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09-16-2009, 11:05 PM
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"Were those intended for home use???"
No, I don't think that they were intended for home use, although some may have ended up in homes. The Sony "portapack" was popular with sports coaches, golf swing experts, schools, industry and perhaps a few home movies were made with these machines. The Ampex was semi portable... about 95 lbs, but with a handle on both ends, likely was used by some tv stations to record remote events. I remember reading once that Hugh Hefner had a 2" Tape, quad head color Ampex at his home, in days before VHS and Beta.  jr 
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09-30-2009, 07:15 AM
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09-30-2009, 07:26 AM
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Here are some of my old video recorders I've collected over the past 7 years:
Philips N1512 VCR SP 1976 Philips N1700 VCR LP 1978 Grundig SVR-4004 1979 VCR tapes 1970s Sony CV-2100CE 1967 National NV-3020E VTR 1973/74 (recently gave it back to the former owner as I now have a Sony AV-3620CE VTR to transfer reel-reel videos)
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09-30-2009, 12:51 PM
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Nice decks!! Nice youtube video!!
 At one time, I had a VTR/VCR that was a transition between R-R and cassette machines. As I recall it was a National. The tape was contained in a small cassette with only ONE reel inside... when it was loaded the machine would thread itself around the heads and to take up reel (5"?)contained under the top cover of the deck. It was color. Do any of yours load that way? jr I found a picture of it, Lab guy has everything! http://www.labguysworld.com/Panasonic_NV-5110.htm It was more fun to watch the thing thread itself than the ONE cassette that I had. Last edited by jr_tech; 09-30-2009 at 03:33 PM. Reason: add info
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10-02-2009, 08:38 PM
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11-16-2009, 03:01 AM
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I have a Philips N1500, said to be the worlds first home VCR as we know them today; it could be connected to any TV, it was easy to operate and it had a recording timer. It's driven by two brushless AC motors - the same type as used in record players. On each of the drive shafts there is a metal disc with a coil which is used to slow it down to the right speed. This is the same kind of electromagnetic brake system used on some trucks and other heavy vehicles. My N1500 is only partially working, missing the wire from the threading system and only displaying an unsharp B&W picture. I also have a N1502 in great condition and i also had a completely worn out N1700 which i gave away to another collector.
Then there's the VR2020; The Video Compact Cassette, also known as Video 2000. This was supposed to compete with Beta and VHS, but had some technical difficulties in its early days. The players still looks futuristic: LED-displays, a lot of buttons, brushed aluminium, brushless (and virtually noiseless) direct drive DC motors etc. By the time they got things sorted out, it was too late, and the format quickly died out. V2000 never got official stereo specs, and as far as i know were never made in NTSC version. I am not too impressed with the picture quality, but the system had other advantages. For instance, up to 16 hours recording time in SLP-mode, noise free still and picture search and incredibly well-built machines. Unusual to the format is the tapes that can be turned over and used on both sides. The cassette looks like a over sized audio cassette, and despite the "Video Compact Cassette"-name, these cassettes were a little bit bigger than VHS.
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