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Originally Posted by waltchan
1980s VHS VCR 15-year average reliability curve, with data provided by Consumer Reports magazine (ranked in order).
Based on nearly 2,500,000 responses total to our 1983 to 1993 Annual Questionnaires, readers were asked about any repairs to VCRs bought new between 1978 and 1993. Data have been standardized to eliminate differences among brands due solely to age and how much the VCRs were used.
FEWER-REPAIRS
<<<<< - 01 -- Panasonic/Quasar/Canon/GE/Magnavox/JCPenny/RCA/Sylvania (most-reliable)
- 02 -- Toshiba/GE/ProScan/RCA
- 03 -- Funai/Symphonic/Multitech/Shintom/TEAC/XR-1000
- 04 -- Sanyo/Sears
- 05 -- JVC/Kenwood/Zenith
- 06 -- Orion/Emerson/Broksonic/Sansui/TMK
- 07 -- Sony/pioneer/aiwa
- 08 -- Mitsubishi/MGA/Electrohome
- 09 -- Sharp/Montgomery Ward
- 10 -- Hitachi/RCA/GE/Sears
- 11 -- Samsung/GE/RCA
- 12 -- NEC/Marantz/Yamaha
- 13 -- GoldStar/LXI/JCPenny/Totevision/Zenith
- 14 -- Daewoo/Capehart/Daytron
- 15 -- Fisher (least-reliable)
>>>>>
MORE-REPAIRS
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i am TOO kurious to see ANY Yamaha vcr
or
TECHNICS vcr
and sanyo+fisher ARE the same origin
ALSO superDIGIFINE JVC VCR