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Insane Technics VHS VCR with "Fingers of Fury" Tape!!
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2017
- I'd never seen a Technics VCR, so when I found this one, I had to bring it home and test it out. The picture quality is surprisingly good and the machine is built very well, no repairs were needed!
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I miss those sounds.I was about 13 when dad got a VCR and let me pick two movies..got Firefox and Road Warrior. Hell ya. In the 90s in my 20s was the king of rentals. Rented 3 times a week..movies and video games and systems ...until cable tv around 1995 and my PC in 1994.
Daehawk Blockbuster Video was like the giant server for videos. If you want to watch a movie, just drive over and get it. You know, the best part was that we never had streaming issues. Just that A-hole who didn't rewind the tape.
This VCR is exactly the same as the Panasonic PV-4760.
Looks like the next gen of my 1985 Panasonic VCR, I like that this one has a stereo tuner. My could only record stereo sound off of tv if you used a stereo decoder box.
Wow, very interesting and cool. A nice VCR
The two channel audio input was for recording music, as for a while VHS HiFi was the highest quality recordable audio format you could get.
Looks exactly the same as my Panasonic from 1987, which makes sense seeing how these both came from the same parent company.
Why you can find GE or Proscan stuff that's exactly the same as RCA
The General Electric (GE) and RCA VCRs were also made by Hitachi, but not just Panasonic
I don't believe this VCR was engineered by Panasonic. Panasonic VCRs had complicated mechanisms with pinch roller coming down as the tape was wound around the head drum.
That is one beautiful machine! They sure don't make things that nicely anymore.
A very good VCR ... but seeing the finger skateboards reminds me my childhood , back in 1999-2000 .... aaah memories !!
Those tech deck toys most reminds me of those fidget spinner things. People sure love their strange fads.
You can still find people on CZcams, in the year 2017, playing with these fingerboards. It's weird.
Really ? :) I don't understand how those things stick to your fingers and not fall.
Some people take finger boarding seriously to this day. there are fingerboards made of actual wood with real tiny urethane wheels and even tiny ball bearings. I think there are even conventions and tournaments.
Romequez Kotero only a dummy would compare such world changing complex technology with a fidget spinner
There is a link though... yer classic fidget spinners are made out of skateboard wheel bearings.
And I was in a shop sometime recently that still had tech decks for sale amongst various other little trinket-like toys... someone must still be buying them. I don't understand who or why.
Such a good quality machine, Panasonic/Technics never fails.
excellent VCR. One comment... The button you mentioned to select main audio or SAP1 or 2 refers to 2 extra audio channels that are broadcasted into the main MTS Stereo sound. That means that the main refers to Stereo o Mono broacast and the sap 1 it was used to broadcast another language, for example, spanish and the sap 2 it was suposed to broadcast a terciary language or comments on a movie. The audio 2CH button was used to be conected to a FM radio tuner, wich was broadcasting the stereo soundtrack on a tv station that do had MTS stereo broadcast.
It sounds like our first VCR which was a Toshiba which was also made in 1987. It had simple, color OSD. It got the job done, but I found myself programming the VCR timer using the front panel and display because it was quick and convenient. I could set a timer program at the same time my father was watching a tape without bugging him! It was great!
Robert Gaines my dad had one them last for long time they don't make em like that any more
Robert Gaines Ya my current VCR doesn't even have front panel programming buttons. It is all on the remote!
I used to have that tape. I would watch it constantly.lol
Getting the cob webs out of my head, The V-Lock on the back, I believe is for stabilizing the video jitter out on pause slow search. Panasonic had there's on the bottom of the early 4 head machines. The Dual Azimuth 4 Video Heads. But, It's been a while since i retired from repairing VHS/Beta video recorders. Thank's! It was fun going back in time. I held on to my S-VHS and Laser Disk Player and still watch movies on my old standard def TV. It's funny, I have great movies on Laser, VHS and S-VHS you can't find on DVD or Blu-Ray. So, Hold on to your old gear, It might come in handy.
I wouldn't call this deck "insane", it's just a well built Japanese VCR. If all VHS decks had the same high quality, the format wouldn't have such a bad rep. Too many cheap Taiwanese/Chinese decks with plastic parts and too many people using the EP speed gave it one.
