the best looking vcr thread

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I think the best looking VCRs, are the high end top loaders from the late 1970s. The solid build quality, the positive feel of the piano key buttons, brushed metal finishes. They look more like high end stereo equipment of the era, than the later plastic built to a price machines.

I also like the looks of the two piece units, where the tuner and VCR are separate, with the idea that the VCR portion can be used as a portable. I used to have an AKAI from about 1977, which I had tons of fun with. It's long gone now, I wish I still had it.

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[Adam]

Here's some of my favorites:

Quasar VR-1000 "The Great Time Machine" (1976)

Zenith JR-9000 Beta (1978)

RCA VBT-200 VHS (1977)

RCA VKT-700 'dimensia' VHS (1985)

Zenith VR-2300 with sideways tape loading mechanism (1987)

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Originally Posted by Adam

Here's some of my favorites:

Quasar VR-1000 "The Great Time Machine" (1976)

Zenith JR-9000 Beta (1978)

RCA VBT-200 VHS (1977)

RCA VKT-700 'dimensia' VHS (1985)

Zenith VR-2300 with sideways tape loading mechanism (1987)

COOL RCA

HERE a flip-up CASETE door DISPLAY


And SAP LIGHT Vintage RCA VPT395 HQ
https://web.archive.org/web/20190207...MakeTrack=true

[Adam]

Here's some more pics of the VKT700. And my other RCA Dimensia VCR, the VPT630HF (1987). I believe RCA also made a third version of the Dimensia VCR, the VPT695HF, which was SVHS, but I don't have that one.

[Adam]

Here's more pics of the sideways loading Zeniths. I have 3 of them: The VR2300 again, the VR3300, and the vertically-oriented VRD530HF (1988). The VRD530HF doesn't work, it's completely dead, probably something wrong with the power supply...

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Originally Posted by Adam

Here's more pics of the sideways loading Zeniths. I have 3 of them: The VR2300 again, the VR3300, and the vertically-oriented VRD530HF (1988). The VRD530HF doesn't work, it's completely dead, probably something wrong with the power supply...

CONGRATULATIONS,SIR-YOU have a flagship vcr of Zeniths

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Zenith VRE550HF S-VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder

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Originally Posted by Adam

Here's some more pics of the VKT700. And my other RCA Dimensia VCR, the VPT630HF (1987). I believe RCA also made a third version of the Dimensia VCR, the VPT695HF, which was SVHS, but I don't have that one.

[Adam]

That's the one I need to complete my set of Dimensia VCRs!

I do have a Zenith VRE550HF Actually, I have two of them, but the other one (I think) has a bad head.

That last pic is most of my collection of RCA and Zenith front loading VHS VCRs.

From the top down:

Zeniths on the left (all working):
VR3300
VR2300
VRE550HF
VRE510HF
VR4000
VR3000

RCAs on the right (all working but for the proscan which is currently eating tapes)
PSVR61 proscan
VPT630HF dimensia
VMT597
VMT395
VKT700 dimensia
VKT300

[dishdude]

Zenith made a console with a side pocket that the highboy sideloader sat in.

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Originally Posted by Adam

That's the one I need to complete my set of Dimensia VCRs!

I do have a Zenith VRE550HF Actually, I have two of them, but the other one (I think) has a bad head.

That last pic is most of my collection of RCA and Zenith front loading VHS VCRs.

From the top down:

Zeniths on the left (all working):
VR3300
VR2300
VRE550HF
VRE510HF
VR4000
VR3000

RCAs on the right (all working but for the proscan which is currently eating tapes)
PSVR61 proscan
VPT630HF dimensia
VMT597
VMT395
VKT700 dimensia
VKT300

And Zenith Video Cassette VHS Tape
Please to make more detail CLOSE Up video view [or take a picture ] on vertically-oriented VRD530HF (1988) display tube with Light turned on
like that https://youtu.be/MKsUV8K1ssQ?t=1203
THANKS A LOT

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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Guess I will re-run my Mitsubishi HS-430U. Has every feature they could pack into it in '84-85: MTS Stereo tuner, HiFi Stereo, Dolby linear stereo, remaining time counter, manual audio levels, illuminated cassette well with a mirror system so you can see down into the cassette.


Top-door closed
Bottom-door open

HERE A low hifi model https://youtu.be/Eg66x-_Dba0?t=57

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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Very hard to beat this machine. The Sony EDV-9500, but with nice wood side panels.

https://translate.google.co.jp/trans...2Fwiki%2FS-VHS