Bought a brand new 1993 Hitachi VCR today.

[Eric H]

I found this VCR today, the box had been opened but I'm pretty sure it has never been used, there's not a mark on it, cords still wrapped, it still smells like new and the original batteries are still in their plastic bag taped to the packing.

This was originally sold in Germany apparently at the Sembach Base Exchange, sale price, $519!

It has the two prong Euro style plug on it but it's multi voltage and it came with an adapter for the U.S. style 110 outlet. I plugged it in before I bought it to see if it was at least alive and it powered right on, the fluorescent display is bright and clear and the tape door drops down when you hit the eject button so I'm guessing it'll work.

The same store had another Hitachi VCR in the original box and it was a more deluxe model that would play anything from American NTSC to SECAM.
It had seen some light use, there were fingerprints on the plastic and the window on the remote had come loose.
I found three issues of Playboy from 1990 stashed under the VCR when I took it out to look at it, some Serviceman no doubt smuggled them back when he came home.

They also had a NIB or near NIB 20"Hitachi TV from the same batch that they also found some Playboys hidden in the box.