Ya, but the tapes are expensive lol...If I can fit 7 episodes of star trek on one tape, that is a win! Even if it is a little smeary.
love the lower case in the technics stuff
The layout of this is very similar to a Toshiba we had when I was a kid, down to the flip down cover and blue shading on the timer/programming buttons.
Great stuff! I have never seen a Technics VCR either! Thank you!
Its Panasonic brother is the PV-4760. It has a tinted transparent cassette door. These units tend to need new capacitors in the power supply, and they make a distinctive whine if they do
Now let's have a party, a 30 annaversary of this exciting vcr tape deck, haha.
Great machine! Never seen this one before! Panasonic is the same like this machine, but is still like the Technics name on it, that makes of very special!!!
There is an original Technics remote control available on eBay for this model, in case anyone is interested. And BTW, this brand was originally marketed as "Technics by Panasonic" for a few years before it simply became "Technics".
30 years ago is a weird one. On one hand it is not all that long ago but when you look how cutting edge technology has changed then it seems way off.
Sorry, very, very late to the party. I was looking for this deck as a cassette audio recorder. If I understand the format, there is a separate audio front-end and this VHS is used like a cassette deck. The much wider VHS tape providing higher separation, preventing channel bleed-through.
Panasonic also made a once pricey Technics-branded DVD player in 2000, the DVD-A10, which also played DVD Audio.
What a lovely piece of loveliness this VCR is
Great VCR. It is a clone of a certain Panasonic, akin tp PV-1740 or simular. Great decks, that mechanism is bulletproof. Some were belt driven, some had a geared nylon belt drive that never goes bad. Used to service a lot of these Matushitas in the day, and most back in the 1990's - early 2000's for failed electrolytics in the SMPS module.. Sometimes with voltage regulators, opto-isolators taken out in the mix. These VCR's clearly illustrate how good VHS could be, whereas most people had crapbox Funai , or etal puke VHS machines that delivered blurry video, and poor chroma with muddy linear track audio to boot.
Have you ever seen any of those 1980s Panasonics with failed capacitors in the primary side of the SMPS that caused the output voltage to go so high, that the ICs inside the VCR blew up? I've heard that story from the repair man "12voltvids" here on youtube.
So much good memories are recalled by this video, thank you man!
Wow, I totally remember when that finger boarding was a 'thing'.. mad skillz
Surprised that it doesn't auto play, when tape is loaded. Unless the knockout tab on tape is removed, it won't auto switch on when tape is loaded, play, rewind at end, eject, and shut off...on some models. Still a nice machine. 👍
A Technics Hi Fi was my first good VCR. Loved the VU meter, and it was as cheap as you could get in the mid 80s too. I think it was about $249, when the average was $399+.
Brian O'Connell it amazes me how much good technology will cost back in to get the good stuff I know back in around 2000 at spent about $299 on Sony DVD player still works too . they made things better back then know days all juck
There is a niche market for high quality stuff...you just have to look for it. Few people want to spend $500 on a dvd player, but will spend $60 on a Coby DVD player all day long...even though it is pure garbage right out of the box.
They made versions for Sylvania and Maganvox as well. I had an older Sylvania variant, mono though, and no OSD, but I recognize that display though.
After spending the most the night and part of today watching your vids you have earned my sub. You are like the US version of Techmoan. lol
I still use vcrs today.
I have 3 of them : A Funai, an LG and an Aiwa.
I use them to digitalize my modest collection of vcr tapes.
Esa fue mi marca preferida en Sonido en los 80 y 90, pero nunca supe q habia un vhs marca Technics siempre se veia la marca sony, panasonic, emerson, y otras marcas pero nunca llegue a ver en las casas de electrodomestico Vhs Technics debe ser grandioso el sonido cuando reproduce.
In 1988 this VCR sold for $3K! ~Jack, VEG
See? Insane!! HAHA
That's BS, more than likely about $700.
You think so? So, then what your saying, is the advertisements I have from 1988 is all a lie and you Patrick, actually know the truth? Wow, you sir, are the man, who'da thunk it! Makes one wonder, how old you were in 1988 or even what you base your rhetoric on? ~ Jack, VEG
I am certain I bought this VCR branded as a J C Penny unit in 1989 for $450 dollars.
The differece waiting a year makes in price paid.
