the best looking vcr thread
 

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According to the nameplate on the Kodak VCR, shows a Panasonic part number.
I didn't think Panasonic built 8mm equipment. :scratch2:

Pantysonic made some nice VHS decks...

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...1&d=1373827480
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...1&d=1373827480

Wow, I've got one of those NEC SVHS decks, and this is the first time I've seen any reference to it on the net. It's been a good machine since I changed the ruined cassette load motor, and the bad belts it had when I bought it.

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
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...1&d=1373830770

Two people I know have (or had) DS8000s. Quite nice machines!

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

That's the EDV-9300, made for the Canadian market.

OK, thanks. The U.S. had the EDV-7500 with wood panels, but it was a less-feature-laden model. (I do not want to call any ED Beta VCR "stripped down".)

Unless it had actually been stripped, which would suck. I know about the 7500, slimmer with no jog dial.

The Kodak is a panasonic, ACJ is the code for them.
Good eyes spotting the tag part ##

73 Zeno:smoke:

I'm privileged to own an example of a very unique looking VCR, the Sony SL-HF2100. Not a single physical button on the unit, and the only switch is for selecting channel 3 or 4 output. Also is apparently the only consumer Betamax deck to sport S-video jacks. It didn't come with the matching remote, but for the price I paid, I'm not complaining too much. :) Pictures available at the top of this page.
-Adam

Oops, never mind, not Beta!

It doesn't have to be a Beta VCR, it just so happens that several of the ones talked about were. It could be VHS, it could be U-Matic, it could be Cartrivision, it could even be V-2000! Speaking of which, here's a beautiful example of a V-2000 VCR from the Danish masters of style, Bang & Olufsen:

http://www.makarateyp.com/BO/VidRec/K9_2_B1.jpg

http://www.makarateyp.com/BO/VidRec/K9_2_B2.jpg

Would look right at home next to my Beogram 8000. :beatnik:
-Adam

I had a temporary partial brain disfunction:headscrat and posted about the SLV-R1000 S-VHS machine having S-Video connectors and after posting realized you were talking about a consumer Beta having S-Video...

But since ai uploaded it, I'll re-run the picture anyway. Wish I had a pic of one with the door open and the LCD backlit panel lit up with its CCFL tube.

I remember about 10 years ago seeing a stack of these at Fry's on closeout for $499 ea.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps044ccfea.jpg

Those look really nice with the control panel folded down and lit up. Do you have the original, undamaged remote with this? Someone on eBought wants $1300 (I think) for one whose remote has a cracked screen. There is another remote with it, but it only performs the basic functions.

http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/Fish...r/fisher19.jpgjust piece of cake:tresbon::deal::rockon::guitar::ntwrthy:

• DOMESTIC vcr with equalizer +SPECTRUM ANALYZERhttp://vintageelectronics.betamaxcol...7&d=1373574433Toshiba Hi-Fi VHS A-GX1
• NEC vc-ds3000 TOSHIBA A-VS1 HR-S10000Sony WV-D10000 DV/S-VHS SHARP S-VHS VC-BS500 Mitsubishi HV-V7000 Panasonic NV-V10000 Victor S-VHS HR-Z1
  Hitachi vt-pcm1

http://www.yuugao.jp/etoile/VT-PCM1/PICT0324.JPGhttp://i13.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/07/39/f168_1.JPGhttp://ist1-2.filesor.com/pimpandhos...re%20087_m.jpg http://ist1-2.filesor.com/pimpandhos.../Picture_m.jpghttps://auctions.c.yimg.jp/img353.au...4nz3l59896.jpgFM transmitter is apparently something that can make surround environment easily if there is this F30 TV, stereo and that of the boombox in what the FM skip the rear sound.
SANYO VHR-D4890http://cdn04.trixum.de/upload2/4600/...49d9f06e93.jpg
Transmission frequency of the FM 78.0MHz.

Unfortunately, my SL-HF2100 didn't come with that (in)famous touchscreen remote. I'd like to find a remote which at least performs the basic functions, but am not sure what to look for. In any case, I think I did fairly well for $20, remote or not. :D
-Adam

Whoa, you sure did do well! The remote you want is the RMT-V30. I have been in touch with whomever has that thing listed, just to inquire about the "replacement" remote. Did so last month.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/images/ra...eg_1290252.jpgSaba Ultracolor VR6024http://hpbimg.marcelstvmuseum.com/sa...20totaal01.jpghttp://www.ring24h.homepage.t-online...sabavid_10.jpgJVC HR-7700EGhttp://www.ring24h.homepage.t-online...sabavid_03.jpghttp://www.ring24h.homepage.t-online...sabavid_06.jpg[IMG]http://www.ring24h.homepage.t-online...sabavid_00.jpg[/IMG]http://ist1-1.filesor.com/pimpandhos...re%20102_m.jpg

A little something I got the other day.

^^ wired remote ?

It certainly does have one.

I have a Panasonic PV-4022 mono VHS VCR. Still works like new after 11 years, although I don't use it for recording anymore, just for playing the old VHS tapes in my collection. The automatic clock set function does not work any longer since the DTV transition. This feature used a special XDS (extended data signal) to set the clock; the signal was transmitted (in the vertical blanking interval, if I remember correctly) by PBS television stations, but when DTV came along that signal disappeared. :no: Oh well, since I don't use the deck anymore for recording that doesn't matter.

One thing about some of these old VCR's. They may be built like tank and be reliable, but the power consumption is something else! Not exactly economical.

Perhaps, but I doubt that they consume as much power over DVD players as flat-screens do over CRT sets.

"Panasonic" N.V-G7, N.V.-630 PX.

You can see a lot of machines around here :banana: http://www.oldvcr.tv/main/

Gotta put my 1985 Zenith VR 2000 JVC built VCR out there.

Sure it's mono, but the thing hasn't let me down! and has been trouble free since i got it last summer. :D

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...2&d=1405308700

i have an old sharp from around 1985-86.vhs,the remote wouldnt even change the channels!however,it still to this day.produces a picture with near dvd quality.i paid 169.00 for it from sun tv here in columbus.broke down once when the pinch roller bound up.i also have a beta machine and a video recorder from wbns tv channel 10.it weighs 60 plus pounds

https://archiwum.allegro.pl/ns-old-d...65a86ed530fde0http://ist1-1.filesor.com/pimpandhos...re%20102_m.jpg:banana:

Samsung SV-7000w (aka Panasonic AG-W3)
 

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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.

RCA VKP950T Selectavision
 

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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 :thmbsp:

HERE a flip-up CASETE door DISPLAY

https://s.sbito.it/images/01/011048264484333.jpg
And SAP LIGHT Vintage RCA VPT395 HQ
https://web.archive.org/web/20190207...MakeTrack=truehttps://web.archive.org/save/_embed/...en/s-l1600.jpghttps://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/NjA...Remote-_57.jpg:banana:

RCA Dimensia VCRs
 

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.

Zenith sideways loading VCRs
 

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
:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::tresbon::banana:
:grnbounce:


https://books.google.bg/books/conten...uIMT8GQ&w=1280https://img.newspapers.com/img/thumb....jpg?cs=604800Zenith VRE550HF S-VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder

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

I do have a Zenith VRE550HF :yes: :D 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