Timeline of the History of Video Production By: Claire Doan

Silver Salt Johann H. Schulze discovered that silver salt turned dark when exposed to light in

First VHS The first VHS tape was invented by a company called RCA in 1776.

Kodiak Camera In 1888, George Eastman introduces a new lightweight Kodiak camera.

Movie Projector In in 1900’s the first movie projector was invented.

First Rented Video Henry Miles sets up the first video exchange in 1902, so that you don’t have to buy the video you can just rent it.

First Cartoon The first cartoon was invented in

First Television Camera The first television camera was invented by the American engineer Farnworth in

Warner Bros. In 1923, Warner Bros. is invented.

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse was first introduced on Steamboat Willie in

Inventing the Recorder In 1950 many Americans began investigating the thought of video recording, and many prototypes came out.

First Video Recorder The Ampex Corporation used magnetic tape to create the first video recorder in in

2 inch quadruplex In 1956 the first 2 inch quadruplex was invented by Ampex. Until this was invented non-live broadcasting was much too expensive.

Portable Video Device In 1964 the first Sony EV-Format CLP-1B was the first portable video device, developed by sony.

CD Storage The first time video was stored on a CD rather then a disk was in 1973.

First Home Video Recorder First commercially available video cassette recorder was introduced in

Laser Disk The first laser disk was invented by a company called Pioneer in 1977.

First DVD In 1995, the first DVD was invented which was based off of the laser disk.

Titanic Titanic becomes the highest grossing film ever in

First Digital Video Recorder Earliest commercially available professional digital recorder was introduced by Sony in

First DVR The first DVR was invented by Sony in