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

[@ImRyanP3756]

Brings me back to when I was about 9 years old, I loved FF and REW my grandma’s VHS tapes in her VCR

[@alcapone531]

I am in the midst of a crisis of nostalgia, so I found this video. Man, the old life was so much better, I miss the old corded phones, the VHS, audio tape and of course the music and my old friends ... the internet can be a great technological advance, but I would trade it for the way to be from the 90s without thinking twice.

[@mohammadhammam5688]

Well said brother

[@sonvan9284]

.a.pt0

[@Sayed_85]

👍👌

[@stephensnell5707]

Smartphones are way better and can be used anywhere whereas old day corded basically could be used only in 1 spot Also VHS were always unreliable and would degrade with every use as would cassette tapes so modern technology is 100% way better and portable

[@kernel_data_inpage_error]

Bro, I would take VHS out of that statement, image quality is nowhere near today standards, even players were reliable, they would betray you at some point and in the worst way possible, specially those "silent" ones which relied on rubber belts for the load/eject system as those belts aged they started slipping, leaving the eject process halfway-through and ripping the tape into oblivion upon ejecting. Had 2 of my most favorite tapes ruined because of this

[@markoheiskanen2941]

Oh man, this VCR is gentle with the slowdowns. My VCR always gave this loud THUNK sound (followed by some additional whining noises as the player still tried to ff the tape, until it finally gave up after 4 or 5 seconds) when it reached the end of the tape.

[@Card1974]

JVC HR-J715, if I remember correctly. Good value and it never did harm the tapes, but it definitely didn't sound gentle.

[@patricknedz]

I has a symphic DVD/VCR combo which was made by Funai yes it did the same thing and rather slow at rewinding took about 5 minuets to rewind a T120 my panasonic VCR does much better

[@zombeeznutz]

YESS THAT ALWAYS SCARED ME AS A KID

[@warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015]

Marko Heiskanen at 14:36 this is one of my favorite movies

[@kittypuppy9284]

My JVC VCR is gentle with the slow downs too.

[@ComePlayWithMe]

nostalgia.... thanks !

[@doctorcoleman5942]

It’s Very Calm And Relaxing I Love Watching 2 Spinners Going at 100Mph to 200 Mph

[@stephensnell5707]

I would say the speed is more like 100mph

[@pierluigigrimaldi407]

For Easter I saw "Ben Hur" on a 3 ½ hours Dolby Stereo VHS and the rewind continued for 15 minutes!

[@vhsmaniaman6986]

Why is this so satisfying? xD

[@TheSuperStylishSmurfs]

Maybe because we like seeing the mechanism inside technology

[@stephensnell1379]

@@TheSuperStylishSmurfs absolutely correct

[@bullwinklefan2003]

Because, seeing a VCR in action is really cool! 😃😃

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

Only my generation and older will understand this quality quote. “Be kind and please, rewind!”

[@mohammadhammam5688]

I think that were written on vhs cassettes at vedio rental shops right?

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

@@mohammadhammam5688 blockbuster VHS tapes “be kind, please rewind!”

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean VIDEO

[@Baldis_basics_plus]

It used to be a sticker sometimes 😊

[@ferdinardsdestiny9368]

VHS are part of your childhood

[@user-zo9dc1lu3q]

VCR's are also part of my childhood. And i still use them today. I was born in 1988 X-D

[@CesareVesdani]

Yes it was and I still use them today along with CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray disks.

[@SuperMarioLoudHouse]

Yep 👍

[@raymondkim8887]

@SuperMarioLoudHouse2003 Since I have the VCR at my home Sony VHS/DVD player combo SLV-D300P, I try to fix inside with cleaning alcohol and some ear swabs. After I put the tape in, it plays fine but I'm having a glitch or static problem with one of the 2 rollers. You know the white static lines while plays. I could use some help. I use a screwdriver to make it clear when I'mh holding it down tight. I let it go and it make static. Help me to this solution.

[@stephensnell5707]

​@@user-zo9dc1lu3qwell they are way outdated(VCRs and VHS Tapes were phased out forever in 2006)

[@rodolfovargas7952]

Personally, I love VHS, there are so many tapes in diferent colors that it's hard to collect them all. The two reels holding the tapes inside have different shapes, I really find those fascinating, even the ones on the oversized hubs, and the clips that hold the beginning and the end of the tapes in different colors as well. The normal running time for a tape is about two hours. But for the oversized-hub tapes, about 30 minutes.

