The Minolta Master C-532 VHS-C Camcorder

Manufactured: February 1995
Format: VHS-C
Sound: Mono

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• camcorder
• camera
• vhs-c

[ermaclob]

show some slp mode

[waymuu]

@ermaclob this camera just has sp and ep mode, no slp.

[Watcher3223]

@waymuu

SLP and EP are the same speed.

[waymuu]

@Watcher3223 i was not aware of that

[Verdugillo]

thanks for the video

[krzifngrs]

i have the same exact camera, still working with all the attachments

[Watcher3223]

@waymuu

As for how RCA and Panasonic could develop something on VHS without JVC's involvement, JVC back then was a subsidiary to Matsushita Electric. Basically, RCA wanted a slower speed but JVC was unrelenting, so RCA did an end-run by approaching JVC's corporate parent.

This was after RCA approached Sony for getting the rights to sell Beta VCRs, but they went to VHS after RCA asked Sony to develop a slower speed for Beta but Sony refused and told them to "take it or leave it."

[Watcher3223]

@waymuu

Though VHS was invented and first released in Japan by JVC, VHS was released in North America by RCA. RCA's first VHS VCR had the 2 hour speed (SP) and the 4 hour speed (LP). This was because, initially, VHS only had one tape speed.

The LP speed was jointly developed by RCA and Matsushita Electric (Panasonic) without JVC's involvement to develop a lower speed for America. JVC would develop the 6 hour speed shortly after and they refer to the 4 hour speed as "the bastard."

[Watcher3223]

@waymuu

SLP and EP are also only in North America. Elsewhere, where RCA did not release VHS, it's just SP (2 hours on T-120) and LP (6 hours on T-120).

[ermaclob]

@waymuu EP is the same thing more or less as SLP