Life and Death of a Panasonic 4-head stereo VCR (and lots of info about Panasonic VCRs)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- An awesome yard sale find turns into death and devastation. In the second half of the video I explain my findings regarding Panasonic VCRs made from 1993 to 2005, and the rather surprising correlation between their reliability and where they were manufactured.
Hey I got the 1999 model, it was my families VCR and it worked like a champ and it still works to this day.
"Mine was a Made in Japan one which explains why it still runs to this day"
***** I noticed your VCR that you tossed out is slightly a little different than the one on eBay, if you look at the placing of the Play, Stop, Eject, Rewind and Fast Forward, they're placed different.
@Broadspeed The back print of course
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Around late 2012, I found a Panasonic Omnivision VCR (mono, didn't know model number, definitely an Indonesian model tho) beside of a dumpster, and I took it home out of curiosity, and it worked well, except for a tiny high pitched noise That stayed whenever you plug it up. It almost shocked me one time! A month or two later, I got rid of it cuz I was paranoid of it possibly catching on fire. Played tapes well, and had the most stable picture on cheaply-made SLP mode tapes! Now I have a portable Omnivision from 1983 (mono btw) that works MUCH better, although the pinch roller needed a cleaning recently on account of it eating a tape or so. Luckily it didn't damage a good tape, so nothing of value was lost! Great informative video btw!😊
I have a Pansonic OmniVision 4-head Hi-Fi Stereo VCR that has always worked perfectly, and since you brought it to mind, I pulled it out and discovered that it's a PV-V4611 made in Indonesia in 2001. I've used it quite a bit and it's never given me any trouble, so I guess I got a good one. It actually does a better job at playing VHS tapes than my JVC S-VHS VCR. (See my video "Panasonic vs. JVC VCR comparison")
Interesting. The 4611 is one of the models rated 3.0 stars on Amazon. Biggest complaint is playback audio quality problems.
Panasonic vs. JVC seems to be a topic of great debate on VCR forums, because apparently some JVC units had a feature called DigiPure which digitally enhanced the picture to a point where users of such VCRs deemed the picture quality better than all other VCRs, even though it really wasn't, and it angered people who knew that. Or something. :P Yours may or may not have that feature. I'll have to check out your video.
***** FUNAI! I HATE FUNAI!
+RubberXConcrete “RXC” DLBA PAKL VGCP Sanyo is Funai
justin mckenzie I know that!
DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE ALSO, BROKSONIC, MAGNAVOX, EMERSON, ADMIRAL,FUNAI,PHILIPS AND SANSUI IN ADDITION TO SANYO? (AND A FEW MORE) IT OTHER WORDS AT THEN END WHEN THEY BECAME UNPROFITABLE TO MFG. THEY MADE THEM ALL. PANASONIC SOLD A MFG. LICENCE AND LET THEM MAKE THEM UNDER PANNY'S NAME AT THE END WHICH WAS A SHAME AS IT SOLD CRAP TO PEOPLE WITH THE BADGE OF A QUALITY NAME.
Personally, I found this video very informative. Thank you very much! I figured that I could add a little bit of information about these based off of my experiences with these VCRs. This information pertains only to the country of manufacture. I recently bought a used GE VCR from 1994 because I noticed that it was made by Panasonic. When I looked at the back of the machine, I noticed that it was "Assembled in Indonesia with components from Japan". I don't know how many heads it is, but I do know that it's monophonic and includes an A/V input and an A/V output along with a standard Coaxial tuner. This leads me to the conclusion that Panasonic had a plant in Indonesia for quite some time, but they were only making stuff for other companies there. Upon pulling the lid off, I found that the plastic face plate was Made in Indonesia, and so was the support bar going from the back of the mechanism to the rear casing of the machine. It still works just fine (all it needed was a Head-Cleaning), the tape loads properly and all of the belts are OK, so maybe the earlier Indonesian made models did not suffer from tape loading issues. I haven't owned another unit to see if it has any problems, but maybe I just got a good one.
