From VCR To Blu-Ray

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With the TV gaining popularity, efforts to record television programs for later viewing – so called time shifting – intensified in the late 50s. People wished to see favourite programs on their own timetable. They disliked missing favourites. However, the first recorders stored only the short snippets of the black and white film. They were expensive, unwieldy and unreliable, often damaging the magnetic tape during while at work. Something new was necessary to enable the masses to use the time shifting devices.

Then we had the breakthrough – the invention of the video cassette recorder. The idea was simple: let’s enclose the electromagnetic tape with data into the box separate from the main recorder. Electromechanical devices designed to record audio and video signals became cheaper and more reliable. Early models were still too expensive for the average family. Finally, in late 60s, VCRs started to conquer the masses.  more...