Usually, the tapes manufactured between 1965 and 1985 experience an hydrolisation problem.
We master the treatment to solve the problems of these tapes or cassettes.

Some tapes in the VCR / VCR-LP /SBR (Philips / Grundig / BASF / Agfa / Scotch 3M) experience in addition an « alumination » problem.We also master the treatment to solve the problems of these tapes or cassettes.

A. Open Reel video tapes

1) 1" tapes
SONY, serie EV (1964) CCIR & EIA – proprietary format
IVC, serie 700 (1967) CCIR - proprietary format
PHILIPS, serie EL (1968) CCIR - proprietary format
C format (1978) – professional format used before the introduction of the Betacam format – PAL

2) Pre-EIAJ ½ » tapes
NATIONAL serie NV-1020 E (1964) CCIR - proprietary format
SONY serie CV-2100 (1968) CCIR & EIA - proprietary format
PHILIPS serie LDL-1000/LDL-1002 CCIR - proprietary format

3) 1/2" EIAJ-1 B&W tapes
SONY ½ » serie AV-3420/3620/3670 (1970) CCIR & EIA

4) 1/2" EIAJ-2 Color tapes
SHIBADEN serie SV-620 E (1971) PAL & SECAM
SONY 1/2" serie AV-8650 (1971) NTSC

5) 1/4" AKAI B&W tapes
AKAI 1/4" B&W serie VT-100/110/120/700 (1970) CCIR & EIA - proprietary format

6) 1/4" AKAI color tapes
AKAI 1/4" color serie VT-150 (1975) PAL & NTSC - proprietary format