by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC and is referred to as the White Book standard.

The Video Home System ( better known by its abbreviation VHS ) is a consumer-level analog recording videotape-based cassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ( JVC ).

A similar format, Digital-S ( D-9 HD ), is offered by JVC and uses videocassettes with the same form-factor as VHS.

(), usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan.

JVC is generally known within Japan by the Victor brand, preceded by the His Master's Voice ( HMV ) logo featuring the dog Nipper, but can use this logo only inside Japan.

The Victor Company of Japan ( JVC ), founded in 1927, severed its ties to RCA Victor at the start of World War II, and is still one of the oldest and most successful Japanese record labels as well as an electronics giant.

The Japanese record company is today called Victor Entertainment and is still a JVC subsidiary.

Teichiku Entertainment also runs the record labels Imperial Records, Takumi Note, and. It is a division of JVC Kenwood Holdings, Victor Entertainment's parent.

The down side of this unusual camcorder is the hefty price tag, £ 2, 605 on Sony's website, that's double the price of the JVC GS-TD1.

Still available in the low-end consumer market ( JVC model GR-AXM18 is VHS-C ; see page 19 of the owner's manual ).

In 2011, JVC announced an archival DVD recording media manufactured with quality control and inspection frequencies techniques greater than is traditionally used in media manufacturing, and using specially developed silver alloy as a reflective layer and organic dye with in-house developed additives to secure long-term data retention.

This modification uses the " Jet Vane Control " ( JVC ) package that is added to the bottom of the missile.

On launch, a small engine in the JVC boosts the missile up above the launching ship, then uses vanes positioned in its own exhaust to quickly slew the missile into the proper alignment with the target, which is fed to the JVC during launch.

As far as the Sea Sparrow is concerned, there is no difference between being launched directly from a trainable launcher or using JVC, in both cases the missile becomes active looking directly at the target.

She also performed a song for the flash anime of Xenosaga-A Missing Year and the anime series El Cazador de la Bruja ( performing forest and I reach for the sun ) and Kajiura's latest Pandora Hearts ( performing Every time you Kissed Me which is now featured on the second original soundtrack published by JVC Music in Japan.

Although VHS is still available in VHS / DVD combination units, the last dedicated JVC VHS unit was produced in 2007.

The former is used by JVC and is informally known as HDV1.

Presently, JVC is the only manufacturer of HDV 720p camcorders.

A common misconception is that JVC developed a proprietary extension to HDV called ProHD, featuring film-like 24-frame / s progressive recording mode and LPCM audio, for professional use.

JVC has clarified that ProHD is not a video recording format, but " an approach for delivering affordable HD products " and a common name for " bandwidth efficient professional HD models ".

The major VHS OEMs resisted HQ due to cost concerns, eventually resulting in JVC reducing the requirements for the HQ brand to white clip extension plus one other improvement.

World War II fragmented the ownership of the name still further, as RCA Victor's Japanese subsidiary The Victor Company of Japan ( JVC ) became independent, and today they still use the " Victor " brand and Nipper in Japan only.

In 2012, the JVC name was adopted in Japan for a worldwide brand identity.

While Betamax was believed to be the superior format in the minds of the public and press ( due to excellent marketing by Sony ), consumers really wanted an affordable VCR ( a VHS often cost hundreds of dollars less than a Betamax ); Sony believed that having better quality recordings was the key to success, and that consumers would be willing to pay a higher retail price for this, whereas it soon became clear that consumer desire was focused more intently on recording time, lower retail price, compatibility with other machines for sharing ( as VHS was becoming the format in the majority of homes ), brand loyalty to companies who licensed VHS ( RCA, Magnavox, Zenith, Quasar, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, even JVC itself, et al.

Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers its technologies as DSP semiconductors and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics, and are currently used in products from companies including Sony, Sanyo, JVC, Toshiba, and Altec Lansing.

JVC believed that an open standard worked in the best interest of the consumer, as sharing the format among competitors without licensing the technology was better for the consumer.