Right now I'm using a Zenith VRE205 from 1986; linear transformer power supply, direct driven, with the only one belt being for loading. Can't beat mid-'80s decks for sheer build quality.
The best VCRs were made in the early to mid 90s. By then some simplifications had taken place which improved reliability (ie most VCRs by then had fewer or no loading belts, and an idler gear instead of tire). But the early to mid 90s VCRs hadn't been cheapened in build quality to within an inch of death. By the early 2000s manufacturers knew the end was near for VHS so they built the units as cheaply as possible. Even when brand new the loading cage of most VCRs of that era were pretty finicky and you had to be gentle with loading tapes. For me the biggest difference was the change from two loading motors to just one. With two motors, the insertion of a tape felt very robust and "springy". With one motor pushing a tape in felt very soft and squishy.
I still have this model and it still works
The vast majority of VCRs have what's known as a mode switch that tells the electronics what position the mechanism is currently in. It's very common for these to get dirty or oxidised leading to poor contacts, and the machine thinks it's doing something with a tape when there is no tape inserted. It's also possible you broke a contact on the mode switch and this too would send conflicting signals. The machine thinks the mechanism is jammed or badly out of position and instantly shuts down.
I would like to share my experience with the DynAmorphous head VCRs. I will just say it before I explain why, these units were an absolute failure. I owned two of them fresh out of the box back in 1998, one for the bedroom and the other for the living room. They both had the same problem, which was the most important part for me, that being the Hi-Fi performance. I liked to use my VCRs for recording 2 hours of music, which after only two or three plays the audio started buzzing. I don't know if other people experienced the same issue, I just knew they weren't working properly. Now for recording off the air TV broadcasts, I couldn't see any difference in picture compared to an older VCR I owned from 1993. I'm not saying this type of VCR was bad and I probably just had assembly line defected units. A few years after I sold those recorders, I attempted to play the tapes I made with them and here's the results. Depending on the VCR I used, I could see that the color wasn't that vibrant and the outlining on people was unstable. Also the Hi-Fi was truly bad, playing the tapes on other VCRs was constant buzzing or no audio at all. Later in 2004 when I was in college, an old grade school was selling off their junk left behind in classrooms, as they were moving the students to a newly constructed building. I came across five different Panasonic VCRs, which were being sold for $5 and $10 each. They only had one Hi-Fi unit and the rest were mono, I bought the Hi-Fi one only because it looked like it had never been used. I came home and tested the VCR being proud I made the decision to grab it, the picture was very good and there was zero buzzing in the audio. I reused a tape that was used with one of the DynAmorphous units, which all the tapes were Maxell GX-Silver, soon as I recorded something new with that school VCR, the buzzing went away and the video was very sharp. I still own that VCR to this day and the video quality hasn't degraded much, due to old age and several head cleaning, the video has gotten a bit soft but it's still great. :)
My interest in electronics and all things tech started out with tinkering with VCRs as a kid. I would often acquire old machines to cannibalize, sometimes I'd get them working, sometimes not...but it was always educational. Once I discovered how awesome 4 head hi-fi was I never used or bought anything less.
Someone on the Epinions forum told me that Mitsubishi was the only company still making decent VCRs with all metal tape transports etc. (this was back in 2005 or thereabouts). So with that knowledge I bought myself the Mitsubishi HS-U448 off ebay, and it has been a solid machine able to play just about anything, even tapes that other machines would have tracking issues with. I don't use VHS much anymore, but I do still have a lot of home movies in need of transfer to digital...and for those a reliable VCR is a must.
I'm Peach_Lover from Lighting Gallery by the way, and found this video through another you posted on there.
I worked at Target in the late 90s, and these were my go to suggestion in each class. Many of RCA's late 90s VHS VCRs were also made in Japan and seldom came back, either. I had one of those that I bought then that was very good until lightning hit and killed it. Their first DVD players were from Japan, too. I'm not sure who made either of their Japanese VCRs or DVDs, but it looked so different from the Panasonic that I guess maybe JVC made them for a fellow Victor company favor. When shopping for Panasonics, you can search for Quasar, too, but I bet they're more likely to be from Indonesia.
