General Information

Serial #

11184

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASSETTE PLAYER FRAME, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

60.5 cm

Width

44.5 cm

Height

28.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sony

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980S

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION OF EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP. IN TORONTO FOR TELEVISON PRODUCTION OR TRAINING OF STAFF. THIS EQUIPMENT BECAME OBSOLETE WHEN CBC SHIFTED ITS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO DIGITAL FORMAT.

Function

DEVICE USED TO PLAY BACK VIDEO & AUDIO SIGNALS RECORDED ON MAGNETIC TAPE. THIS STUDIO PLAYER WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BETACAM VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER FOR EDITING PURPOSES. TAPES WERE PLAYED & DESIRED PORTIONS WERE RE-RECORDED ONTO TAPE BY RECORDER.

Technical

VIDEO PLAYER USING SONY'S HALF-INCH TAPE FORMAT DEVELOPED FOR CONSUMER USE, BETAMAX. HOWEVER BETACAM WAS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE RECORDINGS OF BROADCAST STANDARD. IT FEATURED USE OF DIGITAL TECHNIQUES FOR RECORDING COLOUR PORTION OF VIDEO SIGNAL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METAL "SONY" APPLIED TO CASING FRONT/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "VIDEOCASSETTE PLAYER BVW-15"/ METALLIC "BETACAM" & WHITE "DT" ON CASING FRONT/ LABEL ON BACK READING "SONY (R) MODEL BVW-15/ VIDEOCASSETTE PLAYER/ AC 100-240V 50/60Hz 180W/ NO. 11184/ Sony Corporation/ Made in Japan"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

CASING PAINTED GLOSSY LIGHT GREY/DARK GREY CASSETTE PLAYER FRAME/ BLACK PAINTED CASING BACK & SIDE HANDLES/ MULTICOLOUED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE METER FACES WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVER

Decoration

N/A