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

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Originally Posted by waltchan

So, did you actually replace a lot of worn out video heads when the Panasonic VCRs were only 1 year old (eekkk...)?

Didn't say anything about time.. out of warranty, yes. I'd guess on a heavily used machine playing lots of Blockbuster tapes and time-shifting soap operas, maybe 3-5 years before record quality starts going downhill first from worn heads, or maybe first sign's a flutter in the hi-fi audio from worn hi-fi heads.