sony made too many fucking different kinds of Handycam with few clear "model lines." the differences between them are unclear if they're not visible on the outside. there aren't any comprehensive catalogs with dates and prices and such. The last of their 8mm analog camcorders were "XR" which added maybe 10% luma resolution on top of Hi8, but for some reason they made at least one Video8 XR camcorder toward the very end instead of just carrying on with plain Video8 for the low end, and the only one I've ever seen is in this box. Why did they do it?? It's baffling
It is indeed baffling and stupid! Also delighted by the Tub Of Camcorders, I need to get one of those, all of mine are currently relegated to Shelf and I'm running out of room