Erol's Video Club Member Wrote:
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> David in FC Wrote:
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> > Greybeard Wrote:
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> > > Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > > > Okay, not a old local picture but it's from
> > the
> > > > Washington post. That is a sweet deal on a
> > > state
> > > > of the art VCR for only 700 bucks!
> > >
> > > Nice. I assume you don't know the year?
> >
> >
> > There was a Sunday January 4th in 1987, and one
> in
> > 1981 (leap years throw off easy 7 year
> > calculations).
> > I would guess with what is offered, this would
> be
> > the 1981 version.
> > But for me, I all I see is the little 5" b/w
> AM/FM
> > TV in the top left corner of the ad. That looks
> > like the same set that I was watching, at work,
> of
> > all the things happening on a certain September
> > 11th, 16 years ago.
>
> There was only BETA back in 1981, and Super TV.
>
> VHS was out by 1987, so it is probably 1987
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JVC released the first VHS machines in Japan in late 1976, and in the United States in early 1977. Sony's Betamax competed with VHS throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s (see Videotape format war).
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