All of those Japanese made RCAs from the late 90's were made by Panasonic. Generally, low-end RCAs were made in Indonesia. All Quasars I have seen since the early 1990s were made in Indonesia or were "Assembled in Indonesia with Components from Japan"
Panasonic start making brand new VHS vcr videorecorders again your company will make millions and millions
I had this model, as well as a later Omnivision at home back in the day - definitely had some good memories going to the local video stores and renting movies to watch on weekends, and playing them on this player!
I kept on getting a fuzzy scrolling image on my Panasonic VCR whenever I would play movies. I cleaned up the tape head and the other parts that read the tape with a q-tip. Some black stuff came off of it after I cleaned it really well. I put it back together and put a movie in. And the picture is so clear now!
lakewi44 Sorry to nitpick, but DO NOT clean with Q-Tips unless they’re a special kind with chamois cotton. Fibres of normal Q-tip cotton can get stuck in the heads/head gaps and can wear down and damage the heads. Use a cut strip of printer paper (or as mentioned) chamois Q-tips with rubbing alcohol. Make sure the paper is wet enough so it’s not too abrasive on the heads. Have a good one!
I have a 2000 model panasonic Mono 4 head VCR and it still works great today!
Use your VHS vcr videorecorder and blank VHS tapes to get even with the news media tell your friends to use their vcr videorecorders !
I thought all VCR's Players were stereo, I grew up with a Panasonic omnivision
you have some talents)). managed to screw up a working unit, which just needed some lubrication and some basic work after long time of oblivion))).
At least I don't sprinkle my comments with arbitrary right parentheses for no reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@themaritimegirl no offence meant, just kidding
Something to consider that the 2000s years was the death time for VCR's, and made cheaply. Compared to the 80s, and 90s, the 2000s were toys. Most didn't even have adjustable record levels. All were AGC Stereo or Stereo Hifi units. My Mitsubishi U71 with flying erase head, and good sounding audio stages when recorded in Hifi mode, did a great job. The JVCs were outstanding too.
+Vincent Chen I've never heard of any consumer VCR that has adjustable record levels. Only prosumer S-VHS decks.
+themaritimeman _"I've never heard of any consumer VCR that has adjustable record levels"_
There were quite a few consumer Hi-Fi Stereo VCRs from the 1980s and, to a much smaller degree, the 1990s, that did have adjustable audio recording levels.
I've owned quite a few of them before and I have a few right now, such as my Sony SL-HF750, my Toshiba V-S44C, my Toshiba M-5900, and my Teac MV-550.
How good were sony VCR'S?
I bought a Sanyo in 1997 that was still working fine last time I tried it (probably 5 years ago). Loved the commercial skip. It didn't just skip on commercial, it would do the whole break at once.
I have one similar to this.
its the same button layout but its from 2004 and its Silver
I actually really like this one, it seems to work very well for me.
However I like my 2003 panasonic one better as when you cue and review and press the play again, it starts playing at that part, where as the 2004 one kinda keeps going for a few seconds and skips that part.The 2003 one I have is shown at 20:28, is silver
I also have a 2001 black one with the buttons in a circular form (different from the 1999 one you mentioned) which works pretty well.
I have a 2000 model which has the buttons more in a straight row (play REW FF))
and a 1998 model which is the same one you have in your other video, which also still works.
I may make a video about all my Panasonic VCRs, they all work
I have a total of 5 models.
My friend who is also a VCR fan has two panasonic one is the 2000 model that I have and the other is the 1993 with the blue stripe in the middle
I can recomend the later VHS/DVD combos from good brands like Panasonic,LG and Sony. I have a LG DVS 7720 which i have had for 2 years i grabbed mine from a E-waste container at a recycling and it works perfectly. Dont get any cheap funai,lumatron,sylvania or magnavox combo as they suck a lot of cheap VCRS i have used have had problems with sometimes eating tapes and some time playing them perfectly also some cheap combos have mono playback for VHS and stereo for DVD.
