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    Who had one of these video recorders?

    If like me before you got into satellite stuff you probably started off with a video recorder & maybe a stereo sound TV!

    Most likely was rented too

    Anyway who had one of these back in the 1980's
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    i had the vhs ferguson videostar...toploader...big buttons...and seemed it was capable of waking up neighbours..when loading or ejecting a tape
    spent many hours labeling my video boxs...and yes always ran out of letter b...easy fix..number 3 and a felt tip pen
    tv was 26 inch colour..forgot brand name...from der rentals...ferguson was 1.50 a month extra
    good memorys..
    my first sat stuff was pace 1000...11pm each saturday night...put in tape...recorded a naughty from tv1000...and sold down pub
    became that popular..i invested 400 quid in a amstrad double decker...film in top..blank in bottom...copy...
    bussiness was good...lol
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    I had the ferguson video rented it from a tv shop called martin dawes i think i had a tatung tv which i brought back from germany had to have a sound card fix cause in Europe they used different sound frequency first satellite reciever was a rockdale then got skyscan all i could afford lol

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    I had a similar one to the 4th picture,and then the newer electronic version.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dave13142 View Post
    I had the ferguson video rented it from a tv shop called martin dawes i think i had a tatung tv which i brought back from germany had to have a sound card fix cause in Europe they used different sound frequency first satellite reciever was a rockdale then got skyscan all i could afford lol
    Tatung had a massive factory over in Telford-employing 100's -now closed like many others

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    used to rent one from radio rentals,,top loader and rent the films for £2.50 a night from the chip shop..alright for the weekend good times,,

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    can recall my parents had pic 4 jvc version.

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    i had grundig same as the philips ,had big square cassets wit one reel above the other broke down 6 times in 9 months,comet exchanged it after a lot of hassel,for a aki vhs recorder and some tapes,it was problem free for years.

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    Our first VHS recorder was a Hitachi with a cable remote that had a six foot stretch. The problem was that with two young boys 2 and 4 years old we kept the remote on top of the recorder and changed the chans with the front buttons.

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    Hi I had a Ferguson Videostar that cost me 800 pounds in those days. The VHS blank tapes would cost around 15 pounds but looking back it was worth it because of all the programs you would record while you were working or out enjoying yourself..Thanks for bring back those memories...how times have changed.. Regards

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    back when remote controls were connected by a wire so you still had to get up if you were sat across the room to use it

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    Quote Originally Posted by JOE.MADDISON View Post
    i had grundig same as the philips ,had big square cassets wit one reel above the other broke down 6 times in 9 months,comet exchanged it after a lot of hassel,for a aki vhs recorder and some tapes,it was problem free for years.
    Joe I had the phillips one -it was a great machine
    Used to turn the tape over & record other side so had 8 hours max
    Not enough releases on that format killed it off

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    Hi Cateye,
    My favourite was the Sanyo betamax in those days and Betamax was so much better than VHS, but again big business pressure made the decisions and it was phased out. Sanyo as a company were pretty good then for electronics, and I had other stuff too.
    Interesting thread - Cheers - Brain

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    will anyone admit that they went through the fake leather video book cases phase
    i did...bought that many...used to get discount for bulk
    xxx tapes recorded from tv1000 £2.00 each...in a fake leather book like box...£3.00
    surpriseing how many people down pub wanted classy xxx

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    We had a top loader JVC. Won in a competition in the local paper. It had a toggle switch for on off timerand a giant eject button, a panel on the top right for tuning in channels. BNC adaptors on the back for connections. Pretty awesome at the time. Oh and a remote that had 3 metres of cable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EXTRAFACTO View Post
    will anyone admit that they went through the fake leather video book cases phase
    i did...bought that many...used to get discount for bulk
    xxx tapes recorded from tv1000 £2.00 each...in a fake leather book like box...£3.00
    surpriseing how many people down pub wanted classy xxx
    You mean one of these!

    I can remember buying 5 for £1 off the local market
    All boxes had labels on to identify what was on them (sad I know)
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    Had the Philips video 2000. Excellent system but unit was so heavy that you got a hernia when moving it !

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    @catseye
    yes them are the ones
    the video shop sold them for 25p each
    struck myself a deal at 15p each if i bought 20
    like i said...some people down pub thought their xxx collection became classy xxx in one of these..lol

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    Hi Reading all these coments has made me nostalgic regarding all the old satellites systems and equipments.ie D2mac cards and BSB square dishes etc. I have had satellite systems since 1984.. Maybe someone can start a thread regarding old satellite systems etc....Regards.

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    My first one was a Ferguson Videostar 3v23, massive front loader, great machine, with a Ferguson TV, also had Philips 2000 machine and
    Sony Betamax for a while, still have 3 Video Recorders, one is a Video/ DVD dual machine, handy for transfers.

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