videotape
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Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
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
Older videos from dashboard cameras that are still stored on magnetic videotape would also be expunged, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
I tried to gently tell Abbey the truth about her videotape, but she was one step ahead of me—as usual.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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