VHS VCR 15-year average reliability data (1978-1993)...

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by Tony75

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One brand that we get a lot of here that does not make the list is Akai...

Ah yes I remember working on those Akai portable VCRs and cameras from the early '80s. We were an authorized service center for Akai. Model 7350 seems to ring a bell. Was stereo too! I think one of the first stereo VCRs. Linear stereo though, split the narrow mono track into two really narrow stereo not very good audio tracks. Like the Panasonic PV-6000 portable I had for a while. I recall an Akai VCR that was a rebadged JVC (top-loader JVC HR-7300?) about the same time frame.

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Ah yes I remember working on those Akai portable VCRs and cameras from the early '80s. We were an authorized service center for Akai. Model 7350 seems to ring a bell. Was stereo too! I think one of the first stereo VCRs. Linear stereo though, split the narrow mono track into two really narrow stereo not very good audio tracks. Like the Panasonic PV-6000 portable I had for a while. I recall an Akai VCR that was a rebadged JVC (top-loader JVC HR-7300?) about the same time frame.

I wonder where Akai's reliability rating should be ranked at? Consumer Reports had no data for Akai VCRs.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by waltchan

I wonder where Akai's reliability rating should be ranked at? Consumer Reports had no data for Akai VCRs.

Probably not enough sold to show up on the survey. I'd almost bet there were more Mitsubishis rebadged with "Video Concepts" name on front sold than Akai was in the US.