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Old 12-14-2008, 01:55 AM
waltchan waltchan is offline
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Originally Posted by andy View Post
The funny thing about those 80's Golstar VCRs is that their mechanisms were almost identical in design to Panasonic's. A lot of parts were different, but the basic design was clearly based on Panasonic's. Of course, there was no comparison between the two in terms of quality. A few parts like the main cam gear were exactly the same. I wonder is Goldstar bought the design off Panasonic, or just copied it?
Goldstar copied this chassis from Panasonic AG-1800 and AG-1810. Extremely identical with exact same belt sizes. The PV models that you regularly serviced before used larger belts and were not truly identical, although they were similar.
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