Sony SLV-R1000 prosumer S-VHS editing VCR

SLV-R1000 with panel open	SLV-R1000 with panel closed (bottom)
SLV-R1000 remote (left)	RM-E700 editing controller

The student television class supposedly used these to edit and broadcast before switching to computer NLEs and DVDs. The VCR is now used to digitize VHS and S-VHS tapes dating as far back as 1995. (the SR-DVM600 DVD recorder stacked above the VCR records the output of the VCR). The SLV-R1000 has 3 A/V inputs (2 rear and 1 front) and 2 outputs. Each I/O set has s-video, composite audio and stereo audio. Most of the deck's features are on the front panel as seen in the first picture. The OSD can be completely turned off, making them suitable for semi-professional uses.

These decks can be connected to a sony editing controller like the RM-E700 via Control-L. We still have one of these editing controllers but I didn't have the chance to take a picture of it, although I did find a fairly good picture on the internet. When connected to the controller, the LCD display on the controller will show the tape position (since there's no time code on VHS, this display shows the position of the tape relative to "zero", which is set by pressing the counter reset button on the VCR) and the VCR will respond to the buttons on the controller. I can't remember if the time display is accurate to the second or to the frame. I never tried editing with the controller because this VCR is the only SLV-R1000 left. The other ones were broken and ate tape so they were recycled.

The video recording quality is almost as sharp as DVD but noticably noisier. I never tried video insert and audio insert so I don't know how well it works.

I believe that the student television broadcasts would look more professional if they had more of these VCRs and used them for broadcasting because unlike the new consumer DVD players they're using now, the SLV-R1000 has all the controls built into the front panel and is free of OSD.