A machine that records audio or video onto magnetic tape. A tape "recorder" or tape "deck" generally refers to earlier analog devices, such as a VHS tape recorder. Until the 1990s, analog audio ...

mostly using reel-to-reel tape. Audio isn’t as demanding as video (especially video combined with audio). An audio recorder uses a magnetic head that stays still and a tape that moves across the ...

Industrial video cassette recorders (VCRs) receive video input and capture the data onto analog or digital videotape. . They are widely used in industrial applications such as machine vision and other ...