video studio equipment

We take pride in the analogue and digital video equipment we've collected, saved, repaired and restored. Below is an ever-growing list of the analogue and digital tape machines we have available at the Greatbear studio.

analogue video

1 Inch A / C Format

  • Ampex VPR 2b - C Format / PAL
  • Ampex VR 5103 - A Format / PAL
  • Sony BVH 2000 x 2 - C Format / PAL
  • Sony BVH 3100 P x 2 - C Format / PAL

U-matic

  • Sony BVU 950P x 3 (Hi Band SP built in TBC board)
  • Sony BVU 800 NTSC (Hi Band / Low Band) x 2
  • Sony BVU 850 NTSC (Hi Band / Low Band)
  • Sony VO-9600P (Hi and Low Band)
  • Sony VO-9850P (Hi and Low Band) x 2
  • Sony VO-9800P (Hi and Low Band) x 3
  • Sony VO-7630
  • Sony VO-7030

Betacam SP

  • Sony BVW 75D (NTSC SDI)
  • Sony BVW 75 (NTSC)
  • Sony BVW 65 (PAL)
  • Sony UVW 1800 (PAL) x 3
  • Sony UVW 1200 (PAL)

Panasonic MII

  • Panasonic AU 750 x 2
  • Panasonic AU63
  • Panasonic AU-W35

VHS / S-VHS

  • Mitsubishi BV-2000 x 2
  • Panasonic AG-MD835 x 4
  • Panasonic AG-4700 x 2
  • Panasonic AG-7150
  • Panasonic AG-7750 x 2
  • Panasonic AG-8700
  • Panasonic NV-V8000 x 3
  • Panasonic AG-TL350 time lapse CCTV VTRs x 5
  • JVC BR-S522 with TBC / DNR options installed
  • JVC SR-VS20 x 2
  • JVC HR-DVS3 EK x 2
  • JVC HR-S7600 x 2
  • JVC HM-DR10000 D-VHS
  • Sony SVO-5800P x 3
  • Sony SVO-9620

8mm / Hi8

  • Sony EV PR-2 (NTSC)
  • Sony EV-S700 (PAL)
  • Sony EVO-9800 (PAL) x 2
  • Sony EVO-9850 (PAL)
  • Sony EVO-9850 (NTSC)

Betamax

  • Sony SL-C9UB
  • Sony SL-HF100 Beta hi-fi
  • Sony SL-HF150 Beta hi-fi
  • Sony SL-T50
  • Sony SL-700ME Super Beta PAL / NTSC / SECAM

1/2" reel-to-reel

  • Sony CV-2100 ACE x 3 (PAL CV format)
  • Sony AV-3620 CE x 3
  • Sony AV-3670 x 3
  • Sony AV-3700 (NTSC 50Hz)
  • Hitachi SV 610 (PAL EIAJ)
  • Shibaden (Hitachi) SV620D (PAL Colour EIAJ)
  • Shibaden SV700
  • National NV-8030 (PAL EIAJ)

1/4" Akai reel-to-reel

  • Akai VT 110
  • Akai VT 120

N1500 / N1700

  • Philips N1502 x 2
  • Philips N1702 x 2
  • Grundig SVR 4004 EL

Video 2000

  • Grundig 1600
  • Grundig 2 x 4

digital video

D1

  • Broadcast Television Systems (BTS) DCR 500

D3 / D5

  • Panasonic PR-D1000E
  • Panasonic AJ-D550
  • Panasonic AJ-HD3700A

D9

  • JVC BR-D750 E - PAL
  • JVC BR-D85 E - PAL with SDI (digital output) boards fitted
  • JVC BR-D51 E - PAL D9 / SVHS playback facility

Digital 8

  • Sony TRV

DVCAM / miniDV /DVC Pro

  • Panasonic AJ-D640 x 2
  • Panasonic AJ-D750 x 2
  • Panasonic AJ-SD255
  • Panasonic AJ-D940 PAL / NTSC 25 / 50 Mbps
  • Panasonic AG-DV2500 PAL / NTSC
  • JVC BR-DV600E
  • JVC SR-VS20 x 2
  • Sony DSR 20 PAL
  • Sony DSR 25 PAL / NTSC
  • Sony DSR 1500 AP PAL
  • Sony DSR 1500A NTSC
  • Sony DSR 2000P PAL x 2
  • Sony HVR M15E
  • Sony HVR-1500

