Posted by John Howells on 03/13/06 20:05

"Paul" <paul02@katpawmynuts.f9.co.uk> wrote

> Hi all. I have been given some old Philips 1 hours tapes from the 70s.
They
> are chunky square tapes with 1 spool by the looks of it. Well, there is
one
> big hole in the middle of the tape underneath for the tape to rotate
around.
>
> Anyone any ideas what type of player I would use for this? I will look on
> eBay if I knew what to search on.
>
> Someone suggested it might be the 'Video 2000' systems but I'm not sure it
> is.

You are correct. It is not V2000, which used a cassette that looked like a
VHS cassette with two separate spools side by side. What you have sounds
like the earlier N1500 from about 1972 (also known as NV1500), which was
replaced by the N1700. I'd be surprised if you find one on e-bay.

John Howells

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