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

Few Americans have ever seen one, but the videotape recorder is playing a steadily bigger part in their lives.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be played back immediately from the videotape recorder onto the nearest TV screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp. is developing a home videotape recorder that it hopes to market for $500.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Wall Street Analyst Lee Isgur of Paine, Webber: "Probably 98% of the people who are exposed to videodisc and a videotape recorder for the first time will buy the tape recorder."

From Time Magazine Archive