Forty lashes with a wet noodle say I! Actually, I highly doubt that C-M had anything to do with the design of this (and certainly nothing to do with building it) other than to specify the style and where the nameplate was slapped on.

By this late a date, C-M mostly was into cable boxes more than anything else. Am curious as to who actually made this for them, it may actually be a decent machine.....a lot of those early top loaders seem to last a long time. While their picture and sound quality may be lacking (and they don't have all the bells and whistles of today's units) these old steam powered models are built like battleships and weigh nearly as much.

My first VCR was a RCA from around '84 also with a wired remote (which was a big deal at the time). IIRC it was close to $500....today you can get a deck with all sorts of features not even dreamt of then for less than $75!! My butthole is still sore.

Anthony