Recorder-player, video

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/VHS
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1363.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Corp.
MODEL: SELECTAVISION VCT200
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 8166HM045
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.2 cm
Width: 39.0 cm
Height: 17.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY THE LATE 1970'S AND 1980'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO RECORD VIDEO AND SOUND INFORMATION EITHER OFF AIR OR FROM A CAMERA ONTO VHS CASSETTE TAPES AND TO PLAYBACK THE RECORDING.
Technical: REPRESENTS AN EARLY MODEL OF A VHS RECORDER-PLAYER. ON PAGE 26 OF REF. 1 IT READS: "IN EARLY 1977 RCA HAD ACHIEVED ASTONISHING SUCESSES IN MARKETING MATSUSHITA'S VHS FORMAT PLAYER". THIS WAS SO THAT RCA HAD AN ACTIVE HAND IN THE FIELD DURING THEIR PROLONGED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISK PLAYER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON BACK INCLUDES: 'RCA CORPORATION 600 N. SHERMAN DRIVE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46201/ VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER MODEL NO. VCT200/.../ MANUFACTURED APRIL 21, 1978/ RCA MODEL NO./ VCT200/ SERIAL NO./ 8166HM045/.../ ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS/ 120 VOLTS, 60 HZ, 45 WATTS/ MADE IN JAPAN/ 40389/ LISTED/ UL[LOGO]/ 828B/ [CSA CERTIFICATION LABEL]/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND PLUGS]'/ PRINTED ON TOP: 'RCA/ SelectaVision VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VHS/ [VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS ON KNOBS]'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE - NO CORDS EXCEPT POWER
Finish: SIDES FAUX WOOD WITH SILVER AND BLACK TRIM; TOP BLACK OPERATING PANEL WITH GLOSS PALE BROWN SUPPORT SECTION; BACKPANEL BLACK; LEVERS & KNOBS SHINY METAL OR BLACK; WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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RCA Corp., Recorder-player, video, 1978, Artifact no. 1995.1363, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1363.001/

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