I had a GE VCR from 85-86. Stereo, Headphone jack, variable slow motion. It was a Matsushita (Panasonic) built machine. It was awesome. I really enjoyed it. It was reliable, a damn tank....I wish I could find anything regarding that model. Very hard to locate, even online. The model number was something like, 1VCR6015B.....something like that. Thanks for the review.
6:05 Looks like 1987 to me
Thanks for sharing this video. It reminds me of a time when i got into repair of VCRs. I repaired a Fisher special effects VCR.
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Ever seen Grundig GV-280S ?
I owned the GE version of this machine, or at least a VERY close relative!
It's a very hi end VCR for 1987. Most of the 80s VCRs were mono because they were expensive. This VCR has the same mechanism as the Panasonic PV-2700B VCR The VCR King used to have, and his GE 9-7110 he has now. Also, my Magnavox top-loading VCR has an older version of that. It's also the same mechanism as your Canon VCR that you presented. Now you should try to find a Pioneer and a Kenwood VCRs. Also, you should subscribe to me, I review VCRs and I have about 50 of them.
Good example of a classic Matsushita design! The same mechanical chassis and displays were used in many other brands and models, and it's good. For anyone who likes that look and feel who wants one, there are loads out there Just look at the left side of the main display on the front panel for the weird alpha numeric "PLAY STOP REW FF" status area.
I had a Magnavox with the same florescent display and led audio display, with the HQ feature (seen on the slot door) indicating some picture processing to make the video quality measurably nicer. It's good and it still works! The mechanism in those seems rather sturdy at the very least, guess they liked that design enough to put it into everything in those days.
One important thing for those who want one: avoid the decks that use a rubber tire to drive the reels as it goes bad... unless you find one with a rare exotic feature (that also has a tire) and you are willing to replace it.
This deck shown here has gears so it's a bit nosier but won't spill tape into the inside due to a bad tire. This is why I chose that type when I got one (used) 20 years ago.
The FM HIFI sound is rather good although those can be a little finicky to set the tracking between best video and sound. Some have the tracking meter mode for the audio display to show highest level when the tracking control is in the best position for video... but sometimes a compromise is needed to make the HIFI sound clear.
Some professional Panasonic SVHS machines used a very very similar mechanism with added partial loading function to read time code or control track in FF and REW. This provides the "real time counter" with frames and also they added a very nice intelligent two motor reel drive to give it very fast FF and REW (but not absolutely insanely fast like some, which won't make anything live longer)
Here in South Africa, the advert was Tech-Nics, Heart of the Beat.
Identical to my General Electric 9-7320 vcr which was also made by Matsushita. Those were from 196-1987 era.
Nice VCR.
I had a Sony VHS vcr back then. Import from Japan. Wow, plugged it in and greeted me with the blue screen, and something is written in Japanese, and turned out it's saying that " if you see this message,there is no tape. please put one in. Forgot the model though. It no longer works, the power supply just flew smoke, and never turned on again. We blame the dust, they do damage to some delicate electronics. Has this APC function: Auto Picture Control.
Technics are part of Panasonic so it doesn't surprise me that Panasonic would make a VCR under the Technics brand. I have also come across Pioneer and Marantz VCRs.
Panasonic "D" mechanism chassis. Never dies!
I have a tech deck skateboard somewhere and I got another one recently at walmart. I think it's a remake of tech deck. I do have a VCR but it's a cheap one made by sylvania. the remote control looks like the one that I had for my Symphonic TV VCR combo that died.
The TV would not respond to the remote and I've had it apart a few times to fix that. I just gor rid of it, kept a few parts from it and bought a 19" flatscreen with DVD player.
You should upload this video.
I've never seen a Technics vcr before either. The only Technics branded item I've seen was their pv100 pcm recorder. I did see a Yamaha hifi vcr one time when they had tried the home video market in the late 80's.
It's 1987, not 1997
ToyStoryNBarneyFan pobody is perfect
@@overtaxed79 Couldn't agree more with your comment
check it before reply back you'll see why :-)
If you could get hold of a Pana AG-1980 for evaluation and diagnosis that would be GREAT......
Egad, that blinking 12:00. Level 1 tech test FAILED. 🤣
I've seen this vcr quite a few times,used to use one in a place I used to live.
