@ 13:46, With the Mask movie ejecting, I can hear Jim Carey saying "SMOKIN!' 😂 LOL!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

That’s the joke!

My usual experience when finding a VCR in the wild: "Cool a VCR! I hope its a Jv.... Magnavox" "Here's another! Maybe it will be a Panaso.... Magnavox" "Wow this one looks vintage could it be an RC.... Magnavox" lol it's insane how many Magnavox VCRs were sold...

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Hahahahahha! You might make it on the channel.

The Multi-Format panasonic probably converts the signal to PAL. You should be able to select the output standard in the menu.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Ooooooo. Can’t wait to try that!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@xaverlustig3581

2 ай бұрын

Panasonic only did one VCR that converts, the NW-W1 (European model number, the US one could be AG-W1 or AG-W3). It's easily recognisable by a world map on the front, and it can indeed output any analogue video standard from any tape by selecting a button. Working ones go for several hundred, even broken ones fetch good money for the spare parts. A seller who would sell one of those for just a few dollars wouldn't know what he's doing. The one in the video isn't a W1 obviously. It's one for the European market which also plays NTSC for imported tapes. About why NTSC is shown in b&w only see other comments.

@VHSPLUS

2 ай бұрын

Here in Brazil, every VCR used to work with PAL-M and NTSC. The analog TV transmission standard here was PAL-M. That's why every VCR had a switch or button to select PAL-M or NTSC. The newer models were operated through a remote control. ;-)

@ct1660

2 ай бұрын

most multi-system VCRs default to NTSC on PAL TV, but there is a switch or button to change the output to NTSC 3.58 with most.

13:47 Sssssmokin'!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

You get it

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

That shit was meta

@Tomsonic41

2 ай бұрын

Judging by what you said in the video you did the smoke on purpose to make people watch. Hope blowing smoke in there didn't damage any of the VCR's components!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I just don’t think sometimes. Thanks for your thoughts. I’m just trying to have fun.

@Jeroen_a

2 ай бұрын

@@Tomsonic41Probably not much.... These things are old and probably suffer more from dust and a bit tarnish then from the bit of smoke 🤣

One thing you could do is with the VCRs that don't work properly is harvest the parts from the other machines that don't work to repair them. That's if the parts are compatible with the other machines and then you could get as many working as possible.

@scarfycoolcat

Ай бұрын

He should sell them as not working for parts. Cause other people definitely are looking. This is a niche. But it could take up quite a bit of space.

The old VCR is better then the new ones

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@thanthanasiszamp4707

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingyou can reuse the parts of half damaged VCRs to repair the other half ones. Partslike belts, gears heads. Use hour creativity and imagination for that. Even the healthy video heads from a damaged VCR can be used to replace those from other damaged VCRs.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

@qwertykeyboard5901

2 ай бұрын

I'm happy with the low end Orion VCP thing I have. Like, I don't need to record to VHS most of the time, and the image is plenty good for me.

@oldradios09

2 ай бұрын

After the mid 90s they started cheapening VCRs big time. I remember in 2002-2004 going through like 3 different VCRS because they crapped out.

The PAL VCR is likely outputting NTSC 4.43. Basically the color carrier is at the PAL frequency, not the standard 3.58Mhz of NTSC. Your capture cards should be able to decode it.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to test this!

@xaverlustig3581

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingIt says NTSC 3.58/4.43 on the front, so you might be able to put it to 3.58, see my other comment. Could be you need the remote for that.

@t0nito

2 ай бұрын

Yup, it's either outputting NTSC 4.43 or PAL 60, some VCRs even have a switch to select between the two.

On the back of a Panasonic VCR, should be a switch for PAL, NTSC and SECAM/MESECAM. Have a look, because this might be why the picture is in black and white and not colour.

