Re: Ferguson Videostar and Fisher Studio Standard collector
The last Fisher VCR I saw (was it 1200?) had a perfect digital still. It also had - which was great from an engineer's point of view - a semicircular cutout in the sub-deck. Result - idler change in ten minutes! I had a 615 in once that someone had actually hacked a hole in the subdeck using a chisel to change the idler.
We always used SEME for the idlers as they were genuine and worked. Well, worked as well as the originals which wasn't too well, admittedly. Pattern parts either didn't rewind or else just sat there banging.
Although they were a Sanyo subsidiary they had nothing in common with the contemporary Sanyo VCRs, and I assume that was so Sanyo were seen as being loyal to the Betamax format.
Glyn
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