![In the first of a two-part feature into classic video technology, Tim Jarman tells the story of the video cassette recorder… | StereoNET United Kingdom In the first of a two-part feature into classic video technology, Tim Jarman tells the story of the video cassette recorder… | StereoNET United Kingdom](https://www.stereonet.com/au/images/articles/Images/4430/philips_vr_6560__large_full.jpg)
In the first of a two-part feature into classic video technology, Tim Jarman tells the story of the video cassette recorder… | StereoNET United Kingdom
![1981 model Philips VR2022 VCR. Not VHS or Betamax. This was the Video 2000 cassette format. One could record on both sides of the cassette. The machine is built like a tank. 1981 model Philips VR2022 VCR. Not VHS or Betamax. This was the Video 2000 cassette format. One could record on both sides of the cassette. The machine is built like a tank.](https://preview.redd.it/i7kg7v92mqo81.jpg?auto=webp&s=f3219c0f55aec379d03dd76c09a9fde3957120e8)
1981 model Philips VR2022 VCR. Not VHS or Betamax. This was the Video 2000 cassette format. One could record on both sides of the cassette. The machine is built like a tank.
![PHILIPS VR2220 + VR2122 Video2000 VCC V2000 Portable Video Recorder. On Techmoan £59.99 - PicClick UK PHILIPS VR2220 + VR2122 Video2000 VCC V2000 Portable Video Recorder. On Techmoan £59.99 - PicClick UK](https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/113630522161_/PHILIPS-VR2220-VR2122-Video2000-VCC-V2000-Portable.jpg)