Videotape format war

[Sandy G]

Ya gotta wonder if there are any operational examples left of those "Oddball" format decks, the V-Cord, & The Great Time Machines..I got a Panasonic Omnivision IV in late '79, kept it til I got a Panny Hi-Fi stereo deck around '85 or so..I gave the Omnivision machine to my Church, last time I looked, they still had it, altho I don't think it gets used very much anymore..I DO remember it was built like a TANK... It was a 4 hr top-loading unit, & was more of a "Commercial" type machine than later VHS decks I had were..

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

.I got a Panasonic Omnivision IV in late '79, ..

Probably a PV-1000 or PV-1100 if two speed, SP and LP. Made many a buck on those with the old sensor bulb that would burn out and leave it inpoerative.