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Open reel video oddities



Color VTRs and color upgrades



Self-threading machines



Timelapse VTRs

Long before VHS timelapse recorders, a few companies offered timelapse open reel video recorders. These worked by




Sanyo VTR-1350 could record 48 hours of timelapse footage to a one hour tape and cost $2350 in 1975. Popular Science, March 1975


Tape delay