Videocassette recorder
Videos
A videocassette recorder or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording from
A typical late-model Philips Magnavox, VHS format VCR
Not all video tape recorders use a cassette to contain the videotape. Early models of consumer video tape recorders (VTRs), and most professional broadcast analog videotape machines (e.g. 1-inch Type C) use reel to reel tape spools.
Top-loading cassette mechanisms (such as the one on this VHS model) were common on early domestic VCRs.
Philips N1500 video recorder from the early 1970s
VCR/Blu-ray combo
Videos
A VCR/Blu-ray combo is a multiplex or converged device, convenient for consumers who wish to use both VHS tapes and the newer high-definition Blu-ray Disc technology.
Panasonic DMP-BD70V, a VHS and Blu-Ray combo machine