How does a VCR work?

The VCR may be old technology now but I think it's still fascinating!
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⌚Timestamps:
00:00-Intro
00:27-History
03:02-VHS Tape
04:49-VCR Player
07:46-Rewind/Fast Forward
09:15-Drum
12:09-Ejecting the tape
12:37-Circuit Board Buttons
13:28-NordVPN
14:38-Watch more videos!

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📚Book Sources:
VCR Troubleshooting & Repair by Gregory Capelo and Robert Brenner

Complete VCR Troubleshooting and Repair by Joseph Desposito and Kevin Garabedian

What's inside a VCR? by Arnold Ringstad

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Machine Learning by Empyreal Glow

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📼Video Summary:
The VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) was most popular during the 1980s and 1990s; however, it's still a really neat peace of technology! It plays VHS cassette tapes (Video Home System). The magnetic tape is what stores the video and sound information. When you put it in the machine - the magnetic tape will be pulled out by the Guide Rollers and then wrapped around the Drum. Inside the Drum are several heads that will do the reading the writing of information. The Erase Head removes information when it's in record mode. The Audio and Control Track Head write sound and extra information to the magnetic tape. The Pinch Roller will then pull the tape along so it continues to move past the Drum.

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[JaredOwen]

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Just because it's old technology doesn't mean that it's not super cool. I hope this video was fun to watch because I had a lot of fun making it😎

[exa]

Each video takes TWO MONTHS to make and develop, this guy needs so much time to develop a video less than 20 minuites. He's got some dedication

[kana]

As a kid who looked inside of VCR from a slot and tried to understand what’s going on there, I had many unsolved questions on VCR decades ago.
But all questions are now solved by the video.
Great explanation, smooth animation, your video is really amazing! Thank you!!

[brianofmoore]

This was very unexpectedly fascinating. When I was a kid opening up things out of curiosity or sometimes necessity (if a tape got stuck inside) I was always curious why that drum was slanted. I had no idea that the data was written in a slanted fashion or that the audio was placed at the top. Very cool stuff.

[JoshBowren]

I can't believe how detailed your 3d models are of these items. Working for a TV station for 35 years I can attest your animations are crazy perfect and dead on exact. Bravo!

[jeffrenman]

I repaired those things for about 20 years and I can tell you did a masterpiece of the explanation… The video was perfect from the graphics to the narration… They really are an interesting mechanical device I enjoyed working on them… Hey thanks for the memories I kind of miss them… Well not really. I'm never going back to that resolution again but they still are amazing mechanical devices. Have a great day and stay well big thumbs up

[adamhoughton]

As an 80s/90s child who's always been fascinated by how machines do what they do this was fantastic. I've enjoyed every piece of content you've created that I've watched but this one was particularly fascinating. As always thank you for taking the effort to make it.

[HouseOfFunQM]

This is, not exaggerating, the BEST video (or text) explaining how VCR worked. Absolutely banging!

[frankh]

After repairing VCRs for many years, I was searching for a good video to explain the technology to a friend in German. I was lucky to find your animation. This is by far the best in this field I have ever seen since many decades. I will tell my friend to train his English!

[anderdavid]

My dad worked for years fixing VCRs. How these devices work has always fascinated me. Your presentation was amazing. Congratulations!

[paulw]

When affordable VCRs came out, I thought they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. I had no idea how great, and technologically involved, they really were/are! Incredibly intricate; so many moving parts perfectly synchronized! Fantastic stuff, Jared...thank you!

[orcue]

One of the best put together detailed videos of how the vhs and vcrs work and put together.
Well made fair play man

[djlamar]

I know it's been a year but wow. This was awesome to watch. I still have a vcr and VHS tapes. Nothing like a nostalgia trip Jared thanks

[mattrittman]

Wow, quite fascinating stuff Jared! Always wondered how these worked, and what all the little mechanisms were doing inside. You always explain in such an easy to understand way. So much talent man! 🔥🔥🔥

[Aitelly]

Who would have thought that some one would make a Content like This.
Really Good Work man. From one BLENDER user to Another you give us hope.

[pereiraj]

This is an incredible video. You've created the definitive video for the question being asked. No one ever again has to make another video to answer this question until the end of time. Incredible.

[ericaceous]

Absolutely fascinating. I work with tapes and VCRs all the time, but still appreciated your animations - what a wonderful resource for those interested in these machines.

[ffbells]

Small correction, the capstan moves the tape, not the pinch roller, the pinch roller only “pinches” the tape between itself and the capstan.
Fantastic work. Subscribed!

[jpsned]

Just consider the imagination and ingenuity that went into designing this incredible machine. Amazing!

N.B.: I have a 21-year-old Sony VCR that I just tried using for the first time in many years. It worked perfectly. Some of the tapes I watched I recorded off of TV in 1990, and they were just as clear as they were 33 years ago. 🙂

[pbowles]

My first watch (that I'm aware of) of your incredibly detailed animations. VERY well done. Explained everything very well.