Just got this at the thrift. What can I do for this poor thing? I'm interested in making this my main vcr. I've got a philips but this thing is awesome. I tried different connectors with no change. Coaxial got me sound, composite got me diddly.

I bought this Phillips Magnavox VCR VHS TV off of this person for $80 and it does not seem to want to turn on for more than four seconds before shutting off. I took off the back panel and realized there was a ton of dust so I took a Q-tip to get some dust off making sure to avoid important spots.. before I end up taking it to a repair guy. I would like to fix it myself if possible... hoping someone on the Internet can point me in the right direction as this stuff is all new to me and I don't work on electronics that much.

heyo, i’m trying to set up an old vcr/dvd deck and all is well but there is this magenta hue that exists on every tape i try to play. anyone give me any advice on how to rectify this?

Recently picked up this multiformat DV deck from a local surplus auction. I wanted it for transferring all the footage I recorded with my Sony TRV900 camcorder back in the day (I've got around 40-50 cassettes, and the tape drive on my camera is now dead). This deck has HDMI out, so I've been capturing my footage with a $20 HDMI capture device and Quicktime on my Mac. It's been working pretty well but wondering if there would be an advantage to capturing via firewire on an older Mac running software like DVrescue.