Sony SLV-D300P Flash Rewind VHS Tape FF/REW Cycles for Many Tapes

I picked up this VCR/DVD combo at a rummage sale for only $1. The DVD player does not function well, but the VHS portion is near perfect! This is the Sony SLV-D300P model, and it features the flash rewind which advertises rewinding a standard T-120 (SLP mode 6 hour tape) in about a minute. So in this video, I test this player's fast forward and rewind speeds for various tape lengths. I start with the longer tapes and end with the shortest ones. I will have a list of tapes used below in case anyone wishes to skip ahead. I assume most will be bored after watching the first tape anyway, but I made this video for any VHS tape enthusiasts out there like me who, for some odd reason, like to watch tapes rewind, especially at very high speeds like this VCR is capable of. I'm not sure if this is the fastest VCR out there for rewind speed, but I imagine it is among the fastest at least. As you will see in this video, the longer the tape, the faster it rewinds. This is great for feature length movies, as it takes about a minute for most. Shorter tapes, on the other hand, that are T-60 or less can take a long time to rewind. I don't know much about the technology of these, but I will say it is impressive how the VCR can estimate how long a tape is and use that to determine the fast forward or rewind speed.

0:26 T-180 SP Mode (The Sound of Music) - Fast Forward
2:49 T-180 SP Mode (The Sound of Music) - Rewind

4:30 T-180 SLP Mode (Toon Disney Recorded Tape) - Fast Forward
7:19 T-180 SLP Mode (Toon Disney Recorded Tape) - Rewind

9:05 T-120 SP Mode (Earl Scruggs and Friends) - Fast Forward
10:56 T-120 SP Mode (Earl Scruggs and Friends) - Rewind

12:11 T-90 SP Mode (A Boy Named Charlie Brown) - Fast Forward
14:05 T-90 SP Mode (A Boy Named Charlie Brown) - Rewind

15:21 ~T-60 SP Mode (The Lewis Family) - Fast Forward
18:28 ~T-60 SP Mode (The Lewis Family) - Rewind

21:01 ~T-30 SP Mode (Smoky Mountain Hymns 2) - Fast Forward
23:42 ~T-30 SP Mode (Smoky Mountain Hymns 2) - Rewind

25:53 T-30 SP Mode (Smoky Mountain Hymns 4) - Fast Forward
26:57 T-30 SP Mode (Smoky Mountain Hymns 4) - Rewind

27:44 ~T-15 SLP Mode (Twisters Nature's Fury 2) - Fast Forward
29:51 ~T-15 SLP Mode (Twisters Nature's Fury 2) - Rewind