Happy 50th Birthday, VCR!

[thewayne]

On April 14, 1956, Ampex unveiled the first video tape recorder at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Chicago. It was made by six men, one of whom, Ray Dolby, made a bit of a name for himself later in the audio recording field.

http://tvtechnology.com/features/news/2006.04.12-n_the_video_tape_02.shtml

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/15/0537200

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[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

A relative had one the first commerically avaliable VCRs. I forget what kind but it was a beta player I remember that.