Lemme see if I can guess what's wrong with each VCR you showed! VCR 1, 2, 4, 11, 23, 24: Mode Switch VCR 3: I dunno, maybe alignment issues. Stumped on that one! Love the 5th VCR!! VCR 6, 10, 18, 22: Needs a belt. Wait Magnavox VCR/DVD combos weren't only made by Funai?! Looks like the 8th VCR could've been made by LG or something. VCR 12: That was hilarious😆😆 VCR 14 is most likely Orion made since they were rebadged Orion VCRs. VCR 16: Most likely needs a mode set on the remote. That is a keeper!! VCR 17: Maybe needs an alignment. VCR 18 can also be a Mode Switch VCR 21: Buttons need to be oxidized. Needs Deoxit. If that doesn't help, the buttons could have a bad solder joint. VCR 25: Not sure, maybe a bad pinch roller. Methinks that Mask tape needs to be trashed unless if you wanna keep that as a test tape for more of these.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Damn dude. You’re a legend

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

The mask is def a test tape. I have a second pristine copy on the shelf.

@tookeydookey

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing Yep haha! All these years of watching KZreaders like 12voltvids, Probnot's Tech and the VCR King have paid off LOL!😆👌

@tookeydookey

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing Consider yourself lucky that you have a spare! At least that's a common tape so if Heaven forbid your second copy gets screwed up it's extremely easy to find another one!

@rwdplz1

2 ай бұрын

Time to get a big can of Deoxit, a bottle of 99% alcohol, and q-tips, and have a wild and crazy weekend of VCR cleaning!

This was actually really satisfying to watch 😂 made it through to the end!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I’m very lucky myself as I bought a VCR here in the UK from a charity store for dirt cheap and it works flawlessly - I’ve always owned LG players and was happy to see the charity shop one was an LG 4 head stereo machine with scart socket

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Very very nice!

Don't just trash the non-working ones! Like others have said, the mode switch is likely the only fault with many of them. At least give them away to someone who might be interested in fixing them.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I can’t throw anything away… note all the red stickers on other stuff in the shop. Lol 😂

@washere3955

2 ай бұрын

I tried to fix mine, cleaned mode switch, cleaned all the sensors, the motors, checked the capacitors. Still doesn't work.

32:00 I have that exact make & model of Sanyo VCR. That VCR was one of a very, VERY few VCR's that had a TVGuardian (TVG) foul language filter built into it! Nice that it works & that it has the original remote, box & manual with it! IMO, I wouldn't sell that one!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I won’t! Too copl

14:38 That is gunk from the automatic "Head Cleaning" sponge, which in these Magnavox units is a small, round yellow sponge like roller which quickly taps the head (supposedly cleaning it a bit), before and after each tape insert. Over time, they degrade and fill with gunk, causing it to actually place dirt onto the head rather than cleaning it. Then, your tape goes around that head which got the gunk on it, making gunk go onto the tape.

Sometimes if only the remote is used and never the buttons the buttons tend to gather dust etc or static inside them which either makes them useless or hard to function

24:39 good ol percussive maintenance

That Was Entertaining, at least some of them work so not a total loss, that double VCR player is cool! never seen one like that

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Yeah and the hi8 camera made it worth it even without the vcrs!

Some of those VCRs are going 19:34 to need their mode switches cleaned and they will work just fine. For the PAL machine you might have to set it to ntsc.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I agree. But I don’t wannaaaaaaa

@RealEpikCartfrenYT

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing that's just being called lazy. I personally would attempt fixing all of them while i have my tapes being transferred in the background. It's not that difficult to manage time.

@17:20 "Don't touch that... you don't know where it's been!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

So gross

I had a Funai machine, it was with me for 15 years, the machine itself didn’t give out, the scart connector did, but by that time I was just hanging onto something I never used and I binned it. Still got my stash of vhs tapes in the loft though 😉

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Fuck yeah!

All the VCRs I've been using for converting tapes came out of a dumpster with the exception of my original Funai that now likes to chew tapes. I only keep them as spares if they're fairly decent 4/6 head models.

@ryanglaser5336

2 ай бұрын

Most Funai units will develop a habit of eating tapes or just powering off, doesn't seem to matter what brand name badge the unit carried. Smasung junk combos the opposite and DVD typically won't read. The Sanyo units always have the same mind of it's own with input on the buttons or motherboard?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

You can find gear. Just gotta keep an eye out right

@washere3955

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingHow do I fix the eating tapes?

On the Panasonic Omnivision- Check the capacitors on the power supply board, chances are they will be leaking or will have leaked. Still a good VCR if caps replaced.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I don’t throw anything away. Can you help me source caps

cool lamp in da backround

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’ll sell it too ya

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Make offer

Man I'd love to dumpster dive at your place and pick up all those "broken ones" lol. I've been repairing and servicing VCRs for the past 15 years and I garentee majority of them just need the mode switch cleaned like the first one

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Please do!

