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Sideband · 10th May 2010, 1:57 pm

No idea why they made their own decks other than they could I suppose. There were some Philips machines that used Japanese decks. I can't remember the model numbers of them off-hand now but there were some that used Panasonic, some JVC and others Sharp. My favourite of the Jap decks was always the Panasonic 'G' deck and I still have a Philips VR6585 that uses this albeit with a couple of Philips variations.

SB

10th May 2010, 1:57 pm	#9
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,580	Re: VCR - Philips VR6293 No idea why they made their own decks other than they could I suppose. There were some Philips machines that used Japanese decks. I can't remember the model numbers of them off-hand now but there were some that used Panasonic, some JVC and others Sharp. My favourite of the Jap decks was always the Panasonic 'G' deck and I still have a Philips VR6585 that uses this albeit with a couple of Philips variations. SB __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....