Pxl 2000 Camcorder

Another cool toy I've collected over the years. A camcorder targeted for kids made in 1987 that records Black & White picture & sound on standard cassette tapes, Though CrO2 tapes work the best & are recommended by Fisher Price.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• pxl
• 2000
• camcorder
• fisher
• price
• pixelvision
• pixel
• vision
• 1987
• old
• toys

[ThomGreen666]

if anyone has one in good working order i'm willing to pay a fair amount for it?

[catnip20]

I had 5 at the time of shooting this but I sold all but the best one on eBay a few months ago.

[clydesight]

I remember seeing these, if I recall, they were a bit on the expensive side ($300 in 1987??) I think it is AMAZING that they could record video onto a cassette, and I believe it works like a VHS tape, you can't flip it over to side B, right?

Your cat is so cute! Thanks for showing us this in actual use. What is the sound quality like?

[catnip20]

Actually you can record on both sides of the tape, It uses a standard stereo tape head. It runs the tape at 12x speed & records the audio on one track & the video on the other. The sound quality is pretty good though it's built in mic picks up motor noise which is pretty loud considering the speed it runs. The increased speed was necessary to store the higher bandwidth video signal & even then they had to crop a black square around the image & it looks best with CrO2 Tapes.

[CassetteMaster]

WOW!! That is a classic cool camera! Where's the audio?

[catnip20]

There wasn't really any sound to this, Just noise from the tv in the other room so I deleted it.

[kimmie18ful]

awl!!!!!!! cute kitty!!!!!

[landraiderares]

PXLcat iz unamuzed.

Seriously though, the PXL was an awesome bit of lo-fi technology and has such a neat "feel" to it. I used to have one that was deep-discounted at a department store, and had great fun goofing with it...and then the mini-TV crapped out and the camera itself disappeared in a cross-country move. (I still have the AC adapter, though...)

[Interests2009]

I used to have one of these. Thanks for sharing.

[ThomGreen666]

Agh! yeah there's a couple on ebay at the moment going for £200+ i might have to just bite the bullet and get one from there. Can't find any anywhere else!

[richardbrompton]

I wanna buy a "Pixel 2000" Camera!

[FuhQTube]

My friend had one of these, we'd make all kinds of wacky shiznit with it. I'd post some, too, if it wasn't all so gay in hindsight! LOL