Video Walkman: Sony's 1991 Portable 8mm VCR! (Patreon)
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Usually we think of VCRs as boxes that hook up to the TV in the living room. This Sony GV-500, though, is quite a bit smaller.
Sources:
CCD-G1 photos: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Sony-CCD-%E2%80%93-G1/dp/B00F5U8444
Billboard, August 31, 1985.
Sony EV-C3E photo: https://shop.kusera.de/Sony-Video-8-Video-Cassetten-Recorder-EV-C3E-PAL
VHS camcorder photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCA_VHS_shoulder-mount_Camcorder_(lighter_filter_NR_etc).jpg
Sony Betamax VCR photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sony_Betamax_video_recorders#/media/File:Sony-Betamax-Recorder.jpg
Betamax and VHS tapes photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Betamax_tape#/media/File:VHS_vs_Betamax_size.jpg
Video Walkman ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O16Kun6HBII
GV-D1000 photo: https://utopiacam.com/en/shop/gv-d1000/
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Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).