Sylvania: Funai Electrohome: Orion Citizen: Orion Toshiba: Samsung

Oh man, that Citizen was my first VCR! Mine was bought new in 2001, and had the previous-generation mechanism to yours, which was probably made in 2002 or 2003. A bit smoother and quieter-operating. It was a beast - never a problem, and still worked perfectly when I donated it to the thrift store 10 years ago.

The Sylvania one was made by funai around the 2000s to very late 90s. The electrohome ( hope I spelled that right) and the citizen were made by Orion from the 2000s. The Toshiba was made around 2003-2006 I think by of course Samsung.

The Citizen and Electrohome brands were both owned by the same importer (Jutan electronics). Prior to 1999 Electrohome was owned by Mitsubishi Electric, so any pre-1999 Electrohome VCRs are rebranded Mitsubishi and are much better quality (they even had some S-VHS machines).

Awesome video! I love it when it's only a simple repair and these just work! I actually have a soft spot for VCRs of this era tbh, so this was fun to see!😁📼👌

love your VCR videos!!!! Keep them coming!!!

That part at the end was so funny! 😄

Currently using my magnavox dvd/vcr combo. Love these old machines.

I noticed the TV tuner buttons being tested on the first VCR. Based on that, I was actually hoping for the mechanism to be Panasonic based.

Regarding the Sylvania audio: Try cleaning the pinch roller. Seems like when the audio starts, the tape is slightly out of alignment with the head, then it aligns itself back to where it should be, which is when it sounds nice and clear. If that doesn't work, then it is simply just down to how cheap the mechanism is on that unit hehe.

I always remove the sponge, if anyone is team sponge LMK I'll send you mine

Big fan love to watch your video dude nayan from indian one thing i notice u guys aware of electronic items u care so much for long i looked all item is such clean here in india u got lots of dust n rusty 😂

The clearest sign of Samsung is the appearer auto tracking indicator bottom on the screen when you start play.

the first vcr was made by funai because you can hear the high pitch whine of the linear audio

Os dois do meio sairam como phillco-hitachi aqui no brasil, ja tive esses dois modelos, ambos stereo, ate um tempo atras encontrava com preco baixo, e comparado com vcrs de marcas superiores esses philco ate que eram bons

I have a Symphonic with the same mechanism in the Sylvania.

Great video keep your mode switche clean out you will never have playing problem's at all everything proven dirty mode switches in VCR players causes problem's on playing and people don't like hereing the truth mode switches in VCR players needs a cleaning every now and then everything proven online how clean out a mode switch in a VCR player

Do these have any parts worth salvaging? Im thinking probably the belt.

Wish i didnt throw out my funai. it was so simple and reliable. only learned after that a clean of mode switch would have fixed it

Sono d'accordo a rimuovere il sistema di auto pulizia testine,meglio non fidarsi.nei miei videoregistratori li ho eliminati,le testine le pulisco io

hi i worded on pro betacam decks i will say the cleaner things why did they put them in on the pro you can tell you can hear it going of all the time i have alot of new old stock betacam tape for audio i love them big time yes i know about the front panels going bad on sony 2 A500P i had to use as part out of 14 only one had a panel that was coming in to parts my mate away coming over with vhs all the time i pull the heads of the video's that are not working love the sony uvw 1800 so easy to pull apart

People like myself are cleaning out mode switches and fixing broken vhs tapes with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's everything proven there not hard fixing

Auto head cleaners give me a strong vibe of quick, cheap and questionable engineering. Sure it looks great on a feature list, but cleaning the heads of a VCR manually is really quite easy. I don't like the idea that the heads are touched by something other than the tape, every single time a cassette is put in the VCR. That seems like unnecessary extra wear on the heads, not to mention the possibility of a catastrophic failure if the auto head cleaner has deteriorated, and a solution to a problem with isn't really a problem to begin with.

Broken vhs movies proven there fixable with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's everything proven online how to fix one

Sylvania 6220CVA Made by Funai ...yuck Electrohome EH8013 & Citizen JVHS3987D Made by Orion Toshiba W522CG Made by Samsung, with a 4-digit LED display ...yuck

Vhs movies more free whiching in your house now days everything proven