The only VCR I have now is an ‘89 RCA VR480, which is also a 4-head unit, but is indeed mono as well. It’s a phenomenal player, with exceptional component quality and output quality, but the lack of stereo and more modern outputs kills the experience for me. Luckily, it is made in Japan, so it’s been holding me over well until I can get a more feature-rich unit.
My favorite Panasonic OmniVision VCR is the PV-4561, which I happen to own.
Interesting to know. Last year, I found a sliver one from 2003 at a Goodwill... and it was THE WORST VCR I have ever used. It had buzzing problems, very bad tracking lines, and a whole bunch of problems. Needless to say, it was out before it even came in. And I also had a Panasonic S-VHS deck from 2003 as well, but I had a feeling it was a JVC clone, as it had similar mechanics to their VCR's (JVC's usually have "VIDEO CALIBRATION" flash on-screen when tracking a tape). Where I'm at (Northeast Ohio), finding a Panasonic at a Thrift Store is a bit of a rarity. As the common ones I find here are Mono VCR's from the Funai family (Emerson, Sylvania, Magnavox, etc.). But when I did see some other than those brands, I usually buy them in a heartbeat, especially if they are Hi-Fi Stereo ones.
And also, the same years also have a similar correlation for other brands too. As my daily "driver" is a 1997 Sony SLV-775HF, as it track tapes super well without having to even use it's tracking. While my Toshiba W727 from 2002 has some issue tracking some tapes, especially if they are T-160 tapes.
Depends how much one used the VCR most Tape heads are worn out after a few years
Hello. My Panasonice DVR--EZ copies from video to DVD just great. But although it did before, the "pause" button will not pause the DVD during recording. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
Well there's an example of what happens when you outsource manufacturing! Those 2000-200x Panasonic VCRs might have been far less reliable than my PV-7667!
These last series are not made by Panasonic, but by an Indonesian company. This company made almost all recorders that time. Open een LG, JVC, Samsung etc, and you see the same inside.
Nice video, this VCR was made the same day i turned 9 ! 3/03/2002
This vcr is likely made by funai (at least the mech. part, like all early 2000 vcr).
By turning the gear you missaligned the deck, but it could have been fixed, generally there is arrows on the gears in order to put the mech. back in it's original state. But never easy to do ! Those machines are analogs marvels, and so complexes ! But definitively worth the 3$ you paid for
And sorry for my bad english, i'm french :-)
From what I've read all of Panasonic's VCRs have been made in-house. I suppose anything is possible, though.
Yeah, I figured I put a rotary encoder out of place. I would've put more consideration into fixing it, but after the VCR quit working, I took the deck off again, and I was never able to get it back on - it wouldn't sit flat on one side. :P
It's definitely not Funai.
And it is positively a Panasonic chassis.
I usually record directly to my Stereo VCR including BrokSonic to catch the events from Newscast, and it did a great job for mine, I'll tell you. =)
I have that same VCR, but it's a different color.
:P I own a 6 head Hi-Fi stereo VCR and its made by LG from 2002 also and DVD combo unit, with a good tape the picture is brilliant
That's a nice VCR you have there! I got a Toshiba 6 head stereo model M760 for 6.99$ at the thief store.Mode switch just needed to be cleaned.
Yeah, I go out to repair VCR's that come in dead or just need a little touch up I barely make a profit only a little but its fun and good to see people still using them
Realgroovy24 VCR's are all about "timing" when it comes to play a video. Miss those days : )
killmore75 I repair VCR's mainly people watching old videos or wanting to digitalise them or mostly using it to record TV which is far cheaper than netflix is I use it for buying and watching old videos and recording, despite being old technology its still useful!
Use your vcr videorecorder
Panasonic makes great vcr videorecorders !