Sansui seems to be a good brand. The monitor I'm watching this video on is a 19 inch Sansui flat screen TV and it was purchased back in the late 2000s and still works. I wish I could take all of those garbage VCRs off your hands but I'm not in FL. Would be cool if people could travel in dropships like in the movie Starship Troopers and just fly anywhere they want. I saw the macrovision in some of those shots of the TV it's the white bars above the picture, not normally seen.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’ve just never heard of them

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Ooooo

@golferguyjake28

2 ай бұрын

Sansui products in the late 90's and early 2000's were made by Orion and were generally rock solid. Their power supplies were generally their weak point, Orion VCR mechanisms were practically indestructible and were often used in Toshiba/JVC products during this same time period (far superior to the also common Funai mechanisms of the time).

Paradise, thanks for sharing, best regards from Brazil !

Hey when ya cleaning your head fwiw is that just simple white blank printer paper? Or is it specific material? 15:11

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Paper. Envelope

I revived a couple early betamaxes last fall like 1976-77 early. I replaced all the belts in them (still need to replace idlers because one wont REW while another won’t FF). I enjoy playing old movies and tapes in my SL-8200 and get nostalgia for a time well over a decade before I was alive lol.

When did they make the vhs dvd combo with hdmi? I found 2 of them that work perfectly.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Does the vhs part of the machine output hdmi? Maybe just the dvd player?

Just a tip, when testing VCR cover the top with something as with some models the light messes with the IR tape sensors

NEVER THROW AWAY VCRs OF ANY KIND reasons why, once these machines are gone there gone forever, they dont make them anymore. also -those vcrs are not broken, the servo control mode switch is dirty, super easy to fix. and a very common issue especially when vcrs sit for a long time. -not a head issue try the tracking knob and buttons not all vcrs have auto tracking plus some vcrs have a auto head cleaner and it gums up, removal is required, easy fix -rewind not broken, the machine is determining tape position so it can fast rewind or slow rewind. can also be a mode switch issue -the black and white is due to the vcr set into pal and not ntsc also beating a vcr is not going to fix it. eating of the tapes is due to a dirty mode switch or bad belt easy to fix mono vcrs are not crap there quite useful because most home video camcorders record in monaural audio I WANT ALL THOSE VCRS i can fix them all.

That PAL VCR is B&W, because it's PAL and there is a little chance you can switch it to NTSC. You just need a PAL TV/Display.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

The tape that is playing is ntsc. And plays fine. Just black and white so it is def playing it with the ntsc option. But someone said that because it’s a pal plug… it probably does need a pal tv to play ntsc correctly. I’m gonna try it with elgato and see

@BlueNeon81

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing It converts NTSC tape to PAL on the fly, that's why you need PAL TV/Display. DVD players from region 2 do it as well. But some VCRs and DVD players can be switched to NTSC output (thus converting PAL signal to NTSC). Btw, because that is european VCR, you can play SECAM and MESECAM tapes, too.

@PabloPerez-ix9tj

2 ай бұрын

Hi, greetings from Argentina, sorry if my english is not so good. The only way you can see it in full color it´s if the VCR allow you to switch the VCR from PAL to NTSC (manually or automatically). An NTSC VHS in a PAL VCR will always look black and white, and a PAL VHS in an NTSC VCR will always look black and white, so the TV Display doesn´t matter. NTSC VHS only plays in full color in NTSC VCR FORMAT, and PAL VHS will always plays in full color in PAL VCR FORMAT. I appologize again if what i say can´t be understanded, because english is not my natural language. :)

@PabloPerez-ix9tj

2 ай бұрын

So what i mean it´s that VCR only setting is PAL format, NTSC VHS with NTSC VCR setting on an NTSC TV will always look fine. What i see there it´s an NTSC VHS in an only PAL format VCR, on an NTSC TV. So if the VCR doesn´t allow you to change format you only have a PAL VCR.

