When this advertisement went out the best thing this RCA VCR could do was change channels. Modern VCRs don't have tuners attached to them so they could do something then they can't do now.
Our Betamax seemed like a miracle. No commercials, no omissions, remote control (with a long wire) ; long lines at the first video store, pre-recorded tapes @ $75.
I remember bare-bones VCR's going for $2200.00 in 1981 Sears catalogs. I bought a Sears Beta machine for $500--just as that format was biting the dust! That machine stayed in the shop more than it stayed hooked up at home.
I think that's the first VCR I owned. Top loading, wired remote, and individual little tuning thumbwheels for each of the channel presets. After tuning, you'd slip a little plastic number in place to label it.
Registered users can log in to post comments or submit items for the galleries.
Most people find us by word of mouse. Please share our URL, https://www.bbemuseum.com/museum/ with your friends!
This site is brought to you using 100% recycled electrons.
Registered users can log in to post comments or submit items for the galleries.
There are 6 comments for this item.
Registered users can log in to post comments or submit items for the galleries.