<P> Ampex introduced the Quadruplex videotape professional broadcast standard format with its Ampex VRX - 1000 in 1956 . It became the world 's first commercially successful videotape recorder using two - inch ( 5.1 cm ) wide tape . Due to its high price of US $50,000 , the Ampex VRX - 1000 could be afforded only by the television networks and the largest individual stations . </P>
<P> Ampex introduced the Quadruplex videotape professional broadcast standard format with its Ampex VRX - 1000 in 1956 . It became the world 's first commercially successful videotape recorder using two - inch ( 5.1 cm ) wide tape . Due to its high price of US $50,000 , the Ampex VRX - 1000 could be afforded only by the television networks and the largest individual stations . </P>
when did the first video recorder come out
when did the first video recorder come out
1956
1956