LabGuy's World: Museum of Extinct Video Recorders and Accessories

This page contains:
  • Video Tape Recorders
  • Still Stores & Slow Motion Recorders
  • Time Base Correctors
  • Color Adpater Packs
  • Computerized Edit Controllers
  • Tuner Timer Units
  • Audio Monitor Amplifiers
        Every item displayed on this page resides in my personal collection, except where noted. This is usually results from getting talked into selling an item that was originally in my possession. Since I put so much effort into documenting these items, the articles will remain even if the item does not.

        Click on the photo to read about each of these rare machines. Use this convenient phot index to search for a particular article directly or to simply browse.  Click the photo to access an article.

AKAI / ROBERTS

1969 VT-100 1/4" Portapack VTR System

1970 VT-110 1/4" Portapack VTR System

1971 VT-120 1/4" Portapack VTR System

1976 VT-150 1/4" COLOR Portapack VTR System
NOT FOR SALE

1974 VT-700 1/4" B/W Deck VTR

1969 X-500 / Roberts 1000 1/4" B/W VTR & 1/4" quarter track stereo tape recorder!

1976? VT-300 1/2" VK Format Video Cassette Portapack

1976? VT-350 1/2" VK Format Video Cassette Portapack with Quick Load Feature

1965? VX-1200 1/4"
Longitudinal Scan VTR

197? TV Tuner and Other Accessories
   

AMPEX

1976 VPR-1 One Inch Type C Broadcast VTR

1983 VPR-5 Portable One Inch Type C Broadcast VTR

1973 VPR-20 Type C Field Production VTR

1973 VR-420 EIAJ Color Editing VTR with Stereo Audio!

1963 VR-660 two inch helical scan broadcast capable BW VTR

1963 VR-1500 two inch helical scan consumer VTR

Ampex TBC-1 Direct or Heterodyne Color Digital TBC

Ampex TBC-2 Direct or Heterodyne Color Digital TBC

1967 VR-6000 One Inch type A VTR

1967 VR-6275 One Inch type A Consumer VTR with built-in TV receiver and control center
SOLD

1968 VR-7300 One Inch Type A Color Capable VTR (external color stabilizer)
SOLD

1979? AVR-2 Two Inch Quadruplex VTR
SOLD

1967 VR-3000 portable two inch quadruplex VTR 40th Anniversary!

1967 LGW's own VR-3000 portable two inch quadruplex VTR!
New! 20120907

1963 Ampex VR-1500 Remote Control Unit

1967 Ampex Audio Monitor Amplifier for VTR

APECO

1968? Apeco Teletape VTR
     

AUDIOTRONICS

1970? PVR-708 EIAJ B/W Editing VTR
     

BAUER VIDEO

1978? VTR-1004 1/4" Portapack System (Smallest reel VTR ever!)
     

BELL & HOWELL

1977? Model 2920 IVC Compatible Professional One Inch VTR

1968 Bell & Howell #114999 Shibaden Compatible Record Only B/W Portapack VTR
   

CARTRIVISION

1972 Cartrivision VCR, First All American VCR
     

CONCORD

1968 VTR-600-1 pre-EIAJ B/W VTR

1969? VTR-850 "Automatic" B/W EIAJ Editing VTR

1970? VTR-1100K Color EIAJ Editing VTR

1968 VTR-450 portable record only BW VTR

CRAIG

(COMING SOON!)
Craig 6401 1/2" pre-EIAJ B/W VTR

Craig 6402 1/2" pre-EIAJ B/W VTR

DIAMOND POWER

DP-1 - 1/2" pre-EIAJ B/W VTR

FISHER PRICE

Fisher Price PXL-2000 B/W Camcorder
     

FUNAI
(SEE: TECHNICOLOR)


GBC
(SEE: IKEGAMI)


GE / GENERAL ELECTRIC

1967 GE Videocorder, Sony CV-2000 compatible

1967? GE 2" Octaplex Military Mission VTR
SOLD
   

GYYR CCTV

197? GYYR EIAJ Time Lapse Recorder
     

HITACHI (SEE: SHIBADEN)


IKEGAMI

1975 GBC/ITC TVR-321 BW EIAJ VTR WITH FULL REMOTE CONTROL
SOLD
     

IVC / INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CORP.