[@SpeedDudeGTX]

Be careful, the Flash Rewind feature can cause quite a bit of stress to the tape. Overall good video, I like how it automatically slows down to the end or beginning of the movie too.

[@windestruct]

How does the device detect when it is near the end of the tape

[@stephensnell1379]

@@windestruct it's because a small light in the player will shine through the clear bit at the end of the tape and that will automatically tell the player when the end of the tape has been reached

[@windestruct]

@@stephensnell1379 But where is that clear bit located?

[@stephensnell1379]

@@windestruct you can't see the clear bit of the tape It's located at the very end of the tape but is hidden inside the video tape shell(this is the plastic parts that hold the tape and protect it too)

[@stephensnell5707]

@@windestruct the clear bit is on each side of the tape and a small light will shine through it when the end of the tape has been reached This not only during Playback,it also happens when the tape is in Fast Forward and Rewind

[@jacobbailey2134]

The Sound of Music is my favorite movie of all time! ❤ I have it on VHS. But it was released in 1996.

[@cyberwolfe]

Just imagine if everyday VCRs PLAYED tapes that fast and this was considered normal.

[@wrestletube1]

Panasonic have the Super Drive rewinds. JVC's had the VA dubbing features under the flap so you can record your own voice acting soundtrack on a pirate copy or a taped off of the TV production. Sharp's have 6 Heads and SECAM and NTSC along with the normal PAL so it still works if you move to a different country with different tapes as long as you have the plug converters or if you wanted to play those tapes in the UK.

[@smasherkid586]

The speed of it rewinding is like a race car.

[@S-Video]

The reason why the DVD player is “broken” is because the machine is set to 480p DVD output, which only displays correctly through component video. It can be turned off by pressing the PROGRESSIVE button on the front. The blue light will stop shining and the picture will look correct on RF, composite, and S-Video. Since this video is old, I think you might’ve figured this out by now.

[@stephensnell5707]

This Video is NOT that old it is only from 2015(7 years ago so it is still quite a very recent video)

[@CesareVesdani]

Please can you rewind and fast forward a 10 hour fully recorded VHS tape. How long will it take?

[@moje12a]

Yes T-240 in SLP over 12 hours

[@redstar-media]

thanks for the nostalgia, now i really need one of these

[@stephensnell5707]

Well you cannot buy VCR Players VCR Players and VHS Tapes anymore as they got entirely phased out in 2006

[@antoniopadilla2489]

What shows on Toon Disney are recorded?

[@wrestletube1]

Watching this reminds me of watching washing machines spin round and round on holiday.

[@pvh_facp4001yt]

Ah the joys of rewinding tapes before returning them. If you guys remember there was a charge for not rewinding tapes. Like $40 or something at blockbuster?

[@JsBluRays]

I doubt it was that high, but yeah I remember those days

[@DelinaSilence]

I like how the player starts hesitating at around 6:25 like "Blimey how much more tape is there?"

[@avagafonov]

This is exactly the same tape cassette mechanism which is in, for example, in Samsung SVR-155. It was mostly known in CIS (former USSR) in the middle of 00's. I wondered that your Sony is just chinese mass product like my low-budget player.

[@windestruct]

Dvd doesn't function well and vhs near perfect? It is usually the opposite

[@stephensnell5707]

Wrong DVD is way better and can last 100+ years

[@CesareVesdani]

Can you make more VHS rewind, fast forwards videos like this one with various VCR brands to test the difference in rewind and fast forward speeds?

[@liammusgrove6334]

The fact that the first tape is almost 3 hours long is kind of disturbing.

[@liammusgrove6334]

But what's even MORE disturbing is that the second one is supposedly 9 hours long.

[@zacharysiple783]

WHAT? The Sound of Music is a classic, in my top 10 in fact! At 2: 55 runtime it's long, but very well worth it!

[@stephensnell5707]

​@@liammusgrove6334 actually this Video shows that the second tape in this Video is actually 9 hours 6 minutes long

[@CesareVesdani]

What is the longest tape possible that can be recorded?

