This 1976 VTR Is a Real "Time Machine"! Quasar VR1000 VX Format Video Recorder

I originally saw one of these VX Time Machine Quasar VCR's as a teenager on the shelf at a video rental store in the 80s! I was very glad to have found one THIS YEAR in such amazing condition. I also received the original box with packing material. In this video we discuss the Quasar VR1000, dive into its circuits, show you where the faults were and how to repair/re-thread a tape. Attempting to go where no other YouTuber has gone before in previous videos of this machine! There may be a flux capacitor inside! Side note: I've learned that the removable RF Modulator was preset to channel 3 or 4 and could be swapped. It likely did not have the option to output PAL. Another side note: PBS claimed the short French Chef portion of the video so I removed it. Quasar's VR-1000 VCR cost $995 in 1977 and records two hours on a single $25 cassette. Read more in the 1977 issue of Popular Science Magazine here: https://books.google.com/books?id=bwEAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=Quasar%20Great%20Time&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q=Quasar%20Great%20Time&f=false Speaking of other YouTubers, check out this guy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5YTKcaZuMzKSyY5b3uMbA/videos Check out an O Ring (tire) kit on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3fi4lPx Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/1databits Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalbt or @digitalbt Patreon: https://patreon.com/databits A HUGE thank you to my super loyal Patreon patrons: Tim Tom Scott Walker Daniel Marsh Dan Barrett Greg Dylan Olah Matthew Kajcienski Grover NZ Jackson Nieforth Dan Barlow Jr. Mark Reed SilentS Yaniv TKB Heads up: This description contains an affiliate link. If you buy something through one of the links, you won't pay a penny more, but databits will get a small commission, which helps support this channel. Thank you!