LabGuy's World. Chronicles the early evolutionary roots of the home video tape recorder and also provides links to many other extinct video tape recorder and electronics resources on the web.
A fascinating article that describes how a VCR (video cassette recorder) works!
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Home Audio/Video Automotive Computers DVD's Gadgets Games Guides Miscellaneous Letters/Forum Links Welcome What's New Subscribe TechnoFILE Pandemonium Productions BUYING A VCR TechnoFILE points you in the right direction When VCR's were new, and the land was sweet and flowed with milk and honey, these new gadgets promised to release humanity from the bondage of the TV networks. No longer ...
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This is the [official] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the newsgroup sci.electronics.repair. It is a body of knowledge that hopes to guide you when YOU are attempting to diagnose and repair just about anything that plugs into the wall or runs off batteries, more or less.
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DIY Project # 6 - A DIY Guide to Cleaning Your Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) - January, 1998 by Ralph Calabria (If you would like to have your DIY project published in Secrets, please E-Mail Ralph Calabria at ralph_calabria@Merck.Com.) Introduction Got VCR (Who doesn't! ) A machine so commonplace in the household today, we almost take it for granted. For video playback, it's on the bottom of ...
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Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity Volume 1, Number 1, 1994 Section 3. VCRs (Revised June, 2000) Index for VCRs: Introduction Super-VHS and Hi-8 Resolution VCR Recording Head Flying Erase Head Fold Down Front Panels Connectors Introduction The first time I can remember noticing that video tape recorders even existed was during a Sunday football game in the early 1970s. The announcer said ...
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