Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is a very special episode because of the history of the VCR and TV in this video. While the TV is not the original, it is the same exact model. But the VCR, on the other hand, is the same exact unit.

I know the complete history of the VCR, form the unboxing in 1988, up until I obtained it in 2008, and now this video on it in 2024.

Will this VCR make it into the 2070s? 2080s? And will we still be able to demonstrate it 50 years from now? Only time will tell..... But if I am still alive by then, I will make it happen.

RCA XL-100 19" Color TV Model FFR440 - Manufactured March 1981
Sears (GoldStar) VHS VCR Model 580.53297750 - Manufactured March 1988
Exactly 7 years apart!