Recorder-player, video
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CASSETTE/VHS/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2006.0032.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp.
- MODEL
- VO-4800/ U-matic S
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
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
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Sony Corp., Recorder-player, video, before 1985, Artifact no. 2006.0032, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0032.001/
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