Notably reliable/well-aging S-VHS VCRs?

[centralradio]

Originally Posted by waltchan

Both Mitsubishi and JVC had multiple capacitor problems in power supply and video board. Panasonic was even worse with ALL aluminum SMD caps in S-VHS video and Hi-Fi boards, along with switching power supply problems. Toshiba had none of these.

Thanks for the info waltchan.I'll keep my eyes open for Toshiba SVHS decks.

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by centralradio

Thanks for the info waltchan.I'll keep my eyes open for Toshiba SVHS decks.

Toshiba SV-771 ranks #1 by me. Only new belts required. However, S-VHS picture quality may be a little lower than the top S-VHS brands.