1984-ish Hitachi 4 Head VCR

[dishdude]

Originally Posted by probnot

What about these? VT-17E and VT-19E are European PAL versions, but I believe the VT-19E and VT-19A would have looked the same. VT-18A had same specs, but was not stereo.

VT-16A is a US NTSC version, but was only 2-head...same style buttons though.

I've never seen anything like those models in the US.

[probnot]

Originally Posted by dishdude

I've never seen anything like those models in the US.

I haven't either. The only reason I suspect they exist is the service manual for the VT-16A which lists them all. Could just be that they weren't very popular, or had some achilles heel that caused them all to go in the landfill.

There are some VCRs from that era I had never seen or heard of that will suddenly pop up in a thrift store or on ebay.