1972: IVC 700 Low Cos One Inch Color VTR
SOLD

1977 IVC 800A(SMR) One Inch Color VTR
SOLD

1978 IVC 816XA One Inch Color Capable VTR
SOLD

IVC 9000 Two Inch Helical Scan Production VTR
SOLD

JAVELIN (SEE: SANYO)


JFD

1972 Model 700 BASIC B/W EIAJ VTR
     

JVC / JAPANESE VICTOR CORP. / NIVICO

1976 KV-360 B/W EIAJ VTR with slow motion playback

1974 PV-4500 / GS-4500 B/W EIAJ Portapack System
SOLD

1976 PV-4800/GC-4800 Color EIAJ Portapack System
 

1975 CP-5000U 3/4" Umatic Video Cassette Player

1976 CR-6060U Umatic Video Cassette Recorder

1976 CR-4400 Umatic-S Portapack VTR
 

MACHTRONICS / MVR CORPORATION

1963 MVR-11 The First Portable Video Tape Recorder!
SOLD

1965 MVR-65 Portable One Inch Video Tape Recorder!
Exceptionally Rare Find!
For sale $750 plus S/H

1966 MVR-100S-2A Instant Replay Disc Recorder / Player
SOLD
Machtronics and MVR are both companies that were founded by [Kurt Machein]. A German immigrant who made many significant  and noteworthy contributions to the art.

MERLIN ENGINEERING, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

1977 Merlin Engineering ME68 Two Inch Quad Dubbing Recorder
One of only ten made.
For Sale: $1,000 plus S/H
Uses Mk10 head, not included.
     

MOTOROLA

1968 EVR Video Film Player Flying Spot Scanner
     

ODDS AND ENDS AND OTHER MISCELLANIOUS BITS

Ampex and RCA
Quadruplex Cartridges

1977 Newell System Prototype Audio Test Bed

Fernseh GMBH Quadruplex VTR Head

1970 Cartrivision Prototype Video Cassette

PANASONIC / NATIONAL

1968 NV-204 B/W One Inch VTR

1970 NV-3020 EIAJ B/W VTR

NV-3020C (non-standard?) Color EIAJ VTR

NV-3020SD EIAJ B/W Editor VTR

1970: NV-3080 EIAJ *Record-Only* Portapack VTR
SOLD

1972: NV-3082 EIAJ Color Capable Portapack VTR

1974 NV-3085 EIAJ Color Capable Portapack VTR

NV3120 Color EIAJ VTR

NV-3160Color IEAJ Editing VTR

NV-5110 1/2" EIAJ-2 Video Cartridge Player

NV-5125 1/2" EIAJ-2 Video Cartridge Recorder

1967 NV-8000 pre-EIAJ VTR

1968 NV-8020-P48 pre-EIAJ Time Lapse VTR

1968: NV-8100 pre-EIAJ VTR

1968 NV-8100D pre-EIAJ VTR

1977 NV-9400 3/4" Umatic-S Portapack VTR

PHILIPS

1973 Philips LDL-1000 B/W Video Tape Recorder

1973 Philips LDL-1002 B/W Video Tape Recorder
   

POLAROID

1984 Polaroid Record-Only 8mm Camcorder and Playback Adapter
SOLD
     

PRECISION ECHO

Model 521 Airborne Video Tape Recorder
     

PRIME IMAGE, INC.

