CVC video format from Technicolor / Funai. And TEAC? Another failed video format.

There was an obscure video cassette format from Technicolor & Funai, introduced in 1980 and abandoned about 2-3 years later. So there cannot be a CVC machine from 1989 can there?

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00:00 Introduction
00:39 Technicolor model 212 / 212E
01:35 Grundig VP100
01:49 Technicolor Showcase model 335
05:09 What went wrong
06:53 Look inside the machines
10:44 Loading problems
12:16 Dismantle 212/212E
18:05 Accessories
20:41 Price list
21:41 Professional Bosch Quartercam
22:03 Format died around 1983
23:15 Unbox 1989 Teac V-250G-FN
25:27 Minor disaster
26:30 Inside
27:11 Power up
30:07 NTSC tape on PAL machine
31:05 Working on quality problems
32:48 Look at deck
37:54 Test recording