Philips VR6680 VHS VCR WITH BUILT IN LCD SCREEN from 1989 Price Then £600 

Fun fact: The outside of this VCR was designed by Peter Doodson, who also designed the jewel case for CD's, as well as the Digital Compact Cassette. At the DCC Museum, we have a portfolio of a number of his designs that was given to the museum by his wife after he passed away a couple of years ago, and it features drawings of this VCR. We didn't know that it actually existed, either!

I remember these being advertised on billboards back in the day. I recall it displaying an image of a dinosaur or monster on its built-in screen.

I watched an old episode of Family Fortunes yesterday, and this was one of the prizes. Never seen it before, and wondered what make it was, etc. A day later, this video appeared. Spook.

Peter Doodson was definitely ahead of his time.He created a masterpiece

WooooW this vcr deck from philips was really ahead of it’s time.

I've still got a Sharp VC-ML3 VHS VCR in my home theatre rack, and after some belt replacements is still working perfectly :-) The LCD screen is a bit of a gimmick but I love it.

I was thinking it may have been a broken or stuck tape that had to be removed manually, before you suggested it. A nice machine for sure! Incidentally, I think OTR could stand for 'One Touch Record', but I don't know for certain.📼

What a gem of a channel to find! Such a cool machine and I love your setup and your pac man lights! So lucky to have found the remote too 😅

hello, very first thing to do on G deck is mode switch cleaning. and i mean a real one, not just contact cleaner. there's 2 mode switch, one on the cassette carriage itself, and the one for the mechanism. they both need to be taken apart and deoxidized. the "hardest" to dismount is the mechanism mode switch, it's surface soldered, but not that complicated to get it. then they are super easy to open. G deck look complex, but it's really not the worst i've seen. if one day you get one of those philips charly deck... the G deck will look so simple and so pleasant to work on :D

Who needs A TV when there's one built-in to the VCR itself

Been years and I began to think that I imagined this VCR. Remember seeing this in high end hifi store. For some reason I always thought it was a Sony deck. Great vid 👍

I use to buy What Video magazine each month. I repaired 1000s of video recorders back in the day and use to service them, etc. use to make good money back in the day. I still have most of my special equipment you need to service these things. How things have all changed now.

You should try getting that broken part 3D printed. I actually have a similar Philips remote control - it's for a PIP (picture in picture) TV and has all the VCR buttons and a hefty sized 4 AA battery compartment. Looks like the same era as yours.....

I seem to recall SHARP also had a vcr with a colour LCD screen on the front panel

NV-J30 / 35 uses the G mech, as does pretty much every Panasonic video from 1990-1995, then the K mech came in. The G mech was so complex it had it's own service manual called No G or N0 G, I've re-aligned 100's of these decks back in the day. If it's one of the ones that uses a mode switch, swap it out, and the P5 arm that broke off.

nice, the first time I see VHS with built in screen 👍🏻

I have one of those remotes (AV5680), some buttons are different or changed places. Probably was just curious about the LCD and picked it up from the trash or something.

Philips showed everything in technology what is in use today in the 90's like the motion flow , HD, and finally are out .

I Have one of those Philips VCR with LCD on top of my wardrobe from memory in needs a new pinch roller last used it to copy cctv off a 24h tiimelapes VCR the built in screen was handy - the 300R Aerials plug is probably off one of the horrible loop Aerials

That magazine review is... quite something.

it was an excellent idea, but it was a low-spec machine. Being at least hi-fi would have made the deck much more desirable

Nice video, I remember this in the Philips catalog back in the day. Thought it was cool.. I seem to remember maybe Panasonic or Sony also doing a unit like this, but hen again my memory is a bit fuzzy fro that time frame :) so i might be wrong on that.

Lethal Weapon Amiga in the background. Nice!

I still have a PHILIPS VR6585, purchased in December 1989, and a VR6785 (SVhs) purchased in March 1991. When I put them on a shelf more than 15 years ago they were both working. They have the same mechanics and, presumably, it should be the same as your VR6680. So try looking for one of these two models in the used market. Best regards.

I know Panasonic when I see one :D And it is good. The version of these with the "charly deck" mechanism was absolutely dreadful. It´s great that this one doesn´t have it.

Era um equipamento bem moderno para a época. Não sabia que existiu esse modelo da Philips; Parabéns pelo vídeo e pelo canal! Abraços do Brasil!

