However, after the introduction of the DVD format in 1997, VHS's market share began to decline.

The earliest of these formats, LaserDisc, was not widely adopted. Optical disc formats later began to offer better quality than analog consumer video tape such as standard and super-VHS. VHS eventually won the war, dominating 60 percent of the North American market by 1980 and emerging as the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period. Two of the formats, VHS and Betamax, received the most media exposure. In the 1980s and 1990s, at the peak of VHS's popularity, there were videotape format wars in the home video industry. The television industry viewed videocassette recorders (VCRs) as having the power to disrupt their business, while television users viewed the VCR as the means to take control of their hobby. In the 1970s, videotape entered home use, creating the home video industry and changing the economics of the television and movie businesses. At that time, the devices were used only in expensive professional environments such as television studios and medical imaging ( fluoroscopy). Developed by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in the early 1970s, it was released in Japan in late 1976 and in the USA in early 1977.įrom the 1950s, magnetic tape video recording became a major contributor to the television industry, via the first commercialized video tape recorders (VTRs). The Video Home System is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes. Preserve your tapes today - tomorrow maybe too late! If you have old video tapes, cine films, memory cards, photographs - then talk to us about transferring them to DVD. This is a great way to preserve memorable digital images taken from your smartphones and iphones. We not only transfer old video tapes and cine film films onto DVD, but we can also transfer your digital files and video files onto DVD.

Home videos to DVD and make a brilliant gift for Christmas, birthdays or anniversary present. We use the latest digital recorders, software and computers to capture your footage. Your video tapes and old cine films will deteriorate over time, and your old VHS players and projectors are becoming extinct! If you have old videos tapes and cine film of weddings, birthdays and anniversaries, holidays, films lying around the house, tucked away In the loft or spare room, send them to us and let our technicians transfer such precious memories onto DVD so they can last longer, and you can enjoy them for years to come!

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