V-Cord was an analog recording videocassette format developed and released by Sanyo.

At the 1971 introduction of U-Matic, Sony originally intended it to be a videocassette format oriented at the consumer market.

The series was released on videocassette format by Embassy and won a National Education Association award for best world documentary.

The failure of Betamax to attract good programs ultimately led to its failure as a videocassette format.

Because the American and Japanese videocassette formats are compatible, a pirated American copy could serve as a master print in Japan.

DCT is a digital recording component video videocassette format developed and introduced by Ampex in 1992.

In the 1980's, Western and Asian films became widely available in videocassette format in sub-Saharan Africa.

IF you thought the battle over videocassette formats - VHS or Betamax - was the technology war to end all others, think again.

The result, the Sony U-matic system, introduced in Tokyo in September 1971,it was the world's first commercial videocassette format.