One of the best VCRs at the time.... In the 90s. Akai VSA77EK.

I don’t know if these ever made their way to New Zealand. I never saw one if they did. Very cool.

In the early 80s i used to work in a Tv repair shop and i remember seeing a similar vcr with a small screen on the front panel but this one had a small colour crt poss about 3" tube. seeing this video reminded me of that vcr i cannot remember the make of it but i seem to think it was a either a panasonic or an akai machine.

amazing thanks Shows

I never knew a VCR like that existed 😮

Your accent and how you deliver what you're saying you remind me of Rex from the "Secret Life of Machines". I loved that show! Great video! Sub'd. Cheers!

16:54 Verify if that transparent gear on the left is soft/flexible or not. If it is soft, take measurements (or a cast!) of it right now, because the flexible-ish gears always crumble eventually.

I distinctly remember this VCR, and seriously considering it, but soon realising the screen was totally pointless.

You might want to correct the spelling of Philips in the title of this video. The machine reminds me of my totally mad Grundig VS-680 VPT S-VHS machines which were built around the same Panasonic chassis but have lots of very different electronics.

The best use that had was putting 3-4 VCR's in a close on a switcher that runs around the house, can FF or RW to where you want it then go back to the room your sending it to. I had to pause to put my prediction in. Normally I find when an old VHS is taking the tape and spitting it right back out it's just the grease on the tracks dried up, stops it from getting fully seated and something detects it as not fully seated and it ejects. Guess Ill never know :(

i vaguely remember that vcr

I stumbled across your video RU-vid suggested it i have 2 faulty panasonic nv f55 these from what a google search suggest are panasonic g decks, one seems like it has a good mechanism but loading assembly is broken the other has a good loading mech but the main g deck mech is damaged .i would be willing to donate and pay postage for both machines if it would help fix this as they are both taking up space plus if the heads are the same you have a few spares you will have to swap the good loading mech onto the good deck .

I'm guessing that this deck was used for linear editing?

if mechanism going to end or doing idiotic moves You have to clean "mechanical position switch" - it can be on top ringht side under pinch roller - its very frequently to cleaning it mechanics looks like Panasonic J35 and its very popular (and very good) mechanics

As an aside: Talking of things long gone, slightly ironic to use a ‘Wilco’ receipt as a bookmark.

I remember my father in the late 80s early 90s brought a very cheap vcr home and said I could use it in my bedroom for a while see if it was any good (not this model) I noticed the picture was ok but not in my eyes perfect as I was an avid vhs collector by my mid teens and had already a better vcr in my room, so not really very experience but wanting to at least see If I could make the picture better I took the top off and noticed the silver spinning head, so thought maybe I could make it have an even better finish like a mirror, so got some Duraglit from the cupboard (yes the metal polish) and rubbed away, over a short period i noticed after each application instead of getting better and better the mirror finish I expected was completely now a matt finish I had totally as you can guess ruined the head, after a while terrified of what my father would say he did eventually ask me if any good, I think my reply was nah picture is terrible, Im sure he believed me as nothing seemed to come of it, so we can all make mistakes plus the whole timing thing I never did figure out.

well. i guess you could simply ask philips for a stack of 1990s 'philips magazines' :P which is the magazine they send shitpiles of to all resellers containing -all- their stuff for that year :P (well all the consumer stuff anyway, not the medical and military stuff ;)

I have 2 pieces of SHARP VC-LX5 in mint condition and I like them better than those Phillips where something always goes wrong with them.

Mode switch could be dirty as it's a panasonic deck if gears are not broken that's triggered the solenoid and popped the timing out

All that money, all those LCD displays on the unit and in the remote, but is this thing even Hi-Fi stereo.

That looks and sounds a bit sticky when you turn the pages...😚

hi there's that 99 to video man in the uk all ways posting video or the betamax rrepair man in the uk there are some in the ok reel to reel and betacam is my bag or studio recording gear

Phillips,Mark,Sanyo and Fisher was perhaps the worst Vhs-players and Tv sets ? The best were Jvc,samsung and Hitatchi?

If it had hifi,

That yellowy brown color all over everything in it, including the stickers on the back look alot like it came from a heavy smoker household. Gross.

Rubbish intro 😆👎