![]() ![]() It will be extremely difficult to build a machine that will use a cassette tape, let alone in color. Kihara grumbled, "The construction of a VCR is very complex. The move from reel-to-reel to cassette was rapidly occurring in the audiotape industry at this time. The use of a cassette tape would eliminate this problem by allowing the user to operate the machine by simply placing the cassette tape in the deck, which would then, automatically run the tape. ![]() Besides being extremely inconvenient, the process is tricky as the tape can easily be damaged when handled. The user has to pull the tape from the supply reel and feed it through the record and playback devices to wind the reel each time to operate the machine. Sales people requested color models and asked engineers if they could design a VCR that used a cassette tape similar to an audio tape recorder.Īs the name "reel-to-reel" suggests, the reels that hold and wind the tape are separate units located on top of the actual VCR deck. So in spite of the "home-use" label, in reality the reel-to-reel type CV-2000, which could record and play back black and white images, proved to be an extremely popular institutional model.īut before long, the Sales Department expressed dissatisfaction with reel-to-reel type black and white VCRs. Our goal is to break down ideas people have come to accept as common sense."Īlthough manufactured as the first home-use VCR, most of the CV-2000 machines were actually used for medical and industrial purposes before finding their way into schools and, eventually, homes. The world gasped in wonder at the picture quality of the new machine, and Kihara could proudly answer previous skeptics by saying, "Technology does not abide by common sense. This disproved the commonly held view of many in the industry that rotary heads employed for broadcast and institutional-use models could not be adapted for a home-use VCR. The machine's key feature was the use of rotary heads, which cost more than static heads. In addition, the price of the CV-2000 was less than one-hundredth a broadcast-use model, and less than one-tenth the price of an institutional model. This VCR, which had two rotary heads, was a reel-to-reel type unit and it reproduced fantastic black and white images. The CV-2000 was roughly the same size as an audio tape recorder of that time. This was the first step toward realizing Masaru Ibuka's dream of creating a video player that would be suitable for home use in terms of both size and price. In 1964, a team led by Nobutoshi Kihara developed the CV-2000, the world's first VCR intended for home use. ![]()
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