Tascam, Marantz, Yamaha, Teac, Denon, Sony, and JVC are among the companies still manufacturing cassette decks in relatively small quantities for professional and niche market use.

U-matic is also available in a smaller cassette size, officially known as U-Matic S. Much like VHS-C, U-Matic S was developed as a more portable version of U-Matic, to be used in smaller-sized S-format recorders such as the aforementioned Sony VO-3800, as well as the later VO-4800, VO-6800, VO-8800, BVU-50, BVU-100 and BVU-150 models from Sony, among others from Sony, Panasonic, JVC and other manufacturers.

Founded in 1970 by media pioneer Larry Finley, IRMA today counts such recording media giants as Sony, Panasonic, JVC, BMG, Universal, Fuji, Eastman Kodak, Warner, and EMI among its member companies.

JVC has been a worldwide football supporter since 1982, having a former kit sponsorship with Arsenal and continued its role as an official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea / Japan.

In 2003, Sony, JVC, Canon and Sharp introduced HDV, perceived as the first truly affordable HD video format due to its utilization of inexpensive MiniDV cassettes.

Despite the tape cartridge box art sharing the Quadradisc record logo, a planned CD-4 quad vinyl version of the 3 record set had to be scrapped, due to engineering issues with master tapes that prevented JVC from cutting a stable master to meet strict CD-4 format specifications.

It was due to be released in Europe in the middle of 2002, but JVC, the UK publisher, shut down its video game branch before Bis could be converted and released.

To prevent the MITI from adopting Betamax, JVC made an attempt to have other companies accept VHS, and thereby work against Sony and the MITI.

This was soon followed by the competing VHS ( Video Home System ) format from JVC in 1977 and later by other formats such as Video 2000 from Philips, V-Cord from Sanyo, and Great Time Machine from Quasar.

A few other Artdink titles have seen US and PAL release from various publishers, including Aquanaut's Holiday ( Sony ), Carnage Heart ( Sony ), Turnabout ( Natsume / Zoo Digital ), Tail of the Sun ( Sony ), AIV Global: Evolution ( Sony ) and No One Can Stop Mr. Domino ( Acclaim / JVC ) for the PlayStation.

This was typically selected through the user setting the input selector to " Simulcast " or " Radio " mode or, in the case of some JVC units, the user setting another " audio input " switch from " TV " or " Tuner " to " Line ".

The festival was known as the JVC Jazz Festival from 1984 to 2008.

Montgomery Ward greatly expanded their electronics presence by shifting from a predominantly private label mix to an assortment dominated by Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, Panasonic, JVC, and other national brands.

This was quickly followed by the competing VHS ( Video Home System ) format from JVC, and later by Video 2000 from Philips.

At the end of each year there are semi finals and a grand final, where third place receives a home theatre package from JVC, second place receives a prize package worth around $ 100, 000, normally two or three cars and the winner receives $ 250, 000 in cash although in 2012, the winner received $ 150, 000.

In 1991, he was head-hunted away from Nintendo of America to work at JVC, then later at the Lucas Ranch to develop games for the nascent LucasArts.

While the catalog heavily promoted their own branded products, Lafayette also carried models from many other hi-fi manufacturers of the era, including Marantz, Fisher, Pioneer, AR, Dynaco, KLH, Wharfedale, Bozak, BIC, Garrard, Dual, TEAC, Akai, Shure, Pickering, Electro-Voice, JVC, Panasonic, Sony and others.

As of 2010, a few VHS-C and S-VHS-C camcorders are still available from JVC at extremely low prices (~ US $ 200 ), and the media remains widely-available at relatively low cost.

The " D " in D-VHS originally stood for Data VHS, but with the expansion of the format from standard definition to high definition capability, JVC renamed it Digital VHS and uses that designation on its website.

In 1985 3D VHD players became available in Japan from manufacturers such as Victor ( JVC ), National ( Panasonic ), and Sharp.

Today, cameras from companies like Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Canon offer a variety of choices for shooting high-definition video with less than $ 10, 000 worth of camera equipment.

Professional video camera from JVC