Just goes to show how superior the U-wrap systems are:)

Got mine used for 100 bucks, huge machine, damn good picture.

Umatic is still a force to be reckoned with and an economical way for the serious amateur, student or pro to produce seriously good work at a minimal cost. You can be shooting excellent pictures for under £100! with NLE technology editing is even less of a problem that it ever was.

Those worried about the life of videotape take note, material I shot in 3/4 in 1984, 1985, 1986 is still in very good condition, few drops and only slight video level loss.

Still use this kit for shooting and off line edit. Keeps working for ever! Could do with a TBC though. I've not seen any pictures of a BVU200/Bve500 on this site though. Am I the only person using them?

i am looking at a umatic vo-2630 and wondering if it would be as good as s-vhs for mastering on thanks

My dad's company used to use BVU-800s 13 years ago - now I want one!

I have 2 VO-5630's, and although I'm not all that great with them (see my chat page entries), together with NLE on my computer they are amazing. The picture and sound quality are unbelievable when you see how cheap it all is.

Local TV would be nowhere without surplus U-Matic machines, we have gone to Betacam but our sister station stil uses the BVU 950!

would be interested in hearing from people who are interested in collecting old video cameras and equipment etc, feel free to e-mail me at the above adress

Thank you for remembering the UMATIC format and providing us all with information on it....

Great pictures .... need to know much more about the connectors because i like to record from a computer animations and so on ... Who can send me some information or links ... ???

Nice site, pleased to have found a web resource for our workhorse VCRs! We use them for recording thermal imaging footage both on the ground & in the air. The coldest we've operated them at was -50C! Anyone beat that?

Great Machines just keep on going. Occasionally I have to dig deep for new parts, but they earn their keep !

been editing with my type 5s with a dfs 500. Whata reliable workhorse system!

I am looking for a cheap Sony VO5630. Anyone selling?

I'm from Holland. my favourite model is the BVU800P. I have one myself and i'm very proud of it! Just looking for another umatic BVU800. no, smashing in the river of umatic machines for me!

hey! I want to know if I can connect a regular NTSC u matic machine to a regular NTSC tv (through the audio/video in ports or the cable port)

I'm searching the battery and the charger for a VO6800 and DXM3A camera.

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*sigh!! I just got my first U-matic,a top-loading VO-1600. I was expecting it to be a front-loader with the light-up tape door,etc.....

I have Always used a VO-5850 for everything i do and have NEVER had trouble.. of all the LB machines i consider it the BEST!

Best composite system ever. Especially in SP mode.

Whoever started this site get's a big thank's from me.....

The best tapeformat for me. I'm a collector of music-videoclips, and I share my archive with professional broadcasters. U-matic is still a broadcast standard for obsolete hard to find video material, and more accepted than S-VHS.

LOVE THIS FORMAT(JUST KEEPS ON GOING & GOING)!

Hi! Has anyone ever connected this device to a Fast Moviemachine?

I Promise that I do not go into lenghty rants like the above on my Website. It is not finished yet though. Still under construction, and probably always will be!! Thanks for the format, Sony. Thanks for the Forum, U-dudes.

Our TV broadcast production company is amon newer and older formats, is still using U-matic SP. I can hear the U-matic VTRs saying: - We've been around for more than a quarter of a ceintury. WE RUFUSE TO RETIRE, WE REFUSE TO DIE! We are here to stay

Just picked up a used well cared for system consisting of the VO-5850, VO-5800 and RM-440. It's been 10 years since I last used them and it's like learning to ride a bike once you learn, you don't forget. Could get lost for hours!!!

This is an extremely good resource for U-matic users. Personally I can supply new spares for the older u-matics: BVU 200,110,50 etc., both Pal & NTSC. I also buy and sell used pro video equipment.