The feature you should look for is the SVHS, It`s got this odd looking pin connection which had it`s own cable which fitted corresponding televisions, From what I read sometime ago when DVD`s came on the market that they had something like 500 lines, A SVHS apparently had 400 lines, So it`s not far off considering the format difference
I used to have two panasonic vcrs, one high end (power supply broke, i still have it,)one low end (went up in smoke , i dont have it anymore)
I would recommend searching "vintage vcr" on ebay. There are plenty of 4 head Stereo VCR's on ebay from the "Golden Age." The 1980's were the best years for VCR's. Panasonic made VCR's under Quasar, JCPenney, Magnavox, and in the very early days, RCA. There are many examples of nice old 80's machines in the gallery of Vintageelectronics.Betamaxcollectors.com
I would LOVE to have a VCR like the two you have. That would literally be my dream VHS VCR. The thing is, I'm scared to get such a one because I assume their age and fancy features makes for a lot of complex componentry, hence a higher chance of electronic problems compared to a newer VCR based on more integrated circuitry.
What sort of problems, if any, did your units have when you first got them?
Something strange happened after that whole hurricane Arthur disaster to my jvc vcr. It had small problems staying on and turning off with a tape in it. I think it fixed itself.
1999-2002 models were possibly the most rugged ones. I have a Panasonic PV-V7662 and it works perfectly. Those are maybe the only model years I'd trust to have the best quality of this series. Only one thing that bothers me though is that when they rewind/ffw, the rewind/ffw motor sounds like a small plane taking off (and) the loading mech. is clunky and slow when it reverses direction. This can encourage these machines to bind up and break the plastic cam gears and or make them slip and jump timing. Other brands like my Zenith VRB420 are very simple internally and quiet and efficient. Some Toshiba vcrs like the silver Toshiba W525 were super-quiet and (VERY) smooth running (and) VERY, VERY simple internally. But when they quit accepting tapes, that was basically the death of these machines and the loading motor on this model was fairly underpowered.
Mid 80's Panasonics, durable tanks. They built vcr's for GE, Sylvania, Quasar, Magnavox, plus others.
I have that exact VCR, but it was only mono.
have 2 Panasonic made on Slovakia, they both still work , NV SJ 407 and NV HV 51
You're so close to the good ones. Previous years were made in Japan. Arguably the best vcr ever
Edit: i now see the end where you did the research lol
I have such a model now, a PV-8450 from 1998. It's been 100% reliable.
Hello sir
How to make Ritesh 4-head stereo VCR
I have a emerson combo VCR never getting rid of it I still have all my old vhs tapes :D
I have one that was made in 2000 and it works OK and got it for free
By the way, it's sounds like the same gadget as my 2000 Quasar Portable CRT TV with VCR Combo when you eject the tape. =)
Both Panasonic, and Quasar was the only one who manufactures the VCR with the same gadget for the VCR.
And we know, Hi-Fi is stands for High Fidelity. =)
Panasonic have always made - and for all I know still do - all their video products in two colour versions, black and silver. There was no change from one to the other. Obviously the colour is no indication of quality.
I've never heard of such a thing. After the initial wave of silver-colored consumer electronics ended in the mid-late 1980s, Panasonic didn't make another silver-colored VCR until 2003 or so. I've certainly never heard of them offering a product in two different color versions.
+themaritimeman Just look at any official Panasonic catalogue from the era, it'll always list two colour versions for each model. I see you're in North America, I'm in Europe. They have different models for each continent because of the different video standards., and I have only ever seen their European catalogues. But I'd really be surprised if their design policy wasn't worldwide.
+themaritimeman I don't know about Panasonic's VCRs, but they had a few DVD players that came in both silver, and black in the early 2000s, like the Panasonic DVD-S25.
Yup, my Panasonic VCR is from 2000 and was offered in two colors. I own the silver edition.
I had a Panasonic NV-FJ620 which went the same way as the one in the video.
