Wow!! How compact the mechanism became at that time! I was 15t when I´ve got my 1st ´slim´ Betamax. So heavy and full of layers of circuits and metal parts with wires. Now all that is in the palm of our hand. Great video! Thank you.
I have had one of these since I was a baby, we got it as a replacement for some super vcr that broke and we got it repaired so now we have 2 awesome vcrs and I never knew this one had those crazy features
I didn't know SVHS recordings couldn't be played on a regular VHS. I have quite a few VHS decks, one being an SVHS and I tried that myself once. I recorded something onto an SHVS cassette in the SHVS VCR, then I played it back on one of my "normal" VCRs and it played fine. I guess the "normal" VHS I used must have had that feature to be able to play back an SVHS recording, so I just thought all VHS decks could play back an SVHS recording.
I gotta say, that VHS machine did a pretty good job of recording....i was impressed...last time I watched a VHS the video quality was MUCH more grainy....
Sony VCRS are so awesome that are made in Malaysia (like this one). I have a Sony VCR slv 662 hf and it's so good to this day. And I used to do a lot of rewinding and fastforwarding in my day lol. Great video.
My dad has one of these from back in the day and the remote did glow in the dark. Also the remote had a switch that turned it into a TV Remote that worked with a Compatible Sony TV by default and I don't know if it will with other TVs.
The VCR I still have is the SLV-N71 which seems identical to this except it's black and doesn't have the "Reality Generator." It does have a custom mod that someone did to it with a little LED and push-button that's labeled "Auto Repeat." I've never bothered figuring out exactly what that button does or why it's there. I presume it was either for recording security camera footage or playing a demo tape over and over in a store.
I notice it says "19 micron head". Does this mean it had a 19 micron head in addition to the standard 58 micron head or JUST 19 micron heads? If it has only 19 micron heads, you gain nothing by recording on SP rather than EP. If you record on SP with 19 micron heads you have 2/3 of your tape blank afterward. VHS was terrible and nothing would reverse the damage from recording to VHS except for time-base correction (pretty much the only degradation that could be rectified). The horrible color resolution and limited luminance resolution were things that nothing could reverse.
I like how both sony & philips tried to bring the vcr tape into the digital age by putting video enhancers and recording tracking marker features into their final vcr decks. Am mean the idea to make a enhanced vcr tape of being close as dvd in quality,reliability and ease of use was there. Just amezing. Now i do own a philips vcr from 2000 or so with dspc feature wich supposedly should reduce noise but my old video tapes still look very grainy, so it makes no sence i guess ,it’s just a gimmick idea.
Ha! I also have one of this pretty close (although not exactly) model.Great on hi-fi track reading,but awful mono audio for some reason.The only reason I retain it is to play some EP tape sometimes.
A few days ago I went to visit my nephew and showed me a Supernintendo game set, so I tried to play Star Fox, but in a modern 42' HD tv set, there is a delay or lag that makes those consoles unplayable in modern equipment, due to the response on screen must be quicker, so an old TV set is needed to make it run properly, That is a missadvantage carried out by new technology.
