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Ampex

Ampex Data Systems Corporation is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M. Poniatoff as a spin-off of Dalmo-Victor.

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Analog recording

Analog recording is a category of techniques used for the recording of analog signals.

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ATSC standards

Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards are an International set of standards for broadcast and digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable and satellite networks.

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Baseband

In telecommunications and signal processing, baseband is the range of frequencies occupied by a signal that has not been modulated to higher frequencies.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Betamax (also known as Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video, commonly known as a video cassette recorder. Videocassette recorder and Betamax are Japanese inventions and videotape.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. Videocassette recorder and Blu-ray are consumer electronics and Japanese inventions.

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Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler is the name given to the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s.

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Broadcast television systems

Broadcast television systems (or terrestrial television systems outside the US and Canada) are the encoding or formatting systems for the transmission and reception of terrestrial television signals.

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Buzzer

A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric (piezo for short).

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Camcorder

A camcorder is a self-contained portable electronic device with video and recording as its primary function. Videocassette recorder and camcorder are consumer electronics and Japanese inventions.

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Cartrivision

Cartrivision is an analog videocassette format introduced in 1972, and the first format to offer feature films for consumer rental.

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Cassette tape

The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Videocassette recorder and cassette tape are Audiovisual introductions in 1963.

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Combo television unit

A combo television unit, or a TV/VCR combo, sometimes known as a televideo, is a television with a VCR, DVD player, or sometimes both, built into a single unit. Videocassette recorder and combo television unit are video hardware.

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Compact disc

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. Videocassette recorder and compact disc are consumer electronics and Japanese inventions.

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Composite video

Composite video is an baseband analog video format that typically carries a 415, 525 or 625 line interlaced black and white or color signal, on a single channel, unlike the higher-quality S-Video (two channels) and the even higher-quality component video (three or more channels).

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Coupon-eligible converter box

A coupon-eligible converter box (CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy "coupons" from the United States government. Videocassette recorder and coupon-eligible converter box are consumer electronics.

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CV-2000

CV-2000 was one of the world's first home video tape recorders (VTR), introduced by Sony in August, 1965. Videocassette recorder and CV-2000 are videotape.

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D-VHS

D-VHS is a digital video recording format developed by JVC, in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. Videocassette recorder and d-VHS are Japanese inventions.

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Digital recording

In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video.

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Digital video recorder

A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canada and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device.

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DV (video format)

DV (from Digital Video) is a family of codecs and tape formats used for storing digital video, launched in 1995 by a consortium of video camera manufacturers led by Sony and Panasonic.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. Videocassette recorder and DVD are consumer electronics and Japanese inventions.

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DVD recorder

A DVD recorder is an optical disc recorder that uses optical disc recording technologies to digitally record analog or digital signals onto blank writable DVD media.

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Electromechanics

In engineering, electromechanics combines processes and procedures drawn from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.

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Flash memory

Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. Videocassette recorder and Flash memory are Japanese inventions.

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Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

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HD DVD

HD DVD (short for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is an obsolete. Videocassette recorder and HD DVD are consumer electronics.

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Helical scan

Helical scan is a method of recording high-frequency signals on magnetic tape, used in open-reel video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives. Videocassette recorder and Helical scan are Japanese inventions.

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High-definition optical disc format war

The high-definition optical disc format war was a market competition between the Blu-ray and HD DVD optical disc standards for storing high-definition video and audio; it took place between 2006 and 2008 and was won by Blu-ray Disc.

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High-definition television

High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. Videocassette recorder and high-definition television are consumer electronics.

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Instamatic

The Instamatic is a series of inexpensive, easy-to-load 126 and 110 cameras made by Kodak beginning in 1963.

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Jack Valenti

Jack Joseph Valenti (September 5, 1921 – April 26, 2007) was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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JVC

JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.

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Kinescope

Kinescope, shortened to kine, also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor.

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Motion Picture Association

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix.

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National Telecommunications and Information Administration

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the president's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecommunications industry.

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Nottingham Industrial Museum

The Nottingham Industrial Museum is a volunteer-run museum situated in part of the 17th-century stables block of Wollaton Hall, located in a suburb of the city of Nottingham.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.

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Prototype

A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.

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Quadrature amplitude modulation

Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is the name of a family of digital modulation methods and a related family of analog modulation methods widely used in modern telecommunications to transmit information.

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Quadruplex videotape

2-inch quadruplex videotape (also called 2″ quad video tape or quadraplex) was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. Videocassette recorder and quadruplex videotape are videotape.

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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.

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SD card

Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memory card format the SD Association (SDA) developed for use in portable devices. Videocassette recorder and SD card are Japanese inventions.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

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Stereo-Pak

The Muntz Stereo-Pak, commonly known as the 4-track cartridge, is a magnetic tape sound recording cartridge technology.

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Super 8 film

Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Television show

A television show, TV program, or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is traditionally broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time shifting

In broadcasting, time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to after the live broadcasting.

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Toshiba

is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.

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U-matic

U-matic or -inch Type E Helical Scan or SMPTE E is an analogue recording videocassette format first shown by Sony in prototype in October 1969, and introduced to the market in September 1971.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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VCR/Blu-ray combo

A VCR/Blu-ray combo is a multiplex or converged device, convenient for consumers who wish to use both VHS tapes and the newer high-definition Blu-ray Disc technology. Videocassette recorder and VCR/Blu-ray combo are video hardware.

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VCR/DVD combo

A VCR/DVD combination, VCR/DVD combo, or DVD/VCR combo, is a multiplex or converged device that allows the ability to watch both VHS tapes and DVDs. Videocassette recorder and VCR/DVD combo are video hardware.

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VHS

The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Videocassette recorder and VHS are Japanese inventions and videotape.

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VHS-C

VHS-C is the compact variant of the VHS videocassette format, introduced by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in 1982, and used primarily for consumer-grade compact analog recording camcorders. Videocassette recorder and VHS-C are Japanese inventions and videotape.

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Video

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.

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Video Cassette Recording

Video Cassette Recording (VCR) is an early domestic analog recording format designed by Philips. Videocassette recorder and Video Cassette Recording are videotape.

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Video tape recorder

A video tape recorder (VTR) is a tape recorder designed to record and playback video and audio material from magnetic tape. Videocassette recorder and video tape recorder are videotape.

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Videocassette recorder

A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording after rewinding. Videocassette recorder and videocassette recorder are Audiovisual introductions in 1963, consumer electronics, Japanese inventions, video hardware and videotape.

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Videotape format war

The videotape format war was a period of competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog video videocassette and video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s, mainly involving the Betamax and Video Home System (VHS) formats. Videocassette recorder and videotape format war are videotape.

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Write protection

Write protection is any physical mechanism that prevents writing, modifying, or erasing data on a device.

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8 mm video format

The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats. Videocassette recorder and 8 mm video format are videotape.

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8-track cartridge

The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder

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