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Originally Posted by waltchan
I have two of these in my storage. The Funai VP-1500 VCP (video cassette player) was Funai's very first item to sell in United States, along it being Funai's oldest VHS machine. It launched in late-1984.
This one only plays in SP mode. It does not play LP or SLP. It was marketed and built this way.
However, it is relatively very simple-designed, reliable, and it qualifies to be the longest-lasting VHS machine ever produced. Typically, a VCP breaks down less than a VCR because it omits a tuner, clock display, wireless remote, and all the unnecessary items to make things more complicated.
Despite the bashing on Funai or "Funaicrap" that many technicians like to write in other threads, they actually rarely or never seen old Funai VCRs coming in for service (made before 1991), so they misjudge on Funai as a company itself. The old Funais were actually very reliable and durable by 1,000% difference from the 90s and today.
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I had a feeling it only plays in SP mode, I agree there, it's a simple machine and it plays back with excellent quality. I always thought Funai was all junk, but i didn't realize they were around prior to the 90s. But we all know most things starting in the 90s became cheaply made. I just recently started collecting VHS machines. I started collecting Beta machines back in the mid 1990s. I know more about Beta as far as fixing than I do VHS. The only VHS machines i collect are the ones from 1986 and before, and some high end decks from 1987 up to the early 1990s. I love those Panasonic machines especially those top loaders from around 1984 era, or the heavy 1970s models.