EEVblog #907 - RETRO Teardown: Sony Video Walkman

Rocking straight out of 1989. What makes the Sony GV-9E Video Walkman a marvel of engineering, yet ultimately a flop?

Manual: https://docs.sony.com/release/GV9.pdf
What's on the tape: https://youtu.be/XmdBOcmXlsc?t=15m17s
Glass delay lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kcf7IJjszg

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