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Video Classics was one of the first major [[Home_video|Home Video]] Distributors in Australia. |
Video Classics was one of the first major [[Home_video|Home Video]] Distributors in Australia. |
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From the early to mid 80's, Video Classics was one of leading names in Australian home video and claimed to have "Australia's largest range of quality video movies". |
From the early to mid 80's, Video Classics was one of the leading names in Australian home video and claimed to have "Australia's largest range of quality video movies". |
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At first the different [[Videocassette_recorder#History|video formats]] that Video Classics advertised they duplicated was definitive of the formats on the market at the time, which included [[VHS]], [[Betamax]], [[Video_2000|Phillips]], Grundig and [[U-matic]], whether or not they actually duplicated onto any formats other than VHS or Beta is questionable though, By 1981 their advertising had reduced the list to just VHS and Beta. |
At first the different [[Videocassette_recorder#History|video formats]] that Video Classics advertised they duplicated was definitive of the formats on the market at the time, which included [[VHS]], [[Betamax]], [[Video_2000|Phillips]], Grundig and [[U-matic]], whether or not they actually duplicated onto any formats other than VHS or Beta is questionable though, By 1981 their advertising had reduced the list to just VHS and Beta. |
Revision as of 11:32, 8 June 2007
Video Classics was one of the first major Home Video Distributors in Australia.
From the early to mid 80's, Video Classics was one of the leading names in Australian home video and claimed to have "Australia's largest range of quality video movies".
At first the different video formats that Video Classics advertised they duplicated was definitive of the formats on the market at the time, which included VHS, Betamax, Phillips, Grundig and U-matic, whether or not they actually duplicated onto any formats other than VHS or Beta is questionable though, By 1981 their advertising had reduced the list to just VHS and Beta.
Video Classics both rented their tapes and sold them with Prices that started at $69.95 (which was lowered to $49.95 by 1981) for sale, or rental prices being $9.90 overnight, $14.90 per week and $40 for three tapes per month.
In Addition to their own library of tapes, Video Classics also distributed tapes for other video labels including The Nostalgia Merchant, Sports World Cinema, VCL, Media and Filmways.
Early Advert featuring Bill Collins
File:VideoClassicsBillCollins.jpg
External links
Early Australian Home Video Document
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