The Battleship VCR

[ChrisW6ATV]

That is definitely a non-Hi-Fi model. VU meters were common on VCRs in the professional world. It would be a nice machine for a VCR collection, but not much good for real-world use anymore. Here is a link to a brochure for it:

http://www.bcs.tv/pdf/model/6126/jvc_br-6400u.pdf

[Scorpion8]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

That is definitely a non-Hi-Fi model.

What defines a "Hi-Fi" model? In my book it was always wether you got stereo signal in/out or a single channel of audio. This definitely does stereo, and the brochure confirms that, and it even has optional Dolby NR if you wanted to use that. Seems pretty "hi-fi" to me so far as VCR's go.

[andy]

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[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Scorpion8

What defines a "Hi-Fi" model?

Yes, what Andy said. "Hi-Fi" in VCRs is a specific term; the technical name was AFM (audio frequency modulation). Linear stereo audio is 40-12000 Hz with 50 dB signal-to-noise ratio at best; Hi-Fi could be 20-20000 Hz with near 80 dB S/N ratio.