Hey, I have one of these! We got one NEW in early 2002 with our 5-disc DVD changer and Sony KV-36XBR450 36" XBR Trinitron HDTV, of which in 2008 saw its first 1080i HD signals through a very nice Motorola tuner provided by Comcast we still have to this day. I have a second of those TVs here in storage in the basement with a much sharper picture, probably from less use as an SDTV for years. the second set cost $12 at the thrift shop (and an hour getting it in the house and living room, and another hour getting it into the basement when the Dish HD34-310 AKA RCA D34W20 [ i.imgur.com/VkJon8J.jpg ] came into my life instead 6 months later) where the first was closer to $2700 in 2002, and then add on the original MSRP of the VCR and the DAV-C450 home theatre system I only have remnants of the speaker system from, but still have the DVD player... $150 for the VCR originally, and $300 for the home theater set-up. the VCR was used mostly to record episodes of Smallville on WB? in the early years of its life but went on to do as it is doing now: sit and gather dust. I set the time and date on it so I could set it to auto-record weekly at 8:55PM and end recording at 10:05 so to catch the next week preview clip as needed. I used the tape on the slowest record setting so I could fit a few weeks worth of episodes on one tape, rewound the tape monthly, and changed the tape out in the middle and at the end of the season. (mind you I was 11 or 12 when I was doing this, and Dad thought I was magic or something. this went on for a few years and many headaches re-setting the clock when the power went out.) Then the wonderful thing called On Demand became a thing and sent the VCR a-packing, to which the only things it's done since is play older movies we didn't have on DVD or old unmarked tapes to see what was on them. it has been sitting, untouched, for about 6 years now, unplugged, but still hooked to the TV via composite on input 3. I ended up using its coax connection on the split at the entertainment center for the cable modem when I relocated that and the other stuff connected past that. sort of useless to have it connected now when to use it in this day and age either means having it inline with an SDTV or getting its own converter box to run. Fun last note: I know it was early 2002 because i remember using the unboxing and setting-up of such as an excuse to get out of doing math homework. Go figure! I feel absolutely horrible admitting that, but hey, I'll feel a helluva lot better in the morning about it. The VCR, according to Amazon, was first available in 1999, so it lasted a few years on the market. if there isn't a datecode on the back, you can get a roundabout datecode off any of the chips inside and add about 4-7 months to taste due to fab-to-line lag. ========== (and, if you ever see one of those RCA/Dish TVs, and you can get a few guys to help you get a 175+lb HDTV into your house, DO IT IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT, e.g. under 50 bucks. the DVI port on the back is amazing, and supports HDCP, so no unnecessary defeater converter to hook up modern equipment aside from just using one of the two component inputs. just make sure the source has working seperate audio out from HDMI to plug into the DVI RCA audio-in jacks and you're golden. )
We had a couple of PAL Matsui and Orion VCRs in the Mid 90's that looked very similar to this with the auto-headcleaning and the pinch roller that was lifted out of place during eject. I liked the sound of the fast forward and rewind with the ramp up to full speed and then nice slow down towards the end of the tape.
I discovered I have an SLV-N81 in my house, so I loaded an old tape and engaged the Reality Regenerator(tm). Now, how do I get Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart out of my house? (Everyone else left on their own.)
Analog cable broadcasts with good reception can easily beat low bitrate digital sdtv broadcasts. Hard to beat HD broadcasts though, no cable provider can fuk that up enough to be worse than an old analog signal.
#databits Does the TV tuner mean you could use the VCR to watch TV without an antenna? Why does this VCR have so much unused internal space on the sides?
0:33 I saw a video about that. Can't remember the name of the movie but it was a kids movie and they put the video in and it started with lemons making lemonade and then they discovered they can go to different realities and I only had a standard VHS player so...
Would you know a website to find OEM remotes for old VCRs? I have a fairly nice JVC HR-VP58U (I think, I'll have to check the exact model number when I get back to my apartment) that I got at a Goodwill. In order to program the VCR to record certain stations at certain times, I need the original remote to access all the functions. Also, the JVC site says this model has "quasi S-VHS playback" which I think means it plays S-VHS without having the static lines that you experienced. I bought it because I'm a financially-limited college student with basic cable in my apartment, having left full-feature cable and TiVo back at may parent's place. I wanted a cheap and easy way to watch shows that come on past when I stay up so I can see them the next morning before classes. I ordered a BNS Sony blank tape from 2001 to use but its basically useless without the remote.
Ebay should have been my first guess, haha. Shouldn't it have a built in tuner? I have already hooked the coaxial from the wall into the VCR and then ran composite to the tv and I can surf channels using the channel up/down buttons on the front of the VCR. BTW, its a JVC HR-VP672U. Edit: Found a PDF of the user manual and yes, theres a TV tuner with auto channel scan. jvc.en-manual.com/d-hr-vp672u/user-s-manual.html?page=14
I have the black version withoutthe reality generator but, the dial timer knob is missing and the power button snapped off. I have t he remote cause me and my brother got the VCR as a Christmas gift in 2014 or 13.
