The GR-AX800 is a 1995 JVC VHS-C camcorder, the year its service manual is dated, and dealers advertised it as new in Video Magazine that summer. It sat between the GR-AX700 and the GR-AX900 in JVC's line, and a period sourcebook filed it under step-up features with no color viewfinder, which was the AX900's job. So you get a 12x zoom, a 120x digital zoom, a black-and-white viewfinder and a remote, and the adapter JVC called the VHS PlayPak, which lets the tapes play in a full-size VHS deck. It's a mid-90s family camcorder in the plainest sense, on the compact tape JVC invented.
Tape check
Should come with it
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
No model-specific faults are documented. Original packs are around thirty years old, and a camera that only powers on hasn't proved its tape transport works.
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Buying guide
No AX800 for sale right now is titled as working or even powering on, so every one is a gamble on the tape transport, and the prices reflect it. At least 11 are listed at $22 to $52 delivered, most within the $30 to $45 band, and the gamble we'd take is the $22 kit with two batteries, the charger and the manual. For $30 delivered there's also one with a battery still in its package, the charger and a bag. Before buying any, ask the seller to play a VHS-C tape and send a short video through the viewfinder, its only screen, or on a TV. None of these titles mention the C-P7U PlayPak adapter, which you need to play the tapes in a VHS deck, and original BN-V packs are around thirty years old, so price any included battery as dead.
$22.02est. delivered
Nothing in the title says it works, but $22 delivered gets the camera with two batteries, the charger and the manual, less than any other listing here. Treat the packs as dead until they hold a charge, and ask for a video of a tape playing before you buy.
JVC Compact VHS GR-AX800U Video Camera Recorder With 2 Batteries Charger & Man.
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Used$22.02est. delivered
$14.99 + $7.03 shipping
Buy It Now$14.99
Project piece
Two batteries, charger and manual as titled. No test claim.
Seller: homesteadheritage
99.6% positive
For parts$27.66est. delivered
$14.95 + $12.71 shipping
Buy It Now$14.95
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Our take
Titled untested, no battery. Hard case, manual and a spare tape included.
Seller: mangotangoquickwitt
99.5% positive
Used$29.99delivered
$29.99 · free shipping
Buy It Now$29.99
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Our take
Case, battery and AC adapter as titled; the battery is still in its package. No test claim.
Seller: johnsonrace
100% positive
Used$39.85est. delivered
$25.00 + $14.85 shipping
Buy It Now$25.00
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Our take
Titled with accessories. Battery, charger and power adapter in the photo. No test claim.
Seller: chevel-6152
100% positive
For parts$41.82est. delivered
$30.00 + $11.82 shipping
Buy It Now$30.00
Our take
Titled untested. Camera alone in the photo.
Seller: majac-11
100% positive
Used$43.00est. delivered
$32.00 + $11.00 shipping
Buy It Now$32.00
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Our take
Camera with a case as titled. No test claim.
Seller: michaelcohick
100% positive
Used$44.00est. delivered
$26.00 + $18.00 shipping
Buy It Now$26.00
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Our take
Battery, charger and hard case as titled. No test claim.
Seller: dyschum_51
99.9% positive
Used$45.00est. delivered
$30.00 + $15.00 shipping
Buy It Now$30.00
Our take
Remote, battery, charger and hard case as titled. No test claim.
Seller: pascuasanche_92
100% positive
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