the best looking vcr thread

[mr_rye89]

How 'bout some Pro VCR? JVC BR-6400U

weighs 50 lbs, transport is built on a thick aluminum block, everything is direct drive except the loading mech and ejector mech. My best performer picture wise. Too bad about the lack of HiFi audio, though the linear audio performance is pretty good.

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Just check this beauty

[Adam]

Here's close up pictures of the display on the Zenith VRD530HF and VRE550HF. I'm not very good at photography, and even worse with the cell phone.

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I love these pics man, they are great for documenting these rare systems.https://youtu.be/8602NAgiFFo?t=285
Minolta Video System MV-500 Shttps://imgur.com/gallery/NuOGxaj

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

How 'bout some Pro VCR? JVC BR-6400U

weighs 50 lbs, transport is built on a thick aluminum block, everything is direct drive except the loading mech and ejector mech. My best performer picture wise. Too bad about the lack of HiFi audio, though the linear audio performance is pretty good.

Sony PCM-9000 Master Disc Recorderhttps://youtu.be/VOb_HqK0_RA?list=LL..._grwteyQ&t=617

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https://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com...opup003BC.html

[Adam]

I've bought and sold quite a bit of stuff since I moved from WI to AZ.

Here is most of my current VCR and video equipment collection:

1st pic:

RCA VKT426 - working, but I don't have the remote
RCA VKT700 dimensia - working, with the original remote
RCA VPT630HF dimensia - working, with the original remote
RCA VPT695HF dimensia SVHS - eats tapes, but I have the original remote, box, manual, etc...

2nd pic:

RCA VBT200 - working
RCA VBT200 - working mechanically, but trouble reproducing correct colors
RCA VDT600 - working except for dead clock
RCA VDT600 - untested (probably at least needs belts)

RCA SJT400 CED player - not working
Realistic CED player - working

3rd pic:

Zenith JR9000 Beta VCR - working mechanically, also trouble with color
Zenith KR9000 Beta VCR - untested (probably at least needs belts)
Zenith VR8500PT Beta VCR - working mechanically, but displays nothing put static when I play a tape
Zenith VR8910PT Beta VCR - untested (probably at least needs belts)

RCA SFT100 CED player - working
RCA SFT100 CED player - needs stylus
Magnavox VH8010 laserdisc - working, missing remote

4th pic:

Zenith VR3000 - working, missing remote
Zenith VR4000 - working, with original remote
Zenith VR2300 sideways loader - working, missing remote
Zenith VR3300 sideways loader - weird jittery picture, seems to have horizontal sync troubles, also missing remote

5th pic:

Magnavox VH8000 laserdisc - untested
Panasonic NV2125 U-Matic - untested

6th pic:

Quasar VR1000 "great time machine" VX format - untested

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Adam

Zenith JR9000 Beta VCR - working mechanically, also trouble with color

Adam, I recently fixed color on my 2 JR9000 decks. This video helped me greatly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z6XYJrT3NI

One thing he doesn't explain is you also want to adjust the playback video amps (the pots were labeled 1H and 2H PB level) on the YC-L board under the playback mech. You want to connect the RF out of the deck to a TV to do this instead of using video out (the monitor I was using wouldn't show the issue on the video input). Basically you want to use the decks tuner to see what normal video level should be (brightness wise) then hit play and adjust 1H and 2H to take the excessively dark video, that you'll probably find you have, and return it to a normal brightness level comperable to what the decks tuner gets.

IIRC I bought a Zenith SVHS deck off of you...The same VCR repair kick I recently was on that fixed the Beta decks also fixed that SVHS (though I had to part out a working Zenith VHS-HiFi deck with the same mech to that).

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Adam, I recently fixed color on my 2 JR9000 decks. This video helped me greatly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z6XYJrT3NI

I watched that guy's SL7200 video last week hoping he would run across that color issue, but that one worked fine after he got the mechanical issues sorted. Looks like I just picked the wrong video.

[Adam]

Might as well post the rest of it (all this stuff is working):

1st pic:
RCA VKT300

2nd pic:
RCA VKT385 & VMT395

3rd pic:
RCA VMT597

4th pic:
Zenith VR1820

5th pic:
Zenith VR1830 (sideways loader)

6th pic:
RCA VMT395
Sears Beta VCR
Sears CED player
Proscan laserdisc

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[Telecolor 3007]

That "Toshiba"...
And with that "Hitachi" I couldn't find any pic.
Didn't know that under the "Minolta" brand they made V.C.R.'s. I'm a "Minolta" fan.
Oh my soul! http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=258979

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

That "Toshiba"...
And with that "Hitachi" I couldn't find any pic.
Didn't know that under the "Minolta" brand they made V.C.R.'s. I'm a "Minolta" fan.
Oh my soul! http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=258979

https://www.studiosoundelectronics.com/minolta.htm

Minolta
MV-20S
MV-305
MV-605
MV-60S
MV-705
MV-120F
	MV-120S
MV-160
MV-500S
MV-900S
V-700S

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https://archive.fo/rhp9W


Zenith BASE TAC CONNECTORnovel approach us1ng
both a two position RF switch device and
the Video/Audio outputs of a baseband
CATV decode1· through the VCR' s built in
Tuner/Aux. input selector. Some new
VCRs even allow the unattended selection
of "Tuner" or "Auxiliary" inputs as part
of the multi-event programming. With
such a VCR, this system allows for all
of the desired functions. In operation,
however, it is not as simple as it
looks. Although there 1s apparently
only one two-position RF switch to be
concerned with, there are two more twoposition switches in the VCR <TV;VCR
switch and Tuner/ Aux. swi t.ch) which must
be manipulated.BASE .IA.C
Perhaps the ultimate and Jo~est cost
VCR-Cable interface is the "Afterburner"
approach. This system is so named because the premium pro~ram descrambling
IS performed after the subscr1ber receivin!l; equipment's tuner-IP, and demodulation stages. The system depends upon
Baseband scrambling techniques, in-band
addressing data, and home equipment capable of being adapted. The Zenith
BASE-TAG product is a good example of
this technique and is compatible with
Zen1th' s Z-TAC SSAVI scrambling.