Fun Fact

Ampex introduced the world's first commercially successful videotape recorder in 1956. Due to its high price of US$50,000, the Ampex VRX-1000 could be afforded only by the television networks and the largest individual stations. It was in the 1980s and 1990s, when prerecorded videotapes were widely available for purchase and rental, and blank tapes were sold to make recordings.