Video2000 tape being played in a VHS VCR

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Published 2018-08-27

I have 8 V2000 tapes but no such VCR. So I thought I could try this rather pointless experiment. As you can hear, the audio plays backwards because on a V2000 machine, when side A is playing, the audio head reads the bottom portion of the tape, unlike Betamax and VHS tapes which have the audio track on the top edge of the tape. So the VCR was actually playing the audio of side B backwards! Of course no picture can be seen.

All Comments (13)

@Iamshady-yn6mg 4 years ago

Remember guys, don't try this at home because the same thing is gonna happen to you.
@sbanner428 4 years ago

“Ma, the VCR’s possessed!”
@TheVCRKing 5 years ago

Now the VCR is possessed
3 years ago

good try, i suggested to see somthing like a vertically splitted screen with side 1 and side 2 at the same time. may be a codec firmware update will fix this? (joke)
@josegti84 3 years ago

Hi mate, which oil do you recommend for motor shaft lubrication? The 3 in 1 type oil that everyone has at home is a good option...? I'm doing some work on a VCR. Thank you mate.
5 years ago

Gorgeous
@wrtlpfmpf 2 years ago

Well obviously it won't work since V2000 is actually a quarter inch format while VHS is a half inch one.
@ramchandrayadav8416 3 years ago

If available , price what
@nasirraza4487 3 years ago

What model is that VCR?
@honestguy7764 3 years ago

It sounds backwards, because you threaded the tape upside down.
@SrLobo90 4 years ago

I managed to align the V2000's video data with the VHS head and video came out, but in black and white and distorted.
@ninosubotic04 5 years ago

I have national nv 100 and tuner