I have the same exact VCR it was working at first and now it doesn’t work. It turns on and everything but I’m getting this numbers which I don’t know what they mean. 60109
A mi me regalaron este modelo de 6 cabezales y funcionaba pero se le partio un plastico blanco que sostiene al cabezal que borra y ademas tiene una falla en el mecanismo, una lastima lo uso como sintonizador en un televisor viejo.
how come this VCR barely has anything inside of it...compared to philips 1989 VCRs with a TON of wires everwhere!? I mean tech didnt improve THAT much between 1989 to 1998
0:36 That would be cool... Say if I put a Pokemon VHS tape in the VCR, and a lot of Pokemon come out of my VCR and do cool stuff with me. I wish the reality generator did that.
I do have that VHS tape. And if your VCR was able to make stuff come to life if you put that tape in, it will be YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 😈😈😈😈😈
TheVCRShack Have a look around inside, usually the RF modulator has a Samsung sticker on it. Otherwise it is Sony. Very hard to tell unless you have a look inside but yeah it could be a Sony.
I hate when consumer electronics are almost empty on the inside. bro just make it smaller
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Wtf? Sony never made VHS machines xD (apparently yes). This VCR you got there is based in the "sorta" reliable K Chassis, you identify that because of the pinch roller in the "lift". What the odds... At the end of the VHS's life, sony supported the format?
I've seen crap loads of sony vcr's at thrift stores. There a dime a dozen and most are poorly made and with cheap plastic. the older sony vcr's screamed quality though.
+André Campana Merétika - Sony made VHS machines for a long span of time. They had to eventually "give in" to its popularity. In 1988, Sony itself began marketing VHS under a policy of supplying both formats (VHS and Beta). Deputy president Masaaki Morita, who had worked nonstop on promoting home-use VCRs since around 1972, put it this way to employees, "Speaking frankly, we didn't want to manufacture VHS. However, you don't conduct business according to your feelings. Let's look at reality. The demand is getting stronger in the marketplace for Sony-made VHS products. Even if we have to bite the bullet, we ought to begin manufacturing VHS products for the sake of future growth. In any event, Sony aims to posture itself as the number one comprehensive VCR manufacturer, with Betamax for high quality picture and recording, 8mm formats for optimal compact personal use, and VHS for home video rental. Drawing on these strengths, we will be able to effectively respond to diverse consumer needs."
Wow!! How compact the mechanism became at that time! I was 15t when I´ve got my 1st ´slim´ Betamax. So heavy and full of layers of circuits and metal parts with wires. Now all that is in the palm of our hand. Great video! Thank you.
I have had one of these since I was a baby, we got it as a replacement for some super vcr that broke and we got it repaired so now we have 2 awesome vcrs and I never knew this one had those crazy features
I didn't know SVHS recordings couldn't be played on a regular VHS. I have quite a few VHS decks, one being an SVHS and I tried that myself once. I recorded something onto an SHVS cassette in the SHVS VCR, then I played it back on one of my "normal" VCRs and it played fine. I guess the "normal" VHS I used must have had that feature to be able to play back an SVHS recording, so I just thought all VHS decks could play back an SVHS recording.
+CoolDudeClem - Without SQPB, you can't play SVHS recordings on VHS machines.
+databits Well, you can but it'll look weird. :P
I have this exact same machine. Works great for tape transfers and the picture quality is great for VHS!!
Thanks for this awesome review!!
I gotta say, that VHS machine did a pretty good job of recording....i was impressed...last time I watched a VHS the video quality was MUCH more grainy....
+DvdXploitr - thanks, I agree it did a pretty good job.
Don't forget the CRT image filter! ;)
Sony VCRS are so awesome that are made in Malaysia (like this one). I have a Sony VCR slv 662 hf and it's so good to this day. And I used to do a lot of rewinding and fastforwarding in my day lol. Great video.
+Ryan Thomas - hey Ryan, thanks for watching
+databits No problem! :)
Wasn't the reality regeneration feature similar to tbc and noise reduction in other decks?very interesting video!
My dad has one of these from back in the day and the remote did glow in the dark. Also the remote had a switch that turned it into a TV Remote that worked with a Compatible Sony TV by default and I don't know if it will with other TVs.
I think the clock can also be set automatically by tuning to a PBS station.
