JVC Video Cameras

Today JVC continues its record of innovation, led by our HD-ILA high definition televisions, using proprietary JVC imaging chips, and our Everio camcorders, the world’s first hard drive camcorders.

The world’s first VHS format video recorder, which was developed by JVC and introduced in 1976, eventually became the de facto world standard for video, and spawned an entirely new cultural phenomenon based on visual communication. JVC innovations in video continued, with the introduction in 1984 of the world’s first single unit video camera/recorder and in 1995 with the introduction of the world’s first pocket-sized digital video camcorder.