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Old 05-08-2022, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx View Post
If I recall correctly there are no belts or idler tires in the PV-1730 (other than belt on the FL mechanism). Reels are direct drive. If I could find a pic with the lid off I could verify. Biggest issue with those was the head cylinder bearing wearing out causing the upper cylinder to wobble when it spins.

When they came out I would have bought one except no MTS stereo tuner.
Ok, thanks for the info, I think for my purposes (since we don't have analog TV signals anymore) it will work fine because all I need is the Hi-Fi audio for the video tape playback.
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