General Information

Serial #

2432626

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.12 SYNTHETIC CASSETTE CASING..2,.4,.10 &.12 SYNTHETIC OUTER OR STORAGE CASE..6 &.8 PAPER STORAGE CASE.

Dimensions

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

Length

18.8 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

3M

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THESE CASSETTES USED C. 1985-1990. THESE TYPES OF CASSETTES USED C.1975+

Canada

EXAMPLE OF BETA FORMAT VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES PURCHASED & USED IN CANADA.

Function

TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK VISUAL IMAGES & SOUND.

Technical

EXAMPLES OF BETA FORMAT VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES: PRERECORDED (2), RECORDABLE (3), AND VIDEO HEAD CLEANING (1). BETA FORMAT WAS FIRST TO DEVELOP VARIOUS FEATURES; FIRST HI-FI VIDEO RECORDER; AND FIRST CAMCORDER. BETA RECORDINGS FEATURE SUPERIOR SOUND AND IMAGE QUALITY TO VHS; AND THE SYSTEM WORKS MORE EFFICIENTLY (REF.2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "DO NOT TOUCH THE INSIDE [up arrow symbol] THIS SIDE FACES FORWARD" & Beta logo appear in raised print on front edge. "L-750 A", "2432626" & "L 750" printed in white on cassette. "S.M.P.A./ Inc.", "20-4" & "20-3" in raised print on recessed panel of cassette..2 Label on case front reads "3M/ L 250/ Professional Videocassette/ Scotch [TM symbol]/ Color Plus/ [Beta logo] MADE IN USA". Label on case spine reads "3M/ L 250/ Professional/ Videocassette/ Scotch [TM logo]/ ColorPlus/ [Beta logo]". "LIFT/ 3M/ SLIDE [down logo]" in raised print on case latch. "U.S. PATENT NUMBERS/ 4,153,178/ 4,177,896/ 4,211,337" in raised print inside lid.*

Missing

NONE.

Finish

.1-.2,.4,.9 &.11 ARE BLACK MOLDED SYNTHETIC: EACH HAS COMBINATION OF SMOOTH & TEXTURED FINISHES..3 &.6 CASSETTE CASINGS ARE GREY: EACH HAS COMBINATION OF SMOOTH & TEXTURED FINISHES..6 BOX IS WHITE; RED, WHITE & GREY TEXT & GRAPHICS.7 CASSETTE IS BLACK, WITH BLUE FRONT PANEL..8 BOX IS PREDOMINANTLY BLUE..10 OPAQUE CASE..12 WHITE CASE. ALL CASSETTES HAVE WHITE TAPE WHEELS.

Decoration

N/A