A photo from 1956 shows a home television tape player developed by RCA

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Thanks for sharing .Wow before the Akai 1/4 inch VTRs .I remember reading an artical in a old magazine about building a VTR that uses regular reel tape.As I remember the tape speed that had to fly like a jet Like in the fast forward mode to get the bandwidth in order to playback video. .Also a nightmare if the tape comes off and leave a mess to pick up.

I forgot which mag it was in .I think I have a copy here also I think its on americanradiohistory.com too.

I have 2 of those FP PXL2000 cassette camcorders.They are a hot commodity with the amateur video makers.