Sanyo VCR-5050
Almost nothing is documented about the Sanyo VCR-5050. The records consulted for this entry have no specifications, service literature, period advertising or reviews for it. The gaps list doesn't even confirm the product type. The "VCR" prefix, following the same naming pattern as Sanyo's VCR-3900, suggests a video cassette recorder, but that is an inference from the model number, not a documented fact.
The press of the day was covering the home-video market Sanyo was competing in. High Fidelity (November 1980, p.43), for instance, reported on Panasonic's new PK-750 color camera - a $1,000, 4-lb.-8-oz. outfit with a 1.5-inch electronic viewfinder and a 6:1 motorized auto-iris zoom lens. None of that coverage mentions the VCR-5050, and no period source tying Sanyo to this specific model has surfaced.
If you own a VCR-5050, have a manual, or have spotted it in a catalog listing, the Archive would welcome the correction.
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