Recorder, video

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OBJECT TYPE: REEL-TO-REEL/2 IN./PORTABLE
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0504.001

MANUFACTURER: Ampex Corp.
MODEL: VR-3000
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 577
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: HARD PLASTIC CASE/ METAL PANEL AND PARTS/ ELECTRICAL CORD/ BAKELITE (?) KNOBS AND SWITCHES/ PLASTIC CARRYING HANDLE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.1 cm
Width: 31.6 cm
Height: 15.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Ampex
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
Period: Unknown
Canada: USED IN CBC WINNIPEG STUDIOS.
Function: TO RECORD LIVE IMAGES ON VIDEO TAPE.
Technical: VR-3000 RECORD-ONLY PORTABLE MACHINE WAS FIRST BATTERY-POWERED VIDEOTAPE & CAMERA COMBINATION UNIT. RECORDER COULD PRODUCE EITHER HIGH-BAND OR LOW-BAND MONOCHROME TAPE RECORDINGS, TO BE PLAYED ON ANY STANDARD TRANSVERSE RECORDER. COULD ALSO RECORD HIGH-BAND COLOUR FROM STUDIO COLOUR CAMERAS. UP TO 20 MINS. OF SOUND & PICTURE COULD BE RECORDED ON 8-INCH REEL OF 2-INCH TAPE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'AMPEX' PRINTED IN BLACK ON RECORDER FRONT/ LABEL AFFIXED TO RECORDER BEARS FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 'AMPEX MADE IN U.S.A./ CAT. 18051 30-019/ SER.577'/ LABEL AFFIXED TO RECORDER AT LEFT BACK CORNER BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'CBC/ RADIO-CANADA 304547'/ ALL SWITCHES, DIALS, JACKS, ETC. LABELLED
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: DARK GREY CASE/ OUTER SURFACE TEXTURED (LEATHER STYLE)/ METALLIC TRIM/ PANEL IS DARK GREY AND HAS BUBBLE TEXTURE/ OUTER SIDES OF REEL ARE BRUSHED ALUMINUM (?).
Decoration: N/A

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Ampex Corp., Recorder, video, after 1967, Artifact no. 1986.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0504.001/

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