Great video as usual, specially the talk about manufacturers. Apart from that, that mechanism is one of those I like to work into. Not the best in reliability but easy to repair. If I'm not mistaken, this was the first Sony-made deck for VHS and it was produced during several years with only minor changes.
Would like a series of videos showing off the best and worst VCRs. Also would love to know what features were hype and which made a significant difference.
A Running Commentary touring lots of VCRs would be Great! Its so funny how what a person knows becomes easy to take for granted and assume no one else is interested. But it can be so captivating.
Can you provide a video or comment on this same procedure for a Mitsubishi HS-U55? I followed your videos for cleaning, but may have gotten the tower gear misaligned. Thanks for the valuable and interesting information you provide
As insanely irrelevant as this is in my life, it was quite difficult to not watch. Timing and vhs in the title is apparently total click bate for me. With everything I have pulled apart, aside from engine run machines, VHS was always the most impressive and fun to figure out. Thanks for the upload and content!
Its like watching the History Channel only covering something part of everyone's personal History.. and something you can immediately relate to. Cable Channels are mostly gone now.. but this is a Perfect Subject for a TH-cam Channel for wannabe Geeks. As told by a real Service Tech that almost always succeeds.
Fantastic. Anything to do with Timing Gears and Cams are like Click bate for me. I love your pronunciation of the Japanese companies.. it sounds absolutely correct. The history lesson is great. Industrial to Broadcast to Consumer product lines. Umatic to Betamax to VHS. Monitor vs Line Out differences were Mind Blowing information. As a Sony guy did you ever visit one of the plants where they made video equipment?
@@12voltvids You know you kind of need a Side kick or Assistant.. some Kid or Guy who wants to learn about VCRs and DVD recorders.. who could ask questions, or who you could talk to while recording. Or to hold a fan blowing over the Power Supplies in case of a Blue Smoke test.
you are right abut VHS and Betamax story called.. (WAR FORMAT) i remember this when i watch and read news in that year and news paper..i still believe the sony betamax format is better than Vhs ..the big thing is.. the sony corporation is start marketing and selling electronics in Canada after war II ..its transistor radio .
for broadcast ENG and business cameras. Who is company can fight Sony (the quality.. design accessories services. And future).we remember the fist consumer recorder camera Betamovie camera BMC-110 and 220/ED Beta prosumer camera EDC-55/Betacam/Betacam SP/Digital Betacam/HDcam camera/etc...the Sony make people story life.
I have a German VCR Grundig GV 400 (1992) some parts of the cassette player have been removed and unfortunately the screen has burned out and does not light up too much tedious to repair it is not worth it
Could you do one for Panasonic standart mechanism, I think it was D or Z type? The one with the orange teeth belt on pancake motor. I messed up the program and tape eject timings.
@@12voltvids Your Corrective Voice Overs are also much appreciated.. no one else has the courage to do them.. but you do a good job of injecting just enough without becoming distracting.
@@12voltvids Yes you have one, and i watch it few years ago, but it wasn't very clear what goes where and there was different gears repair, also mines both was partially dissassembled when i got them. I have managed to sort out most of the timmings but the tape eject tray and the program and switch gears seems to be out of order ... i loose a good 2 days without success and then the power supply blew up due to bad old caps :D Theese are 2 similar decks with same problem, one records, other only player but they are just slightly different on mechanisms and won't fit. The decks are Panasonic VHS -> NV-P5 HQ and the recorder with tuner NV-G45 HQ (a.k.a the recording one that i am trying to fix)
Should have been only 1 format, Betamax. That was Sony's plan, and they thought Matsushita and JVC were on board. Then they released the other format. Toshiba and Sanyo were in the Beta camp initially.
@@12voltvids Then RCA released the VBT200 which offered 4 hours of recording time and after that, the average consumer didn't care about Beta. Am I telling the story correctly?
