Recorder, video

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE
DATE: 1972
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0365.001

MANUFACTURER: Sony Corp.
MODEL: VO-1600
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 10982
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING/ SYNTHETIC ASING FRONT, CONTROLS DIAL COVERS/ METAL TRIM, CONTROLS, CASING TOP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.5 cm
Width: 46.3 cm
Height: 20.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Television
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Sony
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Tokyo

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF RECORDER FIRST MARKETED IN 1972.
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO RECORD AUDIO & VIDEO SIGNALS ON MAGNETIC TAPE.
Technical: VO-1600 IS RECORDER COMPONENT OF FAMOUS SONY "U-MATIC" VIDEO TAPE RECORDING SYSTEM, CONSIDERED TO BE PRECURSOR OF HOME VCRS. ( PLAYER UNIT IS MODEL VP-1000, AND WAS SOLD SEPARATELY) POPULAR IN INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONAL & EDUCATIONAL MARKETS. PICTURE QUALITY ACCEPTABLE FOR BOTH BROADCASTING & EDITING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SILVER & BLACK MFR'S PLATE ON BACK READING 'SONY VIDEOCASSETTE ITE RECORDER' & 'THIS VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER IS NOT TO BE USED TO RECORD COPYRIGHTED WORKS', WITH MFR'S NAME, MODEL & SERIAL NOS. ETC./ GREEN & BLACK FRONT PLATE READS 'SONY' IN RAISED METALLIC LETTERING & 'VIDEO-CASSETTE RECORDER' IN BLACK LETTERING
Missing: N/A
Finish: BROWN WOOD GRAIN VENEER ON CASING/ BEIGE CRACKLE CASING FRONT/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL, PLAYER SECTIONS & KNOBS/ METALLIC TRIM & CONTROLS/ BEIGE MOTTLED CASINGTOP
Decoration: N/A

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Sony Corp., Recorder, video, after 1972, Artifact no. 1983.0365, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0365.001/

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