There is an SVHS + large DV tape combo VCR with this R2 Reality Generator feature, it's Japan only though. The Sony ES WV-DR7
The VCR I still have is the SLV-N71 which seems identical to this except it's black and doesn't have the "Reality Generator." It does have a custom mod that someone did to it with a little LED and push-button that's labeled "Auto Repeat." I've never bothered figuring out exactly what that button does or why it's there. I presume it was either for recording security camera footage or playing a demo tape over and over in a store.
+dbozan99 - I don't know how we all managed without the Reality Generator feature...haha
When kids open the door to the VCR and they go like oh the inside looks so cool which is true
I notice it says "19 micron head". Does this mean it had a 19 micron head in addition to the standard 58 micron head or JUST 19 micron heads? If it has only 19 micron heads, you gain nothing by recording on SP rather than EP. If you record on SP with 19 micron heads you have 2/3 of your tape blank afterward. VHS was terrible and nothing would reverse the damage from recording to VHS except for time-base correction (pretty much the only degradation that could be rectified). The horrible color resolution and limited luminance resolution were things that nothing could reverse.
I like how both sony & philips tried to bring the vcr tape into the digital age by putting video enhancers and recording tracking marker features into their final vcr decks.
Am mean the idea to make a enhanced vcr tape of being close as dvd in quality,reliability and ease of use was there.
Just amezing.
Now i do own a philips vcr from 2000 or so with dspc feature wich supposedly should reduce noise but my old video tapes still look very grainy, so it makes no sence i guess ,it’s just a gimmick idea.
I once had a Phillips VCR that had the pinch roller function
Ha! I also have one of this pretty close (although not exactly) model.Great on hi-fi track reading,but awful mono audio for some reason.The only reason I retain it is to play some EP tape sometimes.
A few days ago I went to visit my nephew and showed me a Supernintendo game set, so I tried to play Star Fox, but in a modern 42' HD tv set, there is a delay or lag that makes those consoles unplayable in modern equipment, due to the response on screen must be quicker, so an old TV set is needed to make it run properly, That is a missadvantage carried out by new technology.
AV inputs, no RF mode available
Hey, I have one of these! We got one NEW in early 2002 with our 5-disc DVD changer and Sony KV-36XBR450 36" XBR Trinitron HDTV, of which in 2008 saw its first 1080i HD signals through a very nice Motorola tuner provided by Comcast we still have to this day. I have a second of those TVs here in storage in the basement with a much sharper picture, probably from less use as an SDTV for years. the second set cost $12 at the thrift shop (and an hour getting it in the house and living room, and another hour getting it into the basement when the Dish HD34-310 AKA RCA D34W20 [ i.imgur.com/VkJon8J.jpg ] came into my life instead 6 months later) where the first was closer to $2700 in 2002, and then add on the original MSRP of the VCR and the DAV-C450 home theatre system I only have remnants of the speaker system from, but still have the DVD player... $150 for the VCR originally, and $300 for the home theater set-up.
the VCR was used mostly to record episodes of Smallville on WB? in the early years of its life but went on to do as it is doing now: sit and gather dust. I set the time and date on it so I could set it to auto-record weekly at 8:55PM and end recording at 10:05 so to catch the next week preview clip as needed. I used the tape on the slowest record setting so I could fit a few weeks worth of episodes on one tape, rewound the tape monthly, and changed the tape out in the middle and at the end of the season. (mind you I was 11 or 12 when I was doing this, and Dad thought I was magic or something. this went on for a few years and many headaches re-setting the clock when the power went out.)
Then the wonderful thing called On Demand became a thing and sent the VCR a-packing, to which the only things it's done since is play older movies we didn't have on DVD or old unmarked tapes to see what was on them. it has been sitting, untouched, for about 6 years now, unplugged, but still hooked to the TV via composite on input 3. I ended up using its coax connection on the split at the entertainment center for the cable modem when I relocated that and the other stuff connected past that. sort of useless to have it connected now when to use it in this day and age either means having it inline with an SDTV or getting its own converter box to run.
