Jensen AVS-6200 (c. 1984–1985)
Surviving information on the Jensen AVS-6200 is thin, so this page is built from period magazine coverage, not a manufacturer fact sheet. Here is what the record shows. The AVS-6200 was Jensen's early VHS Hi-Fi VCR, a fully featured deck from the first wave of VHS Hi-Fi hardware. High Fidelity (February 1985, p.45) listed it at $1,295. It had a cable-ready 14-day, 8-event tuner/timer, wireless remote, time-remaining indicator, sleep timer, program seek, and VHS Hi-Fi stereo audio recording and playback. The front panel measured 17¼ by 4¼ inches, with depth of 14¾ inches plus clearance for connections.
The deck recorded and played back in SP and EP. It could also play tapes made at the intermediate LP speed, but without the special effects available at the standard speeds. Separate video heads handled the slower formats. High Fidelity (February 1985, p.46) also noted the control layout: a full-length flip-down door beneath the main transport controls and a separate switch for audio dubbing.
Bench results were respectable for the period. High Fidelity (February 1985, p.49) measured A-weighted noise more than 80 dB below reference in Hi-Fi recording. It called gray-scale linearity unusually good and found a fair amount of chroma differential gain. An Audio comparison of VHS Hi-Fi decks (November 1984, p.54) placed the AVS-6200 alongside GE, JVC, RCA, Panasonic, Sharp, and Jensen models, and listed eight programmable events over a fourteen-day period.
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