page_title: Video 2000
section_title: Machines
hierarchical_section_title: Video 2000 / Machines
caption_attribution_description: English: Pye-branded "Video 2000"-format video cassette recorder. Photographed at the Electricity Hall of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
context_page_description: Video 2000 is a consumer videocassette system and analogue recording standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies. Designed for the PAL color television standard, distribution of Video 2000 products began in 1979 exclusively in Europe, South Africa and Argentina and ended in 1988.
  Video 2000 was presented at the International Radio Exhibition in Berlin in 1979 and succeeded Philips's earlier Video Cassette Recording format and its derivatives. Although some early models and advertising featured a mirror-image 'VCR' badge based on the older systems' logo, Video 2000 was an entirely new format that incorporated many technical innovations. Despite this, the format was not a major success and was eventually discontinued, having lost out to the rival VHS system in the videotape format war.
context_section_description: Recorders in the format were manufactured by Philips and Grundig and marketed additionally by Pye, ITT, Bang and Olufsen, Aristona, Erres, Radiola, Siera and Siemens.
  Philips VR2020 basic recorder (also Pye 20VR20, Siera 20VR20, B&O Beocord 8800, ITT 482)
  Philips VR2021 as VR2020 with minor cosmetic changes to bring into line with VR2022, and incorporating several of that machine's upgraded componentry (also Pye 20VR21, ITT 483)
  Philips VR2022 as VR2021 with added noiseless Picture Search at 7x forwards and 5x reverse (Pye 20VR22, B&O Beocord 8802, ITT 580)
  Philips VR2022S as VR2022 but with half-speed slow motion
  Philips VR2023 redesigned fascia and remote control as standard
  Philips VR2024 as VR2023 with added linear stereo (also as VR2099 in dark grey casing)
  Philips VR2025 rebranded Grundig Video 2×4 Super (PAL/SECAM tuner—recorded SECAM as PAL)
  Philips VR2026 (PAL/SECAM tuner—recorded SECAM as PAL)
  Philips VR2220/VR2120 two-part (recorder/tuner-timer) portable machine (also Pye and Radiola 22VR20, Tesla VM2220 PAL/SECAM, Seleco ST900/901)
  Philips VR2324 basic series II compact machine (Pye 23VR24, Siera 23VR24)
  Philips VR2330 as VR2324 with linear stereo
  Philips VR2334 as VR2324 with added remote control and trick play
  Philips VR2340 as VR2334 with added linear stereo
  Philips VR2350 front-loading MatchLine model (features as for VR2340)
  Philips VR2840 as VR2340 with added 16-hour XL recording mode
  Philips VR2870 as VR2340 with PCM hi-fi stereo (only seen in photos, so perhaps just a development machine that wasn't released?)
  Philips VR2414 basic series III compact machine
  Philips VR2424 slightly redesigned VR2414
  Grundig Video 2×4 basic recorder 700 (also ITT 480, Siemens FM204)
  Grundig Video 2×4 plus 770—as 2×4 with added trick play
  Grundig Video 2×4 Super 800: series II machine with noiseless Picture Search at 7x forwards and 5x reverse (also Philips VR2025, Siemens FM402)
  Grundig Video 2×4 850—as 2×4 Super
  Grundig Video 2×4 Stereo 880—as 2×4 Super with added linear stereo (Siemens FM404)
  Grundig Video 2×4 1600—basic series III machine, the only V2000 not to feature DTF
  Grundig Video 2×4 2000—series III machine
  Grundig Video 2×4 2000a—as 2000 but with redesigned electronics and updated display (also Siemens FM324)
  Grundig Video 2×4 2200—series III machine with added linear stereo
  Grundig Video 2×4/2×8 2080—series III machine featuring 16-hour XL recording mode (also Siemens FM328, FM328-9 PAL/SECAM)
  Grundig Video 2×4/2×8 2280—as 2080 with added linear stereo (also Siemens FM428, FM429, FM429-9 PAL/SECAM)
  Grundig Video 2×4/2×8 2280a—as 2280 but completely redesigned to align with the VS2nn VHS models
caption: A Pye 20VR22 recorder
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