VCRs that will last forever

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by jfrog1983

Studiosoundelectronics.com is where I source the parts, you are correct.

No surprise. They were the inventor of online DIY VCR repair kits. I have already sent him more than 1,000 e-mails since the beginning of 2001. Very nice guy with very detailed e-mails. I am rated by him the most number of e-mails sent he ever receives from a buyer.

Originally Posted by jfrog1983

How are you finding this stuff on ebay? I search for it and it doesn't come up, only a bunch of newer VCRs and remotes and medical grade VCRs. I tried searching for "mitsubishi vcr".

The ad title says "Mitsubishi VHS," so it will not show up in eBay search if you type in "Mitsubishi VCR." I used to own a Mitsubishi HS-400UR before, but it arrived with only "EEEE" at the clock display, making the unit totally inoperative, no response, unrepairable, and the VCR told me it was extinct. VCRs should never do this. I wasn't able to fix it due to its bad design, so I tore the whole thing into pieces to relieve my anger.
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The only Mitsubishi VCRs I have in my collection today are HS-423UR S-VHS and HS-U82 S-VHS. I used to own a HS-300UR (very first), HS-304UR, HS-400UR, HS-422UR, and HS-710UR (portable) before.

I worked and finished restoring a Mitsubishi DD-6000 DVD player (Toshiba-made) today. It was the first progressive-scan DVD player ever made in history, and it was Mitsubishi's last Made in Japan DVD player. It retailed for $750 new. The most embarrassing thing I saw was it uses a brushed spindle motor instead of brushless spindle motor found in their earlier decks, something that got into my mind for the whole day.