video cassette recorder

noun

1. Often shortened to: video.  VCR. a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes: used for recording and playing back television programmes and films

Example Sentences

Next up, pictures of a video cassette recorder and a video tape.

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The video cassette recorder was a turning-point technology, enabling home viewing of movies that otherwise would have had to be seen in theaters, and allowing TV owners for the first time to take control of their viewing schedule.

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In 1988, Sony conceded victory to the rival format producing its first VHS video cassette recorder.

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At first, with a video cassette recorder and later with a digital video recorder, I saved network and other programming to watch later, fast-forwarding through all the annoying commercials on the VCR and liberally pressing the 30-second skip-ahead button on the DVR.

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There was a time, though, when it seemed like every major gadget had its debut at C.E.S., including the video cassette recorder in 1970, the camcorder in 1981, and the Xbox from Microsoft in 2001.

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