My first U-Matic deck

[centralradio]

I have several Umatic recorders here.Sony,Panasonic and JVC .I used to use them to backup the VHS copy of TV specials ,concerts and home videos,etc .I used too run them side by side recording.At that time I had a endless supply of new blank tapes or used once tapes from a friend in the broadcasting biz.The SVHS and the DVD recorders took over that job in the later years.That eliminated the spaghetti mess of patch cords.