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Video Tape Collection

Since the early 1970's I have been interested in technology. Thus any home "Hi-Tech" gadget you could get I would buy.

In the mid 1970's I had the 1st VCR aimed at the domestic market, the Philips N1500 which could record one hour on a tape.

Later on it was replaced by the N1700 & N1702 which could record 2 hours on the same tapes. The tapes by the way were about £15.00 each.

The N1700 series machines now had competition from VHS and Beta and to compete Philips introduced the VCC (Video Compact Cassette) format with flip over tapes giving you 4 hours per side. The machine I had was a VCC2000 with optional infrared remote control.

The only format really to survive has been the VHS and I now have over 1000 tapes in my collection in this format. It is true to say that I now hardly view them due to the poor picture and sound (from the early non Hi-Fi sound days).

Of course DVHS (Digital VHS) is now on the horizon and should yield longer recording time and better quality pictures...

DVD Collection

Over the last few years I have collected over 1500 DVD titles.

Laserdisc Collection

Before CD's and DVD's were ever invented, there were Laserdiscs! The same size as a 12" LP and storing about one hour of video per side with stereo, Dolby Digital or DTS sound. I have quite a large collection going back to the late 1970's...

CD Collection

I have over 600 music CD's with a wide range of titles...

MD Collection

Over the last six years since the format launch, I have amassed of 80 MD and have had five different portable players along with three home units and one in my car...

MP3 Collection

I now have copied all of my audio CD collection onto my computer so I can enjoy my collection anywhere in the world with my Apple iPod. This is about 9000 tracks.
I also have two Slim MP3 Players in the house so I can listen to any of my audio tracks at home.

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