Sony Introduces Home Video Recorder (1966)
About This Item
KPIX News special report by Jim Anderson from 1966, featuring a look at Sony's latest "home video recorder" unit at the annual show of the Hi-Fi Institute, in San Francisco's Civic Center. A Sony spokesman explains that the owner of this equipment can record TV shows or make their own home movies but not to broadcast picture quality standards. These video recorders retail for $995 and over 1000 have already been sold to consumers. Ends with silent views of the Sony home video recorder unit and other equipment on display at the Hi-Fi Institute's show. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 1966
- Recording medium
- 16mm b&w silent/magentic sound film
- 2:54
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- local newsfilm
- Identifier
- KPIX 27204
- Views
- 1817
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