Posted 4 years ago
Asiarose00
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JVC 3/4 player/recorder u matic 6060 vhs recorder editing machine? Not sure of the year maybe a 1975
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Posted 4 years ago
Asiarose00
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JVC 3/4 player/recorder u matic 6060 vhs recorder editing machine? Not sure of the year maybe a 1975
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Looks to be 79. I remember we had a huge top loader like this.
https://www.pamono.eu/japanese-model-cr-6060rt-pal-secam-ntsc-from-jvc-victor-company-1979?hcb=1
Note the single vent compared to other models
U-MATIC was a brief (1st?) period of SONY's early video cassette recording technology right after open reel to reel videotapes -- their BETAMAX shortly usurped it, while "VHS" also came along to downsize/cheapen and eventually beat out the superior SONY engineering for the general public's consumption of 'videotapes'.
Don't lose that thing, whether it still works or not (probably so, but it'd no doubt need a few refreshed rubber capstan rollers inside by now?) or whether it is an actual 'editoring' machine or just a player doesn't quite matter, (but would make it even more rare) it is still a relic from a very brief moment in history where the whole idea of "video recording" was an entirely new idea for the whole world, especially if one could do it in their living room instead of a professional TV studio.
We had the betamax too. I always thought it was superior to VHS. But just like HDDVD vs Bluray...someone has to win. In the case of Bluray, the better format win in my opinion.
Thanks, I could not find any information on this particular model. Can't tell from this picture but the condition is great, however I have yet to try it out it did not have any of the cords with it when I purchased it.
I still have my BETAMAX machine (still in working condition AFAIK) and also owned a couple of the huge top-loader machines back in the day, though they're long gone now. OH how fondly I remember that big lever right beside the cassette carriage to open/close it... <LOL>
Finding the cords/etc for yours shouldn't be terribly difficult, sorting out how to turn analog TV signals into 'digital' such that you could get any modern TV to recognize what'd come out of the U-Matic might take a little more creativity...the biggest challenge will likely be to find any actual U-Matic tapes to fit into the machine...I have exactly one of those left, I think...