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GR-C1 camcorder. This Japanese-labelled model features the "Victor" brand (as used in the company's home market), rather than the "JVC" name used outside Japan.
Front view of the Victor GR-C1 camcorder.

The JVC GR-C1 was a camcorder released in March 1984 by JVC and was notable as the first all-in-one VHS camcorder, as opposed to earlier portable systems where the camera and recorder were separate units linked by cable.

It used a 30-minute analogue VHS-C video tape, which could be played back in a standard VHS VCR using an adapter. The camera was also capable of playback in the viewfinder or through a composite video cable. A separate RF modulator was available to enable connection to the aerial socket of domestic televisions. By comparison, the camera's nearest competitor at the time, Sony's Betamovie, could record but not play back. JVC invented the VHS format and released the first VCR of that type, the JVC HR-3300, in 1976.

Unlike later CCD-based camcorders, the GR-C1's image sensor was still based on the older (and less sensitive) video camera tube technology.[1]

Trivia

The JVC GR-C1 was famous as Marty McFly's video camera in the film Back to the Future.[1]

The camera was also featured in Stranger Things Season 2, set in 1984, as the home video recorder Bob Newby (Sean Astin) hands over to Jonathan Beyers (Charlie Heaton) to use when he takes Will and the other kids trick-or-treating and is used to record the upside down monster. [2]

It was voted one of the top 100 gadgets of all time.[3]

It was also released under licence and in a black finish by German company Telefunken as the 890 Movie.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Total Rewind". www.totalrewind.org. Retrieved 2015-07-16. Immortalised in Back To The Future [..] The GR-C1 was still a tube-based camera, and the incredible sensitivity of today's CCD camcorders [..] was still a distant dream.
  2. ^ "Sportern Stranger Things". https://www.spotern.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  3. ^ "Rewind Museum. A museum of vintage camcorders. Betamovie, VHS C, first camcorders from Sony and JVC". www.rewindmuseum.com. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  4. ^ "Kamera Nostalgie - Community - Google+". plus.google.com. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
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