Fun last note: I know it was early 2002 because i remember using the unboxing and setting-up of such as an excuse to get out of doing math homework. Go figure! I feel absolutely horrible admitting that, but hey, I'll feel a helluva lot better in the morning about it. The VCR, according to Amazon, was first available in 1999, so it lasted a few years on the market. if there isn't a datecode on the back, you can get a roundabout datecode off any of the chips inside and add about 4-7 months to taste due to fab-to-line lag.
==========
(and, if you ever see one of those RCA/Dish TVs, and you can get a few guys to help you get a 175+lb HDTV into your house, DO IT IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT, e.g. under 50 bucks. the DVI port on the back is amazing, and supports HDCP, so no unnecessary defeater converter to hook up modern equipment aside from just using one of the two component inputs. just make sure the source has working seperate audio out from HDMI to plug into the DVI RCA audio-in jacks and you're golden. )
So many VCRs look alike. I would swear I saw a Sanyo VCR that was identical to that.
We had a couple of PAL Matsui and Orion VCRs in the Mid 90's that looked very similar to this with the auto-headcleaning and the pinch roller that was lifted out of place during eject. I liked the sound of the fast forward and rewind with the ramp up to full speed and then nice slow down towards the end of the tape.
I discovered I have an SLV-N81 in my house, so I loaded an old tape and engaged the Reality Regenerator(tm). Now, how do I get Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart out of my house? (Everyone else left on their own.)
You must disengage the RG immediately!
Honestly I miss old analog tv... once they made us get those boxes the quality and signal quality went downhill for me
Analog cable broadcasts with good reception can easily beat low bitrate digital sdtv broadcasts.
Hard to beat HD broadcasts though, no cable provider can fuk that up enough to be worse than an old analog signal.
i miss 60fps
what does Reality Generator do? 🤔 I tryed in my VCR but I don´t see absolutely any change or improvement
I always want a vcr like that
hey!what does this small erase head near the audio-control head actually do??why in some modern type vcrs this head is missing?thanks!!
Is it compatible with the new HD digital channels being broadcast??
cooler than techmoan, long live to the new flesh.
Thank you Brandon!
#databits
Does the TV tuner mean you could use the VCR to watch TV without an antenna?
Why does this VCR have so much unused internal space on the sides?
0:33 I saw a video about that. Can't remember the name of the movie but it was a kids movie and they put the video in and it started with lemons making lemonade and then they discovered they can go to different realities and I only had a standard VHS player so...
They ruined Thomas the Tank Engine when they began CGI'ing it.
CGI doesn't ruin something. Bad writing ruins it.
It used to be called "Shining Time Station".
Sebi's Random Tech I
Edwin Harvey It was actually called Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends originally, but it was part of Shining Time Station.
Would you know a website to find OEM remotes for old VCRs? I have a fairly nice JVC HR-VP58U (I think, I'll have to check the exact model number when I get back to my apartment) that I got at a Goodwill. In order to program the VCR to record certain stations at certain times, I need the original remote to access all the functions. Also, the JVC site says this model has "quasi S-VHS playback" which I think means it plays S-VHS without having the static lines that you experienced.
I bought it because I'm a financially-limited college student with basic cable in my apartment, having left full-feature cable and TiVo back at may parent's place. I wanted a cheap and easy way to watch shows that come on past when I stay up so I can see them the next morning before classes. I ordered a BNS Sony blank tape from 2001 to use but its basically useless without the remote.
+joh n - hey, thanks for watching and for asking your question. The place I would look for a remote is ebay. What are you using as a tuner?
Ebay should have been my first guess, haha. Shouldn't it have a built in tuner? I have already hooked the coaxial from the wall into the VCR and then ran composite to the tv and I can surf channels using the channel up/down buttons on the front of the VCR. BTW, its a JVC HR-VP672U.
Edit: Found a PDF of the user manual and yes, theres a TV tuner with auto channel scan. jvc.en-manual.com/d-hr-vp672u/user-s-manual.html?page=14
Why didn't you show the back of it, the hook-ups and such?
what year'd this one come out?Nice lil unit
VHS has 240 lines?
