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Old 05-08-2012, 09:34 AM
waltchan waltchan is offline
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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx View Post
Ah yes I remember working on those Akai portable VCRs and cameras from the early '80s. We were an authorized service center for Akai. Model 7350 seems to ring a bell. Was stereo too! I think one of the first stereo VCRs. Linear stereo though, split the narrow mono track into two really narrow stereo not very good audio tracks. Like the Panasonic PV-6000 portable I had for a while. I recall an Akai VCR that was a rebadged JVC (top-loader JVC HR-7300?) about the same time frame.
I wonder where Akai's reliability rating should be ranked at? Consumer Reports had no data for Akai VCRs.
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