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Old 02-18-2026, 07:50 AM
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Zenith VCR Tube Rebuild?

Can someone please explain how to perform a tube rebuild on a Zenith VRD100 VCR? TIA

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Old 02-18-2026, 08:29 AM
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Sounds like AI BS to me. I typically ignore AI summaries and tools as they've ALWAYS got something wrong mixed in... Sometimes it's laughably obvious like that, sometimes it's not.

There haven't been tubes in VCRs ever. VTRs specifically 50s and early 60s 2" quadraplex and some early 1" open reel video tape recorders did use vacuum tubes...

The algorithm may have meant idler wheels.

If it's Japanese made VHS it's JVC. Zenith started with Sony made Betamax decks with custom skins, went to JVC made VHS in the 80s (they went with the inventor company) then in the late 80s when Korean LG who had been Zeniths supplier of products that couldn't be competitively built in the US since the late 60s became capable of making VHS decks of decent quality Zenith switched to them and stayed.
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Old 02-18-2026, 08:39 AM
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Yeah, it's getting bad when you have to scrutinize every darn thing you see; from videos to photos to text...

I don't mind AI when it's, as you say, obvious that it's AI. It's the "fake" stuff, purported to be "real", that I object to.

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Old 02-18-2026, 03:37 PM
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I tried the AI thing once but the brunette wig kept sliding off.
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Old 02-23-2026, 05:45 PM
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Technically the VFD is a tube and they do wear out. Now I don't know of any rebuilders...
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Old 02-27-2026, 09:48 PM
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Technically the VFD is a tube and they do wear out. Now I don't know of any rebuilders...
Well, now you know, I hadn't thought about that...
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