Video Recording Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home EntertainmentVideo recording has recently become an important phenomenon. Although the majority of American homes have at least one video recording set, not much is known about video recording's past and about its continual effect on affiliated industries. This text documents the history of magnetic recording, stressing its importance in consumer as well as commercial applications from the advent of magnetism through the invention of such new technologies as Digital Audio Tape (DAT), High Definition Television (HDTV), and a multitude of sophisicated Digital Video Cassette Recorders. |
Contents
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Chapter 3 The Origin of Magnetic Recording
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Chapter 4 Introduction of Tape Development and the German Magnetophon
| 57 |
Chapter 5 Nonmagnetic Methods of Recording Television
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Chapter 6 The Advent of the Videotape Recorder
| 112 |
Chapter 7 The Home Video Revolution
| 143 |
Chapter 8 VCR Market Growth
| 164 |
Chapter 10 Portable Video Recorders
| 186 |
Chapter 11 The Impact of Video Technology on Related Industries
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Epilogue | 244 |
Notes | 251 |
Glossary | 264 |
Bibliography | 270 |
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Video Recording Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home Entertainment Aaron Foisi Nmungwun No preview available - 1989 |
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