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Originally Posted by Eric H
Walt, are you sure about the model on this Sharp?
I had it apart lubing and cleaning but I didn't notice the head being Gold, do you mean the drum or the heads themselves, seems like Gold or Gold anodizing wouldn't last long on the rotating drum.
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Oh yes, the Sharp VC-6800 was the first VCR ever released by Sharp. In 1980, the VC-7400 was the second. In 1981, the VC-8500 was the third. In 1982, the VC-9400, VC-9500, and VC-9600 were the forth and the first ones with the regular, chrome-color video head.
The VC-6800 I used to own before came with an owner's manual and service manual.
I also used to own a 1981 VC-8500 in 2003 that was completely smashed, broken, and shattered from shipping. I was forced to throw it out without playing with it. This one was the last Sharp VCR model with a gold-color video head. So far, I have not found another VC-8500 on eBay for 8 years now (dang).
I have heard that the gold-anodizing video drum head had a very high cleaning rate, but it is very durable. People who used to own a 1979-1981 Sharp VCR didn't keep it for very long because they were tired taking it in to a repair shop and clean the video head every year. The video head drum itself is the most heaviest, most amount of metal ever found in a VCR.
Lastly, I currently own a portable 1981 Sharp XA-900 (not 2002 XA-905/XA-920) Professional Series VCR, the first Sharp XA model, with the gold-color video head inside. Not really my favorite one, but it's better than nothing since I haven't found another VC-8500.