The videotape format war was a period of competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog videocassette formats and video cassette recorders in the late 1970s and the 1980s,
Size comparison between a Betamax cassette (top) and a VHS cassette (bottom)
Video 2000 is a consumer videocassette system and analog recording standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies. It was designed for the PA
A Video 2000 videocassette
A Video 2000 tape alongside VHS and Beta tapes
The Philips VR2020 was the first mass-marketed model for the Video 2000 format sold in the United Kingdom.