VCRs that will last forever

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by jfrog1983

I would really like to find their 7 head unit...

Too bad for you as I luckily found another one, which is Hitachi VT-87A (I am not allowed to tell you which Hitachi VCR model has 7-head in it as it will raise the bid price, and I already spent many years figuring out each manufacturer's top of the line model from certain year).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270356510798

Despite that, I am having a problem and don't know if it's coming from the video head or bad caps at video board. SP and LP playback are fine with perfect picture quality and Hi-Fi sound, but EP playback only plays black and white with snow and distortion with picture rolling, and there are invisible purple and green bars at the bottom of the screen. FF and REW search do the same thing, except in pause mode where the picture is fully restored (see attached photos). If the playback is at the darker scene, picture stops rolling. Is the problem coming from the video board, video head (I hope not), or power supply? It reads the right speed with clear Hi-Fi audio, so why can't video work?

Otherwise, I am enjoying its SP picture quality and Hi-Fi audio quality and it's a nice rare model to own (mines is #355 from production for one year).