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Originally Posted by Electronic M
If you can test before you buy (could always bring a test tape and a portable TV/monitor if there is power) it is hard to NOT get your monies worth.
Granted the Hitatchi my folks had when I was a kid in the 90's seemed to die in under 5 years of moderate use.
With the glut of VCRs in thrifts ~2-5 years ago (each goodwill would have like 40 decks on the shelves) average units like that got boring fast...Whenever I see a deck I pass unless it is S-VHS (or one of the HD capable VHS formats), a top loader, or something unusual...There's still millions of VCRs out there better to have a few awesome ones that you'll use than a semi-truck load of mediocrity that you'll never use.
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Well I mainly needed a backup unit for my LCD Projector Movie setup in my Livingroom which I had a late 80s Mitsubishi unit but then sold it to a friend of mine because his late 90s Panasonic S-VHS deck died. my main deck for my LCD Projector is a 1987 JVC prosumer grade VHS Deck Model HR-D630U (which was the Prosumer version of the S-VHS Deck that looked just like it), and I bought it from Goodwill complete with its original remote and owners manual a couple years ago for $10.