JVC

JVC, or Japan Victor Company, is a Japanese consumer electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927. The company is best known for debuting Japan's first televisions, and inventing the VHS system. They invented the VHS format and debuted the first VHS players for the consumer market in 1976 for $885- a year after Sony introduced the Betamax home videocassette tape in 1975. Of course, VHS won hands down.