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Head
Film: The beginning of a film reel or roll.Audio and Video: Magnetic pickup device in a VTR used to record, erase or reproduce video and audio signals.
Film: The opposite to the Tail. Films can be stored ‘head out’ or ‘head in’.
Head Contouring
Video: Form of video distortion on quadruplex VTRs caused by the rounding of the corners of the corners of the four video heads.
Head Block
Audio: An assembly holding an erase, record and playback head in a certain physical alignment.
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