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05-14-2008, 08:24 PM
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The Battleship VCR
Ran upon this monster VCR at State Surplus. Its a JVC BR-6400U, and is a monster. It's huge in size, heavy in weight, and contains two VU meters which I had never seen on a VCR. Anybody have any info on this? Is it worth $10 as "the ultimate VCR?"
  Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.
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05-14-2008, 08:49 PM
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Lookin good! IME the pro machines like this one were just about the best VCRs ever built. I had an old Panasonic pro vcr with recording level VU meters and it was a tank. How does she work?
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05-14-2008, 09:02 PM
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05-14-2008, 10:17 PM
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Ya know, I didn't even look if it was "hi fi". I was mesmerized by the twin VU meters. And I haven't bought it, it's still there. Been there for a few weeks. Not much interest in an old VCR anymore, except maybe to someone here. But for $10 ...
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05-14-2008, 11:45 PM
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That is definitely a non-Hi-Fi model. VU meters were common on VCRs in the professional world. It would be a nice machine for a VCR collection, but not much good for real-world use anymore. Here is a link to a brochure for it:
http://www.bcs.tv/pdf/model/6126/jvc_br-6400u.pdf
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05-15-2008, 01:15 AM
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Is it an outboard
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05-15-2008, 10:16 AM
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05-15-2008, 01:27 PM
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05-15-2008, 05:23 PM
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Ya learn something new everyday around this place. Thanks all. Haven't heard anybody say "I wun dat! Gotta have ....!" But it's still cool to look at.
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05-15-2008, 09:44 PM
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Hi,
Some data for you: Early Stereo VHS VCR's used what they called "Linear Stereo with Dolby NR" This uses the conventional linear audio tracks at the edge of the tape split in half for Stereo. A year or so later, Sony introduced Beta Hi-Fi which uses some of the space in between the video vertical interval for higher quality audio. Soon after, VHS machines got Hi-Fi. This machine still has value since some early Stereo movies and music videos only had Linear Stereo. It's well built, Stereo, professional editing quality, and worth up to $40. No modern VCR is as well made or as dependable. 
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05-15-2008, 10:39 PM
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I used several of these VCR's in my work for many years. It produced one of the sharpest pictures of any VHS deck I've ran across. However, this deck had loading problems. It liked jam tapes as well. Its worth $10.
David
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