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This Bell & Howell video recorder was manufactured for B&H by IVC corporation of
Sunnyvale California some time in the mid 1970s. The 2920 is so similar tot he
IVC 800, the IVC description will be used. Besides, I have no official data on
this deck as of yet. This one looks very bad, but actually runs. The aluminum
case and some of the mechanism have corroded a bit. It should clean up easily
enough...
Another artifact from International Video Corporation. Introduced in the mid
1970's, this is a stand alone full color VTR. A second feature is slow motion
playback capability. The first photo shows the top of the transport, the second
photo is a close up shot of the scanner assembly and the last photo is of an
actual video tape head. The one inch wide tape is wrapped completely around the
head drum, traveling in a counter clockwise direction, entering at the lower
left and exiting at the lower right (of the image). Since the feed reel sits
lower than the take up reel, tape travels "upwards", in a helix, as it traverses
the circumference of the drum. This scanner has only one video head, which
protrudes a minute distance from the drum, and contacts the tape. When running,
the scanner spins the head around 60 times a second in B/W mode and 59. 94 times
per second in |
color. The rear portion of the
video head is visible inside the drum at about the "9 O'clock" position. This machine
also has two audio tracks, one of which (channel two) can be re-recorded
after the fact. There are controls to set both audio and video input and
output levels and meters to monitor those. There is a separate control
for color lock and another for variable speed slow motion playback. Additional
controls are provided for tracking and tape tension adjustments as well.
The connector panel contains jacks for video input, color (corrected) video
output, raw (unprocessed) video output, audio inputs and outputs, AC power
and remote control. This machine is heavy, weighing around 75 pounds (34
Kilograms).
WANTED: Vintage magazine articles or any other information
on this and any other IVC machines. |
