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 === Sony Rover Open Reel ===
 These have similar dates to the IVC tapes, but are shorter 5 inch spools of 1/2 inch tape. Marked only as Sony Rover, they are presumed to come from one of the widespread Sony portable machines of the date, most of which conformed to the EIJA standard and so had interchangeable tapes. [[Stoic]] have one of these machines, but it doesn't work. Negotiations to try and get it working and in use are ongoing - they managed to dub their archive to Umatic before it gave out.
+=== Umatic and Mmatic ===
+A very common semi-pro 3/4 inch cassette format, with two different sizes of shell to accommodate different amounts of tape. Playing times are about 20 mins and 60 mins respectively. These were the main format for edited content until about 2000 {{unsure|When did we move to U - it was in use in 1987?}}. YSTV still has a machine with close to new video heads, so we can dub material off, the only problem is the volume of tapes to transfer!
 == Current Formats ==
 These are used for current contributions to the archive. The aim is that they should be as durable and widely playable as possible for the future, whilst also preserving decent picture quality in a reasonable amount of space.