Just picked up a Panasonic PV-1730 Hi-Fi VCR

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

HR-D630U not S-VHS, a higher end consumer model, with central reel motor and idler drive. Any others?

I didn't say it was S-VHS, I said it was the regular Hi-Fi VHS version of the S-VHS unit that JVC made that year because it had the same style front end layout.