JVC was selling top-loading 3/4-inch systems through 1984. Although those shown in the ad look a tad newer than yours
I wonder whether JVC and Panasonic ever produced Hi-Band/SP machines. Anyone knows?
It seems that Panasonic switched to M/MII and dumped 3/4-inch sometime in the early 1980s. JVC Launched front-loading 3/4-inch machine in 1985, but for how long it produced it? It was still a Low-Band machine.
"Umatic" is Sony's brand name. JVC and Panasonic used either "3/4-inch system" or just "U".
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Originally Posted by Electronic M
The folks clearly had a good bit of high end early VTRs and audio gear
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I would not call 3/4-inch high end gear.
It was cheap garbage that TV news crews used because 1-inch machines were either too expensive or too bulky or both, and 16-mm film needed processing. Still, some broadcasters like the BBC shot
higher-quality factuals on 16-mm well into the 1980s.