It’s a pretty basic 635 with two special features, the C-More red dot on a gooseneck and the Wilcox Nightstalker Powergrip. It’s a visible/IR combo foregrip, pretty clunky but cool for the 90s.
Belt is totally melted, but everything checks out so far. VU meter moves when spinning reels manually, and lights up when you hit record! Sorry for the repost, couldn’t edit the caption. Last two photos are the melted belt and part of the eject mechanism.
If any of you have any player recommendations, let me know! I have a soft spot for Zenith VCRs and even found the only LD player they made, but haven’t had any experience with these.
I have 2 movies, reads both Predator 2 and Aliens well but 0 audio.
(Texas Chainsaw and Chopping Mall are customs from NoGoodTapes)
I learned how to make stickers on my phone just for this.
If anyone has any tips or good sites for helping making a couple slipcovers that would be fantastic!
(I’ll note that this is a linear audio only, so no hifi stuff on the rotating video head to worry about)
Working on my VBT-200, first step is replacing the power supply capacitors. I think one is a dead short and was blowing fuses. Gonna see how it goes after this!