Th Ampex Company invented the videotape recorder in 1956.Th Ampex Company invented the videotape recorder in 1956.

The history of the videocassette recorder follows the history of videotape recording in general. Ampex introduced the Ampex VRX-1000, the first commercially successful videotape recorder, in 1956

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Ampex didn't invent videotape.

Ampex produced the first commercially successful broadcast video recorder/playback device and introduced it in Chicago on April 14, 1956.

The video tape was invented by Charles Ginsburg. Him and a team of engineers then developed the videotape recorder at Ampex.