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Oddity Archive: Episode 266.2 – Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS deck) (Patreon)

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2023-08-09 13:53:46
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In last week's thrifting video, I picked up a fixer-upper NEC brand S-VHS deck.  Thing is, I'm running right up against the value of the machine to (attempt to) fix it up.  This video is about an, at least, partial diagnosis and a look at the realities of trying to resurrect some of this gear.


On a thoroughly unrelated note, I sat in on about half-an-hour's worth of the Found Footage Festival's weekly "VCR Party" livestream last night.  So, instead of me trying to figure about what do about a vehicle to transfer footage, it's looking at some OA classic existing footage.  http://www.youtube.com/live/lwsQihDpMvg?feature=share


Next week will be this year's Record Ripoffs episode...the ever-delayed "At The Movies" installment, no less!

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Oddity Archive: Episode 266.2 – Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS deck)

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Jason Haman

Before watching, I thought 'fix it', especially if linear stereo. My only experience with NEC is CRT computer monitors, and reading historical accounts of 80's hard drives, both being highly regarded. But if their A/V gear has a poor reputation, that flips the other way... I'd want to expect reliability/durability after the fix. And that capacitor/resistor bodge, whether factory or ham-handed repair, doesn't scream quality. And I would have expected a pretty good market value for a then-high-end VCR... but it's probably been ~15 years since I spent several hundred $ each for a Panasonic AG-1970 and AG-1960 (early 90's prosumer editing decks - also without linear stereo). Regarding linear stereo, the one non-pro VHS linear stereo VCR I've ever seen was a 1985 Video Concepts brand deck... even off-brand, it had Dolby, so I would sort of expect a VHS linear stereo deck to have Dolby. But 'one' is a lousy sample size to predict from. So I'm unhelpfully joining you on the fence.

Jason Haman

I put this in a comment as I was re-watching on YT now that it "counts" - this page has pics showing the Dolby logo on the front panel. I'm not 'a betting man', but I'd bet real money this means it has linear stereo. Also a very impressive remote, apparently doing bi-directional communication with the VCR to display timer programs on the remote's LCD display. Kind of a cheaper version of the Sony SL-HF2100 holy grail SuperHiBand VCR, that had a fully-LCD-touchscreen remote. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia vintage-nec-dx-5000u-vcr-3840201596

Jason Haman
>>114920033

Hmm, looks like YT nuked my comment from orbit, despite obfuscating the URL? Anyway, the Dolby meaning, IMO, that it's linear stereo, knocked me off the fence into the 'fix it' pasture.