Equipment for hire

"VTR" equipment.

2" Quadruplex VTR, very large, very heavy. One unit in full working order. Excellent multi standard machine. Transfer work considered - please enquire.

Nice wooden item from Anglia Television, a studio- contructed (home made) VT clock with red 'on' light and hand grip. This durable item can be seen at the start of many Anglia 405-line tapes. This VT clock is now useful for studio re-creations of the 50's and also the occasional pop promo.

Scotch was one of several video tape manufacturers. The item pictured is a 1-hour 2-inch 'quadruplex' video tape, the standard first introduced in 1956 by Ampex. GA-TV has many of these video tapes including the carry cases and also the means to reproduce the tapes. Tape-to-digital copying is part of our service.

This portable 1980s vt machine is complete with travel case and repro badging. A battery-powered 'U-Matic' videocassette recorder from Sony to compliment our range of portable ENG colour cameras of the period.

Sony portable BVU Umatic recorder. Non working

Half-inch, colour capable Video Cassette Recorder, introduced in 1972. This immaculate example is operational, comes with the original soft cover, many tapes and the original manufacturer's cardboard carton. Intended for the domestic, corporate and educational markets, the original cost in 1972 was about 600 UK Pounds.

Portable Betacam video recorder/player from the mid-1980s. Designed for ENG or 'field' recording and playback using the standard Betacam tape format. Interfaces with Sony cameras. Carry case. Lights come on.

Truly portable quality - C Format on the move. Reliable field production VTR. Fully operational.

The alternative to Sony for U matic. One example is in super condition and records/plays well (at least as well as a low-band unit could). The second unit is untested but will probably work.

One inch helical VTR before C Format. Popular machine, although limited in performance compared to later 1 inch formats.

Before all-electronic editing, physically splicing 2" video tape was how it was done. This is a machine that enables the vertical blanking period in the recorded FM video to be identified and a precise join carried out.

Semi-professional VTR using a very unusual 1.4" reel-to-reel format. Limited performance, but very small for the period. Comes complete with vidicon camera. Click on the picture to see in carry case.