videotape recorder
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Ampex invented the first videotape recorder for professional use in 1956, a $50,000 machine that CBS used to tape and broadcast reruns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
The radio's success led to more firsts in transistorized products, such as an 8-in. television and a videotape recorder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sony's troubles stem from a disastrous slump in sales of its Betamax videotape recorder, which in 1983 accounted for 41% of the company's sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
The center of the excitement was the first dual-deck videotape recorder available to U.S consumers, the VCR-2, made by the tiny Arizona-based Go-Video company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few Americans have ever seen one, but the videotape recorder is playing a steadily bigger part in their lives.
From Time Magazine Archive
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