VTC-9000 (1977)
Original Sanyo Japanese Beta, a rebadge of the Sony
SL-8100
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VTC-9100 (late 1977)
Sanyo's first American Beta deck, recorded and played
Beta II only.
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VTC-9100A (early 1978)
Slight revision of the VTC-9100 (differences currently
unknown).
VTC-9300 (1978)
European version of the VTC-9000 which had a slightly
more advanced timer and a bank of pushbutton tuners.
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A great teardown with lots of internal photos of a
VTC-9300 can be found
here.
VTC-9300PN (1978)
Alternate styling of the VTC-9300 for some regions.
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VTC-5500P (1978)
Reformatted Beta II deck for the European market with
pushbutton controls and remote pause. Allegedly shown
off at CES in 1978 for an American release with a full
function remote, but seems to have been dropped in the
US in favor of adding a full-function remote to the
VCR-5000 to make the VCR-5050.
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VCR-5000 (mid 1979)
The VCR-5000 (and the very similar VCR-5050), $1,095 at
launch, had a manual tuner and single event timer and
could record and play in Beta II and III. This beat the
Sony SL-5400 to market for the first Beta III speed VCR
in America, with the VCR-5000 being advertised as out by
June and the SL-5400 not being available until October.
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VCR-5050 (late 1979 - early 1980)
Very similar to the VCR-5000, but with a full function
remote control instead of just remote pause. The remote
control jack was located to the left of the tracking
dial on the front, and did not have the remote pause
jack of the VCR-5000.
VTC-9500 (1980)
Another VTC-9300 based machine, allegedly this one was
smaller and "neater."
(Movie
Maker, June 1980)
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VTC-9540 (1980)
Slight variation of the VTC-9300 and VTC-9300PN, with a
slightly different design language but the same layout
and capabilities aside from a voltage selector on the
back.
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VTC-5600 (1980)
Soft touch Beta deck for Europe with an odd design. Also
resold by Fisher in the UK.
VCR-4200 (1981)
Toploader Beta II/III machine with one event, three day
timer and remote pause. The basic design of this model
would be adapted into many other Sanyo and Sears VCRs.
VCR-4300 (1981)
Upgraded VCR-4200 with a seven day, three event timer
and full function remote.
VPR-4800 (1981)
The VPR-4800 was a portable Beta deck with companion
VTT-481 tuner-timer module. One of the smallest non-Sony
built Betas, it accepted a K connector camera and used a
clone of the Sony NP-1 battery.
VCR-3900 (Late 1982)
The first VCR to debut at 400 dollars in the US. Records
and plays in Beta II and III, three day, one event
timer, and remote pause.
VCR-4000 (Late 1982)
Very similar to the VCR-3900, but with a woodgrain top
case.
VCR-7300 (Late 1983)
Sanyo's first Beta hi-fi, in the uncommon-for-Beta
"boombox" formfactor. Roughly portable at about 16
pounds, it could record for about 40 minutes on an NP-1
battery. When plugged in, the timer offered one week,
one event recording and cable-ready tuner.
An in-depth review of the VCR-7300 appears in the
November
1983 issue of High Fidelity magazine.
VCR-4400 (1984)
Very cheap and excellent-selling Beta, and Sanyo's last
in a long line of decent toploaders. Very stripped down
model for the time with a simple wired remote and three
day, one event timer.
VCR-7250 (1985)
Sanyo's first SuperBeta hi-fi deck