@@crashbandicoot4everr when the VHS system first launched it had a 2-hour speed single speed. The first beta machine was also a single speed 1 hour recording time and then beta dropped the speed to beta 2 to give a 2-hour recording speed which was the same that VHS had initially. As you know RCA and JVC had a long running relationship. RCA was known as RCA Victor and JVC was the Victor company of Japan. Many people thought of JVC as the Japanese version of RCA because of that relationship with Victor which was the Victor talking machine I believe. RCA demanded longer than 2 hours on a tape because "Americans will never stand for just 2 hours we need four." JVC refused to compromise the picture quality so RCA went to Panasonic to produce their machines and Panasonic gladly dropped the speed.due to this longer recording time which people didn't seem to care that the quality wasn't as good it wasn't long before JVC dropped their speed but they never went to 4 hours they went to six. Panasonic then added six as well and soon all the other manufacturers out of the EP speed or SLP as Panasonic called it. The reason that all Panasonic machines called it SLP as opposed to EP was because JVC trademarked EP and would not allow their rival Panasonic to use EP as a speed designation, in fact no JVC machines ever had LP. Many would not even play a tape recorded in LP because JVC never recognized LP as it official speed. Later jvc's added it as a playback speed but you got no features, no still frame no slow mo no search just straight playback. When supervhs was developed they specifically forbid any manufacturer from making a machine that could record in super VHS at the lp speed it was SP and EP only.
@@12voltvids I also read on the Panasonic PV-1100/RCA VCT201 service manual that VHS SP uses guard bands while LP doesn't and the tracks actually overlap so the heads need to be on a different azimuth angle to prevent crosstalk.
@@12voltvids Your recommendations are always Top knotch, be it Software, Tools or Equipment. Much appreciated. Kpcomponents is awesome, I've bought many things from them on your recommendation.
I only do videos on my days off from my regular job. I work 4 10 hour days and when i get home the last thing I want to do it start shooting a video. Also i have to wait for stuff to come in. Don't have something every day to make a video on. I do release private videos for Patreon viewers too.
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Great video as usual, specially the talk about manufacturers.
Apart from that, that mechanism is one of those I like to work into. Not the best in reliability but easy to repair. If I'm not mistaken, this was the first Sony-made deck for VHS and it was produced during several years with only minor changes.
Would like a series of videos showing off the best and worst VCRs. Also would love to know what features were hype and which made a significant difference.
A Running Commentary touring lots of VCRs would be Great! Its so funny how what a person knows becomes easy to take for granted and assume no one else is interested. But it can be so captivating.
If he ever does a video like this, I bet the worst one will be the Absymal Garbage-1970. 😂
Uncle Dave you are the best. Have I said this before ? I think I have, but I said it again anyways.
Great video today !!
Good job
There was even a Sony ad from 1980 with a headline that said "WE INVENTED THE COMPETITION".
Yes I remember way back something like that on betamax ads.
Can you provide a video or comment on this same procedure for a Mitsubishi HS-U55? I followed your videos for cleaning, but may have gotten the tower gear misaligned. Thanks for the valuable and interesting information you provide
In 10 years the world will be like the film Idiocracy.
As insanely irrelevant as this is in my life, it was quite difficult to not watch. Timing and vhs in the title is apparently total click bate for me. With everything I have pulled apart, aside from engine run machines, VHS was always the most impressive and fun to figure out. Thanks for the upload and content!
Its like watching the History Channel only covering something part of everyone's personal History.. and something you can immediately relate to. Cable Channels are mostly gone now.. but this is a Perfect Subject for a TH-cam Channel for wannabe Geeks. As told by a real Service Tech that almost always succeeds.
EXCELLENT
Fantastic. Anything to do with Timing Gears and Cams are like Click bate for me. I love your pronunciation of the Japanese companies.. it sounds absolutely correct. The history lesson is great. Industrial to Broadcast to Consumer product lines. Umatic to Betamax to VHS. Monitor vs Line Out differences were Mind Blowing information. As a Sony guy did you ever visit one of the plants where they made video equipment?
No never got that chance. Owner of the shop did though.
@@12voltvids You know you kind of need a Side kick or Assistant.. some Kid or Guy who wants to learn about VCRs and DVD recorders.. who could ask questions, or who you could talk to while recording. Or to hold a fan blowing over the Power Supplies in case of a Blue Smoke test.
@@joey_after_midnight Nobody want to learn this stuff these days.
excellent video thank you
the tow otubput (monitor out and video out ) is good same as the last Betamax full future slhf-2100 vcr
you are right abut VHS and Betamax story called.. (WAR FORMAT) i remember this when i watch and read news in that year and news paper..i still believe the sony betamax format is better than Vhs ..the big thing is.. the sony corporation is start marketing and selling electronics in Canada after war II ..its transistor radio .
for broadcast ENG and business cameras. Who is company can fight Sony (the quality.. design accessories services. And future).we remember the fist consumer recorder camera Betamovie camera BMC-110 and 220/ED Beta prosumer camera EDC-55/Betacam/Betacam SP/Digital Betacam/HDcam camera/etc...the Sony make people story life.
