Come on! Doc Brown used a Jvc camcorder in Back to future to document history. It has to be ok.

I have the same camcorder RCA which was made by JVC and it still works today.Great info on your page

You amaze me how you can take it apart and put it back together so easy!

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of practice.

You have patience I would never work on one of those!

I'm amazed at how much "stuff" comprised one of the small video recorders from the 90's. I recall they were not exactly inexpensive items at the time (approx $800-$1500 USD) in the 1990-1995 range. I imagine if they were still selling in quantity today, the Chinese would be knocking them off and selling them for 1/10th the price.

@kelvinstokes996

2 жыл бұрын

That was just the technology that was available at the time. If they were made today, the entire thing would be consolidated into a couple of chips and the entire signal path would be digital.

That's a nice camera, better looking than my cheap silver plastic JVC VHS-C camera that looks like a toy. I only have one around to have one around. I also recently picked up a Video8 camera, that was required for digitising a single video8 tape found in the family. I was lucky it was video8 on the tape as the cost of something like Hi8 or Digital8 was way too much for a single tapes worth of copying! Got it for about £12 in p&p, works finned however something is wrong with the aperture, or at least the circuit that adjusts it. When looking out the window the camera is unable to stop down its aperture and keep it there, either it can not detect that it is stopped down enough or something is amiss with the mechanism. Just keeps opening and closing the aperture in bright scenes. In the shade however it is ok. Might have a look inside but I dont need to record with it.

I have a rather bad attitude when it comes to VHSC camcorders: Junk. The format did particularly badly in the UK, I think it was sold mainly to old people who didn't know what they were buying. Video8/Hi8 has much longer running time, usually better pictures and sound, much smaller tapes, usually smaller camcorders from many more manufacturers. The very worst camcorders (Amstrad, Chinon) were always VHSC. Pretty soon only JVC and Panasonic were left trying to flog a dead horse, other manufacturers jumped ship from VHSC to 8mm (particularly Sharp but possibly others too). The VHSC adaptors used to knock the tapes around badly.

@wx4newengland

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed- in the US- Panasonic- along with US sub-brand Quasar sold VHC-C up to about 2002-2003 - for rock bottom prices- real cheap stuff- JVC also had VHS-C late - but they would at least put a bunch of features in the units like TBC, Digital Noise Reduction, Title generator, etc.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

VHS c was jvc attempt to try to hurt Sony with their superrior 8mm system. They ran attack commercials with a woman saying "but will it's tapes play in my VCR?" As marketing to try to convince the non informed that their system was better. No, of course they won't, bit just plug your camcorder into your VCR and make a copy of the tape.

@dougbrowning82

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the people who bought VHS-C camcorders already had full sized VHS machines at home. With an adapter, VHS-C tapes could be played in the full size machine. Of course, there were full size VHS camcorders, but they were big and heavy. Video-8 was the way to go, and later Hi-8.

@voceyc

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, my parents had a canon e60 8mm camcorder which produced fantastic results, when I was 14 I had a vhsc camcorder for Christmas I think, I remember it always wrecked the tapes in the adapter, but I recently brought a jvc gr - 323 which works apart from (I think) the tracking needs adjusting…. Everything else works… it looks like one of the slightly better designed vhsc camcorders….. I hope you are both well 🙂

It would be nice to take a look into its color viewfinder. Would be interesting to find a B/W CRT in it with an LCD color shutter. But in 1994, it was probably already TFT. Still would be interesing to see what they were using for backlight. No white LEDs back then, a CCFL for the microscopic screen would be ridiculous. Probably EL foil.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I'll tear it down for you. Standby

@mrnmrn1

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Wow. Thanks!

Thanks for the quality content, Dave👍

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of small TV's coming in tomorrow. One is a color set. Same model I had in early 80s. 5" color CRT. And a b/w with tape recorder and radio combo. Getting them dirt cheap. Will do tear down and service on both.

I thought it would be up for sale, for you it's a chocolate fire guard :-D

I have this camera but it won’t record, or at least the viewfinder is just blank. Both modes seemingly work. I wonder what the problem is?

I wish you were closer, I have a few canon e60/e100/e110 & ex1 I’d love to get working again! I know it’s the caps that have failed!

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't touch cameras with bad caps. Wouldn't do my own and certainly wouldn't touch anyone elses.

Where i get vcr split lock washer?

I have a JVC camcorder from 1998 with B/W viewfinder. but i think my sister's friend dropped it because it never worked right after that. although they said they didn't. my parents bought it at circuit city open box i think for about $250. then a few yrs later i got one for Christmas an rca with the flip out screen at walmart for $200 around 2002. i believe it was made by JVC.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

JVC. Junk video camera.

