Who produced the first VCR?

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Sony actually invented the first VCR. They developed both the VHS and Beta formats, and sold the rights to JVC for the VHS format because they believed the Beta format produced a better picture (which it did, by the way).

The reason the Beta format lost out was because of the availaible time that could be recorded on a VHS cassette. The VHS would hold up to eight hours on a tape and the beta maxed out around 4 or 41/2 hours of recording time.

The beta system could have stored more, but because of the physical size of the beta cassette, there just wasn't enough room to accomodate the extra amount of tape required. The beta format also required the tape to run through the recording heads at a faster speed to be able to record the additional picture image information on the tape.