I never had a VCR with AV inputs... Such a shame because I would have been all over that feature, all I ever did was record television from the RF input.
I like to put music on hi vcr tape. The sound quality is excellent. Unfortunately vcr's stoped putting adjustable audio meters on them. The hi fi vcr's in the 80s were better built had the meters, and put all functions on the unit instead of a remote. The newer ones have the great sound but other than that they are built with cheap plastic parts.
my Panasonic has that
I think the knowledge gained from tinkering with and breaking the semi working VCR far exceeds the 3 dollar price tag of the VCR
Perhaps you're right. :P
i'm also live in New Brunswick as well
youd be suprised how much lubrication helps.
I'm well aware.
On the main board there is a rotary switch that you need to put in the right place and it was probably in the rewind mode. So when it started, the other reel wasn't turning (wich is the counter one) so yes it just turn itself off. I had one it was a vfd display hi-fi stereo, but it wasn't capable of playing ep tapes and I wasn't able to find a replacement gear in the wild and I don't buy on the internet, so it went in the dump. By the way I made a little video of mine rewinding and it makes a lot of noises. My main vcr is a sharp vc-h811 : 4 heads hi-fi streo with sharp super picture with 19 micron heads and s-vhs quasi playback from 2001 and it's the best vcr I eve had. The chasi is all metal. I also made a video about it.
+Nintenloup wolf I come back to this comment one year later. I've got an Omnivision pv-9450 from 1999. It came with the remote and was only 5$. The best part of it is that it was made in Japan and thank you for this video again. really help full.
+Nintenloup wolf Here's a coincidence: The day after I uploaded the Memorex VCR video, I found a perfect-working PV-8450 from 1998 in a thrift store for $2!
The model number is only one digit different from mine lol. So the first digit seems to be for the year it was made. But I have to say that this is a really great machine. But still I haven't found a player that was better than my sharp vc-h811. That vcr as the best picture I've ever saw on a vcr player.
What does 19 micron head stand for I thought its better than a 4 head VCR I might be wrong
ITS THE WIDTH OF THE GAP, BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE TAPE. SMALLER THE GAP THE BETTER THE PICTURE. WHICH IS STRANGE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER. EVER SEEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 19 MICRONS. BE IT A PLASTIC EMERSON OR A SONY $800 DA PRO 4 HEAD . JUST READ, IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN JVC 1ST INVENTED IT THEY ONLY HAD ONE RECORD SPEED AND MFG'S EXPERIMENTED WITH 80 MICRONS THEN 40 THEN REALIZED 19 WAS THE ONLY SIZE TO DO ALL THE THINGS NEEDED. AND ALL HAVE ALL BEEN 19 MICRONS EVER SINCE. IT GOES 2 HEAD 4 HEAD THEN 6 HEAD THEN S-VHS IN ORDER FOR PICTURE PLAY AND RECORD QUALITY. I ONLY HAVE 5, 6 HEAD UNITS AND 2 S-VHS THEY ARE RARE AND WORTH GOOD $$$ IF ITS NOT A CRAP BRAND UNDER THE FUNAI CORP. (HAD A 6 HEAD EMERSON AND IT WAS JUST A GIMMICK TO GET YOU TO BUY IT) 6 CHEAP HEADS NOT AS GOOD AS 4 GOOD ONES! SO IN SHORT MORE HEADS ARE BETTER AND THEY WILL ALL BE 19 MICRON HEAD TO TAPE GAP, SO JUST IGNORE THAT.
To the person responsible for this video...If I can make a suggestion: Go to your nearest electronic store radio shack of best buy and get a of have your friend get what is called a Logitech universal remote..With this remote you can progam it using your pc to operate any device you choose.
Panasonic omnivision vcr videorecorder simply the best vcr
I have LG LV 2799 VHS VCR, which has the same display. Weird.
I wouldn't worry. Those later models were some of the worst VCRs ever made.
