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OBJECT TYPE: VIDEOTAPE/1 INCH
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0279.001

MANUFACTURER: Sony Corp.
MODEL: BVH-2000
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 34008
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC TAPE ON METAL &SYNTHETIC REEL/.3 CARDBOARD BOX WITH SYNTHETIC REEL HOLDER

Dimensions

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

Length: 62.0 cm
Width: 57.5 cm
Height: 76.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: 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 EQUIPMENT BECAME OBSOLETE WHEN CBC SHIFTED ITS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO DIGITAL FORMAT.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD AUDIO & VIDEO SIGNALS ON MAGNETIC TAPE IN TELEVISON BROADCAST STUDIO.
Technical: BVH-2000 REPRESENTED INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR BROADCAST STUDIO RECORDERS OF SMPTE TYPE C FORMAT ADOPTED IN 1977. TYPE C (WHICH REMAINED STANDARD UNTIL 1990S) USED 1 INCH TAPE & HELICAL SCANNING, & WAS EASIER TO MAINTAIN & MORE ECONOMICAL OF TAPE THAN OLDER MODELS. BVH-200 WAS INTRODUCED C. 1981, REPLACING FIRST GENERATION C RECORDERS LIKE BVH-1100.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 METAL "SONY" APPLIED TO CASING FRONT; BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "VIDEOCORDER" & "BVH-2000/ BLACK "SONY" ON TAPE REEL; LABEL ON BACK READING "SONY (R) MODEL BVH-2000/ VIDEOCORDER/ AC 100-120V 50/60Hz 550W/ NO. 34008 Sony Corporation Made in Japan"/.2 BLACK LETTERING READS "maxell VIDEOTAPE", WITH LABEL READING maxell CV-90/ E2726509/ 112511/ JAPAN"/.3 BLACK LETTERING READS" maxell/ PROFESSIONAL/ CV-BQ/ BROADCAST QUALITY 1" VIDEOTAPE"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: .1 CASING SIDES PAINTED DARK BROWN, TOP LIGHT GREY, BACK BLACK; DARK BLUE CASING FRONT, WITH LIGHT GREY CONTROL PANEL, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TAPE PLAYER & METER COVERS; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS; BRUSHED & PLATED METAL PARTS; WHITE METER FACES/.2 LIGHT GREY & BLACK REEL/.3 BLACK & WHITE BOX WITH WHITE REEL HOLDER
Decoration: N/A

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Sony Corp., Recorder, video, circa 1981, Artifact no. 2002.0279, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0279.001/

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