Puleeze, put those loose screws strewn on the workbench into a magnetic tray. You must know the mysterious ways they get lost, can be an odd size for which you have no spares, and, worst of all somehow jump into a piece of open equipment to cause you problems down the road. Me: Tech since age 22; now turning 79. Vision now diminishing, yet still at it, like Lenny the blind welder who used his thumb.

When I had good eyes we had crappy pictures. Now at 65 my equipment has better resolution than my eyes.

@dougbrowning82

2 жыл бұрын

But now you can buy a screen big enough for your old eyes to see the picture. In the old days, a big screen was a projector that just enlarged the same, crappy picture, were heavy, and cost a fortune.

Hello. I have a panasonic NV-M7 and it doesn't turn on. it had some aftermarket modifications on the main pcb. I removed those and removed a tape which was stuck inside. after that the camera powered on once but it didn't turn off so I unplugged the ac adapter and it didn't turn back on. what should I do?

@12voltvids

Жыл бұрын

Bin it

@thechosenone9965

Жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids fml

I have a JVC model GR-SX877UM, its optical viewfinder is white, I connect the camcorder to the TV via cable, the image appears but NOTHING appears on the viewfinder!!! What could it be ???

@12voltvids

6 ай бұрын

Could be bad caps in the viewfinder, don't know that model so I don't know if it is a crt viewfinder or lcd.

I have two JVC camcorders, a GR-C7U that doesn't want to go to Monitor mode or open its door. The GR-25U has a vertical hold problem in Monitor mode, the recording stops after a few seconds and AutoFocus for both seems to not work. If my neighbour or Uncle can't somehow fix them with me, could I arrange a shipment for you to repair them please? I could give you my e-mail if needed.

@12voltvids

Жыл бұрын

They are not worth fixing.

👌👌👍👌🇵🇱🇵🇱👍

Where do you sell your repaired items?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Craig's list and Facebook.

I always advoid jvc, if it is not a mechanical problem, an error code like E0, E1... Up to E7 is.

@12voltvids

5 ай бұрын

Junk Very Cheap

I have this camcorder basically but it’s a rca but it’s lens won’t work

VHS C was in fact the first true camcorder format, it was no worse than standard size VHS with a colour under system providing 240 lines of Horizontal Resolution, you did get colour smearing particularly on a 2nd generation tape copy, but it was not as bad as some people make out, at the time it was quite good, though admittedly not as good on colour resolution and stability than Betamax, but the Betamovie camera had no playback facility at all, it used a smaller head drum with an increased wrap angle which needed sophisticated head switching circuits, and you only got an optical viewfinder, so the JVC GRC1 was definitely the first all in one camera-recorder with colour playback with sound, and an electronic viewfinder for reviewing material in the field, very important if you were selling the results, I'e a Wedding video,and Yes youngsters VHS was used professionally, even the BBC used it sometimes, I have owned several VHS C camcorders and recorders over the years, no they are not HD, but nothing was then, not even Television, the best portable TV ENG Cameras only managed 600-700 TV lines resolution, and you didn't get that Off Tape only live, so VHS was not bad for it's time, and VHS C was a clever way of giving people a more portable version of the format, which was still compatible with their full size home VHS VCR, and several of the cameras were very sophisticated for an "Amateur" format, the GRS 707 one of the very last JVC machines had an 3" colour viewfinder as an option, plus full remote control including Zoom Lens operation, insert edit with flying erase head, and stereo audio with manual level controls and metering, not exactly a basic camcorder, but a good usable tool for film making, and by the way mine still works and it's over 30 years old now, not bad for longevity !

