Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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If you know one thing about JVC it’s that they invented VHS, probably because they won’t stop banging on about it! But JVC has a long history that goes back to the start of the 20th century, and it doesn’t begin in Japan, but New Jersey. What’s with the “Victor” name in the Japan Victor Company, how did a Japanese company with American roots fair during the Second World War, and why haven’t we seen much innovation from them lately?

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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Orthophonic_Victrola
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA
pro.jvc.com/prof/aboutus/history.jsp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkyo
heise.de/hintergrund/Videorekorder-Ein-Bild-von-einem-Band-6011251.html
labguysworld.com/Cat_JVC001.htm
labguysworld.com/Cat_Dage.htm
web.archive.org/web/20010306153322/http://www.jvc.ca/en/pro/newproducts/pressrelease/pr-apr02.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatible_Discrete_4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tape_recorder
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood_Victor_Entertainment
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(videocassette_format)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS
musicradar.com/news/blast-from-the-past-alesis-adat
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_CD
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood
jvckenwood.com/en/corporate/history.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W-VHS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood_Victor_Entertainment

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