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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0038.005

MANUFACTURER: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC
MODEL: VHS PLAYPAK
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: H3WA17977
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 12
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC & METAL

Dimensions

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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: MATSUSHITA
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1993+
Canada: EXAMPLE OF POPULAR ANALOGUE CONSUMER VIDEO CAMCORDER USED IN CANADA. ORIGINAL OWNER WAS STEPHEN MAY, WHO PURCHASED IT FROM WACKID RADIO IN OTTAWA IN 1994 (FOR $1099.99). DONOR PURCHASED CAMCORDER FROM MR. MAY'S ESTATE.
Function: EMPLOYS LENS, IMAGE SENSOR & MICROPHONE TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES & SOUND AS VARYING MAGNETIC FIELD ON MAGNETIC TAPE, WHICH LATER CAN BE PLAYED BACK USING VIDEO CASSETTE PLAYER & TELEVISON RECEIVER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ANALOGUE CONSUMER VIDEO CAMERA INCORPORATING CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) IMAGE SENSOR & COMPACT VERSION OF WIDELY USED VHS HALF-INCH TAPE CASSETTE. VHS-C WAS DEVELOPED BY JVC IN MID 1980S IN RESPONSE TO SONY'S SMALL 8MM VIDEO CASSETTE. USER COULD PLAY VHS-C CASSETTE IN VHS VCR BY INSERTING IT IN ADAPTER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL READING "Panasonic/ VHS [LOGO]/ VHS PLAYPAK" & "H3WA17977/ MADE IN JAPAN/ MADE IN JAPAN/ FABRIQUE AU JAPON/ VYMS0068/ FABRIQUE AU JAPON".
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC, Adapter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2003.0038.005/

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