Semey
Semey or Semipalatinsk , city (1993 est. pop. 342,000), capital of Semey region, NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River and the Turkistan-Siberia RR. It is a river port, rail terminus, and commercial center, with large freight depots for river and rail transport. Semey has a giant meatpacking combine; other industries include food processing, metal working, wool processing, and the manufacture of building materials. The name Semipalatinsk [seven palaces] derives from the seven-halled Buddhist temple found nearby. Beginning as a fort in 1718, the city was finally established on its present site in 1778 after flooding by the Irtysh necessitated periodic movement of the fort. During the 19th cent. the city was a center for trade between Russians and the Kyrgyz, Bukharans, and Chinese; it also lay on the caravan route from Mongolia to Europe. Dostoyevsky was exiled here from 1854 to 1859.
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Sony Corp. of America introduces additional array of 8mm camcorders, videocassette recorders and accessories.
PR Newswire; 10/1/1986; 700+ words
; ...is joined by a full array of additional camcorders, videocassette recorders and accessories. Neil Vander Dussen, president, Sony...advanced Video 8 products record and play back on miniature videocassettes no bigger than a deck of cards, using durable, long...
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Saying goodbye to the VCR has us reeling in the years.(videocassette recorder)
Magazine article from: Advertising Age; 8/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...like media room with two Eames chairs and a videocassette recorder. Back in the day, renting videotapes was a...financial wherewithal by purchasing our first videocassette recorder, a Magnavox. Hello, Hollywood! You can see...
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South Korean Inventor Develops Videocassette Recorder
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/19/2008; 457 words
; ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 19 -- Kyoung-Hee Moon of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a videocassette recorder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A VCR and optical disk composite medium reproducing apparatus includes...
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TV Guide magazine says at least one in six American homes will have a VCR.(videocassette recorder)
PR Newswire; 10/1/1984; 700+ words
; ...At least one in every six American homes will have a videocassette recorder by the end of 1984, and 1985 models will sell for about...of Beta are priced $50 to $100 below VHS sets. "VHS recorders in homes now outnumber Betas by more than two to one...
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Zenith, Goldstar develop digital HDTV VCR. (Zenith Electronics Corp., Goldstar Company Ltd.; high-definition videocassette recorder) (Industry News) (Product Announcement)
Magazine article from: Tape-Disc Business; 1/1/1993; 695 words
; ...jointly developed a digital high-definition video cassette recorder for home use. The new digital HD-VCR, developed for the...system is designed to record HDTV signals on standard S-VHS videocassettes. The HD-VCR also would be able to record and play back...
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The art of the leak. (JVC Corp.'s digital videocassette recorder)(Column)
Magazine article from: Video Business; 8/3/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...there was not a lot of new news in Paris, just a timely reminder of what was basically already known: JVC has a digital videocassette format that can record as well as play back, and it's looking to develop a market for prerecorded digital software...
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Get ready for digital VCRs. (new technology videocassette recorders may be available by 1997)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...hours of recording time. Digital video recorders already exist in the professionalmarket...television (HDTV) standard. However, the recorders may also become available for use with...plus video. They will function as data recorders, translating audio and video information...
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DVD take-up equals VCRs in 1990: but Europeans behave very differently from 14 years ago.(Digital Versatile Disc, Videocassette recorders)
Newspaper article from: Screen Digest; 1/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...European TV households have at least one DVD video player or recorder * VCR penetration reached similar levels in Europe in 1990...Screen Digest research indicates that DVD video player/recorder penetration had reached 50.5 per cent of TV households in...
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Retire Your VCR.(Videocassette Recorder)(DVD recorders)
Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...next nail in the VCR coffin: DVD recorders. A DVD recorder lets you burn your favorite shows...hitch is that although choosing a recorder isn't complicated, it's not...you need to know is that digital recorders come in three varieties. Basic models...choice is the Lite-On LVC-9006 DVD ...
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Emerging-market indicators.(24 emerging nations: GDP, trade balance, foreign reserves, foreign exchange data; videocassette recorder penetration in 27 nations)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/2/1995; 700+ words
; VIDEO RECORDERS Almost 25% of the world's 317m households with a video-cassette recorder (VCR) are in the United States, where an astonishing 82.9% of homes now owns one. Of the world's TV-owning homes, 37...
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Videocassette Recorder
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER (VCR) is a device that records, stores, and plays...also used to play prerecorded commercial cassettes. Videocassette recorders for consumers evolved from models used by broadcast...
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videocassette recorder
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
videocassette recorder (VCR), device that can record television programs or the images from a video camera on magnetic tape (see tape recorder ); it can also play prerecorded tapes. A VCR converts the separate...
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tape recorder
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...recording head of the tape recorder, which converts it into...particles on the tape. Tape recorders always require that the recording...digital audio tape (DAT) recorder transforms the audio signals...store video information. Videocassette recorders use a rotating-head system...
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Electronic Campus
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...films, audiotapes, and videocassettes must be amplified and broadcast...system. With the advent of videocassette recorders (VCRs), videotapes replaced...communications ports, videocassette recorders, DVD (digital video disc...
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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...determined that Sony, a manufacturer of videocassette recorders (VCRs) did not infringe on copyrights...s opinion uses the terms videotape recorders and VTRs in referring to VCRs.) Universal...introduced the Betamax video-cassette recorder. The Betamax was the first compact...
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