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Old 07-22-2017, 04:06 AM
waltchan waltchan is offline
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Originally Posted by CPQ5360 View Post
Are there any particular S-VHS VCRs that are known for being reliable and aging better? Basically one with a better chance of having no issues if you were to buy one from a layman on eBay or wherever? Belt changes would be fine.
Toshiba built the longest-lasting S-VHS VCRs, I think, based on my 17 years of VCR repair/restoration service. They rarely have capacitor troubles, so they always have S-VHS video playback and Hi-Fi sound. Better than JVC for reliability.

Last edited by waltchan; 08-02-2017 at 11:10 AM.
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