Oh I have an experience like this as well when I was a lot younger like the VCR we had was a bit old but I used to watch Space Jam over and over again I'm surprised it never warped and then all of a sudden like the VCR started eating all the tapes
Me being born in 1991… We had that exact same Walkman around my time as I remember. I never owned one but it’s on my watch list right now on eBay for $199.99. I do have a cheaper Walkman however… but it was $30 on Amazon and it’s an Unbranded type with poor sound quality, but it does at least have good Bluetooth connectivity. Wish me best luck to win and buy this exact same Walkman I’m watching on eBay… Which is the one you reviewed. Cool video too.
What a shame, maybe it's the faulty mode switch or the belt here in Brazil, we change a lot of VCR straps, we still use VCRs a lot, even though there is streaming, we still use them a lot to record and digitize!