Advancements in film players

By DHighum
  • VCR- the Early Ages

    In the late 1950s VCRs were created. They were expensive and didn't have the VHS tapes, making them useless at the time. Due to them not having the VHS it wasn't released until the 1970s-1980s.
  • Video Tape Recorder

    Video Tape Recorder
    Creation. Charles Ginsberg was the inventor of the Video Tape Recorder.The contraption worked by taking live images from cameras and converting them into electrical impulses stored on magnetic tape.
  • The Reel- Part 1

    Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki developed a prototype helical scan video tape recorder. Which then lead to the creation of the reel.
  • The Reel- Part 2

    The Reel- Part 2
    Ampex introduced the Quadruplex videotape professional broadcast standard format. It became the world's first commercially successful videotape recorder using two-inch (5.1 cm) wide tape.
  • VHS

    Invented
    Stands for Video Home System, it is the player for the VCR.
  • VCR- the Late Ages

    The VCR was released in the 1980s.
  • CD

    CD
    At first the CD wasn't made for watching videos. It was created to listen to music, and is still.
    This date is referring to the music CD
  • Video Streaming

    Created. New way of watching different videos.
  • DVD #1

    Invented and developed
  • DVD #2

    Released
  • DVD V.S. Blu-Ray

    DVD is a little bigger than the Blu-Ray. Blu- Ray has just been used and is still being improved. It has not yet caught on.
  • Blu-Ray

    Sony unveiled the first Blu-ray disc prototypes in October 2000, and the first prototype player was released in April 2003 in Japan.
  • Today

    We don't use many discs anymore. We use different video streaming services. We also watch live TV. We can watch almost everything that is on a disc on one app that our TV has on it.