[@CesareVesdani]

@@ZXSPECT I have T-300 VHS videos which are 5 hours of SP mode and can record up to 10 hours of video in LP mode.

[@JsBluRays]

I'd love to have one of the longest tapes. It would be kind of cool just to say I had one.

[@CesareVesdani]

@@OldsVito Yes, I mean E-300 which is 5 hours VHS tapes recorded in SP mode.

[@CesareVesdani]

@@OldsVito I have not seen any 12 hour tapes yet.

[@CesareVesdani]

@@OldsVito Yes, true but you can fit 3 movies if they all are 90 minutes long on a T-300 VHS tape.

[@MasterTechPaul]

Woah! This one is faster than mine.

[@stephensnell5707]

But do notice how near the end it slows down drastically

[@InnokentyPro]

Hello. How does it recognize when to speed up and when to slow down? My tape recorder doesn't go faster, but must.

[@BKDBrian2]

I wonder if "Timon and Pumbaa" is on that Toon Disney tape.

[@JsBluRays]

I think there is probably an episode or two, yes

[@user-un6bw2ks8c]

The sound of music

[@wrestletube1]

You could if you wanted buy an E300 tape then make a homemade video of an SP into an LP into an EP then try the rewinding on one of those multi speed recorded as well as being a 5 hour tape bad boys.

[@aleksandarprosic6206]

USA 640x483NTSC VHS T-120 SP2h/LP4h/EP6h=EUROPE 720x576PAL SECAM VHS E-175 SP2h55min/LP5h55min, USA NTSC VHS T-180 SP 3h/LP 6h/EP 9h = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-263 SP 4h 23min/LP 8h 46min VHS T-205 SP3h25min/LP6h50min/EP10h15min=EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-300 SP 5h/LP 10h VHS T-103 SP 1h43min/LP 3h26min/EP 5h9min = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-150 SP 2h30min/LP 5h VHS T-168 SP2h48min/LP5h36min/EP8h24min= EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-240 SP 4h/LP 8h VHS T-127 SP 2h7min/LP 4h14min/EP 6h21min = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-180 SP 3h/LP 6h VHS T-84 SP 1h24min/LP 2h48min/EP 4h12min = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-120 SP 2h/LP 4h VHS T-42 SP 42min/LP 1h24min/EP 2h8min = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-60 SP 1h/LP 2h VHS T-75 SP 1h15min/LP 2h30min/EP 3h45min = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-110 SP 1h50min/LP 3h40min USA NTSC VHS T-60 SP 1h/LP 2h/EP 3h = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-88 SP 1h 28min/LP 2h 56min USA NTSC VHS T-30 SP30min/LP1h/EP1h30min= EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-44 SP 44min/LP 1h 28min USA NTSC VHS T-15 SP 15min/LP 30min/EP 1h = EUROPE PAL SECAM VHS E-22 SP 22min/LP 44min

[@emmanoelluz]

you are smart

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

My SLV-D300P's VCR has an eating problem when ejecting tapes. Anyone in the know for other models with the same issue?

[@doguyucel8538]

I have one of those but i don't know how to use this feature. Can anyone tell me how it's used.

[@joe5117]

You stop the tape and then rewind it. I have the SLV-N750 and that's how I do it.

[@greensprite6067]

It’s 2020 and some of my school vlogs are still shot on tape bejcase students are not allowed to bring phones into my school, so the only time I could film videos in class is when my teacher gives me tablets for an assignment

[@auxisolano8025]

It sounds like my Sony SLV-N88 VCR

[@jeetenderkakkar7570]

Hello sir How to do SLV-D300P Flash Rewind VHS Tape FF/REW Cycles for Many Tapes in jammu

[@ahmedsharawy1346]

Second tape with EP system

[@carlosgallego6080]

More FF/REW tapes. Please

[@gamesandmoviesentertainmen4259]

I still have my Working DVD+VHS Player Hooked up to my 2019 HD Flat Screen TV❗️❗️ºoº ºoº ºoº ºoº ºoº ºoº

[@Gmoney6422]

dude ihave that same vcr. i got it at an e waste center looking clean for free. it came with its remote

[@JsBluRays]

Awesome! I only paid a dollar for mine at a rummage sale. The only problem is the DVD player is busted on it, which is pretty annoying. But the VCR is what I bought it for, and it works great, so I'm happy about it.

