1985 Panasonic OmniMovie PV-200D full-size VHS Camcorder

The camera I've been using for all these ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃvideos.

This is Panasonic's first entry into the consumer camcorder market, which was in 1985. As opposed to using a special cassette format, they, along with RCA and Hitachi, entered the consumer camcorder market with camcorders that used a full-sized VHS tape.

The PV-200D boasted the ability to play standard VHS movies, besides recording their own home movies, allowing the camcorder to double as a standard VCR (as can be seen in the TV commercial for the camcorder).

It's also possible to acquire a car adapter, which only has composite output

The provided power brick can power up the camera to watch or record videos, or charge a battery (it cannot do both simultaneously). It has both composite output and an RF modulator. It can also power up a secondary charger.

This unit was manufactured in November of 1985

The camera records at 29.97 FPS (NTSC broadcast-friendly equivalent of 30fps). It is possible to achieve 59.94 fps (the ATSC broadcast-friendly equivalent of 60fps) with the correct de-interlacing settings.

The camcorder is NOT compatible with SLP/EP-recorded cassettes. It can only play/record SP cassettes.

VHS audio is recorded in MONO.

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Highlights:
00:00 Advertisement for the camcorder
00:30 Titlecard
00:46 Introduction to the OmniMovie camera
01:24 Overview
02:25 Controls
05:05 One more thing....
05:18 Power adapter
06:19 Powering on
07:41 Direct video input....
08:53 Test tape (recording from outside and inside the house)