Prime Image Excel 6.5 TBC / Synchronizer

Prime Image accESS 500 Electronic Still Store
NOT FOR SALE
   

QUASAR

1976 Quasar Great Time Machine VR-1000 VX Format VCR
     

RCA

198? RCA TH-50A One Inch Type C Portable Broadcast VTR (Sony BVH-500)/b>
     

SANYO

Javelin X-400 EIAJ B/W Time Lapse VTR

VTR-1360 EIAJ B/W Time Lapse VTR

VTR-1375 EIAJ B/W Time Lapse VTR

VTR-2000 EIAJ B/W Video Tape Recorder

VTR-2000C EIAJ Color Video Tape Recorder

1976 VTC-7100 V-Cord 1 B/W Portapack VCR
SOLD

VTC-8200 V-Cord I/II Dual Speed Color VCR
SOLD

Javelin XL-5000 EIAJ B/W Time Lapse VTR (Sanyo VTR-1360 )

Javelin VTR-300 EIAJ Color VTR

SHIBADEN (Hitachi Denshi)

1968 Shibaden SV-700 pre-EIAJ B/W VTR

1968 Shibaden SV-800 pre-EIAJ B/W VTR with Monitor / Receiver

1968 Shibaden SV-707 Record Only Portapack VTR
 

1970 Shibaden SV-550 EIAJ Record Only Portapack VTR
SOLD

Shibaden SV-510 B/W EIAJ VTR

Hitachi SV-520D Color EIAJ VTR
 

SIEMENS

Siemens SIRECORD XH One Inch Medical VTR
     

SINGER

PR-1 Portable BW EIAJ VTR (Rebadged JVC PV-4500)
     

SONY
        Sony technology has come a long way since these products were the order of the day. Now any Sony TV or Sony DVD player would put many of these products to shame. Still you have to start somewhere.

1970 AV-3400 EIAJ B/W Portapack VTR System

AV-3600 EIAJ B/W Videocorder

AV-3650 EIAJ B/W Editing Videocorder

AV-5000A non-Standard Color EIAJ Videocorder

1976 AV-8400 EIAJ Color Portapack VTR

AV-8600 EIAJ Color Videocorder

AV-8650 EIAJ Color Editing Videocorder

TAV-3610 Combination EIAJ Videocorder & TV Monitor

1967 CV-2000D First Consumer Videocorder
NOT FOR SALE

1968 CV-2100 Videocorder with basic editing funtions

1967 CV-2200(A) Editing & Duplicating Videocorders

1968 CV-2600 Simplified 1/2" Skip Field Videocorder

1967 "Video Rover" Portapack VTR

1967 TCV-2110 Videocorder System

1967 CV-5600P European PAL Format Color Videocorder
NOT FOR SALE

1966 EV-200 B/W One Inch Videocorder

1967 EV-210 Color Capable One Inch Videocorder

1968 EV-310 Color Capable One Inch Videocorder

1969 EV-320F 1" Color Capable Editing Videocorder with Flying Erase Heads

1970 UV-340 One Inch Full Color Editing Videocorder

1971 VP-1000U Umatic Video Cassette Player

1971 VO-1600U Umatic Video Cassette Recorder

1974 VP-3000 Umatic-S Video Cassette Player

1974 VO-3800 Umatic-S Professional Portapack VCR

1974? BVU-100 Umatic-S Professional Portapack VCR

1984 BVE-3000A Editing Controller
NOT FOR SALE

1972  TT-100 VTR Tuner / Timer / RF Unit

1968 TUM-100 TV Tuner / RF Modulator

1964 CLP-1B Color Adapter For EV Series Videocorder

Extremely Rare Early Sony Prototype Videocorders
   

TECHNICOLOR / FUNAI

1981 Funai F-812A CVC Format Portapack

Technicolor 212D CVC Format Portapack

Technicolor 335D CVC Format "Video Showcase"
 

TELEMATION

TVP-1010 Umatic
     

TOSHIBA

GV-212 Color EIAJ Editing VTR
     

WESTEL COMPANY

WR-201 Airborne Video Tape Recorder
     

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Created 2008 Last updated: December 22, 2013