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Feb 22, 2008 15:01:58 GMT
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Dad was making the annual trip to the tip, and amongst all the tat in his trailer i found a video player, i asked him and he says he bought it in 1981(?) and used it in his truck. Its got a handle on the side and i managed to get it to turn on, however there arent any TV leads for it, it just has a plug so i know it works. Last thing my dad saw before heading off was me running into the house holding a big grey box. ;D Sorry for the curse word photo, i had to take it out and photograph it quickly incase mum came in and noticed it alerted dad then he comes in and says "so THIS is why things keep going missing from my trailer" etc etc.  Does anyone know if its worth anything? Its made by saisho, and its in surprisingly good nick for something supposedly 27 years old! |
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Feb 22, 2008 16:24:46 GMT
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Saisho! Dixons own bran of the 80's IIRC
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Feb 22, 2008 16:39:07 GMT
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Yeah i think thats right, any idea if its rare or anything?
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Feb 22, 2008 19:06:33 GMT
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Dunno but worth collecting  i remember the Science dept. AV equipment having players like this! |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Feb 23, 2008 20:40:10 GMT
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It's hard to see quite how a thing which was (comparatively) a piece of junk even when it was new is going to be worth much now. Sorry, and I hope I'm wrong - it's hard to judge, really, when things of this vintage just aren't 'retro' to you...
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Feb 23, 2008 21:00:07 GMT
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Looks a bit 'new' for 1981. I'd say late 80's In 1981 VHS jobbies were still top-loading affairs in brushed aluminium with big chunky buttons you pushed and they went "thunk"...  My folks had something like this, from D:E:R at about £6 a month for donkeys. |
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Last Edit: Feb 23, 2008 21:02:46 GMT by arthurbrown
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Feb 23, 2008 23:04:06 GMT
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Agreed - just thought my memory was playing tricks  |
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12volt as well - even rarer
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Feb 24, 2008 18:02:53 GMT
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Looks a bit 'new' for 1981. I'd say late 80's In 1981 VHS jobbies were still top-loading affairs in brushed aluminium with big chunky buttons you pushed and they went "thunk"... My folks had something like this, from D:E:R at about £6 a month for donkeys. I remember those (my first part-time job was in a video shop)...they were branded with the name of the rental firms, but those top-loader VHS types were made by Ferguson, under licence from JVC (that's a 1978 Ferguson 8922) My folks had the ubiquitous (for the time) Hitachi VT11E which was again a top loader but had 'logic' buttons on the front instead of keys. My ol' man was still using that up until about 4 yrs ago! |
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Last Edit: Feb 24, 2008 18:07:11 GMT by arthurbrown
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Feb 26, 2008 11:40:03 GMT
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I would say that it dates from about 1987 or so. The concept of a player would not have been thought of in 1981 due to video being a very new thing, being sold on the fact that could record your favourite TV show and there were virtually no video (movie) rental stores.
It's not really worth anything I'm afraid. In fact collectors actually pay more for Betamax machines now, since they are rarer, technically more interesting than VHS, and in the case of Sony machines, very well built.
I have just given a non working Grundig V2000 (Philips invented system, with a tape you could turn over like a music cassette) way to a fellow vintage electronics nut.
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i remember the Science dept. AV equipment having players like this!
