Today is VCR Day!
How we all love and miss the first video recorder and playback machines of our youth.
Here's some history!
The Telcan, produced by the Nottingham Electronic Valve Company in 1963, was the first home video recorder. It could be bought as a unit or in kit form for £60. However, there were several drawbacks: it was expensive, not easy to put together and could only record 20 minutes output at a time in black-and-white.
Our first VCR was a BetaMax. For those of you who have no idea what this is or for those of you who had the pleasure of owning one of these beasts, here are some photos for your nostalgic pleasure.
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