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Originally Posted by waltchan
There are many differences between Mitsubishi HS-U80 and HS-U82. HS-U80 was introduced in 1988 and ended production in early 1990, while HS-U82 was introduced in late 1990 and ended production in late 1992. Mitsubishi made a similar model of the HS-U80, which is BV-1000, for professional field. HS-U80 uses more belts than HS-U82, but HS-U80 will probably last longer than HS-U82 due to larger caps sized used on the circuitry, no plastic gears break, weight, and original MSRP cost. The HS-U82 has more features not found in HS-U80, which includes twin flying-erase-heads, improved picture and sound quality, and sleeker, modern exterior that will "wow" young people more.
The only place to find discussions (all archives) about HS-U80 and HS-U82 is at groups.google.com. Type in "Mitsubishi U80" or "Mitsubishi U82" at the search box.
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Oh, sorry, waltchan. I forgot to thank j00. So, uh...thank you.
Reason I ask is because I now only seem to have the manual for my HS-U82. I can't seem to find my HS-U80 booklet...I know it was around here somewhere...
At any rate, my HS-U80 is my pride-and-joy, I have this nasty habit of finding b0rk3d stuff on eBay and then buying it and then spending more than I should to fix it. When I bought the HS-U80, I got it as a bundle (that's where I got the Sony SLV-750HF), got 'em both for $30. When I opened the HS-U80 to see what was what, it was missing a series of parts. Someone had attempted to fix it, only to ship it to me minus the parts they took out...
I ended up buying a beat-up HS-U51 to salvage parts from. Funny thing, at the same time I saw my HS-U82 on eBay for, like, $25, so I bought it too. It needed a capstan idler tire and the belts replaced...
I can't help it! If it's a nice machine, it should be fixed!