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  2. Videocassette recorder - Wikipedia

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    In 1959, Toshiba introduced a new method of recording known as helical scan, releasing the first commercial helical scan video tape recorder that year. [7] It was first implemented in reel-to-reel videotape recorders (VTRs), and later used with cassette tapes. [citation needed] In 1963, Philips introduced its EL3400 1-inch helical scan recorder ...

  3. Video Cassette Recording - Wikipedia

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    Video Cassette Recording (VCR) is an early domestic analog recording format designed by Philips. It was the first successful consumer-level home videocassette recorder (VCR) system. Later variants included the VCR-LP and Super Video (SVR) formats. The VCR format was introduced in 1972, just after the Sony U-matic format in 1971. Although at ...

  4. VHS - Wikipedia

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    The United States received its first VHS-based VCR, the RCA VBT200, on August 23, 1977. [30] The RCA unit was designed by Matsushita and was the first VHS-based VCR manufactured by a company other than JVC. It was also capable of recording four hours in LP (long play) mode. The UK received its first VHS-based VCR, the Victor HR-3300EK, in 1978 ...

  5. Timeline of online video - Wikipedia

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    Year Month and date Event type Details 1993 May 22 Technology Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees, originally released in 1991, is the first film to be streamed on the Internet. Due to bandwidth limitations, it is broadcast at 2 frames per second rather than the standard 24 frames per second.

  6. Milestones: A look back at AOL's 35 year history as an ...

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    1985: Case formally launches Quantum Computer Services from the "ashes" of Control Video, starting the company that would become AOL. 1989 : Quantum Computer Services is renamed America Online.

  7. Video tape recorder - Wikipedia

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    AMPEX quadruplex VR-1000A, the first commercially released video tape recorder in the late 1950s; quadruplex open-reel tape is 2 inches wide The first portable VTR, the suitcase-sized 1967 AMPEX quadruplex VR-3000 1976 Hitachi portable VTR, for Sony 1" type C; the source and take-up reels are stacked for compactness. However, only one reel is ...

  8. What your VHS tapes are worth now - AOL

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    When's the last time you checked your collection of VHS tapes? You may not realize it, but those outdated tapes you probably have stored in your attic or storage unit could potentially be worth ...

  9. Videotape - Wikipedia

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    A 14-inch reel of 2-inch quad videotape compared with a modern-day MiniDV videocassette. Both media store one hour of color video. The first commercial professional broadcast quality videotape machines capable of replacing kinescopes were the two-inch quadruplex videotape (Quad) machines introduced by Ampex on April 14, 1956, at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Chicago.