Fun to toy around with!!! Can't beat the cost of the units, the picture quality (for the dollar!), and the experience you can gain with these units. I use BetaCam SP at work, but for at home, the machines behave relatively the same. Gives me a definite edge, having many more hours of experience in editing. Also, a hell of a lot of fun doing remo

Umatic - iss goood - innit ! I like these a lot - remember how gorgeous and high tech they looked, back in the day, and always wanted to get acquinted with their systems and servos and guts - (and now I can - as long as i get to the dumpster or skip quick enough !) these days I try not to touch *domestic* videos (except when I put a tape in mine

Hi there! When I started to make videos as a teenager in the late 1980's, U-Matic was still the number one standard for Broadcast and industrial video making. Thus I was very fascinated by the technology and dearly wished for my own Umatic -Equipment. I remember that our local video club had a discarded Panasonic NV-9500 which they no longer us

Well since I can't work on the puter (eye problem), I have to stick with U-Matics, but I do like the work, write me...

Old but still extreme good machines, like DCC as reference.

Does anyone have info on the Hi-Band mod for 5800/5850? Great to see a site dedicated to this format.

I have a Umatic VO-5850P and a VO-5800PS for sale, also a JVC Battery Charger AA-P47E plus 2 batteries, a JVC Portable Video Cassette Recorder CR-4900E, a Sony DXC-M3 camera and approx 50 used Umatic cassettes. Everthing has been recently serviced, batteries aren't great though. Can't find the Edit controller at the minute but no doubt it will tu

fine site, most informative and easy to use Greetings frm Duesseldorf/Germany

I work in education and I ve been using the Series 5 machines since 1983 - they still work! Most of our archive, which includes a local TV channel, is UMatic based. SVHS promised the world - it was crud from day one. We ll keep them going (we ve got four three machine edit suites using Series 9) for as long as possible. We find them excellent to us

Hello, i'm looking for a wiring diagram of interconnection cables between VO-5850, VO-5800 and RM440 . Can anyone help ???

Out of pure boreance I went online to see if there were any sites dedicated to U-matic, and stumbled upon this! i work at a post-production facility where we still make tons of U-Matics a month for all the commercial and ad agencies, because they won't upgrade to a system from the last decade(s). I believe the world would be better off if they used

we want to sell our u -matic equipments..sony.dxc3000Pk camera,sony bvu150 portable rec with tc.,sachtler 14 tripod and dolly,optex 7.5 wide angle,sony lo23 remote zoom contr,sony dme-450 digital effect, sony VO 985o with TC,and sony VO-9800 with TC,Sony BVE-600 editing, echolab dv ,Sony pvm 1320 monitor,VIP SPG,sonyecm -55 mic,3 x sony PVM 1442

Got a VO-1810UK. any good? I don't know.. SCREEEEM! the cassette loader is jammed shut / LOCKED so I can't try it out. HELP!..ANY IDEAS? no manual too.

I am very anxious to find some operating instructions and data on my immaculate Panasonic NV-A960 edit suite and U-matic machines.

Just bought a VO9600P and got a couple of VO8800 portables-not had much chance to use them yet-have 2 M3A cameras so hoping the results should be okay.

I just got the U-matic bug!! I'm start my own video business and can't afford the high prices of the DV equipment.So if you are looking to dump your equipment with modest prices email me. I have a Panasonic AG-A800 Editing Controller that I'm looking for the AG-SW800 AV switcher if you have any other stuff please let me know and let see what we ca

Recently discovered U-Matics & love em. Great to see so many others into the format too! Many thanks

Hi.thought ones been on the site long enough.so one thought i should tell the world U-matic BVU/VO is a alive and well here.enjoy reading your e-mails on here and found this site interesting,any info on the Bvu 150 and parts and manuals would be helpful.but i keep my eyes open on the site for more info on the others.ROY

Looking for manuals

Looking for manuals

we service and repair all models of low band high band and highband sp including portables to name just a few

At JVS we service U-matics betacam digibeta DVcam I have worked on them all do you have a service problem? then give me a call we are here to help you not like them all.

Used to be sony authorised repair center and did many hundreds (if not thousands) of services on servies 5, 7, 9 as well as BVUs and Betacams.

I am looking for a replacement for my old Sony Hi/Lo band recorder/player that I bought new about 1990 and then sold when BetaCam became popular. It must play perfectly: 90 minute SP Hi-band tapes that I hope are still OK in my storage. Can anyone help, please? Keith

Awesome site, I just picked up an old top-loading VO-2610 today for $20 USD, hoping it works well (haven't tried it out yet)...

