Date: | mid-1990s |
Material: | Metal-particle on polyester substrate, plastic shell and mechanism |
Dimensions: | Tape ½ in. (12.7 mm), cartridge 7⅓ × 4 × 1 in. (187 × 102 × 25 mm) |
Company: | Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
W-VHS was an analog, metal-particle tape cassette introduced in Japan for the MUSE Hi-Vision HDTV format (1035i). The format was developed in Japan during the 1980s and broadcast by NHK from 1988 to 2007. This is the same format used by the Hi-Vision laserdisc in this collection. The recorders were expensive and were used mainly for industrial and commercial purposes.
