‪@WaybackRewind‬ The JVC GR-C7U is often mistaken for the Back-to-the-Future Camcorder, but that honor belongs to the GR-C1U.

Regardless the GR-C7U is remarkable in it's own sense. The first CCD Camcorder. Ridiculously small by 1986 standards, (Only 2.9 Pounds! as it boldly states on the cover).

Compact VHS actually preceded full-sized VHS to the market, but as convenient as the adapter is, people couldn't be bothered to use it.

Despite the extreme age of these cameras I have a working one and took it to work and showed it off to several folks not even as old as the camera. The bulky size, the short recording time, even the blurry black & white viewfinder, (called blurry blue) was a complete mystery to them. Still this camera was much smaller than anything else on the market capable of recording and instant playback.

I'm not a huge fan of compact VHS but when it comes to digitizing analog video this is one of the easiest formats because I just put it into my DVD recorder and instant disc I can put into my computer.

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