LabGuy's World: Extinct Sony Umatic Videocassette Recorders
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Sony P-1000 Umatic Video Cassette Player VP-1000 (1973?):  New! 02.05.15 A first generation Umatic, top loading, play only deck. Very basic functionally, but it was color and had hi fi stereo audio. Photo: LabGuy's World Museum 
Sony VO-1600 Umatic Video Cassette Recorder VO-1600 (1973?):  New! 02.05.15 A first generation Umatic, top loading, player / recorder deck with built in television receiver. The VO-1600 was color and had hi fi stereo audio. Photo: LabGuy's World Museum 
Sony VO-2600 Umatic VCR VO-2600 (1978?):  New! 02.05.15 A second generation Umatic deck. The VO-2xxx series was solenoid operated to allow for remote control. These machines were fully mature electronic editors by the time they appeared on the scene in the late 1970s. Photo: Sean Meskill 

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