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The first generation VHS VCRs were pretty much all top loading, and came in two styles. Either the whole thing was one large component, similar in size to a large stereo receiver, or they would be split, with the tuner/power supply in one component, and the VCR itself in the second half, which also could be carried around and used with a video camera. Connecting the two were cables with DIN connectors on them. Set next to each other on top of a TV, the split design looked and functioned the same as the combined models.
I received my first VCR, a 1977 vintage AKAI split type, with camera in about 1989 as a hand me down from a family memeber who always bought first generation technology. It was will built, with the controls (play, stop, etc) set up like piano keys, like an old audio cassette deck. I connected it to my stereo through it's earphone jack, and watched plenty of movies on my Zenith TV I'm currently talking about in another thread. Also had a lot of fun making 'movies'. The camera started to die, as its tube aged, and eventually became unusuable, producing a blurry green image.
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