Funai VP 1500 Old Rental VHS Player

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by tvcollector

I found an old rental VHS player with case at the local Goodwill, I opened it up to find out the Capstan belt turned into gunk, it was a project alone, cleaning that mess up, well cleaned it and replaced it with another belt i have.. It works now, but i notice when i put in a home recorded tape recorded in SLP mode, it stays running at SP mode. So I'm guessing these old rental VCRS only play tapes in SP mode..

I have two of these in my storage. The Funai VP-1500 VCP (video cassette player) was Funai's very first item to sell in the United States, along it being Funai's oldest VHS machine model. It launched in late-1984.

This one only plays in SP mode. It does not play LP or SLP. It was marketed and built this way.

However, it is relatively very simple-designed, reliable, and it qualifies to be the longest-lasting VHS machine ever produced. Typically, a VCP breaks down less than a VCR because it omits a tuner, clock display, wireless remote, and all the unnecessary items to make things more complicated.

Despite all the bashing regarding Funai or "Funaicrap" that many technicians like to write in other threads, they actually rarely and seldom saw old Funai VCRs coming in for service (made before 1991), so they misjudge on Funai as a company itself. These old Funais were actually really reliable and durable by 1,000% difference from the mid-90s and today.