Paul Cameron
3.5 VTR Technology
3.5.1 The Videotape Recorder: A Short History
There are many different videotape formats. Some have been more successful than others. Some have been technically more superior than others. There is often very little correlation between commercial success and quality or technical excellence.
3.5.1.1 Beginnings
3.5.1.1.1 AEG Magnetophons, Bing Crosby and the beginnings of Ampe
The videotape recorder has been in existence for about 50 years. The only way to record video before videotape recorders was to use film. Film did not lend itself well to television. It required a telecine to convert the film to a television signal.
During the Second World War, John (Jack) Mullin was stationed in England as part of the Signal ...
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