Two years ago I bought a Sharp VTR. "Six heads, Nicam stereo" etc., it boasted.
I hardly ever watch TV, and bought the machine to record Grands Prix; this it did perfectly satisfactorilly.
recently I acquired some pre-recorded tapes; it refused to play any of them after fiddling with the thing, taking advice and fiddling some more, I decided that it was obviously useless rubbish. I took it into my kitchen and smashed it to smithereens with a four-pund club hammer. very easy to smash except for the drum thingy. This required several blows before the top came off revealing a lot of little coils of wire - very interesting, so I smashed those up as well.
Here's the message I have sent to SHARP (Blunt??):
This is actually a rant. I bought the above VTR about two years ago.
Furious that it will not play a pre-recorded tape - ANY tape- except those recorded on it, I have just, 10 minutes ago, entirely demolished it with a four-pound hammer.
It is now in my dustbin, together with the instructions that promised years of trouble-free service.
Tomorrow I shall buy a new one. I am sure that you will understand when I say that the new one will not have "Sharp" on the front of it.
Yours &c:
I hardly ever watch TV, and bought the machine to record Grands Prix; this it did perfectly satisfactorilly.
recently I acquired some pre-recorded tapes; it refused to play any of them after fiddling with the thing, taking advice and fiddling some more, I decided that it was obviously useless rubbish. I took it into my kitchen and smashed it to smithereens with a four-pund club hammer. very easy to smash except for the drum thingy. This required several blows before the top came off revealing a lot of little coils of wire - very interesting, so I smashed those up as well.
Here's the message I have sent to SHARP (Blunt??):
This is actually a rant. I bought the above VTR about two years ago.
Furious that it will not play a pre-recorded tape - ANY tape- except those recorded on it, I have just, 10 minutes ago, entirely demolished it with a four-pound hammer.
It is now in my dustbin, together with the instructions that promised years of trouble-free service.
Tomorrow I shall buy a new one. I am sure that you will understand when I say that the new one will not have "Sharp" on the front of it.
Yours &c:
7N7 said:I took it into my kitchen and smashed it to smithereens with a four-pund club hammer.
Too bad...it could have been a tiny little screw loose.
/Hugo
TPC said:Hi 7N7, why don't you try out What Hifi recommendations of Panasonic VTRs? I bet it does better than my so call top of the line Sony VTR.
Many thanks for your suggestion!
7N7
did that same thing about two years ago with my "Buddy" Epson printer.
Ah, Office Space.
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