Console unit with 19" Sony Trinitron colour television, Model LV-1901D, Serial No 502423, with integrated Sony Betamax Videocassette recorder (17411), 1978. Television, tape transport, and tuner/clock chassis are fitted in to substantial wheeled wooden console unit. This was the first commercial Betamax video recorder available in the world - available only in the USA and possibly Japan. It would be two more years before Betamax recorders became available in the UK - only as stand-alone 'set top' units.
Details
- Category:
- Television
- Object Number:
- 2011-5067
- Materials:
- glass, metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Measurements:
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overall: 840 mm x 1100 mm x 510 mm,
- type:
- video recorder and television receiver
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
