One odd thing about the 1985 Fisher FVH830 VCR I used in my Macrovision video: it has a "tape select" switch with positions marked "~T60" and "T80~". The manual just says to set it to the length of tape you're using, and gives no further explanation. I guess the squigglies are supposed to mean "T60 or shorter" and "T80 or longer", but who was using tapes that short, anyway? I thought T120 tape was already the norm long before then. And why would it matter?
@vwestlife Does this model have a tape position counter?
@riley It does not have a real-time counter. (I don't think any VCR had that yet in 1985.) It is just a numerical counter. And there is no variable-speed rewind or fast-forward; it runs at the same speed until it hits the clear leader at the end of the tape.
@vwestlife @riley there were models with a standard counter, but that had a time remain feature. It worked by comparing the speeds of the two reel tables, but it needed to know the length of tape used. T60 and T80 are extremely odd values though
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