Recorder, video

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/3/4 INCH
DATE: 1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0276.001

MANUFACTURER: Sony Corp.
MODEL: BVU-800/U-MATIC
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 12811
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASSETTE PLAYER FRAME, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 57.5 cm
Width: 44.2 cm
Height: 26.3 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: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980S
Canada: PART OF COLLECTION OF EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP. IN TORONTO FOR TELEVISON PRODUCTION OR TRAINING OF STAFF. THIS ANALOGUE EQUIPMENT BECAME OBSOLETE WHEN CBC SHIFTED ITS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO DIGITAL FORMAT. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED WITH VIDEOTAPE RECORDER 2002.0276.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD AUDIO & VIDEO SIGNALS ON MAGNETIC TAPE. THIS TYPE WAS TELEVISON STUDIO RECORDER USED IN EDITING SUITE WITH EDITING CONTROLLER & VIDEO PLAYER. TO EDIT, EXCERPTS PLAYED ON VIDEO PLAYER WERE RE-RECORDED ONTO VIDEO RECORDER.
Technical: REPRESENTS 3/4 INCH U-MATIC CASSETTE FORMAT DEVELOPED BY SONY, MATSUSHITA & JVC IN 1969. IN 1976 SONY INCORPORATED PORTABLE U-MATIC RECORDER INTO BROADCAST VIDEO PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC NEWS GATHERING. ATTACHED TO SHOULDER-MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA, RECORDER WAS WIDELY USED UNTIL 1980S & USED IN STUDIOS UNTIL 1990S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: METAL "SONY" APPLIED TO CASING FRONT/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "U-matic [LOGO] Professional/ VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER BVU-800"/ LABEL ON BACK READING "SONY (R) MODEL NO. BVU-800/ VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER/ AC 100/120/220/240/V 50/60Hz 170W/ NO. 12811/ SONY CORPORATION/ MADE IN JAPAN"/ WHITE LABEL ON BACK READS "Make/Serial/ SONY/ #12811/ Model/ BVU-800/ Location/ 6030"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: CASING PAINTED GLOSSY LIGHT GREY/ DARK GREY CASSETTE PLAYER FRAME/ BLACK PAINTED CASING BACK & SIDE HANDLES/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE METER FACES WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVER
Decoration: N/A

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Sony Corp., Recorder, video, circa 1980, Artifact no. 2002.0276, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0276.001/

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