V8600
1980  


Overview

The Toshiba V8600 claimed to be the first third generation VCR. It was the first model to use four video heads (compared to two heads as used be all models before). These four heads gave the VCR a superior pause mode, with virtually no noise on picture, and an excellent slow speed playback mode and frame by frame advance, also with very little noise.

Other features were a soft eject mechanism, "light touch" controls, audio dubbing, double speed playback, 7x picture search and counter memory.

The VCR employed a belt driven mechanism and by later standards was very large and heavy.


Many thanks to James Copp-Taylor James.Copptaylor@csm.uwe.ac.uk for providing information and picture of this model. Thanks also to Stuart Bellfield for providing the photograph.

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