VHS is a discontinued standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by JVC. It was the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period of the 198
Top view of a VHS videocassette
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JVC HR-3300U VIDSTAR – the US version of the JVC HR-3300. It is virtually identical to the Japanese version, which showed the "Victor" name, and did not use the "VIDSTAR" name.
Top view of VHS videocassette with front casing removed
LaserDisc is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United S
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…pre-recorded videotapes for home viewing. Newer improved tape formats such as S-VHS were later developed, as well as the earliest optical disc format, LaserDisc; the lack of global adoption of these formats increased VHS's lifetime, which eventually peaked and started to decline in the late 1990s after the…
Constant angular velocity (CAV) LaserDisc showing the NTSC field setup and individual scanlines. Each rotation has two such regions.
200× light micrograph of the NTSC field setup and individual scanlines of a CAV LaserDisc. From left to right: the end of one horizontal line, the horizontal sync pulse, the NTSC color burst, and the luminance for the rest of the line.
A top-loading, Magnavox-brand LaserDisc player with the lid open