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Society: IEEEMain Category: ElectricEra: 1970-1979DateCreated: 1976JVC Yokosuka PlantYokosukaZip: 239-8550Country: JapanWebsite: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_VHS,_a_World_Standard_for_Home_Video_Recording,_1976Creator: Takano, Shizuo, Shiraishi, Yuma
At the Yokohama Plant of Victor Company of Japan, Limited, a team of engineers headed by Shizuo Takano and Yuma Shiraishi developed VHS (Video Home System) format. They looked ahead to the need for home video tape recorders and embodied their idea in unique inventions. The first model JVC HR-3300 was announced on 9 September 1976. Their basic design with subsequent improvement gained wide customer acceptance.
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2009
Image Credit: Courtesy WikipediaImage Caption: The HR-3300 Eg, a revision of the original HR-3300 that revolutionized the VHS.Era_date_from: 1976
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At the Yokohama Plant of Victor Company of Japan, Limited, a team of engineers headed by Shizuo Takano and Yuma Shiraishi developed VHS (Video Home System) format. They looked ahead to the need for home video tape recorders and embodied their idea in unique inventions. The first model JVC HR-3300… Read More

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