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Originally Posted by ChrisSwanson72 /forum/post/20200094
And ALL was very good for a while, until FEB. 2001.
That is when the infamous S6700U broke down.
I then bought 2 Sony SLV R5UC vcr's (shown in the picture).
BOTH of the sellers on ebay LIED to me, one vcr was sent back
right after I got it. The other had the Magenta Smear.
That was fixed in the summer of 2001, and once fixed, I bought 1
of those Sima units. and it worked okay for a years or 2.
In Feb. 2003, the sony SLV R5UC broke down again, with
magenta smear, so I got rid of that one.
In in came one of MANY JVC SVHS vcr's.
In March 2003, I bought a JVC S5800U with NO remote or manual off of
ebay for $200. The seller LIED said it was in "PERFECT WORKING ORDER",
IT WAS NOT!! It was returned, right after purchase.
In April 2003, I bought a JVC S6700U again off of ebay AND FOR A CHANGE,
THE VCR ACTUALLY WORKED! That vcr, is the ONLY jvc vcr that I STILL
HAVE to this day. That restored my faith in buying vcr's on ebay,
(but not for long)!
In May 2003, I bought another JVC S5800U off of ebay for like
$300, WITH THE ORIGINAL REMOTE AND MANUAL.
The seller once again, LIED said the vcr was in
"PERFECT WORKING ORDER"! It was NOT! However, the seller agreed to
give half of my money back for repairs. Which I did repair it,
for $150, and it did work great for a while.
In June 2003, I once again bought another JVC SVHS vcr off of ebay.
It was another S6700U. I bought it from a ebayer named
jimmy-rip. And BOY did I get RIPPED-OFF!
Seller Lied and said vcr was in "PERFECT WORKING ORDER"! IT WAS NOT!
The seller also, showed the remote, and it did NOT come with the
remote. It also needed over $220 to fix, after paying $280 for it.
Once that vcr was fixed it didn't take too long, before something else went
wrong with it.
By this time, the right side of my cabinet rack held 3 JVC SVHS vcr's
TOP was a S6700U
MIDDLE was a S5800U
and BOTTOM was a S6700U.
Although, I never took a picture of the 3 vcr's stacked on 1 another
I took 1 when I still had the 2.
This ends 2nd installment, be sure to come back for the 3rd.
Please see the pictures.
In NOV. 2003, I got rid of the Panasonic S4880 due to Magenta Smear.
In FEB. 2004, I got rid of the Jvc S5800U due to Magenta Smear.
In March 2004, I bought a Panasonic S4990, the seller said it was in
"PERFECT WORKING ORDER", IT WAS NOT!!
THE VCR came to me with Original box, manual, and remote, but it
only played tapes in
Black and White/NO COLOR! And with MAJOR GHOSTING!
Therefore, shortly after this, I bought the SAME model number, that
still has GHOSTING, but plays tapes in color, with NO HI-FI sound!
In Sept. 2004, I FINALLY found a Pioneer Elite
DVD recorder DVR-7000 BARELY Used on ebay for $300 that HAD THE MANUAL RECORDING LEVEL METERS AND CONTROLS,
LIKE I had on my vcr's, and the dubbing project started.
I found it from a local person who was only 20 minutes away.
So, from then, till March 2010, everything stayed the same.
See picture.
In July 2005, I got tired of repairing vcr's so, I bought a new one
from C.C. a sony model 750. It was okay, but the picture quality
was NOT that good. And as with ALL sony's they do NOT put a
TRACKING control buttons on the remote! This is 1 of the
MAIN reasons that I NEVER LIKED the SLV R5UC SVHS vcr!
In March 2010, I sold the bottom JVC S6700U in the picture.
It needed too much work, the audio hi-fi didn't work, and
the tracking was bad. Sold it for parts for $50.
In June 2010, I bought 2 Panasonic 1980 models off of ebay.
One came with the AG-96 editor, and manuals. and it worked!
The other came to me broken, only plays tapes in
Black and White, NO COLOR. I got half of my money back on that vcr.
In July 2010, I bought a Pioneer 640H HDD DVD recorder to record onto
HDD, all of my vhs tapes to then record them onto DVD-R discs.
In Sept. 2010, I sold the Sony SLV 750 vcr still working, with
BOX, MANUAL AND REMOTE for ALMOST the same amount that I
paid for it in 2005.
There you have it! That's my story, and i'm sticking to it!