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26 April 2006

Video cassettes go on sale

1971 is to be the first year of the video cassette industry. In the past two months it has become possible to pick out the systems and markets which must be taken seriously now, the ones which may be important in a year or two’s time, and those that can safely be ignored for the time being.

First it is important to define what is meant by a video cassette. Various other words are in use, and some experts draw a careful distinction between cassettes and cartridges. But from the point of view of the…

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