Indeed, they're all helical scan systems. With V2000, though, it worked somewhat like audio cassettes, with only half the width of the tape used per side, being flipped over to use the other half.
Fun fact: Video 2000 wasn't Philips' first video format, with the now-confusingly titled Video Cassette Recording format predating it. The format is notable for having both tape spools coaxial, so the head is parallel to the base of the recorder, and the head angle is instead provided by the angle of the tape traveling between the upper and lower spools.
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It actually did, once you flipped it over.
Basically it behaved like a audio cassette.
IIRC, later players could even play both ways. But by that time the VHS was firmly entrenched.
Are you perhaps thinking of V2000? Betamax works like VHS in that regard - only one orientation.
Well thats egg on my face. Always understood it to be Betamax.
Both are helical scan right? I would think that would make reversal impossible.
Indeed, they're all helical scan systems. With V2000, though, it worked somewhat like audio cassettes, with only half the width of the tape used per side, being flipped over to use the other half.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_2000
Fun fact: Video 2000 wasn't Philips' first video format, with the now-confusingly titled Video Cassette Recording format predating it. The format is notable for having both tape spools coaxial, so the head is parallel to the base of the recorder, and the head angle is instead provided by the angle of the tape traveling between the upper and lower spools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Cassette_Recording