General Information

Serial #

8166HM045

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

48.2 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY THE LATE 1970'S AND 1980'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO RECORD VIDEO AND SOUND INFORMATION EITHER OFF AIR OR FROM A CAMERA ONTO VHS CASSETTE TAPES AND TO PLAYBACK THE RECORDING.

Technical

REPRESENTS AN EARLY MODEL OF A VHS RECORDER-PLAYER. ON PAGE 26 OF REF. 1 IT READS: "IN EARLY 1977 RCA HAD ACHIEVED ASTONISHING SUCESSES IN MARKETING MATSUSHITA'S VHS FORMAT PLAYER". THIS WAS SO THAT RCA HAD AN ACTIVE HAND IN THE FIELD DURING THEIR PROLONGED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISK PLAYER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON BACK INCLUDES: 'RCA CORPORATION 600 N. SHERMAN DRIVE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46201/ VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER MODEL NO. VCT200/.../ MANUFACTURED APRIL 21, 1978/ RCA MODEL NO./ VCT200/ SERIAL NO./ 8166HM045/.../ ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS/ 120 VOLTS, 60 HZ, 45 WATTS/ MADE IN JAPAN/ 40389/ LISTED/ UL[LOGO]/ 828B/ [CSA CERTIFICATION LABEL]/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND PLUGS]'/ PRINTED ON TOP: 'RCA/ SelectaVision VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VHS/ [VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS ON KNOBS]'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE - NO CORDS EXCEPT POWER

Finish

SIDES FAUX WOOD WITH SILVER AND BLACK TRIM; TOP BLACK OPERATING PANEL WITH GLOSS PALE BROWN SUPPORT SECTION; BACKPANEL BLACK; LEVERS & KNOBS SHINY METAL OR BLACK; WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

N/A