Re: What year did Long Play (LP) become available on UK VCRs?
Hi
GTVR -Granada TV Rentals.
The Amstrad 4600 I mentioned earlier was, at least over here, a major brand with a 2-head LP system. Funai cutting corners as usual!
Just to correct my previous post (#20) the first Panasonic LP machine was the NV688. The NV366 was indeed a 4-head machine but was just an upmarket NV333 with better still and search facilities but only SP. The '688 wasn't a great machine but the NV730 that came later was a very good performer, despite its unhealthy appetite for heads.
Hitachi's first LP machine was the VT17/19 which worked quite well. However the top board was covered in that horrible brown glue which, once it had hardened and started to conduct, paved the way for all sorts of nasty faults. Granada rented a lot of these which came available on the ex-rental market when they were fairly young for this reason. I developed a healthy dislike for these machines. Their version was in battleship grey with 'Programmable' proudly displayed on the front.
Glyn
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