Video Walkman: Sony's 1991 Portable 8mm VCR!

Usually we think of VCRs as boxes that hook up to the TV in the living room. This Sony GV-500, though, is quite a bit smaller.

Sources:

CCD-G1 photos: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Sony-CC...
Billboard, August 31, 1985.
Sony EV-C3E photo: https://shop.kusera.de/Sony-Video-8-V...
VHS camcorder photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Sony Betamax VCR photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Betamax and VHS tapes photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Video Walkman ad:    • Sony Video Walkman Commercial 1989  
GV-D1000 photo: https://utopiacam.com/en/shop/gv-d1000/

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