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1"-inch Sony EV Video Tape

Pricing below.

1-inch ‘EV’ (Sony EV) was released by Sony in 1964 and is a proprietary non-standard 1-inch open reel video tape format.  The EV format was used in industrial and education settings.  Machines record and play in B&W and color is possible with the addition of an external color adapter (but is not common).  The EV format has approx. 300 lines of color resolution.  The tape is 1-inch wide reels are usually 8-inches in diameter and are made of metal or plastic (plastic reels can warp), and full reels weigh 4 pounds each.  The 1-inch EV reel has a 3/8-inch diameter center hole, two 0.30-inch drive holes, and transports at a speed of 19.81cm/s (7.8ips).  Typical EV tapes include Sony V-11 (60 minute), V-12 (30 minute), V-12 (60), and Scotch 350.  Typical 1-inch EV machines weigh 90 pounds and include Sony EV-200, EV-210, EV-300, EV-310, EV-320, EV-340TLV (time lapse), and Sony UV-340 (color). Operational B&W playback equipment is limited; color equipment is rare.  


PRICES:
TRANSFER 1"-inch 'EV' video tape reel (NTSC only) to mp4 file: $150 per tape.
USB FLASH DRIVE (Thumb drive) for audio file(s): $10 each (16Gb max).
DOWNLOAD files: $10 per order (25Gb max).
DVD (DVDs are becoming obsolete): $20 each (2 hours max).
Preview 1-minute download: $30 ($15 credited towards full  transfer).
Transfer price included baking when required.  
Splices; $2/splice.  Mold cleanining: $15.
*Unclaimed material will be discarded after 1 year.
 
h264.mp4 is a very common and well supported file format; files on a USB flash drive will play in Windows and MAC computers and will plug & play in many modern TVs.  Other file formats available by request (avi, mov, etc).

Typical EV machines weigh about 80 pounds and were made by Sony: EV-200, EV-210, EV-300, EV-310, EV-320 use a color adapter; EV-340TLV is time lapse; and UV-340 is full color (no adapter).

1-inch 'EV' Video Tape Model Numbers

Scotch/ 3M 350-1-2460-R11B, 1in x 2460ft, 24.5mm x750m.
Scotch/ 3M 350-1-2460 R91B, 1in x 2460ft, 24.5mm x750m.
Scotch, 3M 360-1-2460-R91B, 1 in x 2460 ft, 25.40mm x 750m.
Sony V-11-60A/R1-8VP, tape for Sony EV-310, EV-320 series video recorders.
Sony V-12-16, 750m, 2460 ft, Japan.
Sony V-12-30A, Video Recording Tape.
Sony V-12-60A.