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06-17-2011, 03:33 AM
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Tom, I think that Zenith is the first Zenith Beta VCR, the same as a Sony SL-8200 basically. From 1977-78.
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07-20-2011, 11:07 PM
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This should just fit into the age range here.
Just finished repairing an old NEC N9052A from about 1989. Seriously heavy unit, fairly simple mechanically. According to my parts sources this was most likely made by NEC themselves, and was probably one of the last to do so. Later on they used Daewoo for a short while then switched to Goldstar/LG for the remainder of the time that NEC sold VCRs, at least in this country. The main item of note is under the deck with the mechanism for the tape threading, it is like no other VHS machine that I have come across with the two full circle gears, kind of like a beta machine. Unit works well now, only a mono machine but I find mono machines better for jumping ads with as they are quicker to get sound back after picture search than most HiFi machines.
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07-22-2011, 06:07 PM
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Compare that to some of the '84-'88 model JVCs like this bottom view of a HR-D725.
I always thought NEC copied the mechanism from JVC. Don't recall any of of the parts were interchangeable but the basic mechanism and loading system is very similar.
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