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4. I had a Quasar VCR a few years later

Sun Mar 9, 2025, 08:04 PM

Mar 2025

It cost about $500 and the cassettes were the size of a college dictionary. I haven't seen better image quality in tape or digital since.

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Old enough to remember this? (1978) [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2025 OP

Absolutely! And they cost a small fortune back then. paleotn Mar 2025 #1

News to me, I wasn't aware they were that early. I thought about 1982. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #2

We got ours in 1978 synni Mar 2025 #10

And the movies were about $129 as I recall from the early 80s /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #11

I remember JoseBalow Mar 2025 #3

I had a Quasar VCR a few years later nuxvomica Mar 2025 #4

The good old days, when John McEnroe was on tv, winning :-) spooky3 Mar 2025 #6

I went with Beta Max Ferryboat Mar 2025 #7

Me too, 1982 Itchinjim Mar 2025 #9

I remember those. Different Drummer Mar 2025 #8

That is $4,850.00 in today's money LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #12

Yup. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #13

I had a Zenith, it was actually a rebadged Sony. boonecreek Mar 2025 #14