General Information

Serial #

10263

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC, METAL, & WOOD PRODUCT CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

52.0 cm

Width

39.5 cm

Height

21.4 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

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1977-1983

Canada

JAPANESE MADE VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER USED IN FIRST IN CANADIAN SMALL BUSINESS & LATER IN CANADIAN HOME.

Function

RECORDER & PLAYER FOR VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES.

Technical

ONE OF VERY EARLY MODELS OF SONY BETA MACHINES USING BETA-1 (SPEED). ACCORDING TO HELMUT TURKOWSKY, MANAGER OF BOWDEN'S INFORMATION SERVICES (DONOR), THIS IS ONE OF FIRST, IF NOT FIRST, MODEL OF VCR IN WORLD. IT INCLUDES RARE BETA EXPERIMENTAL STACKER GIVEN TO BOWDENS BY SONY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "SONY MODEL SL-7200/ VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER/ AC 120V 60Hz 80W/ NO. 10263/ SONY CORP. MADE IN JAPAN"/ PLATE ON COMPONENT READS "SONY/ COLOUR RF UNIT/ RFU 203 FW DC 9.55V 35 MA/ CHANNEL U53/ SERIAL NO. 36749/ MADE IN JAPAN"/ LABEL READING "BETAMAX"/ INCISED BLACK "SONY" ON FRONT

Missing

N/A

Finish

BROWN TEXTURED SYNTHETIC CASING TOP/ BROWN WOOD VENEER ON CASING SIDES/ BRUSHED METAL FRONT/ BLACK & BROWN SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC SYNTHETIC TRIM, CONTROL BUTTONS ETC.

Decoration

N/A