This is a Panasonic Matsushita HIFI VHS Deck
Someone wants to record in LP(16,67 mm/s), or SLP/EP( 11,12 mm/s), may only record in ATR mode, without picture, with HIFI Sound ( Analog audio Tape Recorder with helicoidal HIFI heads )
I don't see what so insane about it, but the memory trip is still appreciated. One of my uncles had a PAL version of this, or a closely related model, in the early 90s, and it spent some time at my grandmother's house when he lent it to her after her own died. I seem to remember the x2 and slow step functions didn't work properly for some reason (me and my brother messed with it somewhat whilst playing our kiddie tapes), but the former did go some way to making some copied/imported (both?) NTSC format tape a different uncle had got for us be sort of half watchable... like, it bridged the difference in tape running speed, more or less, but still couldn't do much for the incompatible line counts, colour formats and audio tracks...
Incidentally, no show off of the slow advance function here, other than single-stepping frames?
Looks exactly like the Technics CD player I bought in 1987................
I had the Magnavox version of that, gave it to a friend long ago and it still works! I think this is one of the earlier HQ series machines, some HQ's are better then others. I think these are Matsushita, and most of the ones with the VFD's and audio meters that look like one here have a good picture.
wdavem The reason some HQ VHS vcr’s are better is because HQ was made up of 4 picture circuitries.
1 for Whites
1 for Blacks
1 for Colors
&
1 for Sharpness
Real HQ had all 4
But
JVC allowed cheaper brands to use only 2 of the circuitry’s & still call it HQ.
&
Not requiring them to tell The consumer that they weren’t getting full HQ.
On the Beta front, SONY did it right! ALL SUPER BETA VCR’S had the same circuitry. And a switch to turn it off if you were recording a tape for someone who had a standard Beta.
Sir, now I want this vcr
Me too.
very very rare this model maybe the only model made by matsushita with the Technics logo
thats a very smooth reverse
I haven't seen this tape since like '98!
That is quite the interesting VCR. I've never encountered one that does step-by-step frames. I always assumed that was introduced when DVDs first arrived.
Dear god, I remember Tech Decks vaguely. I was born in 1997, so I was only concious of it toward the tail end of their run (which I think ended in 2004), but even at a young age, they were utterly ANNOYING.
So there was Technics VCR as well.
The Sony SLV-777UB was one of the most beautifully quality built vhs recorders of all time.
10 times what that tech-neaks has.
Nice video really appreciate it.
But this could be down to me being a sony trinitron fan
Nice picture quality on play. However, for a 4-head machine, it should have frozen the picture better on pause.
This thing is built like a tank. Literally, since it needed no repairs to work good. Especially for a 30-year old machine.
Awesome!
i remember see that vcr wirh tv Technics in the 90s in store
I used to have a finger skateboard, and the only thing I kept was the micro screwdriver ...
Some audio sites mention AUDIO RECORDING on VHS by using VHS with the HIFI feature. The HIFI ones do 20 to 20Khz plain, CD quality. Nothing to do with the LINEAR audio track that is used commonly in VHS. The HIFI audio is recorded modulated with the video signal, thus enjoying a much better BW. Linear audio is as good as AM radio and HIFI or SUPER HIFI is CD quality. Probably this VCR was intended to match a HIFI setup to use both, in video and probably in audio. SVHS machines that come usually with the HIFI or SUPER HIFI feature, also have the funtion to tell the VCR that you are going to record JUST AUDIO. This enhances the quality even more because no need to modulate on the video signal. At this point if clear that VHS tried to get into the AUDIO prosumer market. VHS eventually did as format, on multitrack machines I think. FS90 and FS100 got even good audio circutry around the inputs, but they are prosumer grade.
>Linear audio is as good as AM radio
It isn't nearly that bad. AM radio is terrible, and I've never even heard AM radio that didn't have any interference and other anomalies in it. When recorded on the fastest recording speed (SP) like nearly all commercial pre-recorded VHS tapes were, linear mono audio sounded about the same as a standard type 1 compact cassette tape played in a cheap player, like a boombox, or about the same as over-the-air audio from a TV broadcast.
