Video tape cartridge

History

The tape cartridge would eventually be used for video. Early video tape cartridge forms were mainly created for commercial use like Cartrivision and Video Cassette Recording. These would mainly be used TV stations and businesses that would rent out the systems to customers. While audio tape cartridges saw success, video tape cartridges did not as the technology was not as cheap to produce. Operating them were also cumbersome as the user had to make sure that the tape would be stopped before reaching a certain point as to not damage the tape cart and the amount of time it took for the tape to rewind all the way on the single reel was also to long for certain professional and home use. Eventually, video tape carts were phased out with the rise of videocassettes which made accessing the videotape easier and faster.