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Old 06-28-2012, 02:34 PM
waltchan waltchan is offline
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Studio Sound Electronics preferred rankings on 1980s units...

(Copied from Magnetic/Tape forum...)

I e-mailed Studio Sound Electronics, the largest online VCR part-store, on his opinion on 1980s to 1993 VHS VCR reliability, and he sent me this:

FEWER REPAIRS
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01 -- Toshiba/RCA/GE/ProScan (most-reliable)
02 -- Shintom/Multitech/Toshiba
03 -- Funai/Symphonic/Multitech/TEAC/XR-1000
04 -- Panasonic/Quasar/Canon/GE/Magnavox/JCPenny/RCA/Sylvania
05 -- Sanyo/Sears
06 -- NEC/Marantz/Yamaha
07 -- Sharp/Montgomery Ward/Signature 2000
08 -- JVC/Zenith/Kenwood
09 -- Orion/Emerson/Broksonic/Sansui/TMK
10 -- Samsung/RCA/GE/Toshiba
11 -- Sony
12 -- Hitachi/RCA/GE/ProScan/Sears
13 -- Mitsubishi/MGA/Video Concepts
14 -- GoldStar/Zenith/LXI/JCPenny/Totevision/
15 -- Daewoo/Capehart/Daytron
16 -- Fisher (least-reliable)

>>>>>
MORE REPAIRS

Toshiba/RCA/GE/ProScan were the most-reliable, while Fisher was the least-reliable. Would all of you (as techs) find this (his rankings) more preferable and accurate?
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