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larschr
10-01-2006, 11:36 AM
I finally got a Video 2000 player yesterday. Got it from a friend who worked at a Philips dealer when V2000 was released. This is a VR2020, the first model. Itīs just basic, it has no still or picture search functions. I got one tape for it, so i hooked it up, and it worked great from the first second. Itīs extremely well built. It weighs close to 20 kilos i think, and has a power consumption of 75 watts. Actually, the threading system is driven by metal wires! Itīs not the quickest operating video recorder i have used, but it doesnīt really matter with no "fancy" functions. but itīs unbeliveably silent. You can barely hear when itīs running. I think it will be great together with my Philips K11 or K12 TV.

dtuomi
10-01-2006, 05:00 PM
That's a nice one. I've been looking around for an NTSC Video 2000, but I don't think they were ever exported to the U.S. They were a neat tape format.

David