@xaverlustig3581

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingI just had another look. It's apparently a model sold for the European market because it has a europlug. It'll play NTSC but might convert it to NTSC 4.43 or PAL60 which most European TVs can display, but North American TVs will only show in black&white. So chances are it's fine. There might be a setting in the menu to put it to NTSC 3.58, that'll show in colour on American TVs. Of course PAL tapes will still be output as PAL.

man if you were in melbourne australia i would have loved to repair those broken ones, i have a panasonic 4 head /dvd combo unit that im going to digitize some tapes with, i mainly do cassette decks but i like the VCRs too

That smoke was all I was waiting on. Ha AH good one!!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Sorryy!!

I bought the go video duel vcr for a 1000 dollars in 94 it beat the macrovision copy protected that was embedded in the rental tapes

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Amazing!

Sansui been around since the 70's. My dad had a receiver from them way back when. I actually got it to work by buying a fuse for the receiver. It was an amazing experience. I did have a Sansui DVD player that filtered out curse words too!!!

@MBZ321

2 ай бұрын

The modern Sansui brand has nothing to do with Sansui audio from that era.

@WashinRob

2 ай бұрын

@@MBZ321 well gee thanks

Wow, you hit the mother load! I’ve heard of Sansui, I had one of their televisions.

7:07 that VCR is made by Panasonic, I have a GE 9-7500 it has the same VFD and the mechanism sounds exactly the same. It's from 1987, still works good as new!

19:33 That multi-standard VCR is probably stuck in PAL mode. You'll probably have to get the original remote, off of eBay, & use it to access the VCR's main menu to change that, unless the Picture Mode button, on the front, is supposed to change it.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’m excited to try this! Monday!

The pal vcr is black and white because you need to use rca with 5 cables

Those Sansui ones can die pretty badly I went through 2so my uncle could finalize dvds that Pal vcr is probably fine you may need a converter box for it some won't play on NTSC tvs I have a multystem in my room and a multi system flat pannel.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Nice! I’ll try it on a more modern tv maybe?

Ooh also keep those vfd/vacuum flouresence displays from the vcrs even if its a broken vcr for thsoe are fairky prettty imho but may even be sellable if in a set of vfds or miscellaneously on ebay.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Got cha

Ooh that my well the knly still both working and childhood era vcr.. which I still have with me.. :D those grey/gray p,astic emerson 2005? Iirc ewvr4 or whatever model number bjt itsva mono vcr fwiw but I even have the remote for it.. hehe :D 2:15

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Those things are bullet proof usually

13:47 that's what I call a hot tape

Good for you! Whoo Hoo! Esp the 8mm stuff!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Right! I’ll have to test the 8mm stuff in the next one

What is the last name of the Panasonic NV-FJ 620 ? (Label on back) Then I can maybe check whether the device can output real NTSC (60 Hz PAL is common in Europe) and whether HiFi sound works with NTSC.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’ll check next day in the shop

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

It kinda worked with the 60 pal setting on elgato but very weird colors. But colors are there

@TTVEaGMXde

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing PAL 60 from Brazil has a slightly different color carrier frequency. European PAL at 60 Hz is not an official color standard.

Ooh/*interest perks at 23:48 the discovery of "treasure"* :D wonder what legion is,

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Hahaa

I could not understand why the Panasonic units were not working. I can understand if the units were Sony, JVC or Mitsubishi though... 😏

that vcr has a power supply in it it just takes a sandard cord

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Yeah! I just didn’t have one of those cords. Usually find them on back of smart tvs. Or a Apple TV. Can’t remember what they are called. I just didn’t have one at shop. A lot of my stuff is at home

A lot of those VCRS could be fixed and saved with just a good mode select switch and head cleaning.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Definitely!

@YoshiRocks2244

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing I've fixed some VCRS back to normal condition.

the one that has reverse as eject instead, i'd buy it, seriously but nothing expensive

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’ll sell

@MrDiablo182

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing how much and where to buy?

How do you not have scart in the USA? Best connector tor ever for vcrs

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Righttt

@xaverlustig3581

2 ай бұрын

Scart was a strictly European thing. Disagree that it was best, dozens of pins for a gazillion of signals most of which you never need and who can easily bend and the entire connector tended to fall out. RCA makes much more sense. Luckily most VCRs sold in Europe had both.

