When Did Everyone Get Their First VHS/Betamax Player?

[mwplefty]

I'm not sure if anyone has asked this. Everyone has been talking about what they have "now," but I'd like to know where it all started for them.

My father and uncle bought my grandparents their first VHS player in 1984, but my parents didn't get their first VHS player until 1988 (Neither ever had Betamax or Sony U-Matic or anything other video recording device). When our family moved in 1995, we bought a VCR for our Sony Projection TV that is still in use today (When I'm there I like to play some of my dad's old VHS tapes on that player). We also have a couple other players such as one from about 1998, 2000, and a DVD/VHS combo from some recent year.