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VCRs all had wired remote controls at first, well after TVs commonly included IR remotes. The best one I remember was the Sony SL-5800 remote control. That VCR was the first to have freeze frame and slow motion without the big snow bar visible on all other models with those features. The slow motion was variable speed with a rotary or slide pot on the remote control, which also controlled play, fast forward/reverse scan, etc.
The first VCR to have an IR remote control was a Mitsubishi, model HS-300U in 1980.
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Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
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