| FORMAT: VCR DATE: 1981 PRICE: £560 xxcm |
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Pye 20VR22
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This machine is a "badge engineered" version of the Philips VR2022, which was an updated and enhanced version of the original VR2020. It combines a cosmetic rework with two important additions: picture search and freeze-frame.
The fast searches work much as for a modern VCR, by pressing Wind or Rewind while playing. Freeze-frame uses the Stop button - pressing this once enters pause/still mode, and a second press is required for a full stop. Due to V2000's DTF system these trick-play pictures are near-perfect, with no noise bars or other picture disturbances - the heads can compensate for the stationary or fast-moving tape, moving to follow the tracks even though they are now, effectively, at a different angle.
| Cosmetically, the machine is almost identical to the VR2020, though there are minor changes to the controls. In particular, the "illuminated text" displays of the 2020's timer have been replaced by more conventional (though less attractive) LED's with printed labels. |
| There was also a VR2021, which was just a 2020 with the 22's cosmetic changes, and a VR2023 which added slow motion playback and built-in AV connections to the 2022. |
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