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Bzzzt wrong. Betamovie had an elecronic view finder on gcs1 and bmc1000. The bmc 110 and 220 only had optical. The reason beta did not play was because Sony used a single head and 360' tape wrap. They were not about to compromise video quality and wanted the smallest possible form factor. In order to give it playback capability they would have had to use a forehead system like the VHS cameras used. Unfortunately with the forehead subcompact drum the drum would still be larger than a full size VHS drum which would have meant a relatively large camera. But eliminating the playback circuit make it go to a much smaller Head drum and use horizontal time compression during the record phase and produce a compatible tape. The original beta movies were not even thought of for consumer use they were produced as a disposable eng type camera. That's what the gcs1 was. It had features on it such as manual zoom manual focus exposure lock manual white balance. I have one and if you look at my video of the neon signs in Las Vegas the second one was shot with a gcs1. The first time to Vegas I shot with a 3 tube Sony m3 and 3/4 in deck. Anyway Sony already had their Superior 8 mm system in development and it hit the market in 1984 around the same time as the beta movie. The consumer beta movie was released to satisfy existing beta customers and give them a camcorder that was compatible with their existing playback machine. That's the only reason it existed. There was also a betacam version of the beta movie which was also record only built on the same chassis with a single tube high band satican used on that one. Like the gcs1 it had electronic viewfinder but again record only capability. Make no mistake the beta movie was not designed as a consumer product the consumer versions that ran at the betamax speed and we're compatible with home betamax where afterthought the original design was a cheap record only betacam marketed 2 news gathering operations where there is no need to play back your footage in the field the cameraman shoots and sends his tape back. They had the betacam version then they had the gcs1 which was the industrial version that ran at the regular betamax speed but had all the features that the broadcast version had and then they had the strip down consumer BMC 110 120 550 and 660. BMC 1000 was the super high band beta 1 version I also had one of those I sold it years ago. I still have a gcs1 but it's not functional maybe someday it'll get fixed. Vhsc however was the poorest of the video formats ever released. Even worse than the full size VHS camcorders although some of them were pretty bad too. Many of the full size VHS camcorders used a full size drum which delivered a little better picture but it was still crap VHS.

@julielowe7462

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Hi Dave, I was talking of the UK Market you understand, I don't think we ever saw the Electronic Viewfinder version here, you got a lot of kit because of using the same TV standard as Japan, they didn't necessarily release it in PAL, I do remember the Record Only Betacam, they did do a colour playback adaptor for it later as I recall, as to quality, no VHS before it became S VHS was poor compared to Beta, but the Betamovie Domestic model was not a patch on the Excellent SL-F1 Beta portable with the option of PCM Stereo sound and the semi pro HVC4000 camera, I still have one of these, and it holds up remarkably well against my Sony DXC series 3 tube camera, I also have long experience of Umatic Sony Beta's big brother, and of course they share family traits, 8 mm I never really got in to till it went to Hi8, which was very good as a compact format, and they made some lovely camcorders and a whole raft of very professional post production kit, which sadly was discontinued much too soon, as these things often are

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@julielowe7462 I used an evw300 professional hi8 for years. Was one of the best tape based camcorders I used. Of course i had an m3a and vo4800 back before camcorders and still have an old dsc1800 hi band single trinicon saticon which held up very good against 3 tube.

@julielowe7462

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Hi Dave, we seem to have something in common, my first pro rig was a Sony 4800 Umatic, teamed at the time with the DXC1800 Single Tube Trinicon camera, I had the upgraded model with a Canon 10-1 Servo Lens, it was a good outfit, but damned heavy to lug about, then I had an M3A and when I changed it I got the DXC3000, Sony's first 3 Chip Camera, and a 6800 portable several pounds lighter and it used less power too, still an excellent set up, I had no idea you were in video production, I have only followed your repair videos, I used to do that as well working as a service tech for a large TV rental company back in the day !

