1 inch Type C (designated Type C by SMPTE) is a professional reel-to-reel analog recording helical scan videotape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976.
The quality and reliability of 1 inch Type C made it a mainstay in television and video production in television studios for almost 20 years, before being supplanted by more compact videocassette formats like Betacam, DVCAM, D-1, D-2 and DVCPro. 1 inch Type C was also widely used for the mastering of early LaserDisc titles. It was replaced in that role by the digital D-2 videocassette format in the late 1980s.

Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself. All Betacam variants from (plain) analog recording Betacam to Betacam SP and digital recording Digital Betacam (and additionally, HDCAM & HDCAM SR), use the same shape videocassettes, meaning vaults and other storage facilities do not have to be changed, when upgrading to a new format. The cassettes are available in two sizes: S and L.

U-matic is a videocassette format first shown by Sony in prototype in October 1969, and introduced to the market in September 1971.
The videotape was ¾ inches (1.9 cm) wide, so the format is often known as 'three-quarter-inch' or simply 'three-quarter'.

Panasonic D3

D-3 is an uncompressed composite digital video tape format invented at NHK, and introduced commercially by Panasonic in 1991 to compete with Ampex's D-2.

VHS

The Video Home System (better known by its abbreviation VHS) is a video tape recording standard developed during the 1970s by a Japanese company, JVC.

Betamax

Betamax (sometimes called Beta) is a home videocassette tape recording format developed by Sony, first released on May 10, 1975.

Video8

The three formats (Video8, Hi8, and Digital8) are physically very similar, featuring both the same tape width and near-identical cassette shells, measuring 95 × 62.5 × 15 mm.

1/2" EIAJ

In 1969, the E.I.A.J. (Electronic Industries Association of Japan) brought several different manufactures together to agree upon a single, compatible videotape format.
We have both CCIR (European) and EIAJ (USA) machines operational

1/2"
Pre -EIAJ

Sony CV 1/2"

Sony introduced the CV-2000 VTR in 1964. It was the first reel to reel b/w only VTR introduced for home use, though most found their way into industrial service.

Panasonic cartridge

The NV-5120 was an EIAJ-2 (sometimes called EIAJ-M) cartridge recorder. The Electronic Industries Association of Japan came out with two important videotape-recorder standards. EIAJ-1 standardized half-inch black-and-white recorders and EIAJ-2 standardised color. This model put the supply reel inside a cartridge, with a stiff plastic leader used for automatic threading. Unlike cassettes, single-reel cartridges cannot be removed until fully rewound.

We have 2 very rare Panasonic NV-5120 working machines.