18 June 2022

Lo-D PCM-V100 (1981) - Rare and Unique VHS PCM Recorder

PCM audio recorder

Developed in the late 1970s, PCM (Pulse code Modulation) Digital Audio harnessed the larger bandwidth of video tape technology to digitally encode an audio signal to magnetic tape. PCM digital audio was widely used for studio mastering until the introduction of Digital Audio Tape (DAT) in 1987. Initially these systems comprised a PCM adapter connected to a VCR as shown in our previous article here. The Technics SV-P100 and the HITACHI PCM-V300 were two "compact" models that have used VHS tape to record Digital Audio only, but the rarest of them all must be this Japanese market Lo-D (Hitachi) PCM-V100. Here are some detailed pictures of this rare and unique model, the Lo-D PCM Digital Audio/Video Recorder PCM-V100.

PCM audio recorder

PCM audio recorder

PCM audio recorder

PCM audio recorder

PCM audio recorder

PCM audio recorder