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@julielowe7462 yes I was in the video production business for many years, I still am it's just that I only do my own work now and archive clients videos and film to digital files. In fact I'm archiving about a dozen VHS tapes right now. I worked in the TV shop for 20 years as my day job and ran a production company at the same time on my days off and off hours. My formal education actually was in video production not TV repair. I worked at a TV station for a couple years but could never get on full-time. To make ends meet I started working in a repair shop as I had done an apprenticeship in electronics while I was in high school and college. I worked in a shop took the required courses while I was still going to school and had that in my back pocket as a plan B. When it was obvious that there was no permanent work in the TV field I started going down the repair avenue. I started my production company a couple years later mostly doing weddings. I wanted to offer quality better than what people using home video of the day could deliver so I picked up a dxc 1800 and vo4800. I still have both otherwise misplaced the connection cable between the camera and recorder. That wasn't my first camera however my first camera and recorder was in hvc2800 and sl2000. That would have been 1984, and I quickly just threw a word of mouth got bookings to do weddings every weekend at a thousand bucks a pop. It didn't take long before it was time to spend some money on a better camera and a better recorder. I bought a dxc 1800 and the vo4800 and use that for a couple of years. I then sold the dxc 1800 and bought a used m3 because I wanted a three tube camera. Unfortunately the m3 I kept having alignment issues the camera would get bumped around and the registration will go wonky which really made a mess of a few videos and I was not very happy. I wouldn't know that there was a problem while I was shooting due to only seeing the image in black and white I'd get back to start editing only to realize that there was a severe registration error. probably the reason why the camera was sold in the first place because the previous owner got fed up with a camera always going out of alignment. I only use that m3 about four times and that was enough for me. Sony had their professional betta movie out at this point so a gcs1 was for me. How is a fantastic camera I use that camera for years in fact I had both the GCS one and I bought a BMC 1000 which was the beta 1 version. Editing was done with two SL hf1000s. I had no abandoned 3/4 in because beta 1 super high band outperform 3/4 in by quite a margin. I shot weddings every weekend two cameras on beta for another couple years. Then hi8 caught my attention and I upgraded to a ccdv5000. There was no looking back at this point, my next camera was an evw300 professional hi8. Around this time I was also getting busy shooting corporate and training/promotional videos. I was busy 7 days a week, 5 days a week working in the TV shop going home editing and shooting Saturday and Sunday. most of the corporate stuff was done on the weekends because we needed to go in to factories and other industrial settings off hours so that we could shoot without affecting the business operation. Took on a business partner to help out and he ran the corporate video side of the business landing clients and dealing with tape duplication I handled the production side. We were running off of our feet right through the 2005. I still remember the phone call from my business partner to inform me that he got the three words that no one ever wants to hear. I think you know what those words are, you have cancer. The poor guy was in his late 50s at the time. He had a very rare very aggressive form of leukemia. He said it started out like he had the flu just didn't feel right was tired and it wouldn't improve went to the doctor got the news. Went in for some treatment but it didn't work. Called me up when he got out of the hospital to tell me that he was selling his interest in his side of the business. Guy hired was a millennial who just had the sense of entitlement and he was going to take over my business and started treating me like an employee. I owned all the equipment, I wrote the scripts I produced the content he was a salesman basically. By this point I left the TV repair shop and was working at my current job which was shift work so I couldn't just drop everything and go and shoot a video on his schedule. Didn't take long before I packed up all my equipment told this jackass where to go and how to get there and basically folded the company as far as doing corporate and even weddings I was done. I continue to archive film and tapes and I still do the odd corporate shoot that I get but 99% of my production is now just for my KZread channel. Don't know whatever happened to this goofball that took over for my business partner after he passed away. I can tell you that his cancer was brutal though from the time he was diagnosed until he passed away his only about 4 months.

Father son contest Mary kay;

I have that camera

The squeaking plastics does not make it sound like high quality gear. And when you zoom a VHS image on a 30+ inches TV, no matter what you do it will always look like cr@p: washed out colours, soft details and lot of noise. I hate VHS back in the 80's and 90's but now i love it because it's vintage a severely limited.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I hated VHS back in the 80s. Svhs was acceptable and beta. For camcorders hi8 was the way to go or at a minimum video 8. At least it had respectable color resolution compared to VHS due to the 729khz color under frequency which was better then VHS which used 629 and beta and 3l4" umatic which both used 688khz. The higher the frequency the more information the lower sideband could record.

@dougbrowning82

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Umatic was originally intended to be a home video format. But it was too expensive and eventually became pro and institutional. I was a volunteer at my cable company's public access station. We did all our recording on Umatic.

I want JVC CAMCORDER DC CARD - CHS(C)

Hey they don't call em Junk Very Cheap for no reason!

@julielowe7462

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how old you are Greg, but read over my earlier comment will you, and by the way when they were new, they were not cheap, over £2000, not dollars, and pay then was not what it is now, you could still buy a good family saloon car for around £3000....

@preston963

2 жыл бұрын

@@julielowe7462 Oh don't worry I'm old enough to be in this industry 4+ decades & JVC/Hagarmyer were well known for being pieces of sh*t for build quality & especially very, very, very slow spare parts supply usually 3-9 mths on warranty repairs & I know this as I used to be a warranty repair agent for them, I used to have arguments with customers on a daily basis about why their fine JVC product wasn't fixed, JVC/Hagamyersupport was crap!

@dougbrowning82

2 жыл бұрын

@@preston963 Fortunately, JVC practically gave VHS away to Panasonic, who shared it with their partners, such as Philips. The first VHS machines sold in the USA were GE branded Panasonics.

@preston963

2 жыл бұрын

@@dougbrowning82 I guess they would of been NV8600 or NV7000 Nationals?... The NV8600 was the 1st model in OZ.

@dougbrowning82

2 жыл бұрын

@@preston963 Not sure if they were Nationals. We had Panasonic and Technics in N. America in the 1970s. Their slogan at the time was "just slightly ahead of our time".

Crayon gracias; student h helper

I don’t like this format!! I love video8 and Hi8 formats

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I hate it too.

@amatorev

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids yes do you like more video8 , Hi8 ??

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@amatorev of the analog formats hi8

@amatorev

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids and your favorite model ?