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Lot 600W

MACH-TRONICS.
MVR-11 Video Tape Recorder,

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5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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MACH-TRONICS.

MVR-11 Video Tape Recorder, metal and plastic with removable lid, 623 x 270 x 336 mm, video and audio-in knobs, audio bias and phase dials, on/off toggle switch on drop-open panel, fast forward, rewind, play, and record buttons in white plastic, stop button in red plastic, 3-digit counter, sides with metal carrying handles, original detachable power cord. With the original MVR-11 Operation and Service Manual and MVR-11 Service Manual Supplement, and original letter dated June 7, 1963 from the Machtronics Manager of service engineering. Housed in an original MVR-10 box and an original Machtronics shipping crate.

Ex-Ampex Engineering Manager Kurt Machein formed the Mountain View, CA company Mach-Tronics with some fellow Ampex engineers. Their first product was the MVR-10, the first helical-scan recorder that used 1-inch tape running at 7 1/2 inches per second. 96 minutes could be recorded on a 10 1/2 inch real. It was priced at $10,300 with an 8-inch monitor, $9,800 without. At under 100 pounds, the unit was considered portable. The MV-11 followed the next year and whereas the MVR-10 was advertised as a closed circuit video tape recorder, the MVR-11 was billed a "Television Tape Recorder." The industry quickly adopted the new format and Mach-Tronics had nearly-immediate competition.

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