Well, my parents first got VHS in 1986, when they were first married. My dad bought a Hitachi home video camera that also played back VHS. Then, in 1993 I remember him buying a Sony VHS out of a catalog which was hi-fi stereo and 4 head with flying erase head....I remember my mother and him having an argument because he paid a LOT for it (might have been near the top of the line for its time).
As for me, the first VHS recorder of my own was in 1996, a 2-head Sears "LXI"...I was extremely happy to have it.
Then, in '98 I got a Panasonic TV/VCR of my own and gave the Sears to my grandparents.
Now, I use a circa 2002 Sony "19 micron head" whatever that means, that my mother bought new...of course, no one else has any use for "tape" anymore except me.