I thought I was crazy with my 7 or 8 VHS machines in the cellar.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

You are. We are. That’s ok

Funai Emerson And other cheap VCR I won't trust them but theirs counterparts the vintage ones are pretty decent

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I seee iseee

I used to have that Emerson (Made by Funai of course) a higher quality JVC replaced it

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

That RCA deck is actually a DVD recorder as well, probably why it needs a power cord hooked up to it!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

It’s got some extras! I forgot about it. I’ll pull it out again in an upcoming video.

i liked the duble deck vcr

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Me too haha it’s fun!

@bsanchez3563

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingdoes that play two at once?

@lucasrem

2 ай бұрын

muhahaha, you like blur crab tapes !

@lucasrem

2 ай бұрын

@@bsanchez3563 on one Composite out ? 2 for 2 dual screen ?

Some VCR's will not work properly with the lid off as the light sensor in them gets triggered so maybe that was the issue with some of them. Still, nice haul. Even though I will never need a VHS ever again, whenever I see them my nostalgia hits hard! I used to fix these things back in the 80's and 90's!I was surprised that you never tested out the DVD parts on the ones with DVD players/recorders as they are definitely more prone to going bad. And I think you should try and get them fixed. That maybe a lost cause. But then it's cost over profit I guess. The only other problem of course is no remotes. Most people want the remotes nowadays.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I have encountered that on some. I know what you are talking about!

I guess the one with the european plug like output a PAL color signal or something, that's why it was black and white perhaps. if you don't have a PAL TV, maybe try it with a capture device and see if you get color switching to PAL mode and see what happens. And maybe someone else could make us of the ones not working!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

That’s a ntsc player as well

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I will try the capture card but I think it’s prolly a component or I wasn’t using it right

@pkmntrainerdennis90

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing Aha yeah, saw it was compatible with NTSC too but maybe it still output PAL color information, cus I live in Sweden and I got a PAL JVC machine with NTSC support, and it shows the NTSC tapes I got in color on my PAL TV, and I know my PAL TV does NOT work with NTSC color information, cus when I hook up other stuff, like my japanese Nintendo Famicom console, it is in black and white, so I think that's kinda what's happening here, the player accepts NTSC tapes, but the color information is converted to PAL, not sure if it's possible to change it? But yeah some newer TVs accepts both PAL and NTSC color info so, but some older TVs may not (like my TV), but yeah try it with a capture device and it probably shows in color I guess! So it probably works fine! :)

I saw those on marketplace!

They all seem like easy fixes. I love the older style of that 2nd magnavox but those suck to work on

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Wah wah wah

some VCR combos have the ability to burn dvds and or convert DVD to vhs it depends on the make and model but alot of them do support it

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

You got it! Thanks for your wonderful comment!

You should make more of these vids lol

Vcr starts smoking him:ThAtS a GrEeN sTiCkEr

@billsmellingsadness

Ай бұрын

Oh never mind

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

Ай бұрын

Fake smoke

Ooh noiice that Sansui is a dvd recorder also.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Woot woot

How did the Toshiba caught Smoke when you were Ejecting the VHS tape

Sure it's not the most exciting video but it is still interesting. That darn state farm commercial couldn't be placed at a worse spot. Just as the tape was ejecting there was Smoke. Boom here comes the commercial to interrupt the moment! Bummer! 😞 Otherwise a nice video. Your operating is pretty neat too! Now when folks ask me about transfers, I tell them about you!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Gotta have ads so I can pay for my Facebook ads Hahha sorry!

Cool i subscribed

What kind of cassette is this

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Which one

No, you definitely not throw away VCR players

Where to purchase these. vcr

I have a dual deck VCR same company and it can make commercial free copies and has commercial skip

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

How does that even work.

@toasTr0n

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingIIRC, the VCR records an index pulse in the control track every time it encounters a brief black screen while recording. When done recording, it rewinds while monitoring the control track. Every time it encounters an index pulse close to the last one, it also records a "skip this many indexes" signal. Then when it plays back, anytime it encounters a "skip this many indexes" signal, it fast-forwards through that many indexes, thus skipping the commercials. Now, this next part is a guess, but I assume that when dubbing to a second tape, the recording pauses while the auto-fast-forwarding is happening on the playback deck, effectively omitting the commercials entirely from the copy.

Top gang!

