Editing VHS (section)

== Initial releases of VHS-based devices ==
[[File:JVC-HR-3300U.jpg|thumb|JVC HR-3300U VIDSTAR – the US version of the JVC HR-3300. It is virtually identical to the Japanese version, which showed the "Victor" name, and did not use the "VIDSTAR" name.]]
The first [[videocassette recorder|VCR]] to use VHS was the [[JVC HR-3300|Victor HR-3300]], and was introduced by the president of JVC in Japan on September 9, 1976.<ref name="nipponsei">{{cite web |url=http://www.nipponsei.jp/n-hajimete/n-hajimete009.html |title=Always Helpful! Full of Information on Recording Media "Made in Japan After All" |publisher=Nipponsei.jp |access-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111005825/http://www.nipponsei.jp/n-hajimete/n-hajimete009.html |archive-date=January 11, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalrewind.org/vhs/H_3300.htm |title=JVC HR-3300 |publisher=Totalrewind.org |access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> JVC started selling the HR-3300 in [[Akihabara]], Tokyo, Japan, on October 31, 1976.<ref name="nipponsei" /> Region-specific versions of the JVC HR-3300 were also distributed later on, such as the HR-3300U in the United States, and the HR-3300EK in the United Kingdom. The United States received its first VHS-based VCR, the RCA VBT200, on August 23, 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cedmagic.com/history/vbt200.html |title=CED in the History of Media Technology |publisher=Cedmagic.com |date=August 23, 1977 |access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> The RCA unit was designed by Matsushita and was the first VHS-based VCR manufactured by a company other than JVC. It was also capable of recording four hours in LP (long play) mode. The UK received its first VHS-based VCR, the Victor HR-3300EK, in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article785934.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225011304/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article785934.ece |title=Fast-forward to oblivion as VCRs take only 5% of market|archive-date=February 25, 2007|work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

[[Quasar (brand)|Quasar]] and [[General Electric]] followed-up with VHS-based VCRs – all designed by Matsushita.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vintageelectronics.betamaxcollectors.com/panasonicvhsgallery.html |title=Panasonic VHS VCR Gallery |publisher=Vintageelectronics.betamaxcollectors.com |access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> By 1999, Matsushita alone produced just over half of all Japanese VCRs.<ref name="Cusumano">Cusumano, MA, Mylonadis, Y. and Rosenbloom, RS (1992) "Strategic Manoeuvring and Mass Market Dynamics: VHS over Beta", Business History Review, pg 88</ref> [[Combo television unit|TV/VCR combos]], combining a TV set with a VHS mechanism, were also once available for purchase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/21/18660239/vhs-tapes-digital-copies-how-to-make|title=How to make digital copies of your VHS tapes|first=Cameron|last=Faulkner|date=July 21, 2019|website=The Verge}}</ref> [[VCR/DVD combo|Combo units]] containing both a VHS mechanism and a DVD player were introduced in the late 1990s, and at least one combo unit, the Panasonic DMP-BD70V, included a Blu-ray player.