Before VHS or Beta, Sony introduced the U-matic VCR to the professional market in 1971. Both the machine and the cassette are considerably larger than the home VCRs we are more familiar with, but, surprisingly, this format was used by news and media outlets well into the 2000s. A Final Destination electronic press kit is seen in the video. It contains the trailer and several clips from the movie that may have been used when the actors were doing press before the movie’s release. | Vintage Video

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Before TV on demand, there was the home videotape revolution – National Science and Media Museum blog