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Neat! I've never seen a portable V-Cord VCR, but I have seen a few of the regular table-top V-Cord II models. I remember sometime in the mid-80's (probably 1986 or '87) there was a local appliance dealer that *still* had two leftover unsold Sanyo V-Cord II VCRs on the shelf. Those things never moved even as the store kept lowering the price. The last time I saw them there, I think they were down to $49 or so-- this being at a time when a low-end VHS deck was still around $300. I dunno what eventually became of them...
As I recall, V-Cord / V-Cord II tapes were roughly the size of Betamax casettes but with a built-in "handle" on one of the the short edges that made them longer by an inch or so. As dr.ido points out, Labguy's world is a great resource about defunct video formats and equipment.
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