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1971 Sonic Arts Union Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Sonic Arts Union, Stoney Point for a multi-media and experimental event exploring sound, light, video and film
1971 Sonsbeek 71 Chronology
Sonsbeek 71 was a multi-site exhibition in Arnhem and elsewhere in the Netherlands held June 19–August 15, 1971; it emphasized site-specific and "audio-visual" works, including film and video, and participating organizations included the Stedelijk Museum. The exhibition provided a video studio where invited artists such as Nam June Paik, Jack Moore and joepat created works; the film program, assisted by Regina Cornwell and Willard VanDyke, was organised into three categories—structural film, land art film and artists film—and included participants such as Vito Acconci, Hollis Frampton, Michael Snow and Richard Serra.
Sonsbeek 71 Introduction and Statements by Artists Bibliography
Sonsbeek 71 (From Exhibition to Activity) commissioned site-specific works for the park and nationwide locations; participants included Michael Heizer, Richard Long, -d Ruscha and Robert Morris, with city projects in Rotterdam, Utrecht and Amsterdam. The program integrated media and communication infrastructures—film and video (a video studio at Sonsbeek), telex, small offset printing, conference telephone and press—and commissioned films from Boezem (Leiden), Jan Dibbets and Gar van Elk, plus a documentary directed by loss Odufre (scenario by Title Tybout). Publications included Cor Blok's Atlas voor eon nieuwe metropool, Octopus Foundation books by Hanne Darboven and Ed Ruscha, a newssheet and a Dutch-English catalogue; organizational leadership is credited to W.A.L. Beeren and named work-group members.
1960 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces the world's first fully transistorized, portable B&W TV in Japan.
1961 Sony Chronology
Sony demonstrates the world's smallest and lightest videotape recorder (model PV-100), designed for the technological, industrial, educational, medical, sports and arts markets.
1961 SONY Chronology
SONY announced the world's first transistorized video tape recorder, and two years later SONY's video tape recorder model PV-100 appeared.
1962 Sony Chronology
Sony markets 2-inch open-reel videotape for the world's first transistor videotape recorder, the PV-100.
1964 SONY Chronology
SONY 1" video recording format
1965 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces 1/2" CV-2000, the first consumer video format. This was not a portable system.
1967 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces DV-2400, the first Porta-Pak
1968 SONY Chronology
SONY 1/2" video recording format
1971 Sony Chronology
Sony 3/4" U-Matic video recording standard
1971 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces first 3/4" U-matic video cassetts recorder
1975 Sony Chronology
Sony Betamax video recording format
1975 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces Betamax, a consumer format for home use; marketed primarily to record off-the-air programming
1984 Sony Chronology
Sony establishes world's first one-piece compact disc players. These portable CD players are the first in a line of products aimed at use in the family car.
1986 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces the first D-1 recorder
1990 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces the first writable CD.
Sony "It's a Sony" Consumer Products Guide Bibliography
Sony Corporation of America. "It's a Sony" Consumer Products Guide. This colorful brochure features photographs and product information on Color, Projection, B & W, and Betamax Television, Dream Machine, Multi-Band, Table and Travel Radio, Tape, Avatar Systems, Precision Balanced Components, Stereo …
Sony 1/2 in Videotape with additional price information from Technisphere Bibliography
Black and White Xerox includes pictures and prices of reels listed with product numbers. Technisphere price sheet indicates list and discount prices of tape stock.
Sony Application Bulletin. Burroughs Chooses Sony U-Matic for Instant "Refresher" Course Bibliography
Sony Corporation of America. Application Bulletin. Burroughs Chooses Sony U-Matic for Instant "Refresher" Course. This article in conjunction with B & W photographs explores an innovative approach to serving customers by increasing salesmen's general knowledge of complex technical systems and applyi…
Sony Automatic Editing Control Unit BVE-500A. U-Matic Professional Operation and Maintenance Manual: 3rd Edition. Serial No. 20301 to 21010 Bibliography
Sony Corporation of America. Sony. Automatic Editing Control Unit BVE-500A. U-Matic Professional Operation and Maintenance Manual: 3rd Edition. Serial No. 20301 to 21010. Table of Contents: Operation (Features, Specifications, Prior to Editing, Location of Parts and Controls, Preparation, Connection…
Sony Automatic Editing Control Unit, RM 440, Operating Instructions Bibliography
Sony Corporation of America. Sony Automatic Editing Control Unit, RM 440, Operating Instructions. Table of Contents holds Connections, Preparation for editing, Select the editing mode, Determine the beginning and end of the scene to be recorded, and to begine editing. Under Advanced Operation, one f…
Sony AV-3400 Porta Pak Tools
Sony AV-3400, from the 1969 Owner's Manual, is a portable record/playback Videocorder designed to operate with the Sony AVC-3400 camera and to provide immediate playback on the camera viewfinder or an external monitor. It uses a rotary two-head full-field composite video system and records 30 minutes on V-30H tape at 7 ips. Power is from a BP-20 rechargeable battery (45 minutes) or the AC-3400 adaptor; supplied accessories include AC-3400, BP-20 and VMC-1M; optional RFU-53W and RFU-54W are listed, with prices $1495 (3/1/70) and $1650 (1972).
Sony AV-3650, Service Manual Video Tape Recorder Tools
Product literature and service manual for the Sony AV-3650, an open-reel EIAJ type-1 video tape recorder with a capstan-servo electronics editing system and SONY-MATIC automatic/manual gain control; features include two illuminated level meters, audio dubbing, pause/slow/stop playback modes, RF output meter and optional RF modulator. Specifications include a rotary two-head helical-scan recorder with resolution better than 300 lines and 7.5 ips tape speed, recording time over 60 minutes on SONY V-32 tape and rewind within 7 minutes; power requirements, dimensions, weight and supplied accessories are listed.