[@matezsiros3650]

Have you tried cleaning the lens of the DVD player? It works sometimes.

[@Gmoney6422]

yes it is better now

[@justinmckenzie9851]

+J's Blu-Rays I have a VHS VCR SnLV 662 HF

[@darinb.3273]

Be prepared to take it apart when the DVD player dies ... the drive does nothing once it gives up the ghost ... the on screen menus won't work either mine says "please wait ... try again later" Just read the post about the lense being dirty not the case with mine the drawer will not open (if opened manually) it will not close (not a belt either) I researched it and as near as I tell the on board memory chip died and the electronic board won't communicate with the main board (in an infinite wait state) LOL

[@pepsileto6623]

11:44 снижение громкой перемотки

[@jamesleethebond]

Can you make a video like this with a beta tape??

[@JsBluRays]

+James Lee (leejiasengthepro1) I don't have any beta tapes :/

[@jamesleethebond]

+J's Blu-Rays oh

[@RogerLaMasCool5062]

Only $1100

[@MyDenney]

Where is the headphone Jack and VU meters?

[@JsBluRays]

I'm not sure

[@warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015]

I still own a VCR player

[@stephensnell1379]

Same with me I happen to still have 2 VCRS

[@warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015]

@@stephensnell1379 I still used it just for fun to capture my favorite movies

[@babumanikuttan2258]

Woow super

[@Muhtata12341]

Yah I still have thar

[@RaviKumar-xd5ch]

Mere pass hai vhs ki kaisit dvd mai copy kr do

[@Nantawat_Kittiwarakul]

Ouch!That's TERRIBLY FAST.Might not be healthy for some very,very old tapes.The leader might snap off,tape torn apart,etc. I also have a not exactly this model,but very same mechanics.So flimsy when compared to mid 90's vcr. I've heard that late Sony's vcr were actually re-branded Samsung.Cost-cutting maybe?

[@NininininimoCP]

+Nantawat Kittiwarakul Yeah, they should of includ a safety feature to, when it's reaching the end, slow it down maybe?

[@Nantawat_Kittiwarakul]

+Vrabbers Yup it actually slow down somewhat when reaching the end,but that might be too late for some old brittle tapes - which might be your valuable ones. :(

[@NininininimoCP]

Nantawat Kittiwarakul yeah.... :C i crie... OK I stoppeed xD

[@marykacyy6802]

Nantawat Kittiwarakul Then just do it manually, problem solved

[@stephensnell1379]

@@Nantawat_Kittiwarakul all VHS TAPE players are designed to slow down as they reach the end of Fast Forward and Rewind

[@hubzcaps]

fast deck.

[@musicmomm1]

FF/REW

[@dorchristlove]

Vaseline

[@JAINIGS01]

ARCTIC HARE UKALIQ VCR

[@winstonconklin7416]

why don't you play a movie in rewind WITH sound!? most VCRs don't review with sound .

[@patricknedz]

I think the VCR mutes the sound because it would be too obnoxious to people and they didnt want to hear the squeaky sound. I thought it would be cool to hear it in the faster version though. only on audio tapes you can do that.

[@WooferCooker]

Actually it's because the tape is usually lifted off of the audio head to prevent excessive wear. The video heads get away with this because they're spinning at much a speed, it really isn't effecting them.

[@patricknedz]

I never knew that. Next time I have a VCR open i will have to look at that.

[@stephensnell5707]

@@patricknedz no longer possible anymore to you especially as VCRs NO LONGER EXIST AS THEY WENT FOR GOOD IN 2006

[@patricknedz]

@@stephensnell5707 I actually have several VCRs in storage that still work well right now.

[@TheRealDorran]

0:10 0:25

[@romulogarcia1323]

We Died 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anitag2738]

It goes buzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@oziasosongo2431]

BN

[@angrygermankidftwcailloudo5707]

26:19

[@kotokoto9472]

I can not believe you have lost 31 minutes of life just show us how this device is running an icrified video tape you should call the guiness book to recognize your performance

[@randomvideos8722]

31 minutes and 40 seconds that is.

[@stephensnell5707]

Many people like old day tech

[@miriammdza3320]

Vhs

[@miriammdza3320]

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[@summerpinguin6273]

just here to watch how annoying my parents had to experience technology

[@deanhite3078]

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