VHS VCR 15-year average reliability data (1978-1993)...

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Originally Posted by waltchan

...I had a lucky buyer wanted to buy the HS-430UR from me for $700 shipped.

hmmm..

Do you still have your Panasonic AG-1830, and did you try to repair it? Is it still running today?

Yes, still have, and no it is not working. Looked into it. Very modular construction and packed tight, boards loaded with miniature electrolytics not SMD and boards, tops of capacitors adj pots etc all covered with hot glue looks like. Too much trouble since I have other units that work fine. Was very disappointed with that AG-1830 that it had a variation of the G chassis and a SMPS. For some reason when I ordered it new from an outfit in NY I thought it would have a linear PS and the older mechanism similar to AG-1800. Had a beautiful rec-pb picture when it was new. I had just gotten a C-band satellite receiver and had excellent picture and audio quality, and needed S-VHS after seeing that.