The SONY SLV-R5UC Super VHS VCR

A little descriptive video about the functions and appearance of one of SONY's best VCRs. (Recorded with a Sharp Hi8 unit and then put on PC with SONY Digital8)

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• SONY
• VCR
• S-VHS
• SVHS
• Super
• VHS
• Betamax
• Beta
• Video
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• cool
• stuff

[svr73]

fantastic video mate. I have begun collecting VHS, Betamax and laserdisc hardware once again and have around twelve in my collection in total including 2 x mint condition Sony SLV X810 VHS vcr's, a 1992 machine that was the first NTSC/PAL recording and playback machine. no macrovision inbuilt circuits either.

[ozzman9292]

Cool! Yeah, audio/video is an awesome hobby. I now have an EV-S7000 Hi8 as well as the SLV-R5UC, and I love both of them.

[HectareaTV02]

sooooo beautiful VHS!

[watchitnz]

very very nice machine. I remember when these were king. Now days the components in the vcrs are rubbish. In the old days these were the best.

[80sOldSkool]

Fantastic machine that one, has quality written all over it! Looks like an ES series with the wooden panels, gold feet and brushed aluminium facia. Although, from memory, Sony never actually labelled any Audio/Visual equipment ES, reserving it for Hi-Fi Components and APM top line speakers.

[ElvisRocksVinyl]

Very nice, Sony S-VHS machines are hard to come by in England If I ever see one I'm buying it, I bought my S-VHS machine back in 1996 it's made by Panasonic and also Made in Japan, has all the same dials and switches as this model. Even to this day it still looks as good as the day I bought it new, I only ever use it to transfer video to DVD, I have a standard HIFI Sony VCR that I use for general use, but my S-VHS is under lock and key.

[chocobo77]

i have a ?..i want to get the best picture. i have a jvc s-vhs with s-video and a samsung 5000 world wide vhs with scart.

[philosoma9]

"Da 4 Pro Head" is a boner for me !

[unitrus]

obraz pokaż!!!

[tapdancegirl88]

give you $50 for this machine

[tapdancegirl88]

give you $50 for this machine

[hedgehogwedgehog]

I miss VHS

Why did plastic take over tape?

[spacehelmetforacow]

@MIKON8ERISBACK You're confusing S-VHS with D-VHS/W-VHS.

S-VHS records a full SDTV signal (double the resolution of Normal VHs, about equivilant to a LaserDisc).

S-VHS actually stuck around for quite a while (it came out in 1985, and they kept manufacturing them for a decade or two after that), always sort of existing in the shadow of VHS, It only had, like 12 prerecorded movies during its lifetime, and by the time it was able to compete with normal VCRs in price, DVD had come out...