankfully, it is now being reclaimed, and will soon develop into a large natural wetland park area.
Opened as a temporary landfill in 1947, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pacific Plastic Vortex</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The video cassettes we all use are made up of various oxides and plastics, none of which are bio-degradable, and none of which are recyclable in the traditional sense &#8211; we can&#8217;t readily turn them into drinking bottles &#8211; but we CAN recycle them for your own re-use (read more about that here). So, let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lean, Green &amp; Mean</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=77</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recycling your tapes is easy, great for the environment and even better for your budget. We&#8217;ll collect your tapes, sort them, recycle them and return them to you. You won&#8217;t need to worry about a thing.
And you can rest easy in the knowledge that by recycling your tapes for your own re-use, you are kicking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our New Live Customer Chat Is Ready</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=75</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CVA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just launched our new live customer service chat room. We hope to be able to answer any questions you may have.

So why not come and have a chat?
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		<title>New Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=73</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bad news is that we have to increase our prices by 3-4% with effect from 1st February 2010. The good news is that the savings from using evaluated tape still remain significant when compared to using new tape.
The second bit of good news is that we will be offering higher payments to suppliers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Call Yours?</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=70</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard a plethora of different names for tape formats over the years, and we wondered what you called yours?
Are they the very formal Digital Betacam, or the more friendly DigiBeta? Or maybe you err somewhere in the middle, and adopt the moniker Digi Betacam. We find that most people are on first name terms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add Another Dimension</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=68</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to give your old 2d footage a new lease of life, why not think about adding a third dimension? Well, thanks to In Three&#8217;s Dimensionalization software, you can.
Their process takes a flat image and turns it into a 3d stereoscopic one, without the need to go away and reshoot. Thus, you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Opening Hours</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=66</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re looking forward to Christmas, and we hope you are too.
So, our last collection and delivery in Central London is on Wednesday 23rd, a day earlier than would be normal. We close the office at 1pm on Christmas Eve, and open again in the New Year on the 4th January.
It&#8217;s unlikely we&#8217;ll see any emails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helical Scan</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the introduction of the helical scan, or &#8217;striping&#8217; method, it became possible to record better quality images onto magnetic tape. Thus, the tape could be run at the same speed as it would in a fixed head system, but the bandwidth signals increased dramatically.
And how was this made possible?
By simply tilting the recorder head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony, Fuji, Maxell, Ampex: The Four Corners Of Video Tape Development</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony
Sony, or to give it it&#8217;s full anglocized name, Soni Kabushiki-gaisha, recorded sales of $67 billion in 2004-2005. It is the leading manufacturer of video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional market. With music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment and online businesses, Sony is perhaps the most comprehensive entertainment company in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History Of Video Tape</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=58</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, the first practical professional videotape machines were introduced as early as 1956. They were the open reel Ampex Quadruplex, a two inch tape recorder that worked with four transverse recording heads. This meant the heads scanned the tape across its width. A rival system, called VERA, pioneered by the BBC used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunk In Your Tank</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=55</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a long held contention that you shouldn&#8217;t mix your tape brands, because their chemical make-up can intermingle in an adverse way, causinggunk to build up on your heads. This seems particularly true in the case of DVCam.
While the manufacturers tweaked their formulas way back in 1997 to resolve this issue, there&#8217;s plenty of anecdotal evidence to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betamax Won The War</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=53</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betamax beat VHS. Maybe not in the home, but in the professional video suite, the Beta format wiped the floor, and it&#8217;s successors still dominate the market.
While VHS cleared the way in the consumer market, the broadcast versions of both formats went head to head. Remember MII? Maybe not, but there&#8217;s no doubt you&#8217;ve heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony High Definition Viewfinder</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[High-definition acquisition requires extremely precise focusing, allowing the operator to accurately see contrast and colour levels when framing a shot. With the new Sony viewfinder (HDVF-C30WR) you can be sure that what you&#8217;re seeing is what you&#8217;re recording.
It gives high level colour accuracy and will fit the entire range of Sony HDCam cameras. It has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony SRW-9000 HDCAM SR</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=48</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, Sony unveiled the first of its camcorders to be based on the HDCam SR format. It&#8217;s designed for television commerical and motion picture production, and it combines the format&#8217;s image quality with the versatility of a one piece camcorder.
The SRW-9000 is a full resolution HD recorder, with 2/3 inch CCDs. Rob Willox, director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HDV vs HD</title>
		<link>http://www.cva.co.uk/blog/?p=46</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often get asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s the difference between HD and HDV?&#8221;
The short answer is that HDV is not true HD, because it&#8217;s colour sampling isn&#8217;t at a high enough spec, and the image size is too small. On top of that, it aggressively compresses the image, causing artifacts. HDV is a good quality image, especially [...]]]></description>
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