![]() When DVDs were released, brands such as Toshiba introduced a TV/DVD/VCR combo. Some models from Panasonic also included an FM tuner. Though nearly all TV/VCR combination sets have monaural (mono) sound though with stereo soundtrack compatibility, there are a large number of TV/VCR combos with a stereo TV tuner, but a mono VCR (some may even include a mono sound input alongside a composite video input. Some units may also include a headphone jack or S-Video inputs. Most combo units have composite inputs on the front and/or back to connect a home video game console, a second VCR, a DVD player, or a camcorder. By this time, the VHS format had become standard thus the vast majority of TV/VCR combos are VHS-based. Such units entered the market during the mid-to-late 1980s when VCRs had become ubiquitous household devices. ![]() These converged devices have the advantages (compared to a separate TV and VCR) of saving space and increasing portability. A rare Japanese market Betamax TV/VCR combo - Model SL-MV1.Ī combo television unit, or a TV/VCR combo, sometimes known as a televideo, is a television with a VCR, DVD player, or sometimes both, built into a single unit.
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