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Originally Posted by Kiwick
The one from 1986 with the orange toothed capstan belt, right?
I used to have one, the loading motor had a plastic thingy which coupled the motor shaft to a longer shaft with a brass worm gear on it, the plastic thingy cracked in half, i managed to glue it back together only to find that the whole loading mechanism was jammed, i finally had to junk the VCR.
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That's a different chassis. It's part of the G-chassis family, and it's the one Andy don't like (G-Chassis but with nylon teeth belt instead). It's available from 1987 to 1994. It's mostly found in Panasonic AG models, like AG-1820, AG-1830, etc. The nylon teeth belt runs even slower than the already slow rubber belt. Andy probably would go paranoid if he sees this chassis coming in for repairs. I have a Canon VR-HF800 with this chassis.
I picked the Panasonic AG-2100 that will last forever because it's a 2-head mono, linear power supply (heavy transformer), made in 1984, commercial-duty construction, Panasonic was rated #1 in reliability, no record function, no tuner, and no clock display on front. A VCR without clock display, tuner, and record mode last even longer as it takes less wear from the power supply and fewer circuit boards needed to run. VCP lasts longer than VCR, depending on the design.