Symphonic VCR

I've never heard of the Symphonic brand. A quick web search discovers that they started out as an audio company in the 1960s, then got bought up by the Funai Corporation in 1977. And now I know.


Of course, the brand is more or less irrelevant for VCRs like this. They're cheap, low-end, commoditized machines designed to affordably squeeze the last bit of life out of a dying media format. This is what you buy when your nice VCR craps out and you're still in the process of upgrading your movie collection to DVD. (I assume that if you're a fan of the VHS format and your VCR craps out, you go try to find another good one)


Well, there's your problem.


Always nice to get an added bonus thing to take apart. I've shown the guts of a VHS tape in detail before, so I just took the one picture.


The carriage, or whatever this part is properly called. Decent assortment of goodies inside, but not really notable enough to warrant more than one picture.


If it wasn't for the cassette lodged inside, this might have been a disappointingly small parts pile.