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

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by waltchan

Based on nearly 2,500,000 responses total to Consumer Reports' 1983 to 1993 Annual Questionnaires. Readers were asked about any repairs to VCRs bought new between 1978 and 1993. All are VHS format. Data have been standardized to eliminate differences among brands due solely to age and how much the VCRs were used.

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• 01 -- Panasonic/Quasar/Magnavox/Canon/General Electric/JCPenny/Philco/RCA/Sylvania (most-reliable)
• 02 -- Toshiba/RCA/General Electric/ProScan/Vector Research
• 03 -- Funai/Shintom/Symphonic/Multitech/Realistic/Sylvania/TEAC/Teknika/Toshiba/XR-1000
• 04 -- JVC/Zenith/Magnavox/Kenwood/Tatung
• 05 -- Sanyo/Sears/Fisher, after 1988
• 06 -- Mitsubishi/MGA/Emerson/Video Concepts
• 07 -- Orion/Emerson/Broksonic/Sansui/TMK
• 08 -- Akai/Citizen *
• 09 -- Sharp/Montgomery Ward/Realistic/Signature 2000/Admiral
• 10 -- Samsung/RCA/Toshiba/General Electric/ProScan
• 11 -- NEC/Harmon Kardon/Marantz/Vector Research/Yamaha
• 12 -- Hitachi/RCA/Sears/Bang & Olufsen/General Electric/JCPenny/Minolta/ProScan/Pioneer
• 13 -- Daewoo/Capehart/Daytron *
• 14 -- GoldStar/Zenith/LXI/JCPenny/Radio Shack/Sears/Totevision
• 15 -- Fisher, before 1988 (least-reliable)

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(*) not listed, estimation only

UPDATE 2023:

One ProScan VCR model was made by Hitachi, and added into the list.