There not making VCR's anymore and if you throw them out, that means there are that many less VCR's in the world to be put to good use. Somebody might be able to fix them and make them work properly if you cant with limited testing and cleaning. You got yours that you use for digitizing becuase someone did not throw them out, same with the cameras you use for digitizing.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I secretly can’t throw anything away.. you see all the red stickers on the stuff on top shelf lol!

@toasTr0n

2 ай бұрын

​@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingI have the same problem but it's definitely not a secret!

I would would sell the broken as parts or e-recycling over landfill

13:42 Ssssssssssmokin!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

You got it that’s the joke!

in every piece of junk there is a little bit of gold, take it out and burn the rest😄

All those cheap a$$ Funai mechanisms in those later models. I believe they were the very last company to make VCRs actually.

I love vcrs in my opinion you should try to at least sell or give away the ones that don't work especially the decent brands. There's certainly someone out there that will want them, amazingly my 1987 sears sr 3000 as well as built in vcr on my memorex crt (1998 I think ?) still work great and I haven't had to work on them

Who woulda thought that the cheaper-brand VCRs would be some of the ones that still work the best, while the Magnavoxes etc. are in such rough shape. I guess the people who originally bought the pricier ones used the heck out of them while the people who bought the cheaper ones only used the a handful of times.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I’m sure I could fix them and it’s just basic maintenance but I’m too busy at the moment

use ohter ones that dont work to fix them up

some go videos coudl copy protected movies but they don't have the VHS logo on it and it says epic hifi on it

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Did not know that!

@stpworld

2 ай бұрын

Those multi ones are very rare can fetch a big price. @@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

19:34 The TV must be PAL-N also

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m hearing. I didn’t even think about it. It’s a pal vcr that plays ntsc.. not an ntsc player that plays pal

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

It also plays other regions as well

@horaciodelre2210

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing You say in the video, that the VCR plays PAL-N and NTSC, that's ok, but the TV must be in PAL-N mode, if not, the video will be in black and white. The cassette, the VCR and the TV must be all set in PAL-N mode.

@Tomsonic41

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing There were many VCRs in the PAL regions that could play NTSC tapes. But they didn't output the signal as NTSC; they output it as PAL 60Hz. That's probably why the TV locks onto the sync ok, but can't decode the color.

The oldest one in your 30 VCR lot is the 1987 Magnavox, which may be worth fixing.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

I won’t give up on them

@waltchan

2 ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing The oldest 1987 Magnavox (made by Panasonic) is also Macrovision-free for dubbing.

My grandparents had the jvc

I sent my VCR to Lightning Fast VCR Repair. Been over a decade and it's still not fixed.

Just donated the broken Players to goodwill 😂

Do you still have some of those working VCRs?

That is the exact Sansui Player I have, I got it for $4 n a yard sale 16:45

About 5 years ago I walked into a charity shop and walked out with a fully functional JVC SVHS deck for £5

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Like $7american or? I don’t know money

super super

lucky they were free nice

Smoke comes out of the machine* yep it's working fine

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Then I explain it was clickbait

I have 4 of the go video combo vcrs. A dvd vhs combo, 8mm vhs cobo and two dual vhs ones. One of the dual vhs one's is the same as in your video and it will copy any vhs even ones with macrovision copywrite protection it does not remove the macrovision though it just duplicates the tape with the macrovision on the copy.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

That’s super cool!

Not a boring video at all.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Had to quick cut it to keep it moving

VHS is all antique so it is capable of recording video of modern scenes

I didn't know that VHS is still athing , and friends say why am I keeping all those Multi system vhs units for what?

@xaverlustig3581

2 ай бұрын

It isn't, but people have old VHS tapes around that need saving to digital. That's why VHS machines are still needed, and given no new ones have been sold for nearly 15 years now, you have to look for used ones.

Only stereo VCR's worth to save!!

@nexarian2523

2 ай бұрын

If you run across a mono Sharp VCR with 360x fast forward & rewind they're worth holding on to as rewinder or to re tension cassettes.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Agree. And disagree.

Eu comprei no Brasil 4 vídeo cassete, um Sharp, Sony e panasonic, em ótima qualidade de imagem.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

They all work! Just some need love! Good made players are awesome

20:20 I have the same one only white

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

2 ай бұрын

Fuck yeah