You have a M- or MII-cassette
M and MII video cassettes mainly had professional users in mind. There are two formats: Small and Large.
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M
The M cassette was a product by Matsushita and RCA, launched in 1982. You can recognise them by their grey colour and the letter ‘M’. Unfortunately, this carrier had but little success.
MII
Stimulated by the flop of the M cassette, the quest for a newer, better variety began, to at least gain some market share. The result was MII, which initially had some success.
Did you know …
… that the name “M” is derived from the M-shaped path that the video tape follows in the video recorder?
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