My life with VCRs and related subject
That write up is hilarious as it has to explain what a VCR is! We sold a gaggle of VCR's when I worked for Circuit City. Nice Stereo 5 head JVC's and Sony's, cheaper Magnavox and Sylvania...and then there was Broksonic/Funai. These were the cheapest of the cheap. They weighed about 2 lbs and were almost empty inside except for a 8X10 sized circuit board and a drum plus the standard tape transport. If one was returned to get fixed or even cleaned (a service we provided with ESP) We just gave them a new one! Even the distributor didnt want them back, they told us to field destroy them and toss them in the compactor. These were bought by the dozen daily by dirt poor people that bought them on 26% interest CC credit cards, and most that were returned "faulty" were filled with cockroaches and stuck tapes of varying 'content'. We had a trashbag in the back that was set aside for these "buggers" as we didnt want the little guys to escape and infest out warehouse before we could dispose of these. Ah, good times.....good times....BTW, if you want to buy a VCR, hit up your local Goodwill, they always have 2 or 3 on the shelf under the 20 CD players. I still got 2 Hi-Fi models! I play 8 hour stereo recordings of old midnight to 6AM club music college radio from my days gone by. And they sound darn good for "tape". ".. Both VHS Hi-Fi and Betamax Hi-Fi delivered flat full-range frequency response (20 Hz to 20 kHz), excellent 70 dB signal-to-noise ratio (in consumer space, second only to the compact disc), dynamic range of 90 dB, and professional audio-grade channel separation (more than 70 dB..." so the end tape was as good as the stereo signal it recorded, but could record better if using a higher source like a CD.
That write up is hilarious as it has to explain what a VCR is! We sold a gaggle of VCR's when I worked for Circuit City. Nice Stereo 5 head JVC's and Sony's, cheaper Magnavox and Sylvania...and then there was Broksonic/Funai. These were the cheapest of the cheap. They weighed about 2 lbs and were almost empty inside except for a 8X10 sized circuit board and a drum plus the standard tape transport. If one was returned to get fixed or even cleaned (a service we provided with ESP) We just gave them a new one! Even the distributor didnt want them back, they told us to field destroy them and toss them in the compactor. These were bought by the dozen daily by dirt poor people that bought them on 26% interest CC credit cards, and most that were returned "faulty" were filled with cockroaches and stuck tapes of varying 'content'. We had a trashbag in the back that was set aside for these "buggers" as we didnt want the little guys to escape and infest out warehouse before we could dispose of these. Ah, good times.....good times....BTW, if you want to buy a VCR, hit up your local Goodwill, they always have 2 or 3 on the shelf under the 20 CD players. I still got 2 Hi-Fi models! I play 8 hour stereo recordings of old midnight to 6AM club music college radio from my days gone by. And they sound darn good for "tape". ".. Both VHS Hi-Fi and Betamax Hi-Fi delivered flat full-range frequency response (20 Hz to 20 kHz), excellent 70 dB signal-to-noise ratio (in consumer space, second only to the compact disc), dynamic range of 90 dB, and professional audio-grade channel separation (more than 70 dB..." so the end tape was as good as the stereo signal it recorded, but could record better if using a higher source like a CD.