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CVC Technicolor cassette tape

Complete pricing below.

CVC (Compact Video Cassette) Funai Technicolor Cassette was developed by a joint venture between Funai and Technicolor in 1980 and is a portable color video tape format.  The small size of CVC and ease of operation was intended to compete with 8mm movie film; the cassette is similar in size to a standard audio cassette.  Tapes are labeled V30, V45, and V60 and are 30, 45, 60 minutes respectively.  


Prices:
CVC Technicolor, Funai, Muntz video tape cassette to file: $65+$6 per minute; $125 max per tape.
USB FLASH DRIVE (Thumb drive) for audio file(s): $10 each (16Gb max).
DOWNLOAD file: $10 per order (25Gb max).
DVD (DVDs are becoming obsolete): $15 each (2 hours max).
Preview 1-minute download: $30 ($15 credited towards full  transfer).
Transfer price included baking when required.  
Splices; $2/splice.  Mold cleanining: $15.
*Unclaimed material will be discarded after 1 year.
 
h264.mp4 is a very common and well supported file format; files on a USB flash drive will play in Windows and MAC computers and will plug & play in many modern TVs.  Other file formats available by request (avi, mov, etc).
 
CVC Technicolor, Muntz, Funai cont:
CVC equipment can support NTSC or PAL.  CVC was sold with several brand names including Technicolor (model 212 most common), Funai, Cannon, Chinon, Grundig, Saba, Quelle, and Uher. NTSC CVC tape transports at a speed of 3.21cm/sec (1.26ips), and has a video resolution of 240 lines.  CVC tape is 6.5mm wide and cassettes measure 10.5 x 6.6 x 1.3 cm (4.12 x 2.635 x 0.5-inches).  The format was in decline by 1983 and operational playback equipment is rare.

Example CVC tapes 1/4 inch, Compact Video Cassete, 6.35mm wide.

Funai VF45, CVC Compact Video Cassette, Japan 
Funai V30 CVC. Funai FZ3000, Funai Electric Trading Co, Japan
Funai FZ4500, 45 minutes
Technicolor VE30, Model 730E
Microvideo. 
Muntz HG60 CVC. Japan
Siemens CVC.

Technicolor V30, VC30 Model 712.
Technicolor Microvideo V30, model 730.
Technicolor V45, Model 745.
Technicolor V60, Model 760, F612VE
Universum Revue VE30 
Uher.
Funai FA-81HC head cleaner tape.


Transfer CVC Technicolor Compact Video Cassette (not VHS-C), Muntz, CVC Funai, Microvideo to file download, Hard drive, or Flash drive files, DVD.