videotape

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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

It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

“Adriana was afraid that, since there was nothing in the contract about videotape back when she did the voice and ‘Snow White’ was about to come out on videotape,” recalled Woodman.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Here, we’re in a world of phone booths, pagers and bulky computers no one knows how to work, of Walkmans and videotape, which both simplifies and complicates the action.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

Hearing him retell it—seeing how impassive he looked in a videotape of the court proceeding, it’s hard to make sense of how singular and important the moment was for him.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel