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Old 06-25-2012, 07:28 PM
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All that old stuff... obsolete. Like buggy whips.
No, not obsolete! .....VINTAGE. Like a real fine 409.
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Old 06-25-2012, 11:51 PM
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I don't remember all the model numbers.

VCRs
BETAMAX - a "Sears" beta portable by Toshiba IIRC. Had to rig an RCA camera with a special plug to fit it.
VHS - the second model with an RCA name on it. Really a Panasonic. I worked in a TV shop and built that one from a few junkers.

VTRs - IVC color models 800 and 870 which was the insert editor. Still have those American made units and an alignment tape. I believe they are from the 1970's. The chroma was not down-converted but rather the whole bandwidth was put on tape and the outgoing burst phase was fidgeted to keep the tint correct. In the manual one can see the color machine just has one extra board for that job. The tape wrapped 360 degrees on those and the switching was done inside the vertical blanking
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Old 10-22-2014, 08:48 PM
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Sony VO-1600 produced in 1971

My first VCR was a VO-1600.

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Old 10-22-2014, 08:54 PM
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My first VCR was/is a 1971 Sony VO-1600 Umatic
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As was my own first VCR. I bought mine in 1976 for $50 with some tapes from a high tech firm in Oak Ridge.
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The two oldest VHS machines I can recall owning, were: a 1981 Magnavox which was built by Panasonic, a top-loader, non-remote with knob tuners and mono audio. It was given to me by my uncle.
And a 1984 Sharp with wired remote, mono audio but electronic tuning. It was my parents.
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Old 10-24-2014, 12:13 PM
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The two oldest VHS machines I can recall owning, were: a 1981 Magnavox which was built by Panasonic, a top-loader, non-remote with knob tuners and mono audio. It was given to me by my uncle.
And a 1984 Sharp with wired remote, mono audio but electronic tuning. It was my parents.
My first VCR was a Panasonic-built Magnavox. It was the first under $600.00 VCR, I saw. It had the old style tuners, one day, one event timer and a corded pause button. It still was a top load, but the first generation of the slightly smaller models. It still had a lot of circuitry, compared with the newer models.
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Old 10-25-2014, 01:24 PM
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My first VCR was/is a 1971 Sony VO-1600 Umatic
My current oldest VCR is a VO-1600. They are real impressive solid machines!
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My current oldest VCR is a VO-1600. They are real impressive solid machines!
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I lost count what is the oldest VCR I have here.More likely I know I have ones from the 1970's of the VHS and Beta format.

Along with other formats like reel to reel and cartridge , Umatic,Sanyo Vcord .reel machines from 1 inch to 1/4 inch here too.Some working and some are not.

Also I can add the 2 Fisher Price PXL2000 cassette kids camcorders.
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Old 12-08-2014, 11:25 AM
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Philips N1500

Here's a Philips N1500. (this one isnt mine, but I have exactly the same model)

Dates from 1972. Has all the features that made up a domestic video recorder.
1 event 1 day (Cooker style) timer, cassette tape, built-in tuner.

130uM video-tracks, two head, guard-band colour (Chroma Under) recording, Eddy-current brakes used for both head and capstan servos. The tape speed was over 14 inches a second....
The cassette has one reel above the other co-axial style, the supply reel below the take-up, in a thick squarish boxy cassette, 1/2" tape was used.

Will record and play for 1 hour.

The later N1700 halved the tape speed and used slant-azimuth recording. Period modifications to the earlier N1500 included updating to the N1700 format by changing head disc and machining capstan pulley to halve the tape speed.
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Old 12-08-2014, 12:06 PM
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I lost count what is the oldest VCR I have here.More likely I know I have ones from the 1970's of the VHS and Beta format.

Along with other formats like reel to reel and cartridge , Umatic,Sanyo Vcord .reel machines from 1 inch to 1/4 inch here too.Some working and some are not.

Also I can add the 2 Fisher Price PXL2000 cassette kids camcorders.
I should of add the VCRs I first purchased as new in the box which was a Panasonic HiFi portable combo with tuner PV9600 in 1985 about a year later I bought a Sony SL-HF750 ans a NEC N965U.

The Sony Betamax is the only one still alive.The others need some repair.

The NEC was a nightmare and it had alot of issues and in for repair many times.When It worked It had an awesome picture and sound.

The Panasonic portable was a workhorse until it had mechanical and alignment issues.

Also in 1985 I added the Radio Shack Realistic TV100 MTS stereo receiver to the Panasonic since its tuner was only mono at the time.

Wow I dont believe it was almost 30 years ago.
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Old 12-08-2014, 11:38 PM
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The oldest VCR I have is a 1972 Philips N1500. this cassette format is the first consumer format and predates the Betamax and VHS by nearly half a decade.

My oldest VHS is an RCA VBT-200 from October 1977.
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Old 12-09-2014, 10:25 AM
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The oldest VCR I have is a 1972 Philips N1500. this cassette format is the first consumer format and predates the Betamax and VHS by nearly half a decade.
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Ah--Another N1500....

Is yours working....

Mine has issues with those horrible Lockfit (BC148, BF194 etc) transistors....
Changed 11 of them to date, and probably end up replacing all the machine contains, which will be fun
--Between faulty transistors, the machine works pretty well...

I didn't know they sold these Stateside, I thought it was a Euro only model.....
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Old 12-09-2014, 01:09 PM
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The Sony U-Matic VO-1600 like this one.

http://www.rewindmuseum.com/umatic.htm

It used 3/4 inch tape and had play/record capability. Sad to say, no longer own it. Back in the day was very happy to get rid of the big beast. Replaced with the first VHS machine available in the U.S., a JVC HR-3300 Vidstar.
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