who invented video tape?

Answer 1

Charles P. Ginsburg. He worked for Ampex, and was inspired by the reel-to-reel machines used for recording sound.

Answer 2

The invention of Videotape-

Research engineers at numerous companies including Ampex and RCA searched for a way of electronically recording images from television cameras so that the quality of the recording would be almost as good as the original "live" broadcast. Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California successfully developed a process it called "Video Tape," and in fact actually held a copyright to that name for several years. Using 2" wide plastic film coated with a magnetic oxide, a massive Video Tape recorder (VTR) sucked the tape through the machine at 15" per second and electronically recorded the picture and sound with excellent quality. And unlike film, the reel of Video Tape could be erased and re-used.

VideoTape at CBS Television City and
"THE EDSEL SHOW"

"The Edsel Show" was chosen to be the very first CBS entertainment program to be broadcast live to the nation from Hollywood, then "tape-delayed" for re-broadcast in the Pacific Time Zone. The show was performed at CBS Television City in Hollywood from 4pm-7pm Pacific Time for live viewing from 7pm-8pm Eastern Time. The show was simultaneously recorded on Video Tape at Television City, then the tape was played back 3 hours later for West Coast viewers at 7pm Pacific Time. After the live broadcast, The Ford Motor Company hosted a lavish party at a Hollywood restaurant, where the cast and CBS and Ford execs wined and dined and watched the Video Tape playback of "The Edsel Show" to the West Coast. The evolution from kinescopes to VideoTape recording was underway!

Not wanting to risk a high profile failure of the new technology, CBS also created a kinescope "backup"of "The Edsel Show" which the engineers at Television City played simultaneously with the Video Tape. The plan was that if the Video Tape failed, CBS engineers could quickly switch to the kinescope "protection copy" of the show. Video Tape was a new technology and there was much to risk if it failed during such an important broadcast!

The Edsel car may have been a failure, but with the successful "tape delay" of "The Edsel Show," videotape was on its way to revolutionize broadcasting. And of course it has evolved into the video cassette machines and camcorders that have become part of our lives..

Answer 3

humans

Answer 4

........... PHILIPS .................