View Single Post
Old 31st Oct 2017, 10:09 pm   #23
Maarten
Dekatron
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Posts: 4,185
Default Re: What year did Long Play (LP) become available on UK VCRs?

Quote:
Originally Posted by rambo1152 View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by dave walsh View Post
I remember a great deal of annoyance when it was claimed the same recorders, with the same control chip were being sold as one or two speed versions depending on how they were wired. Urban myth or disingenuous behaviour
I worked for GTVR at that time.

Whether it's disingenuous or simply good business practice depends on which side of the fence you are on. It probably costs the manufactures peanuts to add the extra features in the upmarket models.
What is GTVR?

Anyway, the cheapest LP models only had 2 video heads, so making it a firmware feature sure seems feasible to me. However I don't know of any major brand that used 2 heads on LP models, they all had 4 so it would have cost significantly more to manufacture.
Maarten is offline