General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic casing; resin, rubber; metal mechanical parts

Dimensions

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

Length

36.0 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

13.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Fire fighting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sony

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1986 to late 1990s

Canada

Example of a U-maticS portable video recorder available for use in Canada. It was intended for industrial and insitutional video production. This example is from the Canadian Forestry Service.

Function

To record and replay 3/4 inch videotapes as an industrial video format

Technical

U-maticS was a compact version of the standard U-matic cassette for 3/4 inch videotape. The U-matic was introduced in the early 1970s, and was the first video cassette format to contain the videotape inside a cassette, as opposed to the various open-reel formats of the time. U-matic was named after the shape of the tape path when it was threaded around the helical video head drum, which resembled the letter U. (See reference # 5 or printout in S.I.)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Plastic piece glued to the top of recorder reads: "SONY"/ Green label glued to top, handwritten reads: "N.B. Press/ start button/ on power/ supply"/ On front of recorder, printed in black reads: "SONY"/ Lower left corner embossed piece reads: "U-MATIC/ S"/ Print beside reads: "PORTABLE VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER"/ Handwritten below: "A2239"/ Other printed markings are for the functions of the recorder/ Mfr's label on bottom of recorder reads: "SONY R [registered logo] U-matic/ MODEL NO. VO-4800/ VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER/ DC 12V/ No. 20878 [embossed]/ SONY CORPORATION/ MADE IN JAPAN/3-661-002-01"/ There is a gage that goes from -20 to +3, and reads below "BATT"/

Missing

None apparent.

Finish

Brownish grey with black buttons and print/

Decoration

N/A