VCRs that will last forever

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

this question occurred to me while I was looking at the picture of this S-VHS VCR. What is the difference between standard VHS and S-VHS? My best guess is that S-VHS was capable of greater resolution than straight VHS. It looks to me as if the S-VHS VCR uses smaller cassettes than ordinary VHS machines as well, and if that isn't enough, the S-VHS recorder looks a lot smaller than most VHS units.

S-VHS VCR offers higher picture resolution and use its own S-VHS tape. It can playback both VHS and S-VHS tapes. S-VHS was considered to be high-end and flagship during the late 80s to mid-90s. Tape is standard size. The smaller size is called S-VHS-C, which is similar to VHS-C, and works for camcorders only.