JVC

JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood, founded in Yokohama, Japan in 1927 as the Japanese subsidiary of the U.S. firm, Victor Talking Machine Company. Known for innovations such as manufacturing Japan’s first phonographs and pressing the first record in Japan, JVC is best known for introducing Japan’s first televisions and developing the Video Home System (VHS) video recorder. JVC also introduced the world’s first single unit video camera/recorder in 1984 and the world’s first pocket-sized digital video camcorder in 1995.