Video
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| - | *"[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" | + | *"[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]", 1979, a popular song produced by Trevor Horn |
| - | *''[[Videodrome]]'', a film by David Cronenberg | + | *''[[Videodrome]]'', a 1983 film by David Cronenberg |
| *''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'', a 1989 film by Steven Soderbergh | *''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'', a 1989 film by Steven Soderbergh | ||
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Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying and broadcasting of moving visual images.
History
Video technology was first developed for cathode ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first practical video tape recorder (VTR). In 1951 the first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the camera's electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic video tape.
Video recorders were sold for $50,000 in 1956, and videotapes cost $300 per one-hour reel. However, prices gradually dropped over the years; in 1971, Sony began selling videocassette recorder (VCR) decks and tapes to the public. After the invention of the DVD in 1997 and Blu-ray Disc in 2006, sales of videotape and recording equipment plummeted.
Later advances in computer technology allowed computers to capture, store, edit and transmit video clips.
Namesakes
- "Video Killed the Radio Star", 1979, a popular song produced by Trevor Horn
- Videodrome, a 1983 film by David Cronenberg
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape, a 1989 film by Steven Soderbergh
See also
- Home video
- Music video
- Television
- Video art
- Video game
- Video nasty
- Video cover artwork
- VCR
- The late 1970s: Mass-market success of the videocassette recorder
