Quadruplex videotape
FIRST PRACTICAL AND COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ANALOG RECORDING VIDEO TAPE FORMAT
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2-inch quadruplex videotape (also called 2″ quad video tape or quadraplex) was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California.