HISTORY OF VIDEO
TIMELINE
By Marcedes Vaughn
1832 - 1895
 January 1832 was the earliest animation
 January 1877 was the birth of cinemas
 January 1891 Thomas Edison invented the first camera to
record video
 January 1895 was the first special effect made
 October 1895 was the first projecter
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video-production
VIDEO RECORDERS
 Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Apex Corporation in
developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR). In 1951, the
first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television
cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and
saving the information onto magnetic tape. Apex sold the first VTR
for $50,000 in 1956.The first Cassette or VCR were sold by Sony in
1971.
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EARLY CAMERAS
 The first television camera employed early versions of the
cathode ray tube invented in 1897. The RCA Company led
production of early video production equipment in the
United States and invented the first handheld mobile video
production camera, the TK-44, in 1972
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VIDEO TAPES IN 1951
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A videotape is a recording of images and sounds onto magnetic tape as opposed to
film stock used in filmmaking or random access digital media. Videotapes are also used for
storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram. In
most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data
in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads
would require extremely high tape speeds. Videotape is used in both video tape recorders
(VTRs) or, more commonly and more recently, videocassette recorder (VCR) and
camcorders. Tape is a linear method of storing information and since nearly all video
recordings made nowadays are digital direct to disk recording (DDR), videotape is
expected to gradually lose importance as non-linear/random-access methods of storing
digital video data become more common
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FIRST DIGITAL VIDEO
RECORDER
 Earliest commercially available professional digital
video recorders were introduced by Sony using the D-1
format, which recorded uncompressed standard
definition video using a component video.
FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA
 The first DV camcorder was the Sony DCR-VX1000,
introduced in 1995. The camera featured a 3-CCD
imaging device for unprecedented video quality in a
home video camera
INVENTIONS
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1920s: The first television camera by Philo Taylor Fansworth, which converted the image
captured into an electrical signal. Back then films were used to record images.
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1950s: Some companies started looking into using a form of magnetic tape to record live
images from television. Charles Ginsburg led a team of researchers at Ampex Corporation in
developing a video recorder, which led to the invention of the first VTR (video tape recorder).
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1951: The VTR started the recording of live images from television cameras, which converted
these images into electrical impulses saved onto magnetic tapes.
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1971: Sony sold their first VCR (video cassette recorder).
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1981: Sony unveiled the first digital camera--the Sony Mavica (magnetic video camera). It
made use of a fast-rotating magnetic disc approximately 2 inches in diameter.
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EVOLUTION
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By late 1970s to early 1980s, the TBC (time base correctors) and DVE (digital video effects)
were introduced. These two operate by taking a standard analog video signal input and then
converting it to digital images internally.
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In 1986, the first digital video was introduced by Sony with its Sony D-1 format, making it
possible to record an uncompressed standard definition component video signal in digital as
opposed to analog. Later on, a cheaper alternative using compressed data, called the Sony
Digital Betacam, was introduced.
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In late 1990s, Apple Corporation introduced Quicktime, which allows time-based streaming
data formats. Then the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats came into the picture, offering playback
capabilities. DV tape followed, allowing consumers to record directly in digital format, making
the editing process simpler. These systems can be used on desktop computers without ever
having to use separate equipment to do the recording and playback.
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Later on, high-definition television signals such as HDV, AVCHD and DVCPRO-HD were
introduced, using lesser bandwidth compared to the standard definition analog signals
JOSEPH N. NIEPCE
 Camera was first designed by Joseph N. Niepce, who
was from France, a retired Military Officer. He invented the
first camera in 1826 in France. His camera known as
"Obscura" had two wooden boxes out of which one box
had a lens and the other had a screen, which was green in
color. He then invented a diaphragm, which helped in the
clarity of the image by sharpening the image.
DISCOVERY OF CAMERA
 The first discovery of the camera was made by a German
Mathematician, Friedrich Risner. As there were more and more
developments in the technology of camera, this led to
improvement in the quality of pictures, film, flash and color
pictures. With all these improvements and the developments in the
camera, today we are able to see our past in our present. If there
were no camera to capture our past, it would have been simply
impossible to record our memories and moments of the
ALHAZEN
 Alhazen was the person, who invented the first
Pinhole Camera, also known as "Camera Obscura". It
made the people know the true reason as to why the
image often was upside down. Joseph N. Niepce made
the first photographic image. The main idea of Joseph
was to capture the image by making the light draw the
picture.
JOSEPH AND LOUIS
PARTNERSHIP
 With many inventors, there was a development of a modern
photography. In 1829, it was Louis Daguerre in partnership with Joseph
N. Niepce, who made a major improvement in photography. However,
soon after the death of Joseph N. Niepce, Louis took over the charge to
develop the most modern photography, which was named with his
name as daguerreotype. He together with the son of Niepce sold its
right to the government of France. He then gained a wide popularity
and subsequently, there were as many as seventy photo studios
developed in the city of New York.
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
 In 1940s, films were created using three image. In
.
addition, a modern process was used to create color
photographs using dye colors
CASSETE
 VCRs switched to cassette format several years later. JVC invented the
VHS format in 1976. It introduced a shoulder-slung video camera along with
the first VCR to use cassettes
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BETAMAX
 Sony introduced Betamax VCRs in 1982. The
company introduced a Betamax camera along with
the first VCRs. The early VHS and Betamax cameras
were heavy and difficult to carry.
FIRST CAMCORDER
JVC and Sony introduced the first camcorders shortly
after Sony introduced the Betamax format. JVC
introduced the Mini-VHS format with its first camcorder.
BETACAM
 In 1982, Sony released the Betacam system. A key
component was a single camera-recorder unit, eliminating
a cable between the camera and recorder and increasing
the camera operator's freedom. The Betacam used the
same cassette format (0.5 inches or 1.3 centimetres tape)
as the Betamax (but with a different, incompatible
recording format), and became standard equipment for
broadcast news and in-studio video editing.
CAMERAS IN THE 1980S
 The first camcorder for recording on standard 8 mm
videotape. Equipped with a newly developed 250,000pixel CCD as an imaging device, as well as motorized
6x zoom. The developers also succeeded in reducing
the weight to a mere 1.97 kg.
GEORGE EASTMAN
George Eastman was an avid photographer and became the founder of the
Eastman Kodak company. George Eastman and the Kodak Camera
"You press the button, we do the rest" promised George Eastman in 1888 with this
advertising slogan for his Kodak camera. George Eastman wanted to simplify
photography and make it available to everyone, not just trained photographers. In
1883, Eastman announced the invention of photographic film in rolls. Kodak the
company was born in 1888 when the first Kodak camera entered the market. Preloaded with enough film for 100 exposures, the Kodak camera could easily be
carried and handheld during its operation. After the film was exposed (all the shots
taken), the whole camera was returned to the Kodak company in Rochester, New
York, where the film was developed, prints were made, new photographic film was
inserted, and then the camera and prints were returned to the customer.