Oldest VCR you've owned?

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Penthode

The oldest VCR I have is a 1972 Philips N1500. this cassette format is the first consumer format and predates the Betamax and VHS by nearly half a decade.

My oldest VHS is an RCA VBT-200 from October 1977.

U-matic (1971) was the first consumer VCR format. Sony initially built it for the consumer market (the built in tuners and RF out on the VO-1600 that were deleted in subsequent models show this intent), but it was too expensive to attract the market Sony wanted (as Sony learned from the sales data from the flagship VO-1600). So Sony changed gears and switched to marketing it as a broadcast format.