![]() Quasar's brand recognition and sales peaked by 2000-2001 and has declined ever since. Then, VHQ-40M and VHQ-41M as successors for the next three years. In 1999, the Quasar brand was revived to serve as low-priced models of home electronics for Costco Wholesale stores, with the VHQ-940 VHS VCR model being the #1 best-selling VCR in America during the 1999 Christmas holiday shopping season. The Franklin Park plant and Matushita's management and manufacturing processes were discussed in Theory Z, a book by University of California, Los Angeles management professor William Ouchi. In 1981, improved production operations at this plant were praised by the media and management specialists, and quality control employees noted that they rarely were required to repair manufacturing defects, which had been a problem previously. In the late 1970s, Quasar Company was established as a sales operation, with Quasar Electronics, Inc., manufacturing both televisions and microwave ovens in Franklin Park, Illinois. Motorola continued to operate a plant in Quincy, Illinois, until 1976, when this also was transferred to Matsushita. Production of home television receivers continued under a newly incorporated entity, Quasar Electronics, Inc., an American-managed subsidiary of Matsushita Electronic Corporation of America (MECA). On May 29, 1974, Motorola, Inc., sold its television manufacturing division-including its plants in Pontiac, Illinois Franklin Park, Illinois and Markham, Ontario-to Matsushita. Quasar was established as a television brand in 1967 by Motorola, who wanted to emphasize the simplified design of their all-transistor television sets the chassis was designed in such a way that the electronic components were contained within a drawer that could be slid out by a technician for easy replacement or repair. In 2013, Panasonic re-registered the Quasar trademark. In 1974, Motorola sold its television business to Matsushita Electric, now Panasonic, which continued producing and marketing televisions under the Quasar brand until 2005. It was then established as a subsidiary brand, with all Motorola-manufactured televisions being sold as Quasar by Motorola. These TVs were marketed as containing all serviceable parts in a drawer beside the picture tube. Quasar is an American brand of electronics, first used by Motorola in 1967 for a model line of transistorized color televisions. Oh the remote for the 5000/5010 recorders was a simple wired PAUSE control, its input and outputs were composite/mono audio and RF in modulated RF (CH3/4) out.Televisions, VCRs, record players, cassette players, air conditioners, Palmcorders, and microwave ovens ![]() Instead of going that route JVC later came up with 4 video head machines for their SP/EP(SLP) multi-speed VCRs and all but ignored the LP speed. SP still looked better than LP but not as good as JVCs SP only machines, which were optimized for SP. Because of this to avoid overwriting on LP the head gap was basically made for LP and wasted quite a bit of tape area when using SP. ![]() Both retailed(and basically sold for at the time) a cool $1100! which according to my handy dandy inflation calculator, would be over $4000 todayīoth were a 2/4hr(SP/LP) only machine that IMO made rather dismal recordings on either SP or LP due to Matsushita using the same 2 heads to record SP and LP. The VH5010 was a '79 year model and the VH5000 was a '78, most notably the 5010 had a better timer, otherwise, they were very similar. Both the VH-5000 and VH-5010 were made by Matsushita(as was the VR1000) which also made VCRs for RCA, Panasonic, National, Philco, Magnavox, Curtis Mathes and several other brands. ![]() Wow, Quasar, now I haven't heard that name for a coon's age! Quasar's Great Time MachineĪre you sure it's not a VH-5010? Which along with the VH-5000 were Quasar's first foray into VHS, before that Quasar used their failed VR1000 format.
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