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Video 2000 - The European video format (Patreon)

Published:

2018-09-07 19:00:26

Edited:

2018-09-07 21:14:31

Imported:

2021-02

Content

The story of Video 2000 - the format that came third in the videotape format war.

PAL TV territory residents my age or older will likely remember V2000 - but for everyone else this could be the first time you've even heard of it, which really does show just how quick and how hard it failed.

It was technically the most sophisticated of the three formats - but ultimately that proved irrelevant as the format wars were as good as over before V2000 had put its boots on.

Assembling this story has been an epic task, a couple of years in the making, I hope you enjoy it.

It's a long one.

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Video History: V2000 - The format that came third in a two-horse race

Video 2000 - or V2000 is the video cassette recorder format that Philips predicted would have 50% of the European market by 1985. While everyone is familiar with the Beta vs VHS battle - here's the story of the other video tape format - the Video Compact Cassette. If you want to see more about Beta vs VHS watch Technology Connections series of videos - Part 1: https://youtu.be/FyKRubB5N60 ---------------SUBSCRIBE------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 -------------Merchandise----------------- https://teespring.com/stores/techmoan-merch -------------SUPPORT--------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan Patrons usually have early access to videos -------THANKS TO ------- Jerobeam Fenderson for the intro animation: http://oscilloscopemusic.com/ ----------Outro Music----------- Over Time - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw ------Outro Sound Effect------ ThatSFXGuy - https://youtu.be/5M3-ZV5-QDM