I have a German VCR Grundig GV 400 (1992) some parts of the cassette player have been removed and unfortunately the screen has burned out and does not light up too much tedious to repair it is not worth it
Sounds like the companys had one hand behind there back with a dagger ready.
I'm supprised they agreed on anything.
Could you do one for Panasonic standart mechanism, I think it was D or Z type? The one with the orange teeth belt on pancake motor. I messed up the program and tape eject timings.
Pretty sure i did one years ago.
@@12voltvids Your Corrective Voice Overs are also much appreciated.. no one else has the courage to do them.. but you do a good job of injecting just enough without becoming distracting.
@@12voltvids Yes you have one, and i watch it few years ago, but it wasn't very clear what goes where and there was different gears repair, also mines both was partially dissassembled when i got them. I have managed to sort out most of the timmings but the tape eject tray and the program and switch gears seems to be out of order ... i loose a good 2 days without success and then the power supply blew up due to bad old caps :D Theese are 2 similar decks with same problem, one records, other only player but they are just slightly different on mechanisms and won't fit. The decks are Panasonic VHS -> NV-P5 HQ and the recorder with tuner NV-G45 HQ (a.k.a the recording one that i am trying to fix)
That's the G mechanism. It's a pain in the butt to realign those.
Yes I was aware that VHS and Beta were part of the same project, which is why they are so similar. The format war shouldn't have happened.
Should have been only 1 format, Betamax. That was Sony's plan, and they thought Matsushita and JVC were on board. Then they released the other format.
Toshiba and Sanyo were in the Beta camp initially.
@@12voltvids Then RCA released the VBT200 which offered 4 hours of recording time and after that, the average consumer didn't care about Beta. Am I telling the story correctly?
@@crashbandicoot4everr when the VHS system first launched it had a 2-hour speed single speed. The first beta machine was also a single speed 1 hour recording time and then beta dropped the speed to beta 2 to give a 2-hour recording speed which was the same that VHS had initially. As you know RCA and JVC had a long running relationship. RCA was known as RCA Victor and JVC was the Victor company of Japan. Many people thought of JVC as the Japanese version of RCA because of that relationship with Victor which was the Victor talking machine I believe. RCA demanded longer than 2 hours on a tape because "Americans will never stand for just 2 hours we need four." JVC refused to compromise the picture quality so RCA went to Panasonic to produce their machines and Panasonic gladly dropped the speed.due to this longer recording time which people didn't seem to care that the quality wasn't as good it wasn't long before JVC dropped their speed but they never went to 4 hours they went to six. Panasonic then added six as well and soon all the other manufacturers out of the EP speed or SLP as Panasonic called it. The reason that all Panasonic machines called it SLP as opposed to EP was because JVC trademarked EP and would not allow their rival Panasonic to use EP as a speed designation, in fact no JVC machines ever had LP. Many would not even play a tape recorded in LP because JVC never recognized LP as it official speed. Later jvc's added it as a playback speed but you got no features, no still frame no slow mo no search just straight playback. When supervhs was developed they specifically forbid any manufacturer from making a machine that could record in super VHS at the lp speed it was SP and EP only.
@@12voltvids I also read on the Panasonic PV-1100/RCA VCT201 service manual that VHS SP uses guard bands while LP doesn't and the tracks actually overlap so the heads need to be on a different azimuth angle to prevent crosstalk.
@@crashbandicoot4everr the heads on have are +-6 degrees and beta was +-7 degrees. The hifi heads in VHS +-30 degrees.
Did you also find a replacement source for those blue gears?
Plenty available at kpcomponents.co
@@12voltvids thanks
@@12voltvids Your recommendations are always Top knotch, be it Software, Tools or Equipment. Much appreciated. Kpcomponents is awesome, I've bought many things from them on your recommendation.
Was worried because i was used to have at least 1 vid from you daily. Hope you are fine. :)
I only do videos on my days off from my regular job. I work 4 10 hour days and when i get home the last thing I want to do it start shooting a video. Also i have to wait for stuff to come in. Don't have something every day to make a video on. I do release private videos for Patreon viewers too.
more vids of your cats at begining olease thhey are cute