In addition to unveiling its first I’ART flat-screen direct-view HDTV monitor (see TWICE, Sept. 3, 2001, p. 8), JVC of America used CEDIA Expo to announce plans for its first HDTV-capable D-VHS VCR.

All told, over 900 million VCRs were produced worldwide, with 50 million of those boasting a JVC label. We simply couldn't think of a more fitting way to put the iconic VCR (which just turned 30 in ...

Today, is the end of an era, folks. The age of the standalone VCR has officially come to an end. And while many people might have thought it had already closed its chapter, JVC did for real today. JVC ...

JVC walked away with all the glory for developing Super VHS (S-VHS). After all, the VHS video system was mostly developed by JVC, and JVC does control the licensing of it. But remember, it takes two ...

Although we're huge fans of convergence around here -- i.e. packing as many functions as possible into a single device -- our love of feature-creep has never extended to VCR / DVD combo units which, ...

JVC next month will be the first to market a VCR incorporating Gemstar’s Index-Plus video tape management system, both companies announced. JVC will incorporate the system, created by the developer of ...

The advent of television in the American home in the late 1940s and its dramatic adoption throughout the 1950s offered a whole new entertainment portal for Americans, who had grown accustomed to radio ...

I want to get a new VCR and I'd like some opinions. I want to stick to VHS models and since what little recording I do I do in EP mode 19 micron heads would be nice. Reliability is also very important ...

JVC’s HR-XVC1U DVD/VCR combo is selling like crazy at Amazon – sales went up 619% today. Amazon Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily. News from the future, delivered to ...

JVC has stopped making standalone VCR machines, and at the same time confirmed the fearful paranoia of my own rather forward thinking Father. My Dad has a big collection of videotapes, mostly off-air ...

A new set of initials has been added to the alphabet soup of VCR terminology, courtesy of JVC. It`s HQ, and it doesn`t mean headquarters (although JVC as the format licensor is HQ for VHS). HQ stands ...