
In the 1950s, magnetic video tape was commonly used in the professional television industry, recording shows for later rebroadcast. Was first developed some two and a half decades later. Magnetic tape was first used for audio recording, with viable application seen in the late 1920s. Understanding why merits a look slightly farther back into history. VHS is an acronym for the Video Home System, and indeed that descriptive name is an apt one for these units. The VHS cassette tape was first developed by JVC, a Japanese technology and electronics company, in the 1970s. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to support our work. Most of the items on our list will not only let you burn the footage to disc, but also convert it to digital files that are ideal for uploading to Facebook or YouTube. If you have a box full of old home videos taking up space and getting dusty in your attic, you should consider bringing those memories up to date with one of these VHS to DVD converters. We spent 44 hours on research, videography, and editing, to review the top selections for this wiki.



