Video tape recorder

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VTR redirects here. For other meanings, see VTR (disambiguation).

A video tape recorder (VTR), is a tape recorder that can record video material. The video cassette recorder (VCR), where the videotape is enclosed in a user-friendly videocassette shell, is the most familiar type of VTR known to consumers. Professionals may use other types of video tapes and recorders.

Contents 1 Technologies 2 References in popular culture 3 History of video tape recording 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Technologies

Video tape recorder technologies include:

Analog reel-to-reel

• VERA (BBC)
• 2" Quadruplex (Ampex, RCA and Bosch's Fernseh)
• 1" Type A (Ampex)
• 1" Type B (Bosch's Fernseh - BTS Philips)
• IVC 2 inch Helical scan (International Video Corporation's IVC 9000 Format)
• 1" Type C (Sony, Ampex, NEC and Hitachi)

Professional cassette / cartridge based systems

• U-matic (3/4")
• Betacam (Sony)
• M-II (Panasonic)
• Betacam SP (Sony)

A Betamax video tape by BASF.

Standard definition Digital video tape formats

• D1 (Sony) and Broadcast Television Systems Inc.
• D2 (Sony and Ampex)
• D3 (Panasonic)
• DCT (Ampex)
• Digital Betacam (Sony)
• Betacam IMX (Sony)
• DVCAM (Sony)
• DVCPRO (Panasonic)
• D9 (Digital-S) (JVC)

High definition Digital video tape formats

• HDCAM (Sony)
• HDCAM-SR (Sony)
• D5 HD (Panasonic)
• D6 HDTV VTR (BTS - Philips - Thomson SA - Grass Valley (company))
• DVCPROHD (Panasonic)
• D-VHS (JVC and Panasonic)
• HDV (Sony and JVC)

Consumer formats

• DV (miniDV is the cassette size)
• Digital8 (Sony)
• Video 2000 (Philips)
• Betamax
• VHS
• EIAJ Half inch open reel and cassette^[1]
• S-VHS (JVC)
• VHS-C (JVC)
• Video8
• Hi8
• MicroMV
• Cartrivision

[edit] References in popular culture

• The Buggles' hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star," the first video ever to air on MTV, contains the lyric, "Put the blame on VTR," predicting that video and the desire for form over substance would signal the death of real music.

[edit] History of video tape recording

• Charles P. Ginsburg, at Ampex Corporation

[edit] See also

• Videocassette recorder for a full treatment of domestic formats.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• LabGuy's World: Museum of Extinct Video Recorders and Accessories

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