Digital Betacam / Betacam SX

  • Sony J-3 SDI x 2
  • Sony DVW A500P x 2
  • Sony DVW A510
  • Sony DNW-A65P (PAL / NTSC)

HDCAM / HDCAM SR

  • Sony JH-3
  • Sony HDW D2000
  • Sony SRW 5000 with HKSR 5002

processing

Time Base Correctors / Frame Synchroniser / Proc Amps

  • CEL Tetra
  • For-A FA450P
  • G2 Systems MSTC - multistandard time base corrector (PAL / NTSC / SECAM)
  • JVC KM-F250 (PAL)
  • Leith / DPS 290 Component TBC / Sync (NTSC)
  • Leitch / DPS 365 Frame Synchroniser / TBC x 3 (PAL)
  • Leitch / DPS 465 Frame Sync / TBC (PAL)
  • DPS 575 (PAL / NTSC) x 2
  • Leitch DFS-3005A Frame Synchroniser
  • Prime Image Freeze II (PAL)
  • Snell and Wilcox NRS 80 - noise reduction (PAL / NTSC / SECAM)
  • Snell and Wilcox IQ Modular Frames x 2 IQDPF cards x 8 / IQDEC02 cards x 8 (Golden Gate Decoders)
  • Snell and Wilcox ARC 150
  • Sony BVT 500 / 800 x 2

audio

  • BEL Digital Audio Delay Synchronisers x 2
  • Rane AVA 22d Audio Video Delay
  • Sony SRP-L300 Delays x 2

monitoring & test equipment

video

  • Sony BVM 14E4E
  • Sony BVM 20F1E x 2
  • Sony PVM 20M4U
  • Sony PVM 2054QM x 2
  • Sony BVR 50P / BVR 55P
  • Tektronix 1745A waveform / vectorscope
  • Tektronix WFM 300a component / composite waveform monitor
  • Videotek VTM 200, 400, 4100
  • Tektronix TSG 271
  • Tektronix TSG 371
  • CED SDI TSG
  • RTI TapeChek 490 Videotape Inspector / Cleaner

audio

  • Wohler Amp 1a 
  • Wohler Amp 2a
  • Bel BM-AV2 video and audio monitor
  • Dolby E Decoder DP572
  • Tektronix 760a SAM Audio Vectorscope
  • Hamlet 503 Analogue onscreen audio meter
  • Lindos LA101 audio Oscillator / LA102 Audio Measuring Set

video digitising hardware

  • Blackmagic Decklink SP
  • Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme x 2
  • Blackmagic Decklink Studio 4K
  • AJA Kona LSe
  • AJA Kona Lhi+ x 2
  • Panasonic DMR / JVC DVD recorders
large reel-to-reel video machines with tapes of varying widths

Clockwise from top left: IVC 826P 1” VTR, Ampex AVR-2 quadruplex 2" VTR, Sony AV-3670 CE ½” VTR, Akai VT-110 ¼” VTR, Sony BVH-3100 PS 1” VTR

racks of various large video cassette machines, labelled in caption

Clockwise from top left: Sony VO-9600P U-matic VTR, Philips VCR N1500 VTR, Sony EV-S700UB DAV Video8 VTR, Sony EVO-9800A & EVO-9800P Hi8 VTRs, Sony J-3 SDI & Sony BVW 75 (NTSC) Betacam SP VTRs, Sony SVO-9620 S-VHS VTR, Grundig Video 2x4 Video 2000 VTR, Sony BVU 950P U-matic VTR

racks of large digital video cassette machines, labelled in caption.

Clockwise from top left: JVC PR-D1000E aka Panasonic AJ-D350 D-3 VTR, Sony JH-3 HDCAM VTR with monitor, Sony DSR-2000AP VTR, Sony HVR-1500 HDV VTR, Sony DVW-A500P Digital Betacam VTR, JVC BR-D 750E Digital S / D-9 VTR

Inside U-matic VO-5850P; various rare replacement parts; Shibaden (Hitachi) SV620D 1/2" reel-to-reel; Adrian fixing Sony EVO-9800 Hi8; 1" C Format drum eccentricity & head tip penetration gauge

Clockwise from top left: Inside U-matic VO-5850P; various rare replacement parts; Shibaden (Hitachi) SV620D 1/2" reel-to-reel; Adrian fixing Sony EVO-9800 Hi8; 1" C Format drum eccentricity & head tip penetration gauge