Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Here's a vintage Hitachi VHS VCR from the 1980's with the famous six belt mechanism. I've had 2 of them before, one was a RCA from the recycling center 4 years ago. It worked the first time I tested it, but a moment after I opened it, it developed an electronic problem making it no longer worked except for the VFD display. In April 2018 I found a Hitachi stereo VCR at the thrift store with the same mechanism, so I decided to give it a try, and it ended up doing the same exact issue as the RCA. Now I just found another Hitachi with this mechanism at Value Village, so I took one last chance buying this mechanism and find out if it would have the same trouble. This VCR is very similar to the broken one I had last year, but it's a lower end 3 head mono unit.
Here's a vintage Hitachi VHS VCR from the 1980's with the famous six belt mechanism. I've had 2 of them before, one was a RCA from the recycling center 4 years ago. It worked the first time I tested it, but a moment after I opened it, it developed an electronic problem making it no longer worked except for the VFD display. In April 2018 I found a Hitachi stereo VCR at the thrift store with the same mechanism, so I decided to give it a try, and it ended up doing the same exact issue as the RCA. Now I just found another Hitachi with this mechanism at Value Village, so I took one last chance buying this mechanism and find out if it would have the same trouble. This VCR is very similar to the broken one I had last year, but it's a lower end 3 head mono unit.
