Video Recorder Collection - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: lewis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2013, 05:31:40 pm
content: Just thought I'd share this chap's collection of VCRs:

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2013, 09:21:17 pm
content: What the fuck did I just watch?

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2013, 10:12:11 pm
content: QuoteNo fecking idea - I only got as far as the haircut!!

author: Thor-Arne
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2013, 10:26:29 pm
content: What?This was a bit too much...

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2013, 11:25:36 pm
content: Blimey...He's right though: "Philips bad, very very bad..."I still have my Grundig VS380 here, very very nice machine.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 12:33:31 am
content: The best VCR I ever owned was a Fisher FVH-5550, back in the 80s.. never chewed a tape, quiet, precise, excellent picture, never needed service beyond a head cleaning tape.I had two of them until about 2003. Then I switched to DVD and gave them both to my gardener. Now I hear they sell pretty good on the 'bay

author: divelectservices
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 02:04:28 am
content: Holy Hell!!!!! I want the last 8:01 of my life back please!The only thing worse than watching that was the 2 years I spent working at a shop repairing them!

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 02:12:36 am
content: I don't really know why, but I've watched the video multiple times, now. Hillarious, xD.But seriously, his English might not be perfect, but he probably knows his shit about VCRs.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 02:16:39 am
content: Video tape technology from 80s, really, I don't miss them at all, good riddance.Nothing but bad experience like scratched tape, deteriorating video quality, video head replacement and tape chewing, but I do love those shiny big metal heads though, collected bunch of them.

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 02:41:21 am
content: A bookshelf? Everyone knows you can't show off a collection unless it's arranged on a staircase.It brings a tear to my eye! I was a VCR repair person a long time ago. I had a collection of shiny, video head drums, until I finally threw them all out.The most interesting repair I ever did was on one that skipped Wednesday. The clock would go from Tuesday, 11:59 PM, to Thursday, 00:00 AM. Otherwise, it was fine - the timed start, etc. all worked as it should. We shotgunned it by changing the clock processor and ROM, and that did it. I should have taken the time to see which was the problem, but the boss said to change them both.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2013, 03:17:34 am
content: Quote from: Excavatoree on February 16, 2013, 02:41:21 amI have an old digital picture frame that would go from 23:59:59 to 4:00:00. Made it totally useless as a clock, but it did all other functions quite well, so I didn't bother trying to fix it.

author: Wuerstchenhund
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2013, 03:03:45 pm
content: Quote from: lewis on February 14, 2013, 05:31:40 pmAside from this guy's hair cut, I think that's more of a collection of some of the most boring and bland VCRs ever made. Where are truly vintage VCRs like the JVC HR-1000, Sony SL-8000, SL-C6, SL-C9, National NC-8200, Grundig Video2000 2x4 and 2x8, Grundig BK-2000 Color? Or at least some of the classic ones (like Panasonic NV-FS1, NV-V8000, JVC HR-S5000, HR-S9000)? There were so many interesting VCRs around.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2013, 03:29:19 pm
content: Still have a pair of Umatic machines around. As well as a complete video duplication setup, which did a pretty good copy onto blank tapes. We had Macrovision on the masters, which it copied with absolutely no problem onto the blank tapes. I could do up to 60 tapes unattended overnight. When we finally got rid of the 200 plus masters I took them to the dump myself, and watched them being driven over by the compactor. Still got the setup in a cupboard though. Lovely Panasonic units and autoloaders.

author: lewis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2013, 04:35:24 pm
content: I miss VCRs....Yes, the picture quality was crap, yes the sound was terrible, but you could put in the tape, press play and off it went. And if you wanted to skip the trailers, themachinedidn't tell you, thehuman, that 'this operation is prohibited'. And, you couldrecordon the damn things.I spent many many many hours as a child taking VCRs and TVs and tape machines apart and making things out of the motors and salvaged components, and I have a certain nostalgia about them. Christmas was easy for my family - go to the nearest car boot sale, buy a old of crap for a fiver, put in box, give to Lewis, watch the excitement on his little 3 year-old face. Happy days...

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2013, 12:50:00 pm
content: I bet that guy has a massive porno collection.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2013, 01:15:13 pm
content: Quote from: lewis on February 17, 2013, 04:35:24 pmNot only that, but it seems we are regressing terribly in boot up times. Vacuum tube TVs made you wait anywhere between 45 to 120 seconds for the image to appear (sound was faster) - a problem that "solid state" TVs removed. Now, we go back waiting for the image/sound to appear: my shiny 52'' Sharp LCD takes around 20 seconds to boot!DVDs also had slow boot up times, but nowadays this is almost gone. However, Blu-Rays are absolutely terrible: if I still had a vacuum tube TV I am pretty sure it would have to wait a long time before anything comes up from the damn Blu-Ray.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2013, 03:27:13 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on February 20, 2013, 01:15:13 pmAn optimized modern PC with a SSD can easily start in under 10 seconds from a cold start and "instantly" from standby.

author: hanndoddi
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 22, 2013, 01:22:02 am
content: omg this is brilliant

author: jh15
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 22, 2013, 06:03:37 am
content: The world leaders (USA entertainment industry) is closing the analog hole end of this year. Wonder if they will even rule that "trafficking" in even used analog equipment will be outlawed.Laptops for a long time have encumbered high quality stereo recording, and Apple is in bed with them too. Try to just record something and share it like a vhs tape to your friends.Oh, I have a JVC Hrd-555, and a HR-S8000 svhs kicking around...

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 22, 2013, 06:22:21 am
content: Quote from: jh15 on February 22, 2013, 06:03:37 amJust get a USB audio capture box and it should just work.

author: jh15
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 22, 2013, 06:32:04 am
content: Exactly as said: encumbered.