Grundig SVR4004EL

Make:

Grundig.

Model:

SVR4004EL.

Description:

1st and only (other than minor variations of this model) SVR format video.

Year:

1979.

Original cost:

-

Features:

All electronic soft touch keys, Digital clock and timer, Electronic tuning controls, Picture crispener with external control, Tracking meter, Advanced tape-protection circuitry.

Format:

SVR (Super Video Recording).

Tape Width:

0.5 inch.

Theoretical Resolution:

3MHz < 6dB

Tape Speed:

3.95 cm / sec.

Record / Playback method:

Helical scan with azimuth-slant heads.

Video Track Width:

51μM.

Audio record format:

1 linear audio channel on SVR standard.

Max Record / Playback Time:

5 hours with SVC5 cassette.

Misc:

The third and last format to use the coaxial type cassette as used in the original VCR specification. Although they looked the same as standard VCR cassettes, the mechanical and magnetic specifications of the SVR tapes were superior, and the earlier tapes could not be used in SVR machines. The machine detected the difference by the presence of an extra piece of plastic moulded near the front of SVR tapes. Although SVR machines could not use VCR tapes, tapes designed for the SVR format could be used in VCR and VCR-LP format machines.