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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007
What V.C.R. do you have?  |
Philips:
VR2020: Technichally excellent, cabinet has some small dents and scratches
N1500: Partially working. Runs, but the picture is a little fuzzy and without color. The lacing-wire has snapped and the modulator does not work. The cabinet looks good except for a few missing buttons.
N1502: Perfectly working. The cabinet has two deep scratches on the top, but else it is excellent.
N1700: Non-working; The head servo control module is missing. Judging by the wear on the buttons this player has been used a lot and vital parts (heads) are most likely too worn to make it worth to repair. The cabinet is in average to good shape.
VR6542: mid-late 80s mid price VHS. Looks almost like new and works well too, but the tape transport is a little "sticky" from time to time. This VCR "lives" with one of the K40s.
Other brands:
1988 Panasonic (doesn't remember model#): A pretty expensive model, cost almost $1000 when new. The picture is the best i have ever seen on VHS, and it has "Super still and super fine slow" which gives incredibly good trick play performance as long as you use good quality tapes. The recording timer is programmed with a bar-code reader. On the back side, there are
both SCART socket and BNC/RCA inputs including remote controlled pause from a camera. The only thing it is missing is stereo sound.
Panasonic portable: A battery operated portable top-loading VHS. It has BNC in- and output, camera input and RF output. It has most of the trick-play features. Works good and gives a good picture. Runs on 12 volts supplied by a battery or AC adapter. To use it on AC you have to take out the battery and put the AC adapter in the battery compartment. I would be surprised if a car adapter was not available too.
Sony Betamax C5: Works most of the time, but has obviously some kind of problem with the tape speed control. It works when i start it from cold, but after a while, especially if i use any of the tape transport control, the tape speed starts "wobbling". The cabinet looks well-used.
Betamax C7: Non-working. Some kind of electric problem with the head speed control.
Betamax C20: Good working and looks good, but a very simple model.
I also have some more modern ones(late 90s-2000s): A Hitachi and a Aiwa, a cheap JVC S-VHS and a Sony SLV-X9, but i guess they're not so interesting.