Quadruplex videotape
Videos
2-inch quadruplex videotape was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. The format uses 2-inch-wide magnetic tape and was developed and released for the bro
A reel of 2-inch quadruplex videotape compared with a miniDV videocassette
Ampex VR-2000
The VR 1000-B model (1961)
Ampex VR2000 Amtec, Colortec and Procamp at DC Video, ,
Magnetic tape
Videos
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany in 1928, based on the earlier magnetic wire rec
Quadruplex videotape
…video tape or quadraplex) was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. The format uses 2-inch-wide (51 mm) magnetic tape and was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California. The first…
7-inch reel of ¼-inch-wide audio recording tape, typical of consumer use in the 1950s–70s
Compact Cassette
A VHS helical scan head drum. Helical and transverse scans made it possible to increase the data bandwidth to the necessary point for recording video on tapes, and not just audio.
Small open reel of 9-track tape