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Post by RWels on Mar 15, 2005 19:59:55 GMT
Bit of a weird question perhaps. Let me explain what I mean by this. I noticed that a lot of VCR collectors focus entirely on the machinery of old types of VCR.
But I was wondering at what time prerecorded video tapes first came out for sale or for rent.
From my own collection of monty python vids I can tell films were available on super8 film, in an abbreviated version. After that there was CED and vids on betamax, VHS and even on VCC/video2000.
But did anyone ever see or does anyone remember prerecorded N1700 vcr tapes?
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Post by the uninvited guest on Mar 15, 2005 22:36:27 GMT
Yep they did appear . Thames TV certainly had a couple of titles on n1500 or 1700?? such as ' Looks Familiar '
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Post by RWels on Mar 16, 2005 10:53:27 GMT
Sounds weird, considering that show dates from 1984 according to the IMDB.
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Post by John G on Mar 16, 2005 11:33:44 GMT
Quote TSounds weird, considering that show dates from 1984 according to the IMDB.
on channel four yes! from 1984
However it was an ITV afternoon
show from circa 1972 -1981
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Post by Guest on Mar 16, 2005 11:34:03 GMT
Sounds weird, considering that show dates from 1984 according to the IMDB. "Looks Familiar" ran from the early/mid 1970s IMDB is OK as "starting point", but should NEVER be regarded as gospel without cross-checking, the television details have loads of omissions and inaccuacies |
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Post by RWels on Mar 16, 2005 11:52:50 GMT
True.
So what kind of show was it that it got released on VCR so early?
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Post by Guest on Mar 16, 2005 12:28:57 GMT
True. So what kind of show was it that it got released on VCR so early? Why it was released? Who can say? The show was a half hour studio nostalgia wallow with a few film clips and a lot of reminiscences. Three guests usually of "vintage age" and hosted by Denis Norden. I think it was actually a "quiz" in the loosest possible way - no prizes and who won was irrelevant. A daytime staple for many years ... spun off from a BBC radio show "Sounds Familiar" There was an occassional peak time special - one with Morecambe and Wise and hour long I think it may have transfered to Channel 4 sometime in the 80s before coming to an end. |
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Post by RWels on Mar 16, 2005 12:35:28 GMT
Who knows indeed.
There must have been some more releases on N1700 tapes than. But it's very hard to find nfo on it.
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Post by Philip Elsmore on Mar 16, 2005 13:23:16 GMT
Looks Familiar was on Thames and some other regions, from the seventies well into 1983.
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Post by William Martin on Mar 16, 2005 15:39:58 GMT
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Post by Kev on Mar 16, 2005 17:11:54 GMT
No dollybird!
Aaah shame!
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Post by RWels on Mar 16, 2005 22:27:22 GMT
I doubt that dollybird was prerecorded.
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Post by William Martin on Mar 18, 2005 13:28:07 GMT
copied a few times perhaps? I wonder if the copies would have been as good?
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Post by PHNEILL on Mar 18, 2005 14:44:14 GMT
Rank started to make prerecorded Umatic tapesin 1972/3 for the educational market.
Prerecorded VHS appeared in the first video rental shop (in London) in 1978/79. These shops spread throghout the UK in 1979.
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Post by AndyMcKinney on Mar 18, 2005 14:47:58 GMT
"there was selectavision in about 1969 not exactly what you mean but they were pre-recorded cassettes."
I think he meant pre-recorded tapes that were available to BUY, not just tapes that came with systems that never entered production. SelectaVision was, as I'm sure you know, just a prototype.
I would guess Beta and VHS were the first with pre-recorded movies to buy/rent (at least, in the USA). Anyone got evidence of any earlier formats with pre-recorded videos for sale/rent?
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