In 1989, I first trained in video editing on a u-matic suite (lowband). Quickly moved up to Hi-band and the mickey controlled suite. Anyone remember that? In Ireland, colleges were flooded with u-matics in the late 80s due the the national channels beta sp upgrade. I own a BVU 800P. Have worked it well on corporates and music videos. Still in pri

I've just recieved my first U-Matic - the VO-4800 portable and I'm really amazed with the picture quality. Simple, durable design, wide fast windig tape to increase pure analogue signal/noise ratio - just what I expect of VTR. Now waiting for two JVC KY-1900E to complete my field recording suite...

I've just recieved my first U-Matic - the VO-4800 portable and I'm really amazed with the picture quality. Simple, durable design, wide fast windig tape to increase pure analogue signal/noise ratio - just what I expect of VTR. Now waiting for two JVC KY-1900E to complete my field recording suite...

I have a VO5800 and a VO5850. Neither used in many years but now neither machine will pick up the tape to wrap it around the drum. Any thoughts anyone?

HELP.....Need free download of manual for VP-9000,Sony.....Thank You,As Always,David

how I can clean up tapes 3/4?

how I can clean up tapes 3/4?

anyone help, tapes used playback perfect, new record-good sound but snowy picture, is definitely not dirty head!, if the heads had gone, it wouldn't play my original tapes would it???

Ho un vasto archivio di videocassette 3/4 di pollice U/Matic sia Low Band sia High Band. Circa 1000 cassette da revisionare e nel caso acquisire in digitale. Cerco usato per fare da lettore, magari abbinandolo a TBC se necessario.

i am a Girl of 18 years and i am looking for pal from UH US AND AU

Great to Work with U-MaticSP, still the best Colour Under Video System. Only Sony SP U-Matic“s NLE Editing has be done on a Avid Symphonie Media Composer. Great Pictures!

still using and now opened a film & tv institute in chandigarh.i want more u-matic equipments & manuals and literature

May i have the pinout connection of the DUB cable for Sony VO 5850? (schematic ) Many thanks.

I want to convert the U-matic DUB output to S-video - any ideas, please?

Hello. Can anyone help me locate in any format, UMatic, Beta, Cartrivision, etc. or point me in the right direction to anyone who may have 1970s sports recordings preferrable NFL available for either trade(I have over 4800 items of high quality to offer) or for purchase? Thanks to any and all who can help me. John in Ohio

I am here in the USA and still love the U-matic system, However as far as quality I also have two BR-S811 S-VHS decks from JVC, I am planning to produce a documentary. I am puzzled which system should I use.....U-matic on VO-5850 or the S-VHS?

Hi just bought my first umatic, hope to get good quality recordings from my sony camcordes, just gotta figure out how to do it!!

I'm having a very hard time finding parts now!! :(

I need to total Schematic diagram of u-matic vo-5800

I need to total Schematic diagram of u-matic vo-5800

I need to total Schematic diagram of umatic vo-5800

I'an got an BVU 820 that have some probs :-( Is there anybody out there who have A meantanence manual as well A users manuaul as A PDF File or real paperware it may help me. I was recently looking for this manuals at Sony Broadcast webside, but I doesen't find this dokument's while they doesen't support it. It's verry lovely if anny one else can he

I'an got an BVU 820 that have some probs :-( Is there anybody out there who have A meantanence manual as well A users manuaul as A PDF File or real paperware it may help me. I was recently looking for this manuals at Sony Broadcast webside, but I doesen't find this dokument's while they doesen't support it. It's verry lovely if anny one else can he

I'an got an BVU 820 that have some probs :-( Is there anybody out there who have A meantanence manual as well A users manuaul as A PDF File or real paperware it may help me. I was recently looking for this manuals at Sony Broadcast webside, but I doesen't find this dokument's while they doesen't support it. It's verry lovely if anny one else can he

I'an got an BVU 820 that have some probs :-( Is there anybody out there who have A meantanence manual as well A users manuaul as A PDF File or real paperware it may help me. I was recently looking for this manuals at Sony Broadcast webside, but I doesen't find this dokument's while they doesen't support it. It's verry lovely if anny one else can he

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I COULD GET AN EDITIN UMATIC IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, PLEASE

Does any one know wher I could but a good editing recorder of these models system must be pal, any help appreciated

Umatic Is a great format the tapes just go on and on.

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would like to buy one