NO WAY! They break down very easily and are VERY fickle. CANNOT set them on top of dvd recorder. The heads will mistrack. Try a Zenith VRB420. Never had any electrical/mechanical issues except to replace a drive belt. They are not affected in any way by interference to dvd players and do not get hung up in ffwd/playback and are nowhere near as clunky at playback or record startup in the transport mechanism like the Panasonic vcrs. Almost every Panasonic vcr, no matter (WHAT) model I buy, they almost (ALWAYS) had a mechanical/electrical issue. The only thing I wish the Zenith had was Long Play/Record ability that a lot of the Panasonics had.
I have one from 2000 and it doesn't look any of those models that you should and got mine for free and I'm using to replace my old sharp that started to eat taps and once I got it out it never worked again and it is 19 years old and payed $10 for it and has done a good. That Panasonic I have ejects the tape fast your player had a week motor it looks like to me. I still. Buy the because I can get for $.25 to $1.00
And I have funi that is very new and got for free because the that it was broken but it had heads that needed cleaned because the atuo head clean stop working and it is the smallest vcr I have ever seen
Did you ever find a remote for it? You can find Panasonic VCR remotes on eBay for pretty cheap. I found mine at Value Village it was manufacuted in 1998 and still works perfect, just the front display is faded that is the only problem with it.
Creepingdeathx81 Why would a need/want a remote for a VCR that was completely unusable and I ended up throwing away?
Sorry I typed and sent that before reaching the end of the video nor reading the description in detail.
If you "fiddled with the gears" it sounds like you simply put the rotary encoder out of alignment. VCRs have gearing that is timed precisely - like the cam on a car engine. Sorry but it would have been a quick fix. We've all done it and very very frustrating
Curious question, can you convert your VHS tapes recorded from TV to digital and post it on your TH-cam page?
Yes, that's what I did in this video. I digitized the VHS recording and put it in the video.
What tape did you do?
What do you mean?
Most Mashushita Electric (Panasonic) are made in Japan fefore NAFA.
12voltvids would have a fix for it.
THATS FUNNY I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! HE'S MY FAVORITE. BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO FIX UNTIL THIS GUY "STARTED SPINNING THE PLASTIC GEARS" ONCE HE PULLED TAPE MECH OFF THE BOARD. AT WHICH POINT ALL THE TIMING MARKS WENT OFF ALIGNMENT INCLUDING THE SELECTOR SWITCH WHICH IS WHY THIS BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. 12V WOULD HAVE LUBRICATED THE LOAD MECH. AND CLEANED ALL THE HEADS AND CALLED IT A DAY. UNLESS HE WANTED TO CLEAN THE SELECTOR SWITCH FOR P.M. AND AS A LESSON TO THESE GUYS. AND MAN DOES HE HATE THESE LAST GENERATION PANNY'S. LOL. I SELL THESE ALL DAY LONG ON EBAY 49.95 TO 55 AT A 1500% PROFIT $5 OR < AT GOODWILL. THANKS TO 12V VIDS I FIX 95% OF WHAT I TAKE IN.
Mine was mfd in 1998 and retailed for $400 , was that considered a high end model at that time? that seems like a big price for a VCR
Creepingdeathx81 It must have been a prosumer model if it retailed for $400.
Is is the pvs 7670 that had s VHS compatibility and the dynamorphus metal head
I hate those late 90s-early 2000s VCRs...they have poor build quality and they are what they call BPC (Black Plastic Crap). I have 8 VCRs (5 VHS and 3 Beta) from the late 70s-early 90s and most of them work! So if you want a quality VCR, get one from the day they were made to last! JVC, Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo (Betacord's) are the top brands in VCRs. My main VHS VCR is a Panasonic NV-FS200 Super VHS from 1991 and it has a ton of features!
Fivos Sakellis I AGREE!! VERY cheaply made and unforgiving. VERY fickle .Low-quality older loading mechanism used on these newer vcrs and they're slow and clunky when they load a tape and cheap, crappy plastic cam gears that tend to break and/or jump timing. Heads will also stop tracking after awhile and no matter how much one does to adjust the tracking, it just will not track the tape properly. NEVER, EVER have I had (ANY) of these crap issues on my Zenith VRB420 vcr.
