On Dec 24, 2012 4:22 PM, "Monty Montgomery" <xiphmont@gmail.com> wrote:
> There was another more mundane reason than that.  44.1kHz allowed
> engineers to store an even number of samples in either an NTSC or a
> PAL scanline when using UMatic video recorders to record digital
> audio.  Sony had supposedly even planned a line of products based on
> the idea, though they never came to market.

In college we recorded recitals on such a system.  There was A/D box with meters on it ("If it clips you're fired!") and a Betamax VCR.  I think it was all Sony but I don't actually remember.