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Originally Posted by waltchan
What about the HR-D750U and HR-D180U? Are they better than HR-D225U?
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They don't have as many hard to obtain parts as the older ones like the 225. 225 was made in 1983-84. 750-180 probably 1986-87 time frame.And I recall those do have linear power supplies and transformers. Rarely if ever a PS problem. My main issue with the 225 is not that it was so unreliable, it's the unique parts that did fail were not your general off the shelf components. We saw many of those and probably most of the things that fail in them. I could probably keep a HR-D830 going with less concern for some oddball gear or lever failing. A capacitor fail in the SMPS.. replace it! No biggie. A FL side gear snap off on a 225, forget it, unless someone has some old obsolete parts still in stock.
Here ya go.. HR-3300 VCR, the first VHS VCR, I think. Something worth collecting!
But if you find one be sure it has the optional RT-3300 timer installed!
Was also sold by Mitsubishi as the HS-100U.