I never even noticed any difference in sound between mono and hi-fi VCRs when I was a kid, mainly because everyone I knew had them connected to their mono TVs via the RF connection, regardless of whether the VCR was mono or hi-fi. It didn't sound "bad" either, it just sounded like normal audio from a TV. You don't really notice a difference until you connect a hi-fi VCR to a decent amplifier connected to decent speakers.
MAI VISTO in vita mia un videoregistratore technics,credevo che facesse solo apparecchiature audio,devo ricredermi
Cool machine 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
@databits: you should do a video comparing VCRs ability to record audio. This Technics looks to be a good candidate considering its features and Technics' audio roots.
I doubt it - this VCR was proobaly an exact replica of a Panasonic VCR - to the last component, therefore HiFi audio capabilities were the same as the original Panasonic, i.e. nothing special. Due to the fact that Hi-Fi recording on VHS tape was the best quality recording available at the time, way better than vinly or compact cassette (equal to compact disc), they probably did not bother to bring it to the perfection. Nor did they want to compete with the top-of-the-class Panasonic VCRs.
Nice work
Someone wrote to Panasonic(the makers of Technics) and here is their reply:
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Dear Panasonic Customer,
Thank you for your inquiry. The line is pronounced Tech-Neeks.
Should it be necessary to send a reply; to ensure our prompt response,
please mailto:consumerproducts@panasonic.com Please note; when responding, include or attach this message.
Sincerely,
Representative 15
Panasonic Customer Call Center
:-o
Ha
England (the inventors of english) would like to make it known that the word aluminium is pronounced “aluminium “ and not allumimlmljun
This looks like an omnivision 4760 I’m looking at buying
Vende algum dos vcr stereo?
Fingers of Fury! It's sooo lame I lost the will to live.
Love the video posts though.
Btw i think there also videorecorders like this with the name Blaupunkt on it, also came from the Panasonic factory!
Yes, you're right. Excellent example: Blaupunkt RTV-950 Hi-Fi which is the exact replica of Panasonic NV-FS200.
A mecanica é igual a muitos vcrs da Sanyo,entre 1984 e 1988,a ver pelos meus.Havia muitas outras marcas,com esta mecanica,como a Tensai,Siemens,pelo menos aqui em Portugal.
Yes, you're right - that mechanism was designed by Sanyo. I forgot it (it was a long time ago). It was such a good mechanism many manufacturers used it in their VCRs.
old is gold
This sort of reminds me of a confusing movie prop I remember. In the movie "Scrooged", James Cross, played by John Murray, receives a Pioneer VCR as a Christmas gift. WTF? Of course, this Technics VCR is real, unlike a Pioneer VCR.
Craig Spurlock Pioneer did make VCR’S. Very expensive ones.
U have to love fancy lights =P
Show me the guts =D
The original fidget spinner I suppose
my vcr looks lime it might be pinching the tape I see lines when I take the vhs out..any Ideas what might be going wrong? thanks
Could be a misaligned or misshaped pinch roller. Malfunctions of the mechanism can also damage the tape.
National, Panasonic, Technics.. all are the same.
En donde podria conseguir un VHS Technics como el de este videotutorial?
Is it a 15-minute tape?
That's some huge OSD characters right there. Was this meant for people with poor eyesight? 😉
I had techdec
Pioneer is also a panasonic brand or im wrong
You're wrong. Pioneer and Panasonic are totally different companies.
That isn’t a Panasonic vcr.. that is a Korean vcr oem.. symphonic and slyvania had the same unit
IIRC it was originally designed by Sanyo (or mechanics at least). It was a good mechanism many manufacturers copied it. However, Panasonic used to change electronics to add some features or improve picture quality. Original Sanyo had only 2 heads, this unit has six heads (ignore front label saying it had 4 heads, there are actually six heads on the drum).
Downsides of this mechanics - it was quite noisy and had poor response tape transport - which was bad for stills, frame advances and picture searches. That's why Panasonic developed its own mechanism with dozens of cogs. Complicated, expensive, breakable, but also used in many high-end and prosumer VCRs.
Lo bueno de este Vhs es que tare VUMETER
Quick video......17 plus minutes 😂
runs In the same way as a Betamax
you can still buy tech decks
audio 2? no, that's Dolby sound....
TheRealBotcrusher you mean the Dolby noise reduction ?
you said 1997 : )
I'm insane as well.
it was 1987