Fivos Sakellis I AGREE!! VERY cheaply made and unforgiving. VERY fickle .Low-quality older loading mechanism and worm gear used on these newer vcrs and they're slow and clunky when they load a tape and cheap, crappy plastic cam gears that tend to break and/or jump timing. Heads will also stop tracking after awhile and no matter how much one does to adjust the tracking, it just will not track the tape properly. NEVER, EVER have I had (ANY) of these crap issues on my Zenith VRB420 vcr.
nice panasonic omnivision vhs vcr
i have the same one! it is my families
Quasar?
Panasonic.
Silver... the phase most manufacturers went through... never a big fan of the silver era myself.
gazyounglive Me neither. Although it is interesting to note that the silver phase was a resurgence of the silver phase of the early-mid 1980s. (Although with products not nearly as cool or high quality, of course.) Likewise, the current era of black, sometimes boxy-looking electronics and appliances is a resurgence of late 1980s to mid 1990s design. It's cool to see design go full-circle like that.
As someone stated, I don’t believe the colour on the insert flap indicates difference in quality.
I usually Have one including Symphonic VCR Mono, when I approach my finger to the VCR, it can cause to activate inappropriate wheere they want to load the tape, and I accidently cause to jam, and I could not be able to work properly, and unfortunately, they are made in China. =(
i have a 6 head vcr stereo and hifi PLUS nicam and acc plus
Lo hechaste a perder el VHS panasonic
Last week I got me a 43 dollar VCR player itself offline from images from ebay everything proven vhs tapes don't stop playing at all everything proven vhs tapes don't have picture quality problem's at all the TVs proven there are the problem again with tv settings brightness being on 50 had turned that down on 35 it was to much brightness on to the color settings being on 50 had turned that up 87 everything proven it was great now if that was the vhs tape then nothing would had gotten better like it did everything proven people like myself are buying 10 dollar new vhs movies offline from images from ebay plus cleaning tapes everything proven there are other ways of doing things
panasonis vhs
Any reason you're posting random gibberish on all my VCR videos?
why not digitalize tapes and thorw them to the garbage afterwards ? VCR is such inferior and unreliable technology it deserves to be gone for good
put the roter swich back to the home prosition
This video is almost two years old, so that ship has kind of sailed.
I think you should not have removed the front cover of it. I think you missaligned something during this step. :/ What a pity...
It had the problem before I removed the cover, though.
But it looked alright after you threw in and out the cassette multiple times. o:
I like electronics but I hate mechanics. Touch the mechanics and everything is screwed up!
My EUR 550 color laser printer Kyocera: When you move the whole device, you have to realign the color alignments...
***** True, it might have indeed been all right. I made the assumption that it would keep intermittently occurring, though. As it was even when it worked it was slower taking in the tape than it should have been. I hate trying to fix mechanical stuff, too. :P
Hmm intermittently hangs of cassettes is not as worse as a VCR that does not even stay on. :/
Mechanics are interesting and very advanced, but really annoying and very very sensitive.
Hai
you nocked the senser that tells the vcr what mode its in out of alinmint
Yes, others in the comments have already said that.
themaritimeman mines is a PV-V4022
I had a Panasonic VCR like this one that didn't even last a SINGLE DAY before it completely went kerput.....
Yeah I operate my VCR on my bed lol
Don't knock it until you try it, bucko!
Great video everything proven tvs are terrible on cable connections now days y is that they don't do good job on soldiering cable connections now days everything proven some tvs picture would moving every now and then yet my had the same problem when I redo the soldiering connection on cable connection on tv itself everything works right now everything proven tvs are going bad now days on cable connections specially people are not doing good job on soldiering now days
Panasonic onmi vision pv-v4612k
Congrats for proving your listening skills.
RIP 4 Head Hi-Fi VCR