HD storage media and tapeless camcorders: Richard Dean looks at how acquisition is finally catching up with the tapeless revolution.(HD storage)

It was only last year that two significant milestones were passed in video tape recording--fifty years since Ampex launched the first VTR, and thirty years since JVC unleashed its all-conquering VHS video cassette recorder, ultimately feeding a vast appetite for home video. JVC was recently granted a prestigious Milestone award by the IEEE, the world's largest electrical engineering institution, following the manufacture of more than 900 million VHS video decks.

But despite video tape's glittering career, 'going tapeless' is increasingly becoming the new orthodoxy in post ...

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