Initial Releases of VHS-based Devices
The first VCR to use VHS was the Victor HR-3300, and was introduced by the president of JVC at the Okura Hotel on September 9, 1976. JVC started selling the HR-3300 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 1976. Region-specific versions of the JVC HR-3300 were also distributed later on, such as the HR-3300U in the United States, and HR-3300EK in the United Kingdom. The United States received its first VHS-based VCR - the RCA VBT200 on August 23, 1977. The RCA unit was designed by Matsushita, and was the first VHS-based VCR manufactured by a company other than JVC. It was also capable of recording four hours in LP (long playing) mode. The United Kingdom later received its first VHS-based VCR - the Victor HR-3300EK in 1978.
Quasar and General Electric would follow-up with VHS-based VCRs - all designed by Matsushita. By 1978, Matsushita alone produced just over half of all Japanese VCRs.
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