I have the black version withoutthe reality generator but, the dial timer knob is missing and the power button snapped off. I have t he remote cause me and my brother got the VCR as a Christmas gift in 2014 or 13.
the vhs player set the date to 2001 automatically so i think it was made then but also sony had a pdf on it which copywrited to 2003
16:10 Definitely not after 2001 as VHS DVD combos were huge. My Sony VCR is from 2000 so that's probably when this was made.
+Ryan Thomas - oh yeah, I see those combo units all of the time at thrift stores.
I have the same exact VCR it was working at first and now it doesn’t work. It turns on and everything but I’m getting this numbers which I don’t know what they mean. 60109
I still have this VCR lol
Are you at mumbai india
Do you now if I can record in vhs tape by using a dtv decoder?
A mi me regalaron este modelo de 6 cabezales y funcionaba pero se le partio un plastico blanco que sostiene al cabezal que borra y ademas tiene una falla en el mecanismo, una lastima lo uso como sintonizador en un televisor viejo.
You have to let the deck run warm first . the beginning of the tape is always bitty ,
What does RR stand for?
Bree Ford rear right
I thought reality regenerator would be something like frame interpolation
7:23 omg i got shot by a nerfgun im lucky that i have glasses
how come this VCR barely has anything inside of it...compared to philips 1989 VCRs with a TON of wires everwhere!? I mean tech didnt improve THAT much between 1989 to 1998
Sensational
I have the same sony with the reality regenerator
i have a 1977 rca vcr that weighs 40 lbs
I've got a VCR that is from 2003 LOL the thing is one year older then me
Very cool.
I didn't think I'd find a twelve year old watching this, but it's cool to know that both young and old are interested in older tech. Neat!
0:36 That would be cool... Say if I put a Pokemon VHS tape in the VCR, and a lot of Pokemon come out of my VCR and do cool stuff with me. I wish the reality generator did that.
But if I put Nightmare on elm street VHS Freddy Kruger Would come out run around the room!
I do have that VHS tape. And if your VCR was able to make stuff come to life if you put that tape in, it will be YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 😈😈😈😈😈
Yeah
I have a black version that doesn't have a reality generator.
really interesting !!!
Turn off the video stabilizer!
Some of these SLV models were made by Samsung, this one included.
+Sony Trinitron - Cool to know!
This model is made by Sony.
TheVCRShack It's got the Sony label n the front, that doesn't mean it is made by them though. A lot of brands do that.
Sony Trinitron
I know. I'm just saying that this model is made by Sony.
TheVCRShack Have a look around inside, usually the RF modulator has a Samsung sticker on it. Otherwise it is Sony. Very hard to tell unless you have a look inside but yeah it could be a Sony.
I hate when consumer electronics are almost empty on the inside. bro just make it smaller
Wtf? Sony never made VHS machines xD (apparently yes). This VCR you got there is based in the "sorta" reliable K Chassis, you identify that because of the pinch roller in the "lift". What the odds... At the end of the VHS's life, sony supported the format?
I've seen crap loads of sony vcr's at thrift stores. There a dime a dozen and most are poorly made and with cheap plastic. the older sony vcr's screamed quality though.
+André Campana Merétika - Sony made VHS machines for a long span of time. They had to eventually "give in" to its popularity. In 1988, Sony itself began marketing VHS under a policy of supplying both formats (VHS and Beta). Deputy president Masaaki Morita, who had worked nonstop on promoting home-use VCRs since around 1972, put it this way to employees, "Speaking frankly, we didn't want to manufacture VHS. However, you don't conduct business according to your feelings. Let's look at reality. The demand is getting stronger in the marketplace for Sony-made VHS products. Even if we have to bite the bullet, we ought to begin manufacturing VHS products for the sake of future growth. In any event, Sony aims to posture itself as the number one comprehensive VCR manufacturer, with Betamax for high quality picture and recording, 8mm formats for optimal compact personal use, and VHS for home video rental. Drawing on these strengths, we will be able to effectively respond to diverse consumer needs."
'Sony never made vhs machines' is like saying 'Philips never made televisions' lol
cool:)
That's just a rebranded LG VCR
Why did you record the Bob the Builder reboot series on Super VHS. The original series is better.
Dull!
vhs sony
Тилинга хуям.
Question, what size is the screen frame?