Quasar Great Time Machine VCR

[Eric H]

Picked up a tape for this machine today and brought it in the house to test it, hard to believe but it works perfectly!
Both machine and tape have been sitting in a dry but non climate controlled California barn for at least the last ten years, the good thing is they were both wrapped in plastic bags which kept them clean.

I hooked it up to a Sony monitor, pressed play and away it went, the tape is a little messed up, possibly been near a magnet at some time or just from sitting for years in one spot, it has lines of static that repeat at regular intervals but the color and clarity is remarkable, it would probably be better than VHS if the tape wasn't damaged.

Posted a short video on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyaRs...ature=youtu.be

It appears to be the Soap Opera Edge of Night from the early 80's based on the characters names, it gets switched to a Basketball game partway through. It has the commercials intact as well, all appear to be early 80's, I was hoping for something from the 70's pre-beta era but it doesn't appear to be so, I haven't played the whole thing yet though.

the last picture is the cartridge next to a VHS cartridge for a size perspective.